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Episode 401: Nile, Cloak, Sunless Rise 2019 Album Reviews + Vaelmyst, Wilderun Bandcamp Picks

Forget Me Not

The problem we had for some of the artists this week is not in their musicianship, but their ability to make us remember what the hell just happened.  If you can’t handle that, then out already-crappy memories sure as hell aren’t going to remember their albums a year or more from now. Let us know in the comments (or social media) if you agree with our assessments!

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Reviews:
Nile – Vile Nilotic Rites (Nuclear Blast)
Cloak – The Burning Dawn (Season of Mist)
Sunless Rise – Ultimacy


V is for
Vaelmyst

W is for
Wilderun

 

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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 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 281: Overkill, Mors Principium Est 2017 and Sunless Rise 2015 Album Reviews

Shreddin’ Slopes and Guitars

Sorry this one is up so late.  Your hosts went skiing over the long weekend*, so we were incidentally slacking on our podcast duties.  But, hey, it is here, we still haven’t missed a week since the start, and there are three albums for you to check out with us, so all is well.

*President’s Day weekend in the US

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Reviews:
Overkill – The Grinding Wheel (Nuclear Blast)
Mors Principium Est – Embers of a Dying World (AFM)
Sunless Rise – Unrevealed

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Episode 273: Top 25 Albums of 2016

Listapaloozamania Ends Now!

Merry Christmas freaks!  It’s been an, uh, interesting year.  We sincerely thank each and every one of you who listen to this podcast and support us in any way.  It is a fair amount of work, but even more fun, and it means a lot that we have all of you enjoying it! So thanks again being with us in 2016, and we look forward to a (hopefully better) 2017!  And now, enjoy our top albums of the year!!

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P.S.  As you heard last week, in this episode and may have read in comments recently, Nick and I overlooked a few releases when talking about Most Disappointing, Best Debut, etc. You should know by now we aren’t always the sharpest crayons in the box. Well, adding to that list, we neglected to mention an EP we both enjoyed – Welcome to Poetry 201 by The Nietzsche. (Check out our 4 star review HERE if you missed it.) Sorry about that guys! 

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