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Episode 399: Exhumed, Insomnium, Gatecreeper 2019 Album Reviews + Target Bandcamp Pick

Seasonality

Between these new albums, our ABC pic, and the two live reviews, we had lot to discuss this week…and discuss we did!  We’d like to talk you too, so share your thoughts in the comments!

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Reviews:
Exhumed – Horror (Relapse)
Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave (Century Media)
Gatecreeper – Deserted (Relapse)

Live Reviews:
Rock and Shock featuring Revocation, Skeletal Remains, Conjurer, Psycroptic, Korpiklaani, and Eluveitie and more at the Palladium in Worcester, MA on October 11, 2019

The Berserker Tour featuring Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, and Grand Magus at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, NY on October 12, 2019

T is for
Target (Chile)

 

 

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Episode 388: Amon Amarth, Grand Magus, October Tide 2019 Album Reviews + ID:VISION Bandcamp Pick

Stockholm Syndrome

We follow with three bands this week to see how their latest releases strike us.  Do they hold our attention and have us defending them?  Or do we want to break free and move on with our lives?

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Reviews:
Amon Amarth – Berserker (Metal Blade)
Grand Magus – Wolf God (Nuclear Blast)
October Tide – In Splendor Below (Agonia)

I is for
ID:VISION

 

 

 

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Episode 242: Kvelertak, Hatebreed, Grand Magus 2016 Album Reviews

Agree to Disagree

The show is in rare form this week.  Your normally agreeable hosts did not give any of this week’s albums the same rating.  Did we greatly disagree on any of them?  Did we fight over these albums?  Well, all of your questions will be answered once you listen to the episode.

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Reviews:
Kvelertak – Nattesferd (Roadrunner)
Hatebreed – The Concrete Confessional (Nuclear Blast)
Grand Magus – Sword Songs (Nuclear Blast)
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Episode 169: Listapalooza Day 1

As promised, this week’s show is about our supplemental lists.  A prelude, if you will, to the top albums of the year.  We trimmed the fat this year, so we only have six categories (yeah, there was more), including Best EP, Most Disappointing, and Best Art.  As in years past, the latter is done with a guest appearance from our good friend and kinda-in-house artist Mike Clancey.  Feel free to share your picks – or argue with ours – in the comments!

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(Just a reminder: For those of you doing your last minute Christmas shopping on Amazon – which we know some of you are doing – please go there through one of the album links on the side.  That simple click-through will help keep this podcast up and running.  Thanks!)

Episode 124: Riffage, Introspection, and Blasphemy

Alright, since this is going up really late, I’ll keep this short. We have four brandy new albums with four cool-ass songs to go with them.  We also have two live reviews from Brian’s recent ventures into NYC.  All that info is below. Get listening!  (And sorry for the slackin’ in postin’.)

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Reviews: Behemoth – The Satanist (Metal Blade); Exmortus – Slave to the Sword (Prosthetic); Grand Magus – Triumph and Power (Nuclear Blast); Junius – Days of the Fallen Sun (Prosthetic)

Live Reviews: “World Construct Tour” feat. Dark Tranquillity, Omnium Gatherum, Exmortus @ Stage 48, New York, NY on February 3, 2014; “Deceiver of the Gods Tour” feat. Amon Amarth, Enslaved, Skeletonwitch @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY on February 4, 2014

(During the Junius review, I (Brian) believe I stated that the EP would not be released on CD.  That information is not correct.   It is available on limited edition vinyl, CD, or digital download.)

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