Articles by Laina Dawes

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  Neurosis

  Souls at Zero

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2011

  Originally released in 1992, and reissued in 1999, this latest incarnation (with new artwork and mastering) symbolizes an important transit...

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  Total Fucking Destruction

  Hater

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2011

  Conceived by vocalist/drummer Rich Hoak after Brutal Truth went on an indefinite hiatus in 1999, despite offering around 12 splits, a coupl...

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  Kylesa / Rosetta / Fight Amp

  Annex Wreck Room, Toronto ON January 22

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2011

  The reason why Inertia Entertainment booked a band with two drummers at Toronto's Annex Wreck Room was, at first, a mystery. The night's th...

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  Engel

  Threnody

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2011

  What exactly is "modern metal"? While the media release that accompanied the Swedish band's second full-length notes Lamb of God and Linkin...

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  Killface

  Faceless

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2011

  Great name for a band, too bad they don't quite live up to the image that moniker conjures: some serious and vicious, face-ripping metal. T...

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  Ozzy Osbourne / Halford

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON November 27

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

  "I can't believe I've been doing this for 42 fucking years," Ozzy Osbourne exclaimed to an appreciative Toronto crowd -- some of whom looke...

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  Creation's End

  A New Beginning

  PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2010

  Creation's End are a prog metal super-group of guys whom while always infinitely more talented than the greasy dude at the microphone, seem...

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  13 Lashes

  13 Lashes

  PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2010

  Maybe it wasn't the greatest idea for London, ON's 13 Lashes to include their lyrics in the CD liner notes for their debut. The band have c...