Articles by Max Deneau

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  Enslaved

  Axioma Ethica Odini

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2010

  Initially well received, but the victim of a surprising backlash months after its release, Enslaved's prior full-length, Vertebrae, polariz...

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  October Tide

  A Thin Shell

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2010

  The recent departure of guitarist Fredrik Norran from flagship rock/doom act Katatonia had fans up in arms and critics of the band's progre...

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  For Today

  Breaker

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2010

  Even the most hardened of metalcore fan boys are being forced to become pickier as the genre spirals into derivative, laughable oblivion. O...

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  Mar De Grises

  Stream Inwards

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2010

  Truly fantastic albums are few and far between, but 2010 has been kind enough to grace us with a number of them, particularly on the depres...

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  Acacia Strain

  Wormwood

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2010

  To be fair, the Acacia Strain set the bar ludicrously high with The Dead Walk, a pummelling monster of a mosh record that forced every othe...

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  The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

  Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  Building upon their past releases while toning down the craziness in favour of a more purely groove-based approach, Tony Danza may just hav...

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  Soilwork

  The Panic Broadcast

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2010

  Many of those championing Soilwork as the cream of the late '90s Gothenburg melodeath crop have long since given up on them, and to be hone...

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  Integrity

  The Blackest Curse

  PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2010

  While the fact that this album even exists is a minor miracle ― after the disastrous attempt at touring To Die For and mass exodus of...