Articles by Max Deneau

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  Ligeia

  Your Ghost Is A Gift

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Initially appearing one-dimensional and regurgitated, recent Massachusetts upstarts Ligeia are deceptively deadly, picking up where Poison...

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  Amorphis

  Eclipse

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Amorphis have dwelled in a bland, commercialised limbo for their past few releases, and while not a full on return to the traditionally roo...

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  Facedowninshit

  Nothing Positive, Only Negative

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  The recent blitz of richly deserved signings from the always reliable Relapse Records have flooded record stores with a handful of stand-ou...

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  Sapthuran / Leviathan

  Split

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Poised to stand proudly alongside Southern Lord as the leading purveyors of top notch U.S. Black Metal, Battle Kommand unleashes a handful...

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  Katatonia

  The Great Cold Distance

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Dwarfing the competition without batting an eyelash and raising the bar for multiple genres at once, Swedish gloom mongers Katatonia have d...

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  Tool

  Schism/Parabola

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Only Tool could get away with releasing two DVDs, separately packaged and sold as full-lengths, with this kind of pitiful lack of content....

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  Bleeding Through

  The Truth

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Bleeding Through’s fourth full-length, second as part of the trend-savvy, largely uninspired Trustkill roster, manages to not quite live up...

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  Daylight Dies

  Dismantling Devotion

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Daylight Dies’ inclusion on the bill for Emperor’s New York City reunion shows in July surprised many, although Dismantling Devotion will l...