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Episode 326: Top 30 Albums of 2017

It’s New Year’s! Let’s Argue!

As our final act of 2017, we now present to you our collective Top 30 Albums of 2017!  Feel free to let us know your favorites – or argue about ours – in the comments!

We also want to take this time to thank each and every one of you who listen to this podcast and support us in any way. It is not always easy making keeping up with this show alongside our day jobs and living the rest of our lives, but in the end, we do really enjoy it all.  We truly appreciate all of you who listen, whether you are in a state next door or a country on the other side of the world.

We hope you had a great 2017 and we wish you an even better 2018!

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Episode 284: Junius, Hark, Wolfheart 2017 Album Reviews + Wear Your Wounds Preview

Counting Down

No, this is not a list episode. There is just an inadvertent decrease in numbers of some sort that happens. Anyway, there’s some good stuff in here, including a review of the new Junius album (finally!). So stop reading my banter and get listening.

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Reviews:
Junius – Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light (Prosthetic)
Hark – Machinations  (Season of Mist)
Wolfheart – Tyhiyys  (Spinefarm)

First Impressions:
Wear Your Wounds – “Fog” from WYW out April 7th from Deathwish

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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 169: Listapalooza Day 1

As promised, this week’s show is about our supplemental lists.  A prelude, if you will, to the top albums of the year.  We trimmed the fat this year, so we only have six categories (yeah, there was more), including Best EP, Most Disappointing, and Best Art.  As in years past, the latter is done with a guest appearance from our good friend and kinda-in-house artist Mike Clancey.  Feel free to share your picks – or argue with ours – in the comments!

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(Just a reminder: For those of you doing your last minute Christmas shopping on Amazon – which we know some of you are doing – please go there through one of the album links on the side.  That simple click-through will help keep this podcast up and running.  Thanks!)

Episode 124: Riffage, Introspection, and Blasphemy

Alright, since this is going up really late, I’ll keep this short. We have four brandy new albums with four cool-ass songs to go with them.  We also have two live reviews from Brian’s recent ventures into NYC.  All that info is below. Get listening!  (And sorry for the slackin’ in postin’.)

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Reviews: Behemoth – The Satanist (Metal Blade); Exmortus – Slave to the Sword (Prosthetic); Grand Magus – Triumph and Power (Nuclear Blast); Junius – Days of the Fallen Sun (Prosthetic)

Live Reviews: “World Construct Tour” feat. Dark Tranquillity, Omnium Gatherum, Exmortus @ Stage 48, New York, NY on February 3, 2014; “Deceiver of the Gods Tour” feat. Amon Amarth, Enslaved, Skeletonwitch @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY on February 4, 2014

(During the Junius review, I (Brian) believe I stated that the EP would not be released on CD.  That information is not correct.   It is available on limited edition vinyl, CD, or digital download.)

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