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Episode 279: Code Orange, The Drip, Vipassi 2017 Album Reviews

Look! 2017 Music!

As promised, we have music from this year this week!  Not only do we have three album reviews, but we made up for the month of January with FOUR first impressions.  So there is a whole lotta new music to sink your teeth into (or you ears?), so get at it.

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Reviews:
Code Orange – Forever (Roadrunner)
The Drip – The Haunting Fear of Inevitability (Relapse)
Vipassi – Sunyata (Season of Mist)

First Impressions:
Junius – “The Queens Constellation” from Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light out March 3rd from Prosthetic
Without Waves – “Sewing Together the Limbs” from Lunar out March 17th from Prosthetic
Mastodon – “Show Yourself” from Emperor of Sand out March 31st from Reprise
Pallbearer – “Thorns” from Heartless out March 24th from Profound Lore

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Episode 266: Car Bomb, Goes Cube, Destrage 2016 Album Reviews + Code Orange Preview

Diversity within Diversity

One of these things is a lot less like the others, but those other have a lot going on within themselves, so it all kinda works out in the end.  Didn’t follow that? Then just get listening and it will make sense by the end of the show.

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Reviews:
Car Bomb – Meta
Goes Cube – Shadows Swallowed the Flood (Old Flame)
Destrage – A Means to No End (Metal Blade)

First Impression:
Code Orange – “Forever” taken from Forever out January 13, 2017 from Roadrunner

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Episode 247: Nails, Gojira, Wayfarer 2016 Album Reviews + Every Time I Die Preview + Nails Live Reivew

Enjoy the Violence

Last week, we showed you some new finds.  This week, we have some returning favorites, including two highly anticipated albums! One of them was pretty much a guaranteed winner while the other was definitely less decided going into it…and kinda stayed so ever after the review.  This would be the opportune time for you listener to share your thoughts in the comments and keeps the discussion going. Just sayin’…

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Reviews:
Nails – You Will Never Be One of Us (Nuclear Blast)
Gojira – Magma (Roadrunner)
Wayfarer – Old Souls (Prosthetic)

First Impression:
Every Time I Die – “The Coin Has a Say” from Low Teens due out September 23, 2016 from Epitaph

Live Review:
Nails at The Marlin Room (Webster Hall) in New York, NY on June 22, 2016

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