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A Plea For Purging and As Hell Retreats Decide To Quit Music And Get Jobs

Jimmy Rowe
June 7, 2012
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I'm not a fan of A Plea For Purging (though I appreciate them for their humor) or As Hell Retreats, but it strikes me as sad that these two bands decided that the best course for action would be to disband an... Read More...
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Arsonists Get All The Girls Return To The Motherland

Heavy Blog
March 16, 2011
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Here's another North American spring tour to get excited about! The Return To The Motherland Tour, featuring Arsonists Get All The Girls, A Plea For Purging, Lionheart, The Contortionist, and Volumes. Typical... Read More...
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This Just In: The Chariot RULE Live

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February 28, 2011
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Holy shit man, I honestly thought I'd seen it all.  I've been to quite a few shows in my day, and while I still really enjoy seeing bands live, these days I find myself feeling more and more like a  jaded old... Read More...
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Haste The Day Are Calling It A Day

Jimmy Rowe
November 23, 2010
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Is this the last in a long list of bands that have called it quits in 2010? Haste the Day are putting an end to their run as a band, pretty much to the tune of, "That'll do, pig. That'll do." Here's the of... Read More...
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Deathcore Double-Feature: New Music From Whitechapel and A Plea For Purging

Jimmy Rowe
May 20, 2010
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OH SHIT, SPLIT SCREEN HAX: First up, there's a new Whitechapel song called "Breeding Violence" streaming over at Noisecreep FOR TODAY ONLY. Tonight, they pull it, so get to hearing it while you can. It sound... Read More...

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