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Episode 213: Enshine, Gorod, Grave, Hatchet 2015 Album Reviews

Repeat Offenders

While this certainly isn’t the first time this has happened, it has been a while since all four reviewed album came from bands that have been discussed on the show previously.  Over that time, the bands may (or may not) have changed, for better or worse.  Your hosts’ tastes have definitely changed some too, also for better or worse.  So, what happens when this all comes together?  Well, go find out…

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Reviews:
Enshine – Singularity (Rain Without End)
Gorod – A Maze of Recycled Creeds (Unique Leader)
Grave – Out of Respect for the Dead (Century Media)
Hatchet – Fear Beyond Lunacy (The End)
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Episode 197: August Burns Red, Mutoid Man, Silent Planet, Wrvth 2015 Album Reviews

Streams of Consciousness 

We have another interesting mix of albums this week.  Ok, it’s actually not as diverse as most shows, but one really throws everything off balance.  Also, two of the other ones have been anxiously anticipated by your hosts…and one of them delivers. In the middle of these four brand new album reviews, we also start a discussion on streaming music.  I say “start” because I hope this will be somewhat ongoing as you listeners get involved. Personally, I have been using Apple music more since the recording, so I will be sharing some further comments on the service shortly (either on this site or our Facebook page…which you should go like…).

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Reviews:
August Burns Red – Found in Far Away Places (Fearless)
Mutoid Man – Bleeder (Sargent House)
Silent Planet – The Night God Slept (Solid State)
Wrvth – Wrvth (Unique Leader)

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Episode 182: Alkaloid, Sannhet, Wild Throne, Callisto, Burweed 2015 Album Reviews

Kitchen Sink

We learned a lesson this week:  don’t make episodes that contain only post-metal styles and things with avant garde.  It is WAY too much to try to wrap your head around and get into.  One or maybe two of these in a week would be fine to switch things up and help with our more usual drastic “gear shifting” but doing a whole week of them is just trying.  That said…we survived and this episode is the result of our accidental experiment.

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Reviews:
Alkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire (Brutal Panda)
Sannhet – Revisionist (The Flenser)
Callisto – Secret Youth (Svart)
Burweed – Hide (Inverse)

First Impression:
Wild Throne – “War is a Romance” from Harvest of Darkness out August 18, 2015 from Roadrunner Records

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Episode 181: Enslaved, Psycroptic, Harm’s Way, Elder 2015 Album Reviews

Bring the Pain and Kick Out the Jams

We’re trying out something new this week with titling the episodes after getting some SEO pointers from my buddy in Deadtide.  I guess time will tell if it really helps.  ANYWAY…this week’s show is pretty meat-and-potatoes with your not-so-dynamic duo of hosts ripping through the standard four album reviews. The music however, is largely not as straight forward as the show itself, and quite varied in style…which i guess is standard for us at this point, isn’t it?  No matter – there is some good taters in here, so get listening!

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Reviews:
Elder – Lore (Armageddon Shop)
Enslaved – In Times (Nuclear Blast)
Harm’ Way – Rust (Deathwish)
Psycroptic – Psycroptic (Prosthetic)

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Episode 172: Like Last Week, but Better

Continuing last week’s exploration of shit we missed in 2014, we have four more choice cuts from various year end lists.  The difference is that this week, everything is rated higher overall.  Really, that’s good news for everybody involved…especially your hosts since we have to listen to it all.  Rounding out the show, we have our first live review of 2015 – which leads to a discussion about live production – and we discuss albums that will/might/we want to come out this year.

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Reviews:
Dead Congregation – Promulgation of the Fall (Martyrdom Productions/Profound Lore)
Inferi – The Path of Apotheosis (The Artisan Era)
Midnight – No Mercy for Mayhem (Hell’s Headbangers)
Svffer – Lies We Live (Per Koro Records/Vendetta)

Live Review: Dark Tranquillity, Insomnium, Winter Nights @ Gramercy Theatre in New York, NY on January 4, 2015

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