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Episode 108: Let the Music Do the Talking

Sometimes being at a loss for words can speak volumes. This becomes readily apparent as our faithful heroes maneuver through a slew of new albums, all of which are from more well known bands, compared to last week, anyway.   All these reviews, luckily, have new tunes to accompany them…which is extra sweet for releases like Serpents Unleashed which has a few weeks before coming out, and we can give you a fresh taste of.  But I digress in my excitement…just stop reading and listen for yourself already!

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Reviews: Pelican – Forever Becoming (Southern Lord); Red Fang – Whales and Leeches (Relapse); Rivers of Nihil – The Conscious Seeds of Light (Metal Blade); Skeletonwitch – Serpents Unleashed (Prosthetic)

Live Reviews: Finch @ Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ on  October 15, 2013; Nine Inch Nails @ The Prudential Center, Newark, NJ on October 16, 2013

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Episode 102: Bad Jokes and Missed Opportunities for Good Ones

Once again the Rock(jock) left us hanging high and dry so you Brian joined Nick in his “studio” to bring you this episode.  The two perfect-attendance-holders take you on journey of albums ranging from the minimalistic electronics of Trent Reznor’s newest output to the blistering Death Metal madness of Gorguts, making a few stylistic twist and turns in the middle.  And there are new tunes for most of these albums for you to enjoy…or skip, but either way they are there.

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Reviews: Gorguts – Colored Sands (Season of Mist); Infanticide – Misconception of Hope (Willowtip); Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks (Capital); The Safety Fire – Mouth of Swords (Inside Out)

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Episode 99: We’ve Got 99 Episodes and This is One

Guess who made it back from last week?  Nick and Brian!  Oh, and Kyle too.  At full strength for two weeks in a row, we are bringing a jam-packed episode, including: 1 live review (complete with Brian fumbling over himself out of the gate), 2 brief appearances from future guest host Ryan Keough, 3 hosts, 4 album reviews, 5 first impressions, and 6 songs for your listening pleasure.

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Reviews: Born of Osiris – Tomorrow We Die Alive (Sumerian); DevilDriver – Winter Kills (Naplam); Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth (Nuclear Blast); Watain – The Wild Hunt (Century Media)

First Impressions:

Skeletonwitch – “Burned from Bone” (in DB) from Serpents Unleashed out 10/29 via Prosthetic
Nine Inch Nails – “Copy of A” from Hesitation Marks out 9/3 via Universal
Anti-Mortem – “Words of Wisdom” from forthcoming debut via Nuclear Blast Entertainment
Trivium – “Strife” from Vengeance Falls out 10/15 via RoadRunner
Katatonia – “The One You are Looking for is Not Here” from Dethroned and Uncrowned out 9/10 via Kscope

Episode 89: Memory Upgrade Required to Continue

Sorry for this being late.  Sometimes life just gets in the way a little bit…

…as another example of that, breaking his streak, the one and only Rock(jock) has yet again gone AWOL.  But, as always, the ever-present Nick and Brian are here to guide you through the newest in heavy.  This week brings the usual reviews…complete with music for each of them…, a slew of new First Impressions and a live review of the Killswitch Engage tour that recently hit NYC.

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Reviews: Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood (Nuclear Blast); Incendiary – Cost of Living (Closed Casket Activities); Ramming Speed – Doomed to Destroy, Destined to Die (Prosthetic); Your Chance to Die – The American Dream (Red Cord Records)

First Impressions: The Absence – “Oceans”; Arsonists Get All the Girls – “Beast Fist”; Enter Shikari – “Radiate”; letlive. – “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”; Like Moths to the Flame – “I Solemnly Swear”; Nine Inch Nails – “Come Back Haunted”; Palms – “Future Warrior”;  Sirenia – “Seven Widows Weep”

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