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Episode 354: Into Eternity, Violent Life Violent Death, Vein 2018 Album Reviews + Texas Bandcamp Pick: Lizard Professor

Don’t Call It a Comeback – Part 2: The Comeback

This time around, one of these bands is about to release an album 10 years after their last one (a bit more dramatic then the referenced earlier episode).  The same question applies: is it worth it? Well, listen to find out, and make sure you stick around for the new bands!

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Into Eternity – Sirens
Violent Life Violent Death – Come, Heavy Breath
Vein – Errorzone (Closed Casket Activities)

 

Texas
Professor Lizard

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Episode 347: Amorphis, Sevendust, Fractal Gates 2018 Album Reviews + Illinois Bandcamp Pick: Scientist

Defying Age

Two of the bands we cover this week have been around for quite some time.  In fact, your hosts have been following one of them for over half their lives! Sure, there are many more bands that fit that bill, but every now and then you just have that “when the hell did that happen?” moment.

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Reviews:
Amorphis – Queen of Time (Nuclear Blast)
Sevendust – All I See is War (Rise)
Fractal Gates – The Light that Shines (Rain Without End)

 

Illinois
Scientist

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Episode 331: Machine Head and Bind Torture Kill 2018 Album Reviews + Connecticut Bandcamp Pick: Lyra

You Did it Wrong

So why only two albums reviews? Well, as many of you may expect, we have a lot to say about the new Machine Head album, so we wanted to give enough time to that without running the show too long.  Make sure you stick around for the whole show though..there’s good music there. Oh, and we also discuss the production value of August Burns Red‘s remix/remaster of Messengers. 

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Reviews:
Machine Head – Catharsis (Nuclear Blast)
Bind Torture Kill – Viscères (Wooaaargh)

Bands Across America
Connecticut: Lyra

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Episode 320: Toothgrinder, Axis, Cloak, Glasslands 2017 Album Reviews + Machine Head Preview

Mostly Comfortable

All of this week’s bands are seem pretty comfortable in their own skin.  We found, however, a couple need to shed their skin and grow, one is growing just fine, another is in a possible confused puberty stage, while yet another may be regressing in a way that is making us uncomfortable. To further this forced theme of comfort, make sure you listen to Nick’s live review for some, um, interesting moments at Trap Them’s last show.

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Reviews:
Toothgrinder – Phantom Amore (Spinefarm)
Axis – Shift (Good Fight)
Cloak – To Venomous Depths (Season of Mist)
Glasslands – Pariah

First Impression:
Machine Head – “Beyond the Pale” from Catharsis out January 26, 2018 through Nuclear Blast

Live Review:
Slow Death, Call of the Void, Trap Them (final show) on November 12, 2017 at Sonia in Cambridge, MA

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Episode 272: End of 2016 Auxiliary Lists

Listapaloozamania Start Now!

It’s a week before Christmas and all through the podcast we were stirring, bitching, and moaning about making lists.  I mean, we go through this every year, so you think we would just get over it. Anyway, as in years past, we have a few other short lists like Best Artwork (which you can see below), Most Disappointing, and Worst Albums. Enjoy these treats this week, and come back next week for the 2016 grand finale!

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The holiday season is here, and you will be shopping on Amazon. Please consider changing your bookmark to our site and using the album art on the side to get there!  Amazon will give us a small percent back from your purchase and we use that to keep the show and site up and running.  Thanks!

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