Two Overdue Big-Name Reviews…
…and some other band. I mean, we didn’t mean to overshadow Cognizance (which Brian says wrong almost every time), but it just kinda happened that way. We have a fair amount to say about all three, so make sure you say your piece int he comments or on social media!
Reviews:
Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner)
Killswitch Engage – Atonement (Metal Blade)
Cognizance – Malignant Dominion (Prosthetic)
And what did we do to commemorate it? Same thing we did for the last couple milestones…nothing. That said, it just so happens we kinda dove back into the Sideshow’s nu-metal roots this week. I guess that could count for something? Maybe?
Reviews:
Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows (Relapse)
Chevelle – The North Corridor (Epic)
Ancst – Moloch (Halo of Flies)
Live Review:
Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, and Of Mice & Men at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ on July 9, 2016
First off – yes, I am aware that the show title is also the same as an In Flames live release from 2005. Where do you think I got it from?
Now that that is out of the way…I chose that title because I went to three shows in five days last week and they are reviewed in this here episode. Nick even traversed the highway-hell known as Connecticut to join me for one of them! Also, we have our usual reviews of four new albums because that’s kinda what we do here. Busy episode, so you should just dive right in.
Reviews:
Amaranthe – Massive Addictive (Spinefarm)
Baptists – Bloodmines (Southern Lord)
Nero Di Marte – Derivae (Prosthetic)
Slipknot – .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner)
Live Reviews:
“Hell or High Wattage Tour” feat. Unearth, Darkest Hour, Carnifex, Origin, I the Breather, and Black Crown Initiate @ The Studio at Webster Hall in New York, NY on October 19, 2014
Byzantine, Thy Will Be Done, IKILLYA, and Black Crown Initiate @ The Studio at Webster Hall in New York, NY on October 23, 2014
Arch Enemy, Kreator, Huntress @ Best Buy Theater in New York, NY on October 24, 2014
Yeah, we did it again. We made another Nu-Metal episode. While this might be fun to do annually, it’s kinda becoming more painful aurally and emotionally each time. This time, though, we switched it up a little because apparently some kids think the style should be brought back. Kids, mind you, who were in diapers when the first wave happened*. Hasn’t anybody heard of “live and let die?” Not the song…the saying.
*I didn’t check their ages, but trust me…they’re young whipper snappers.
Reviews: Ill Nino – Till Death, La Familia (Victory); Issues – Issues (Victory); Mushroomhead – The Righteous and the Butterfly (Megaforce); Powerman 5000 – Builders of the Future (T-Boy)
First Impressions:
Nonpiont – “Breaking Skin” from The Return out September 30th thru Razor & Tie (Metal Blade internationally)
Slipknot – “The Negative One” from their forthcoming fifth album due out October thru Roadrunner
