Articles by Max Deneau

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  ISIS / PELICAN / TOMBS

  Phoenix, Toronto ON June 7

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

  Post-metal and sludge shows can often suffer from one of two distinctive shortcomings: poor sound and lack of momentum. Fortunately, someon...

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  Earth Crisis / Walls Of Jericho / Reign Supreme / Unholy

  Mod Club, Toronto ON May 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2009

  The last couple of years have been big for reunions within hardcore, not the least being the much anticipated return of Earth Crisis (pictu...

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  Gunnar Rapido / Akroid

  Gritty Dangles

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2009

  There are far too few hardcore bands in Toronto, ON taking a more frantic, unconventional approach to songwriting, although thankfully a ha...

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  Hacride

  Lazarus

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2009

  Although comparing Hacride to Gojira may seem like an obvious parallel to draw, the similarities between the two groups at this point in th...

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  War From a Harlots Mouth

  In Shoals

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2009

  War From A Harlots Mouth are a fairly recent Lifeforce Records signing, hot on the heels of the solid but recently defunct Harlots. Aside f...

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  Hatebreed

  For the Lions

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2009

  Hatebreed need no introduction, being essentially the Beastie Boys of metalcore: always reliable, and your grandma probably knows who they...

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  Zao

  Awake?

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2009

  Zao's lengthy, storied career has been both blessed and cursed with a comical amount of line-up changes, shifts in sound and an overall lac...

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  Altar Of Plagues

  White Tomb

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  This comes closer to what many were probably expecting upon hearing word of the supposed black metal/post-rock fusion of Wolves in the Thro...