Articles by Dave Synyard

News Round Up

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2007

The return of Smashing Pumpkins with Zeitgeist wasn’t exactly the greatest thing the band have done; it mostly came across as another medi...

A New Renaissance

A New Renaissance

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

A New Renaissance’s first full-length album derives its inspirations from rock and hardcore. After touring with Raised Fist and Silverstein...

Atreyu

Lead Sails Paper Anchors

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

This whole thing is a quagmire. A Death-Grip On Yesterday was about kicking bad habits and coming to terms with their new life on Victory....

Between the Buried and Me

Colors

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

There’s something about Between The Buried and Me that no other metal band has musically matched: their intensity, scope of sound and atmos...

The Black Dahlia Murder

Nocturnal

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

In 2005, when they released Miasma, the Black Dahlia Murder demonstrated their prowess as a harmonised, shrewd black metal band. Four years...

Various

This Ain't Your Mom's Hardcore Vol. 2

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2007

This DVD boasts a solid line-up of metal and hardcore bands. Artists featured include August Burns Red, As Cities Burn, Heavy Heavy Low Low...

Sounds of the Underground

Kool Haus, Toronto ON. July 18

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2007

A hot and humid afternoon was about to become a scorcher in the near capacity Kool Haus. Long Island’s This Is Hell played a solid set of N...

Cry Of The Afflicted

The Unveiling

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2007

This album starts off with a solid introductory track that has a nice balance of metal influences in the drumming and guitar work, coupled...