Articles by Max Deneau

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  Between the Buried and Me

  The Great Misdirect

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  When you've reached the point in your career that Between the Buried and Me have, you no longer need to restlessly expand on your formula &...

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  Culted

  Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  Displaying remarkable fluidity for an album purportedly assembled piece by piece via email by both Canadian and Swedish members, Below the...

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  Black Anvil

  Time Insults the Mind

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  Bestowing a blackened aura upon a solid thrash/groove foundation, Black Anvil are not "the best metal band out of NY in ten years," as cert...

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  Coalesce

  Ox EP

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  Leave it to Coalesce to drop one of the finest albums of 2009, then chuck the leftovers at us at the end of the year, reminding listeners a...

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  Red Chord

  Fed Through the Teeth Machine

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

  For a band that's progressed so much since their formation, the Red Chord have taken a lot of flak for supposedly not following up the grou...

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  Your Demise

  Ignorance Never Dies

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2009

  Featuring earnest explanations of the already fairly direct lyrical content in the album sleeve, Your Demise come across as engaging based...

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  Candiria

  Toying With the Insanities, Volume One

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2009

  This year marked the release of Candiria's oft-delayed Kiss the Lie opus, a more melodic effort that was yet another compelling progression...

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  Trapped Under Ice

  Secrets of the World

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

  Those used to seeing the new school/tough guy scene being dominated by Massachusetts and NYC bands may be excited to discover Trapped Under...