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Episode 284: Junius, Hark, Wolfheart 2017 Album Reviews + Wear Your Wounds Preview

Counting Down

No, this is not a list episode. There is just an inadvertent decrease in numbers of some sort that happens. Anyway, there’s some good stuff in here, including a review of the new Junius album (finally!). So stop reading my banter and get listening.

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Reviews:
Junius – Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light (Prosthetic)
Hark – Machinations  (Season of Mist)
Wolfheart – Tyhiyys  (Spinefarm)

First Impressions:
Wear Your Wounds – “Fog” from WYW out April 7th from Deathwish

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Episode 270: Animals as Leaders, Serpentine Dominion, Teethgrinder 2016 Album Reviews + Disperse Preview

Come Together 

Amongst this week’s bands we have talented show offs, a “supergroup,” and a band that probably needs a mouthguard. Also, Nick fought through the elements, construction sites, and a car fire to get to Brian’s house to record this show.  Well, not specifically to do that, but it happened.

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Reviews:
Animals as Leaders – The Madness of Many (Sumerian)
Serpentine Dominion – Serpentine Dominion (Metal Blade)
Teethgrinder – Nihilism (Lifeforce)

First Impressions:
Disperse – “Stay” taken from Foreward out February 17, 2017 from Season of Mist

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Episode 269: Metallica, Ion Dissonance, Protest the Hero 2016 Album Reviews + Black Map and Within the Ruins Previews

Sleep is for the Weak

If you feel like Brian sounds “tired as fuck” in the episode, you’re not alone…Nick already pointed that out.  You are not wrong either…I was shot.  I still made it through this jam-packed and kinda long episode, giving you 100% of the 50-60% capacity I was at because the show must go on….

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Reviews:
Metallica – Hardwired…to Self Destruct (Blackened)
Ion Dissonance – Cast the First Stone (Good Fight)
Protest the Hero – Pacific Myth (Razor & Tie)

First Impressions:
Black Map – “Run Rabbit Run” taken from In Droves out March 10, 2017 from eOne
Within the Ruins – “Death of the Rock Star taken from Halfway Human our March 3, 2017 from eOne

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Episode 265: Wovenwar, Seeker, Venom Prison 2016 Album Reviews + Protest the Hero Preview

Not So Much Awesome

We’ve had a fair amount of big winners the last couple of weeks but all good things must come to an end, right?  Well, here ya have it…

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Reviews:
Wovenwar – Honor is Dead (Metal Blade)
Seeker – Loss (Victory)
Venom Prison – Animus (Prosthetic)

First Impression:
Protest the Hero – “Harbinger” taken from Pacific Myth out November 18th from Razor & Tie

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Episode 257: SubRosa, The Nietzsche, Lies 2016 Album Reviews + Heaven Shall Burn Preview

Inconsistent Speeds

It is said “variety is the spice of life.” You don’t get much more “variety” than listening to 15 minute long Doom songs next to minute and a half long furious Hardcore Punk songs. We at least do you a solid and throw some Mathcore-ish stuff in the middle. It makes the transition easier.  Trust me.

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Reviews:
SubRosa – For This We Fought the Battle of the Ages  (Profound Lore)
The Nietzsche – Welcome to Poetry 201
Lies – Abuse/Plague

First Impression:
Heaven Shall Burn – “Bring the War Home” from Wanderer out September 16th from Century Media

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