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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 172: Like Last Week, but Better

Continuing last week’s exploration of shit we missed in 2014, we have four more choice cuts from various year end lists.  The difference is that this week, everything is rated higher overall.  Really, that’s good news for everybody involved…especially your hosts since we have to listen to it all.  Rounding out the show, we have our first live review of 2015 – which leads to a discussion about live production – and we discuss albums that will/might/we want to come out this year.

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Reviews:
Dead Congregation – Promulgation of the Fall (Martyrdom Productions/Profound Lore)
Inferi – The Path of Apotheosis (The Artisan Era)
Midnight – No Mercy for Mayhem (Hell’s Headbangers)
Svffer – Lies We Live (Per Koro Records/Vendetta)

Live Review: Dark Tranquillity, Insomnium, Winter Nights @ Gramercy Theatre in New York, NY on January 4, 2015

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Episode 136: Lock, Schlock, and Two Non-Smoking Barrels

May the 4th Be With You!! Han and Chewie (you can decide who is who) guide you through four star destroyers, five tie fighters and  through one trench run to bring an action-packed show.  It’s gonna take a little more time than a Kessel Run but this hunk-of-junk podcast has it where it counts and we get you through safely.

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Reviews: Aborted – The Necrotic Manifesto (Century Media); Devil You Know – The Beauty of Destruction (Nuclear Blast); Floor – Oblation (Season of Mist); Insomnium – Shadows of the Dying Sun (Century Media)

First Impressions:
Misery Index – “The Killing Gods” from The Killing Gods out May 27th on Season of Mist
Tombs – “Edge of Darkness” from Savage Gold out June 10th on Relapse
Circle of Contempt – “Filth” from forthcoming album
Machine Head – “Killers & Kings (demo)” from forthcoming album on Nuclear Blast Entertainment
Slayer – “Implode” from forthcoming album on Nuclear Blast

Live Review: “Worldwide Plagues Tour” featuring ReVamp, Sabaton, and Iced Earth on April 18, 2014 at Best Buy Theater in New York, NY

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Episode 105: Long, Busy Week = Long, Busy Episode

Don’t be fooled by the fact there are only two album reviews this week…we give you more than your (hypothetical) money’s worth. Around these two album reviews, Brian and Nick have live reviews for concerts from those bands.  As you can also see, we brought back First Impressions with a respectable eight cuts.  What you cannot see, though, is there are six new tracks that we shove in your earhole. So grab a drink, sit back, and soak it all in.  Or leave comments right here as you listen to the show and join the conversation. Whatever works for you.

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Reviews: Carcass – Surgical Steel (Nuclear Blast); Katatonia – Dethroned & Uncrowned (Kscope)

Live Reviews: Carcass w/ Immolation @ Gramercy Theater, New York, NY on 9/26/13;  Katatonia and  Cult of Luna w/ TesseracT and Intronaut @ Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA on 9/23/13 and @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY on 9/24/13

First Impressions:

Death Angel – “The Dream Calls for Blood” from The Dream Calls for Blood out October 15 via Nuclear Blast
Mutoid Man – “Scrape the Walls” from Helium Head out November 29 via Magic Bullet
Insomnium – “Ephemeral” from forthcoming album out in 2014 via Century Media
Rivers of Nihil – “Soil & Seed” from The Conscious Seed of Light out October 15 via Metal Blade
Toxic Holocaust – “Out of the Fire” from Chemistry of Consciousness out October 29 via Relapse
Obliteration – “Goat Skull Crown” from Black Death Horizon out November 12 via Relapse
Katakylsm – “Like Animals” from Waiting for the End to Come out October 29 via Nuclear Blast
Red Fang – “Blood Like Cream” from Whales and Leeches out October 15 via Relapse