Articles by Max Deneau

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  Entrails

  Raging Death

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2013

  Entrails stand out among the current resurgence of Stockholm, old-school death metal groups for actually having formed during the movement'...

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  Cultes Des Ghoules

  Hembane

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2013

  A merely decent debut in the raw black metal genre is likely to lead to failure — at least if you sound totally unsalvageable, a hand...

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  Cerekloth

  In the Midst of Life We Are in Death

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2013

  A formidable ways away from their more traditionalist Deicide-/Autopsy-inspired beginnings, Denmark's Cerekloth have arrived with a new lea...

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  Aosoth

  IV Arrow in Heart

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2013

  Plying a bitter and suffocating brand of black metal that carefully eschews genre conventions without compromising its aesthetic, Aosoth's...

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  October Tide

  Tunnel of No Light

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2013

  For a group no one ever saw as a candidate for a show-stopping reunion, the resurrected October Tide have transitioned rather confidently i...

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  Wormed

  Exodromos

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2013

  Wormed turned plenty of heads with 2003's Planisphaerium, a real shit-kicker of a debut that renovated the standard Unique Leader/United Gu...

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  Soilwork

  The Living Infinite

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2013

  In mainstream rock, double albums are typically associated with contrivance and pretension, and are rarely employed as a vehicle for extrem...

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  PLF

  Devious Persecution and Wholesale Slaughter

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2013

  Grind resists much analysis beyond a curt, Maximum Rock'n'Roll-style mini-blurb for a host of reasons. The most obvious is that it's simple...