Articles by Dave Synyard

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  Thick As Blood

  Embrace

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2009

  Miami, FL's Thick As Blood are certainly thick. TAB are another band playing Hatebreed-style, or any other straightforward, mosh-styled, ha...

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  Zao

  Awake?

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2009

  Anyone aware of Zao knows their history as a Christian metalcore band, a founding part of the genre and as an influence on more popular pur...

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  Terror

  Forever Crossing The Line: 5 Years In The Making

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2009

  Before we get started, if you don't like Terror, stop reading. If you're down with good hardcore, please, continue. Yes, this album is exac...

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  Too Pure To Die

  Confess

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2009

  Just a few moments in, "Confess" comes off like Too Pure Too Die have some feelings of hatred towards someone, and the uber-nu metal/Avenge...

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  As I Lay Dying

  This Is Who We Are

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2009

  Metalcore giants As I Lay Dying have finally gotten around to creating a DVD in between their frantic touring schedule and album releases....

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  The Chariot

  Wars and Rumours of Wars

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2009

  Anyone who knows that vocalist Josh Scogin was a part of Norma Jean before leaving and forming the Chariot won't be surprised by Wars and R...

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  Parkway Drive / MyChildren MyBride / Stick to Your Guns

  Reverb, Toronto ON April 24

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2009

  When you were to look at this line-up, you would think that thrash dancing and lame-ass spin kicks would infest a sold-out show at the Reve...

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  Pulling Teeth

  Paranoid Delusions / Paradise Illusions

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

  Baltimore, MA's Pulling Teeth haven't reinvented their sound but the difference between their last two albums is substantial. Martyr Immort...