Preemptive Strike
We decided to a get a jump on our regular January listening. Instead of picking some random stuff to review, we looked at some year-end lists and picked some albums we missed from earlier this year. Will any change our own pending year-end lists? Maybe…
Reviews:
Spirit Adrift – Divided by Darkness (20 Buck Spin)
Devin Townsend – Empath (Inside Out)
Haunt – If Icarus Could Fly (Shadow Kingdom)
This Year’s Shit We Missed from Last Year
It’s that time of year again! That’s right, not much had been released yet, so we looked back at some lauded released that seemed to have eluded us until now. The question we try to answer is, “Do they live up to the hype?” Well, listen and find out!
Rolo Tomasi – Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (Holy Roar)
Haken – Vektor (Inside Out)
Night Verses – From the Gallery of Sleep (Equal Vision)
Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want (Ipecac)
This weeks metallic mix is brought to you by bands who all have exemplary skills, Aside from the instruments they are paying, that is about all they have in common because their styles are drastically different…which is how we like to roll around here.
Reviews:
Archspire – Relentless Mutation (Season of Mist)
Caligula’s Horse – In Contact (Inside Out)
Neck of the Woods – The Passenger (Basick)
First Impression:
Sinsaenum – “Ashes” from Ashes EP out November 10th from earMUSIC
We come across a lot of albums we love for any of a number of reasons but it is rare we come across something that truly stuns us (in a good way). Well, we have one of those rare occurrences this week, and it helped create an episode that us musically all over the place. No seriously…try listening to all of this back-to-back, or worse, on shuffle. Shit gets weird fast.
Reviews:
Crimfall – Amain (Metal Blade)
NYN – Entropy: Of Chaos and Salt (Vmbrella)
The Hirsch Effekt – Eskapist (Long Branch)
First Impression:
Caligula’s Horse – “Will’s Song (Let the Colors Run)” from In Contact out September 15, 2017 through Inside Out
Happy Halloween hangover! And also happy November? Geez…how did it get to November already? Craziness. Anyway, we’re hear to kick off this month with a new batch of tunes from the end of last month. In our opinion, they run the gamut from amazing, must-buy to kinda meh, but they largely aren’t that simple to describe as such. It’s a good thing we have this podcast to elaborate on that…and the comment section fro you to tell us your thoughts on these albums.
Reviews:
Born of Osiris – Soul Sphere (Sumerian)
Abigail Williams – The Accuser (Candlelight)
Shining – International Blackjazz Society (Spinefarm)
Caligula’s Horse – Bloom (Inside Out)
