Articles by Max Deneau

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  Soilent Green

  Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2008

  Although the jaw-dropping dynamics and sludgy groove of Sewn Mouth Secrets may never be effectively topped, Soilent Green’s latest sees the...

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  Nadja

  Skin Turns to Glass

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2008

  Continuing the seemingly endless string of rerecorded Nadja releases, Skin Turns to Glass is chronologically their second release, although...

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  Bury Your Dead

  Bury Your Dead

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  Beauty and the Breakdown, from 2006, was an exceptionally well-produced, tight and memorable record, establishing the group as a force to b...

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  J2

  J2

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2008

  Bringing Broadrick’s professed Swans influence full circle, J2 expands upon the duo’s earlier collaboration on last year’s Lifeline EP with...

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  Dead to Fall

  Are You Serious?

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Dead to Fall have spent many years as a second-tier metalcore act and are clearly sick and tired of it. Although 2006’s The Phoenix Throne...

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  Meshuggah

  Obzen

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Being by and large one of the most acclaimed and distinctive acts in metal history, and having kept their ravenous fan base waiting six yea...

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  Pelican

  After the Ceiling Cracked

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

  Pelican’s rise to the upper echelons of the post-metal scene has finally been acknowledged with a widely available DVD release. Documenting...

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  Grimbane

  Let The Empires Fall

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

  With vocal and guitar duties handled by Blasphemy alumni Barbarous, one might expect something a little more North American in tone. While...