Articles by Laina Dawes

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  Unleash the Archers

  Behold the Devastation

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

  Like their BC-based colleagues 3 Inches of Blood, Victoria's Unleash the Archers are greatly influenced by classic metal. But unlike the fo...

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  Otep

  Smash the Control Machine

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

  Founder Otep Shamaya has made a career out of being angry, but with the release of Smash the Control Machine, while the messages are just a...

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  Destinity

  XI Reasons to See

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2010

  What's that saying? "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again?" After changing their musical style a few times, Destinity have fina...

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  Heathen

  The Evolution of Chaos

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2010

  Their first full-length in almost two decades, Heathen's The Evolution of Chaos is hands down a classic thrash album of epic proportions. Y...

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  Mutiny Within

  Mutiny Within

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2010

  Mutiny Within might be one of those young bands that you will love to hate. Their self-titled debut is admittedly one of the most successfu...

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  Drillpoint

  Shot To Hell

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2010

  Ottawa, ON's Drillpoint represent the current state of the music industry and what happens when labels tighten their belts: you have talent...

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  Dioramic

  Technicolor

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2010

  Starting off with the jumbled mess of "Ghosts in the Machine," it's obvious that the German trio have many different influences, but in the...

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  Suffokate

  No Mercy, No Forgiveness

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2010

  With the release of their second full-length, and their first in five years, Oakland, CA's Suffokate must feel like they have something to...