It’s been a hell of a week for the country, especially the east coast. And with your host residing in NY and MA, you probably thought we’d be skipping a week, didn’t you? Well, you are wrong! We weren’t gonna let something like a hurricane ruin our streak! Also. we all could probably use a distraction, so we are here to help while keeping you up to speed on the latest heavy releases…because that is what we do.
SideShow.57
Reviews: Stone Sour – House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Evocation – Illusions Of Grandeur, Parkway Drive – Atlas, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganze – Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega, Wintersun – Time 1
Stone Sour – House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1
Evocation – Illusions Of Grandeur
Parkway Drive – Atlas
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza – Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega
Wintersun – Time I
The Sideshow Podcast 
-I was going to write this long treatise on how bands always have a difficult time walking the line between changing with the times and abandoning who they once were, but my head hurts too much right now.
-I differ completely with Kyle on S&M versus other symphonic metal such as Epica and Nightwish. To me, Metallica’s S&M seems like they just grafted on some orchestral arrangements that don’t add anything to the original Metallica songs. Yet I can’t imagine songs like “Ghost Love Machine” by Nightwish or “The Obsessive Devotion” by Epica without the symphonic elements.
-KC101! Do they still exist? I grew up on their 80s pop and Hozay Smith and Hammerhead. I had the 45 of “Please Send Me Reggie for Christmas.”
-I’m still not sure if Kyle genuinely likes the Wintersun album or if he is pulling a prank on us all. During his review of it I kept waiting for him to say “April Fools!”