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Episode 419: Protest the Hero, Vampire, Let Us Prey 2020 Album Reviews + Inside Out Music Showcase

In Which We Try to Make Things a Little Less Shitty

If you think about it, we help in our own way by entertaining and informing heavy music fans such as yourself. Even if we only provide temporary mental relief, it’s something, right?  Well we want to do more, and we’d like you to help…and also help us entertain and inform!

What the hell are we talking about?  At the top of the episode – and on THIS PAGE – we explain how The Sideshow Podcast is going to contribute Crew Nation, how you can help, and have some fun with us in the process.

And remember – Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay Metal.

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Reviews:
Protest the Hero – Palimpsest
Vampire – Rex (Century Media)
Let Us Prey – Virtues of the Vicious (M-Theory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 418: Lamb of God, End, 16 2020 Album Reviews + Inside Out Music Showcase

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Notes!

Actually, yes we do. Well, at least Brian needs notes.  Regardless, we have some good recommendations this week, some from familiar territory, and others new to us!

And remember – Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay Metal.

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Reviews:
Lamb of God – Lamb of God (Epic)
End – Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face (Closed Casket)
16 – Dream Squasher (Relapse)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 417: Alestorm, Caligula’s Horse, Astralborne 2020 Album Reviews + Southern Lord Showcase

There Be Quibbles Ahead

We have a solid set of releases for you this episode!  They aren’t perfect – which is obviously what we discuss here – but they are all worth a listen.  Well, they are worth your time if you are into the respective styles of Metal.

And remember – Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay Metal.

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Reviews:
Alestorm – Curse of the Crystal Coconut (Napalm)
Caligula’s Horse – Rise Radiant (Inside Out)
Astralborne – Eternity’s End (Prosthetic)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 403: Spirit Adrift, Devin Townsend, Haunt 2019 Album Reviews + Zan Bandcamp Pick

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…

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Reviews:
Spirit Adrift – Divided by Darkness (20 Buck Spin)
Devin Townsend – Empath (Inside Out)
Haunt – If Icarus Could Fly (Shadow Kingdom)


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Episode 379: Rolo Tomasi, Haken, Night Verses, Daughters 2018 Album Reviews

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!

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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)

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