Articles by Max Deneau
Most Precious Blood
Do Not Resuscitate
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2011
After five-plus years away from the game and two since the inaugural rumblings of new material in the pipeline, Do Not Resuscitate is final...
Killing the Dream
Lucky Me
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010
After such a consistent upwards trajectory over the course of three records, it's sorely disappointing to witness such a dramatic drop in q...
After The Burial
In Dreams
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010
Roy Orbison must be rolling in his grave. At the tail end of what is proving to be a very disappointing year for metalcore, the once promis...
Black Milk
Revival, Toronto ON November 18
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2010
An absurdly packed house seemed relaxed in tempered anticipation during the DJ and brief opening performance, but once Black Milk hit the s...
Anguished
Cold
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2010
iTunes sadly recognizes this album as sharing a title with Sevendust's Cold Day Memory, which is just about the most misleading error whoev...
Your Memorial
Atonement
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2010
After enduring several successive years of Misery Signals clones, many from the usual Facedown/Strikefirst suspects, it takes a great deal...
Atheist
Jupiter
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010
There is no easy place to start when discussing Atheist's profound influence on modern metal, especially since the tech explosion of the mi...
First Blood
Silence is Betrayal
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2010
While First Blood have never been a band to push the envelope, they have steadily developed a reputation as one of the burlier acts in the...