Ride the Dial
This week’s albums were a little better than the last two! Are we finally on an upswing?? Too soon to tell, but stay tuned to find out. In the meantime, let us know what you think of these albums!
Architects – Holy Hell (Epitaph)
Cult Leader – A Patient Man (Deathwish)
Four Stroke Baron – Planet Silver Screen (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)
Don’t Call It a Comeback
Well, actually, that is exactly what you should call it, for one of these anyway. One of these is actually still trying to work their way in for the first time. The other? Well, maybe they should be on their way out…
Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill All (Sharptone)
Kataklysm – Meditations (Nuclear Blast)
Baptists – Beacon of Faith (Southern Lord)
In Search of Self
As we get older and experience more heavy music and the many different styles, we hone in on what we like (and loathe). We sometimes find ourselves enjoying styles we didn’t previously while outgrowing others. For better or worse, bands do something similar with their own sound, that rarely sits well…at least while they are figuring that out.
Reviews:
Parkway Drive – Reverence (Epitaph)
Homewrecker – Hell is Here Now (Good Fight)
Ingested – The Level Above Human (Unique Leader)
As our final act of 2017, we now present to you our collective Top 30 Albums of 2017! Feel free to let us know your favorites – or argue about ours – in the comments!
We also want to take this time to thank each and every one of you who listen to this podcast and support us in any way. It is not always easy making keeping up with this show alongside our day jobs and living the rest of our lives, but in the end, we do really enjoy it all. We truly appreciate all of you who listen, whether you are in a state next door or a country on the other side of the world.
We hope you had a great 2017 and we wish you an even better 2018!
