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Episode 400: Norma Jean, Fit for an Autopsy, Wolves Like Us 2019 Album Reviews + Unsu Bandcamp Pick

Four Freakin’ Hundred!

So we have done a lot of episodes in our 8+ years as podcast!  It would have been more if we did change our release format this year, but we still haven’t missed a scheduled show!  This also mean we have listened to a metric fuckton of music, a fun fact Nick details in the show.

Thanks for being with us this far, and we look forward to being with you for years to come!

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Reviews:
Norma Jean – All Hail (Solid State)
Fit for an Autopsy – The Sea of Tragic Beasts (Nuclear Blast)
Wolves Like Us – Brittle Bones (Pelagic)

U is for
Unsu

 

 

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Episode 374: Architects, Cult Leader, Four Stroke Baron 2018 Album Reviews + Arizona Bandcamp Pick: Kardashev

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!

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Architects – Holy Hell (Epitaph)
Cult Leader – A Patient Man (Deathwish)
Four Stroke Baron – Planet Silver Screen (Prosthetic)

 

Arizona
Kardashev

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Episode 369: Soulfly, Castle, Shining 2018 Album Reviews + Idaho Bandcamp Pick: Krystos

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.

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Soulfly – Ritual (Nuclear Blast)
Castle – Deal Thy Fate (Ripple)
Shining – Animal (Spinefarm)

 

Idaho
Krystos

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Episode 349: Bleeding Through, Kataklysm, Baptists 2018 Album Reviews + Maine Bandcamp Pick: Zud

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…

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Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill All (Sharptone)
Kataklysm – Meditations (Nuclear Blast)
Baptists – Beacon of Faith (Southern Lord)

 

Maine
zud

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Episode 345: Parkway Drive, Homewrecker, Ingested 2018 Album Reviews + Indiana Bandcamp Pick: Handsome Prick

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.

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Reviews:
Parkway Drive – Reverence (Epitaph)
Homewrecker – Hell is Here Now (Good Fight)
Ingested – The Level Above Human (Unique Leader)

 

Indiana
Handsome Prick