Articles by Laina Dawes

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  Five Finger Death Punch

  War Is the Answer

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2009

  With a name like Five Finger Death Punch, one could reasonably think that their music would be on the extreme side of heavy and brutal. But...

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  Satan's Host

  Power - Purity - Perfection 999

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2009

  Their fifth album, and fourth since their revitalization, Power ― Purity ― Perfection 999, from Denver, CO's servants of Satan,...

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  Weapon

  Drakonian Paradigm

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2009

  Calgary, AB's Weapon should have discussed what they wanted to achieve prior to releasing Drakonian Paradigm. Are they going to concentrate...

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  Metallica / Lamb of God / Volbeat

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON October 26

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2009

  If you measure a band's monetary wealth by the size of their touring stage, then despite what you already know about Metallica, they would...

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  Canopy

  Will and Perception

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

  Sweden's Canopy proclaim themselves (or at least their PR person does) as being the new breed of death metal. If that means that their late...

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  Warcall

  Demonarchy

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

  What is it with metal bands from Quebec? There is this distinctly European/non-Canadian feeling that seeps out of the music of Voivod, Blac...

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  Gwynbleidd

  Nostalgia

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2009

  Creating juxtaposition between "good" and "evil" in black metal often means that melodies occasionally get bogged down with badly executed...

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  Bleeding Fist

  Bestial Kruzifix666ion

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2009

  In their press release, Slovenia's Bleeding Fist describe their second full-length, Bestial Kruzifix666ion, as "It's that old and ugly blac...