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)
Some New Shit!
We have some brandy new jams this week, ranging from sweet melodies to chaotic grind and…well, not “everything in between” but there’s a little bit of variation. We also debut this year’s gimmicky feature, which should be fun!
Reviews:
Soilwork – Verkligheten (Nuclear Blast)
Beaten To Death – Agronomicon (Mas Kina)
Wristmeetrazor – Misery Never Forgets (Prosthetic)
Bandcamp Features:
Atka – Untitled Album 1
Bury Me Breathing – In the End We All Get What We Want EP
Late Contenders
We are quickly approaching the end of the year, which means we have to start thinking about year-end best of lists and things like that. However, a couple of albums this week prove you can’t start too early.
The Ocean Collective – Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (Metal Blade)
Arsis – Visitant (Nuclear Blast)
Psycroptic – As the Kingdom Drowns (Prosthetic)
Musical Reuben
We have reviewed all of these bands before on this show…a few times each, actually. Despite that, two of the albums reviewed this week took us by surprise, for different reasons. The third was good, but we also expected it to be good. So get listening to see how that all shakes out.
Soulfly – Ritual (Nuclear Blast)
Castle – Deal Thy Fate (Ripple)
Shining – Animal (Spinefarm)
Lucky Number Seven
We hit another milestone! Seven years straight of a couple of Metal fans sharing their thoughts on new Metal albums. Sure, not all of them have been posted “on time,” but for 364 weeks in a row we have posted episodes, working around natural disasters, vacations, and commitments to our actual jobs.. And this is about as much special attention as this is gonna get.
Korpiklaani – Kulkija (Nuclear Blast)
Krisiun – Scourge of the Enthroned (Century Media)
Skyharbor – Sunshine Dust (eOne/Good Fight)
