Articles by Max Deneau

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  Morbid Angel

  Illud Divinum Insanus

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

  Over the years, few bands in death metal have achieved the level of consistency of Morbid Angel. Their first three records are all regularl...

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  Forgotten Tomb

  Under Saturn Retrograde

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2011

  With over a decade's worth of only partially tapped potential under their belts and several solid but unremarkable follow-ups to the good c...

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  Gridlink

  Orphan

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2011

  Reinforcing the fact that Hydra Head still has a touch of extremity left on their roster, after half a decade's worth of middle-tier sludge...

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  Atheist / Last Chance to Reason / Hallows Die / Profaner

  Annex Wreck Room, Toronto ON March 7

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2011

  Following their recent reunion and a widely acclaimed comeback with last year's maliciously focused Jupiter, Atheist had expectations runni...

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  American Heritage

  Sedentary

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2011

  Early in their career, American Heritage garnered some justified comparisons to Mastodon, yet still managed to make a name for themselves a...

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  The Famine

  The Architects of Guilt

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2011

  Following the slow disintegration of Embodyment and their competent, but largely ignored, attempts at commercial appeal on their last few f...

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  Svart Crown

  Witnessing the Fall

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2011

  Generally speaking, combining black and death in this day and age is tricky business. You either run the risk of coming across like sloppy...

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  Fluid

  Duality

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2011

  As Dälek languishes in comfortable semi-obscurity, Scorn gets slower and dubbier, and Techno Animal masterminds Justin Broadrick and Kevin...