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Episode 229: Obscura, Textures, Black Tusk 2016 Album Reviews + Metal Tours Rundown

Hit the Road, Jack

Hey, we have three brand new albums again!  Imagine that…  Also, as promised last week, we have a rundown of all the tours in progress or coming around soon.  Well, not all of them.  I realized we missed at least two (and apparently got a few other pieces of information wrong…but that is the Internet’s fault), but that has all been fixed in the list below, so that counts for something.  Right? RIGHT?  That’s what I thought.

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Reviews:
Obscura – Akróasis (Relapse)
Textures – Phenotype (Nuclear Blast)
Black Tusk – Pillars of Ash (Relapse)

Tours:
w/start dates

  • Cradle of Filth, Ne Obliviscaris, Butcher Babies
  • Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Delain
  • Cannibal Corpse & Obituary w/ Cryptopsy, Abysmal Dawn  started 2/12
  • The Sword w/ Royal Thunder (3/20-4/16), Purson (5/7-28) 3/20
  • Intronaut, Scale the Summit, North 3/15
  • Unearth w/ Ringworm, Fit for an Autopsy (3/18-4/1), Reflections, Culture Killer (4/2-15) Great American Ghost (3/18-4/1), Hollow Earth (4/2-15)
  • Norma Jean w/ He is Legend, Forevermore, Rival Choir 3/25
  • Amon Amarth w/ Entombed A.D., Exmortus 4/7
  • The Black Dahlia Murder (playing Unhallowed in its entirety) w/ Fallujah, Disentomb 4/8
  • Kvelertak w/ Torche, Wild Throne 4/12
  • Lamb of God w/ Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity 4/30
  • Hatebreed w/ Devildriver, Devil You Know (5/13-6/4), Act of Defiance (6/5-11) 5/13
  • Fear Factory (playing Remanufacture in its entirety) w/ Soilwork

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Episode 219: Pronostic, Intronaut, Cryptopsy, Yautja 2015 Album & EP Reviews

Don’t Make Your Year End Lists Quite Yet

Well,  if you listened to these already, the go ahead.  If you have not hear these releases, we suggest you listen to this episode before you make your top picks for 2015. Spoiler alert: At least one of these is changing out lists.

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Reviews:
Pronostic – An Atomic Decision
Intronaut – The Direction of Last Things (Century Media)
Cryptopsy – The Book of Suffering: Tome 1
Yautja – Songs of Lament (Forcefield)

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Episode 213: Enshine, Gorod, Grave, Hatchet 2015 Album Reviews

Repeat Offenders

While this certainly isn’t the first time this has happened, it has been a while since all four reviewed album came from bands that have been discussed on the show previously.  Over that time, the bands may (or may not) have changed, for better or worse.  Your hosts’ tastes have definitely changed some too, also for better or worse.  So, what happens when this all comes together?  Well, go find out…

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Reviews:
Enshine – Singularity (Rain Without End)
Gorod – A Maze of Recycled Creeds (Unique Leader)
Grave – Out of Respect for the Dead (Century Media)
Hatchet – Fear Beyond Lunacy (The End)
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Episode 205: Battlecross, Rivers of Nihil, Hate Eternal, Wolfheart, The Nietzsche 2015 Album Reviews

Brick By Boring Brick – Part 2

It is brought to my (Brian, that is…in case you forgot I am the one that writes these things) attention in the beginning of this episode that my description of last week’s show may have been a bit harsh. Well, since we both agree that this week is more fitting to Episode 204’s title, I cheated on the name, while simultaneously starting a little episode sub-series.  Like last week, though, – or any week for that matter – you might think we are way off base on our lukewarm feelings for some of these album, or even the warmer feelings we have for the others.  If you’re going “hey, that’s me he’s talking about” then let us know in the comments!

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Reviews:
Battlecross – Rise to Power (Metal Blade)
Rivers of Nihil – Monarchy (Metal Blade)
Hate Eternal – Infernus (Season of Mist)
Wolfheart – Shadow World (Spinefarm)
The Nietzsche – Intro to Advanced Poetry (independent)

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Episode 182: Alkaloid, Sannhet, Wild Throne, Callisto, Burweed 2015 Album Reviews

Kitchen Sink

We learned a lesson this week:  don’t make episodes that contain only post-metal styles and things with avant garde.  It is WAY too much to try to wrap your head around and get into.  One or maybe two of these in a week would be fine to switch things up and help with our more usual drastic “gear shifting” but doing a whole week of them is just trying.  That said…we survived and this episode is the result of our accidental experiment.

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Reviews:
Alkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire (Brutal Panda)
Sannhet – Revisionist (The Flenser)
Callisto – Secret Youth (Svart)
Burweed – Hide (Inverse)

First Impression:
Wild Throne – “War is a Romance” from Harvest of Darkness out August 18, 2015 from Roadrunner Records

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