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Episode 241: Devildriver, Enthean, The Hypothesis 2016 Album Reviews + Black Crown Initiate Preview

Redeemed by the Proverbial Left Field

I guess that title is somewhat of a spoiler (assuming you haven’t looked dat the sidebar yet), but it’s true.  It’s a good thing, though, because that means we have a couple of new “discoveries” that hopefully you’ll enjoy too!  You should let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Reviews:
Devildriver – Trust No One (Napalm)
Enthean – Priests of Annihilation
The Hypothesis – Origin (Inverse)

First Impression:
Black Crown Initiate – “For Red Cloud” from Selves We Cannot Forgive out July 22nd from eOne  Read Full Article

Episode 188: Gruesome, Nightrage, Retox, Whorion 2015 Album Reviews

Individual Thought Patterns and the Sound of Perseverance 

Yes, I am intentionally making Death references in the title.  And, also yes, it was inspired by one of our album reviews.  However, those two album names also apply to the rest of the reviews in this episode, which makes me very deep and clever.  Or maybe it just makes me lazy, but either way, they fit. Anyway, you’ll notice that since we overwhelmed you with segments last week, we decided to strip down this show.  Ok, fine. That’s not really how it went down, but just work with me here…

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Reviews:
Gruesome – Savage Land (Relapse)
Nightrage – The Puritan (Despotz)
Retox – Beneath California (Epitaph)
Whorion – The Reign of the 7th Sector (Inverse)

Live Review: Every Time I Die, The Marmosets and The Eeries at The Webster Underground in Hartford, CT on April 26th, 2015

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Episode 182: Alkaloid, Sannhet, Wild Throne, Callisto, Burweed 2015 Album Reviews

Kitchen Sink

We learned a lesson this week:  don’t make episodes that contain only post-metal styles and things with avant garde.  It is WAY too much to try to wrap your head around and get into.  One or maybe two of these in a week would be fine to switch things up and help with our more usual drastic “gear shifting” but doing a whole week of them is just trying.  That said…we survived and this episode is the result of our accidental experiment.

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Reviews:
Alkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire (Brutal Panda)
Sannhet – Revisionist (The Flenser)
Callisto – Secret Youth (Svart)
Burweed – Hide (Inverse)

First Impression:
Wild Throne – “War is a Romance” from Harvest of Darkness out August 18, 2015 from Roadrunner Records

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Episode 133: Results May Vary

When it’s a slow week for major releases, we tend to branch out and try new bands, some of which come from the small labels who send us promo.  Like with all experiments, you don’t really know how it’s going to turn out until it’s over. Sometimes we find some truly awesome gems!  And sometimes…well, we find steaming piles dog poo.  So how did this week’s experiments turn out?  Get listening and you’ll find out.

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Reviews: Chevelle – La Gargola (Epic); Khroma – Collapse (Inverse); Neptune – Prelude to Nothing (Earthquake Terror Noise); Pyrrhon – Mother of Virtues (Relapse); So Hideous – Last Poem/First Light (Prosthetic)
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Episode 125: Mediocrity at it’s Finest

They can’t all be winners, folks. And this week, we have a perfect example of that.  That’s not to say that the music we are featuring this week is abysmal or will actually make your ears bleed, but it’s also not the finest aural assaults we have presented either.  But that’s not a bad thing!  Why? Because now you don’t have to sit through the entirety of any of these albums like we did.  Consider that out belated Valentine’s Day gift to you fine freaks.

Ok, yeah, we know that’s the same thing we do every week, but when we go a whole episode with Brian not giving anything above a three, you know there are some real gems in there we are saving you from.

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Reviews: Caliban – Ghost Empire (Century Media); Drawers – Drawers (Kaotoxin); Fear of Domination – Distorted Delusions (Inverse); Mayan – Antagonise (Nuclear Blast)

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