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Episode 269: Metallica, Ion Dissonance, Protest the Hero 2016 Album Reviews + Black Map and Within the Ruins Previews

Sleep is for the Weak

If you feel like Brian sounds “tired as fuck” in the episode, you’re not alone…Nick already pointed that out.  You are not wrong either…I was shot.  I still made it through this jam-packed and kinda long episode, giving you 100% of the 50-60% capacity I was at because the show must go on….

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Reviews:
Metallica – Hardwired…to Self Destruct (Blackened)
Ion Dissonance – Cast the First Stone (Good Fight)
Protest the Hero – Pacific Myth (Razor & Tie)

First Impressions:
Black Map – “Run Rabbit Run” taken from In Droves out March 10, 2017 from eOne
Within the Ruins – “Death of the Rock Star taken from Halfway Human our March 3, 2017 from eOne

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Episode 265: Wovenwar, Seeker, Venom Prison 2016 Album Reviews + Protest the Hero Preview

Not So Much Awesome

We’ve had a fair amount of big winners the last couple of weeks but all good things must come to an end, right?  Well, here ya have it…

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Reviews:
Wovenwar – Honor is Dead (Metal Blade)
Seeker – Loss (Victory)
Venom Prison – Animus (Prosthetic)

First Impression:
Protest the Hero – “Harbinger” taken from Pacific Myth out November 18th from Razor & Tie

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Episode 209: The Black Dahlia Murder, Tesseract, Crossfaith, Of Feather and Bone 2015 Album Reviews

The Ultimate Collaboration

We have four new albums, three of which are from bands previously reviewed on the podcast. This week’s show has quite a mix of stuff, but is pretty straightforward. As such, so is this write-up.  Just get listening.

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Reviews:
The Black Dahlia Murder – Abysmal (Metal Blade)
Tesseract – Polaris (Kscope)
Crossfaith – Xeno (Razor & Tie)
Of Feather and Bone – Embrace the Wretched Flesh (Good Fight)

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Episode 206: Soilwork, Nile, The Sword, Immortal Bird 2015 Album Reviews

Wanna Go for a Ride?

The week we take you on a journey.  Like a bird, we soar through the lush, green country and over a historic, raging river to give you a majestic trip through new Metal for the week. (I hope that was punny enough for you, because that’s all I got.)

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Reviews:
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Nuclear Blast)
Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
The Sword – High Country (Razor & Tie)
Immortal Bird – Empress/Abscess

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Episode 196: The Ongoing Concept, iwrestledabearonce, Wilson, Witch of the Waste, Neck of the Woods 2015 Album Reviews

Three’s Company…or Three’s a Crowd…

This week’s show follows a very similar trend to last week’s: there’s some awesome 5 (chaos)star releases, there  is one utter disappointment, and the rest fall in between.  Kinda strange how that worked out. There is one major difference this week, but it is obvious enough that I don’t need to explain it to you here.

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Reviews:
The Ongoing Concept – Handmade (Solid State)
iwrestledabearonce – Hail Mary (Artery)
Wilson – Right to Rise (Razor & Tie)
Witch of the Waste – Made of Teeth (independent)
Neck of the Woods – Neck of the Woods (independent)

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