Two Overdue Big-Name Reviews…
…and some other band. I mean, we didn’t mean to overshadow Cognizance (which Brian says wrong almost every time), but it just kinda happened that way. We have a fair amount to say about all three, so make sure you say your piece int he comments or on social media!
Reviews:
Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner)
Killswitch Engage – Atonement (Metal Blade)
Cognizance – Malignant Dominion (Prosthetic)
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!
Into Eternity – Sirens
Violent Life Violent Death – Come, Heavy Breath
Vein – Errorzone (Closed Casket Activities)
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.
Reviews:
Amorphis – Queen of Time (Nuclear Blast)
Sevendust – All I See is War (Rise)
Fractal Gates – The Light that Shines (Rain Without End)
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.
Reviews:
Machine Head – Catharsis (Nuclear Blast)
Bind Torture Kill – Viscères (Wooaaargh)
Bands Across America
Connecticut: Lyra
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.
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
