Articles by Max Deneau

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  Burn the Priest

  Burn the Priest

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Quite possibly the biggest metal band in the world right now, West Virginia’s Lamb Of God — prior to succumbing to the standard Pantera gon...

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  Converge

  Petitioning the Empty Sky / When Forever Comes Crashing

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  When Forever Comes Crashing, in particular, has been in desperate need of a tweaking for quite some time, following the less than ecstatic...

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  Into the Moat

  The Design

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  With the recent weakening of subgenre mainstays the Dillinger Escape Plan and the utter saturation of melodic metalcore doubtlessly approac...

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  Origin

  Echoes of Decimation

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Those who believed that Origin have pushed their playing to the limits of human capability with the sheer speed of 2002’s Informis Inifinit...

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  Winter Solstice

  The Fall of Rome

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Providing a darker, more ominous alternative to the unintentionally comical bounce of modern metalcore, Winter Solstice establish themselve...

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  Bane / Comeback Kid / Fucked Up / With Honor / Silent Drive

  Club Tranzac — March 2, 2005

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  After a longer-than-average wait in colder-than-average weather, the considerable crowd filtered their way into the Tranzac slowly but sure...

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  Draw Blood

  The Calm before the Storm

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Having recently signed to Deathwish Inc., and thus boasting the approval of Jacob Bannon and company, Draw Blood drop just under ten minute...

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  Burning Season

  The Haze of Infatuation

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  The Burning Season are an above average Poison The Well knock off, with a noticeable appreciation for Hopesfall’s older material. While the...