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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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Episode 368: Beyond Creation, Racetraitor, Mycelia 2018 Album Reviews + Washington Bandcamp Pick: Pound

On an Upswing

Brian didn’t give 3s across the board this week!  So, one of these bands did something right.  Well, two did, because our Bands Across America pick is pretty awesome…

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Beyond Creation – Algorythm (Season of Mist)
Racetraitor – 2042 (Good Fight)
Mycelia – Apex (Eclipse)

 

Washington
Pound

 

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Episode 279: Code Orange, The Drip, Vipassi 2017 Album Reviews

Look! 2017 Music!

As promised, we have music from this year this week!  Not only do we have three album reviews, but we made up for the month of January with FOUR first impressions.  So there is a whole lotta new music to sink your teeth into (or you ears?), so get at it.

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Reviews:
Code Orange – Forever (Roadrunner)
The Drip – The Haunting Fear of Inevitability (Relapse)
Vipassi – Sunyata (Season of Mist)

First Impressions:
Junius – “The Queens Constellation” from Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light out March 3rd from Prosthetic
Without Waves – “Sewing Together the Limbs” from Lunar out March 17th from Prosthetic
Mastodon – “Show Yourself” from Emperor of Sand out March 31st from Reprise
Pallbearer – “Thorns” from Heartless out March 24th from Profound Lore

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Episode 270: Animals as Leaders, Serpentine Dominion, Teethgrinder 2016 Album Reviews + Disperse Preview

Come Together 

Amongst this week’s bands we have talented show offs, a “supergroup,” and a band that probably needs a mouthguard. Also, Nick fought through the elements, construction sites, and a car fire to get to Brian’s house to record this show.  Well, not specifically to do that, but it happened.

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Reviews:
Animals as Leaders – The Madness of Many (Sumerian)
Serpentine Dominion – Serpentine Dominion (Metal Blade)
Teethgrinder – Nihilism (Lifeforce)

First Impressions:
Disperse – “Stay” taken from Foreward out February 17, 2017 from Season of Mist

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Episode 254: Skeletonwitch, Russian Circles, Hammers of Misfortune 2016 Album Reviews + The Dillinger Escape Plan Preview

Some More Returning Favorites

Last week’s show had some new faces…this week does not.  We have covered all these bands at least once before, and we even interviewed one of them (John Cobbett of Hammers)!  So how do these new ones stack up against previous efforts? Presumably you are here to find out, so you should know what to do.

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Reviews:
Skeletonwitch – The Apothic Gloom (Prosthetic)
Russian Circles – Guidance (Sargent House)
Hammers of Misfortune – Dead Revolution (Metal Blade)

First Impression:
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Limerent Death” from Dissociation out October 14th through Party Smasher Inc.

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