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Episode 239: Aborted, October Tide, The Foreshadowing 2016 Album Reviews + Amon Amarth, Entombed AD, Exmortus Live Reviews

Dark Tunes for Sunny Days

We have a fully stacked episode for you this week!  Three album reviews, two First Impressions, one live review, and whole lot of Metal! You’re getting a little late start (sorry about that) so I’ll skip further banter and let you get listening.

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Reviews:
Aborted – Retrogore (Century Media)
October Tide – Winged Waltz (Agonia)
The Foreshadowing – Seven Heads Ten Horns (Cyclone Empire)

Live Reviews:
Amon Amarth, Entombed A.D. , Exmortus at Playstation Theatre in New York, NY on April 22, 2016

First Impressions:
Nails – “You Will Never Be One of Us” off You Will Never Be One Of Us out June 17th from Nuclear Blast
Gojira – “Stranded” from Magma out June 17th from Roadrunner

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Episode 233: Entombed A.D., Bombus, American Head Charge 2016 Album Reviews + Kvelertak, Skeletonwitch, Aborted Previews

Rock is Not Dead, but Maybe Nu-Metal Should Be

Despite Marilyn Manson’s proclamation in 1998, Rock is not dead.  It just kind of went into hiding.  Rock hid in the underground, and also holed up with some other sub-genres…which it started doing way before 1998. Anyway, another thing that largely went into hiding only to rear it’s head again is Nu-Metal.  While we have presented a few exceptions on this here podcast, we have probably given more examples as to why Nu-Metal should have stayed hidden.  Unfortunately, we have an argument for the latter again this week.  Oh, and we have some first impressions to discuss too, so if you are still reading this, hopefully you have started the show already.

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Reviews:
Entombed A.D. – Dead Dawn (Century Media)
Bombus – Repeat Until Death (Century Media)
American Head Charge – Tango Umbrella (Napalm)

First Impressions:
Kvelertak – “1985” from Nattesford, out May 13th from Roadrunner Records
Skeletonwitch – “Well of Despair”, a new single out now with a new EP due this summer
Aborted – “Retrogore” from Retrogore, out April 22nd from Century Media

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Episode 227: Aborted, Cetus, Dropout Album Reviews

Pants On Fire

Ok, so we may have lied to you all a little, albeit accidentally. I believe last week we claimed that we would have all new tunes for a while.  Well, we only have one 2016 release this week, though we are willing to bet that these albums are all new to you.  We also said (I think in 225) we wouldn’t review the Dropout album. As you can see, that statement also did not hold true.  We’re pretty sure you’ll thank us for changing our minds on that one though…

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Reviews:
Aborted – Termination Redux EP (Century Media)
Cetus – The Remnant Mass (Dullest)
Dropout – Turn Away from the Light

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Episode 203: Cattle Decapitation, Fear Factory, Hibria, The Oxford Coma 2015 Album Reviews + Summer Slaughter, Coal Chamber, Fear Factory Live Reviews

Live and Well

Boy, do we have a packed show for you!  I don’t think we’ve made an episode this long in quite some time!  Four new reviews, two of which really get your hosts talking.  We also have not one, but TWO live reviews, which in our infinite awesomeness, we coordinated with two of album reviews. So, strap yourself in for good one, freaks!  Oh, and be sure to get talking with us in the comments!

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Reviews:
Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade)
Fear Factory – Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
Hibria – Hibria (Power Prog)
The Oxford Coma – Paris is Mine (independent)

Live Review:
Summer Slaughter Tour at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ on August 9, 2015
Coal Chamber, Fear Factory, Jasta, Saint Ridley at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on August 11, 2015

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Episode 199: Between the Buried and Me, Teethgrinder, Organ Dealer, Rest Among Ruins 2015 Album Reviews

Grinding Through Progression

As hinted at last week, we review the new BTBAM album this week, and we (accidentally) decided to pair it with another long-winded progressive album. In an attempt to balance that out, we picked two albums whose combined length is still not as long as either progressive album. They do, however, test our endurance…just in a very different way.

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Reviews:
Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic (Metal Blade)
Teethgrinder – Misanthropy (Lifeforce)
Organ Dealer – Visceral Infection (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
Rest Among Ruins – Fugue (independent)

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