Articles by Max Deneau

Starkweather

This Sheltering Night

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2010

Starkweather are a rare breed these days. Unconcerned with touring regularly or keeping up with what's current, they exist as a vehicle for...

Letter to the Exiles

The Shadow Line

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

It's nice once in a while to hear an unabashedly generic metalcore record, if for no other reason than to reminisce about a time when "bree...

Anathema

We're Here Because We're Here

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

There comes a time in certain bands' careers where they have inarguably peaked, and a brief summary of their musical trajectory isn't suffi...

Maryland Deathfest featuring Gorguts, Blood Duster, Converge, Eyehategod

Sonar, Baltimore, MD May 28-30

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2010

The sweltering heat of downtown Baltimore set an appropriately suffocating atmosphere for what has become North America's premier metal fes...

Deftones

Diamond Eyes

PUBLISHED May 18, 2010

As a reactionary piece to 2007's bloated, overproduced Saturday Night Wrist, Diamond Eyes is an effective, yet double-edged, return to what...

Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2010

A highly publicized fallout with former label Trustkill somewhat dampened the momentum of 2008's rock solid Declaration, but has not deterr...

The Ocean

Heliocentric

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2010

The Ocean clearly have very little regard for the expectations of critics or fans, as has been proven over the course of several full-lengt...

Burzum

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2010

The long awaited return of one-man black metal pioneer Varg Vikernes to guitar-based music has been rife with predictable, yet somewhat leg...