Articles by Dave Synyard

Hellmouth

Destroy Everything, Worship Nothing

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

Hellmouth have got an interesting vibe and flow about them, ranging from all out punk rock hardcore with nods to Black Flag and Disfear to...

Peter Gabriel Cancels Oscar Performance

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

If anyone is going to shock the Oscars it's going to be the man who can drop a sledgehammer. The success of Pixar's Wall-E shouldn't come a...

Death Cab For Cutie Launch Anti Auto-Tune Campaign

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

For those of you who aren't aware of "Auto-Tuning," it's a vocal disguise used by singers to sound pitch-perfect. Of late, it's been abused...

Architects

Hollow Crown

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2009

Architects haven't always hit the mark with their releases. 2006's Nightmares, featuring ex-vocalist Matt Johnson, found the band in a tech...

Darkest Hour / Born Of Osiris / Arise and Ruin

Reverb, Toronto ON February 5

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2009

Going to shows is pretty much self-inflicted torture during the winter months so when the trek is over you arrive expecting to be entertain...

Horse the Band Sign To Vagrant

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2009

Nintendocore champs, pizzaologists and all around odd folk Horse The Band recently parted ways with their previous label, Koch, and are bas...

Architects' Sam Carter

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2009

The moniker Architects doesn't really stand out well in the heavy music scene since it can easily, and likely is, confused with the U.S. no...

It's New Release Tuesday!

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2009

It's Tuesday, and that means it's time to break open the piggy bank once again. Click here to visit our 'Recently Reviewed' section to fi...