At the Speed of Grind
We have some long-awaited follow-ups this week! Well, we haven’t been really been “waiting” for two of them, but Brian has been anxiously waiting almost five freakin’ years for the third. The question we are here to answer, though, is, “Are any of them worth the wait?”
Reviews:
Fallujah – Undying Light (Nuclear Blast)
Misery Index – Rituals of Power (Season of Mist)
Noisem – Cease to Exist (20 Buck Spin)
We have been saying every week so far this year, “it’s a slow week for releases” or that “nothing is coming out.” Obviously, there has been a ton of music, but the “bigger,” more recognizable names have been absent. Well, that all changes this week…and not necessarily for the better, as is the sad case for one of this week’s releases. To make up for it, Nick saw our friends in Byzantine destroy a small venue near his house and he tells you all about it.
Reviews:
High on Fire – Luminiferous (eOne)
KEN Mode – Success (Season of Mist)
Tempel – The Moon Lit Our Path (Prosthetic)
Enabler – By Demons Denied EP (Century Media)
Noisem – Blossoming Decay (A389)
Live Review:
Byzantine, Mobile Deathcamp, Final Drive, and more at Shenanigans in Westfield, MA on June 13, 2015
We may have one less album review this week than we normally do, but we have tons of content to make up for it! Live review! Showcase! First Impressions! And if that wasn’t enough to entice you, your hosts actually have differing opinions on two of the albums! I know…your mind is blown, right? It’s crazy in here. Come join us.
Reviews:
Tribulation – The Children of the Night (Century Media)
Abiotic – Cauistry (Metal Blade)
Native Construct – Quiet World (Metal Blade)
(Side)Showcase: Eeden
First Impressions:
Paradise Lost – “No Hope in Sight” taken from The Plague Within out June 2, 2015 from Century Media
Noisem – “1132” taken from Blossoming Decay out early June 2015 from A389 Recordings
Live Review: The Decibel Magazine Tour 2015 featuring At The Gates, Converge, Pallbearer, and Vallenfyre at Webster Hall in New York, NY on April 12, 2015
Happy Easter! Or Happy 420, if that is your thing. Whether you are listening to this while getting high on sugar or some other substance (or both), we have four new albums this week that you should find (overall) more enjoyable than last week’s selections. We did! For good measure, we have a live review of a tour that you probably should have gone too. If you missed it, you are SOL now, but I am sure you’ll be able to see the bands again soon.
Reviews: Ancient Ascendant – Echoes and Cinder (Candlelight); The Drip – A Presentation of Gruesome Poetics (Relapse); Shores of Null – Quiescence (Candlelight); Skinfather – None Will Mourn (Streetcleaner)
Live Review: “The Decibel Magazine Tour 2014” feat. Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts, Noisem @ Best Buy Theater, New York, NY on April 11, 2014
This week’s show is packed with new music and we almost had Kyle with us. But, alas, he doesn’t know how to read a calendar, so yet again he is not present, disappointing his many fans…assuming those people really exist,. However, with eight first impressions, five new albums, and a (Side)Showcase, you probably won’t miss him. You can also probably gather from the title that there are a fair amount of goofs and misspeaks from your faithful hosts, so that should help keep you entertained as well.
Reviews: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful (Epitaph); Lord Dying – Summon the Faithless (Relapse); Manegarm – Legions of the North (Napalm); Noisem – Agony Defined (A389); Bruce Soord with Jonas Renkse – Wisdom of Crowds (Kscope Music)
(Side)Showcase: Deadtide
First Impressions:
Witherscape – “Dead for a Day” from The Inheritance out August 6 via Century Media
Ashes of Ares – “Dead Man’s Plight” from Ashes of Ares out September 6 via Nuclear Blast
The Kindred – “Decades” from forthcoming album out later this year via Sumerian
Temple of the Black Moon – “Infernal Desire Machine” from debut album the band started recording July 9
Dead Letter Circus – “Lodestar” from The Catalyst Fire out August 9 via UNFD
Pelican – “Immutable Dusk” from Forever Becoming out October 15 via Southern Lord
Gorguts – “Oceans of Wisdom” from Colored Sands out September 3 via Season of Mist
Last Chance to Reason – “The Dictator” from Level 3 out August 6 via Prosthetic
