WORT’s Winter Pledge drive kicked off on February 19th and will run until March 4th. This means that The Mosh Pit will have Pledge drive nights on Feb. 20th and Feb. 27th. Please call during the show and pledge! (608 256-2001 or listen to the show for the Toll Free number too.)

Phone pledges can be with a credit card, check, auto-give (payroll deduction through Community Shares) or we can bill you. Any tickets that you receive as a thank you give must have the pledge paid before the event date.

If you’d rather just donate online, you can do so by following this link: https://secure.wort-fm.org/form.html It is a secure web site and perfectly safe to donate online.
If you’ve ever listened to the Mosh Pit before, especually during a pledge drive, you’ll know that we have some special incentives that other shows on WORT do not have. Of course these cater specifically to you, the metal loving audience.

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/27/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
4) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
7) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
8) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
11) Suicide Silence — Suicide Silence — Third Degree
12) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
15) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
16) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
17) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
18) Devin Townsend Band — Synchestra — Inside Out
19) Hacavitz — Venganza — Moribund Cult
20) The Sword — Age of Winters — Kemado

Top 5 Adds
1) Amorphis
2) If Hope Dies
3) Enforsaken
4) Loudness
5) Soil

Other Adds: Horror High Presents

Here’s what’s on the table for this week…

Amorphis
Eclipse
Nuclear Blast
44:14 – 10 Tracks

The long awaited new album from Amorphis with their new singer! It sounds pretty good. They still have their trademark sound. It’s well put together, catchy, definately good, and of course, not a clone to Elegy or 1000 Lakes, but there’s still strong hints of that great era. It’s new Amorphis… it’s good, what more can you say? You’ll Hear this on the Mosh Pit!

If Hope Dies
Life In Ruin
Metal Blade
36:41 – 11 Tracks
Well, I don’t know what to call this… It seems like there’s a new wave of metal-core. Not the typical metal core, but the in your face, heavy, relentless pounding of all that is metal. They say it’s recommended if you like Still Remains, Unearth or All That Remains. It’s good stuff, great production, catchy yet meaty speedy riffs and brutal vocals round it all out. They are on Trevor from Unearth’s label imprint (Ironclad), and this genre seems to be the new metal trend…

Soil
True Self
DRT
43:29 – 12 Tracks
New singer, New label, heavier sound! Its good… this is what Soil needed, a lil kick into the metal realm. Granted it will probably end up being more mainstream, it definately has its roots more in metal than “nu metal.” You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit… that is until other stations play the hell out of it!

Daylight Dies
Dismantling Devotion
Candlelight
This was a CD that was late… It sounds pretty decent, a bit like Moonspell, but mix in some Katatonia, but more of a doomy sound. You’ll probably hear this on the pit.

Enforsaken and Loudness have new albums out that should be in the mail at the station tonight when I get down there.

Thanks to the guys in The Red Chord and Still Remains for coming in and hanging out with the Mosh Pit. Also, thanks to those who pledged to the Station!

Songs played on the Mosh Pit from 11p-2a on February 20th, 2006…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Throwdown — We Will Rise — Vendetta — Trustkill — Y — N
Himsa — Seminal — Hail Horror — Prosthetic — Y — N
Bleeding Through — Line In The Sand — The Truth — Trustkill — Y — N
Burst — Where The Wave Broke — Origo — Relapse — Y — N
The Red Chord — Upper Decker — Clients — Metal Blade — Y — N
Still Remains — White Walls — Of Love And Lunacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Dark Funeral — 666 Voices Inside — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight — Y — N
Roadrunner United — Army Of The Sun — The All Star Sessions — Roadrunner — Y — N
Dozen Furies — Awake And Lifeless — A Concept From Fire — Divine — Y — N
The Red Chord — Fixation on Plastics — Clients — Metal Blade — Y — N
Demiricous — Cheat The Leader — One — Metal Blade — Y — N
Still Remains — Stare And Wonder — Of Love And Lunacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Celtic Frost — Circle Of The Tyrants — Morbid Tales — — N — Y
Black Dahlia Murder — I’m Charming — Miasma — Metal Blade — Y — N
In Flames — Scream — Come Clarity — Ferret — Y — N
Sworn Enemy — All I Have — The Beginning Of The End — Abacus — Y — N
Chimaira — Severed — Chimaira — Roadrunner — Y — N
Scarlet — On Fire — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret — Y — N
Waterdown — My Hopelessness And Me — All Riot — Victory — Y — N
Dryline — Last Day To Forget — Reach For The Surface — Zero Sun — Y — N
Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Down Factor — Gods Of War — Murder The World — Scourge — Y — N
Mercyful Fate — A Dangerous Meeting — Don’t Break The Oath — Roadracer — N — Y
Iron Maiden — Sun And Steel — Piece of Mind — Sanctuary — N — Y
Iced Earth — Last December — The Blessed And The Damned — Century Media — Y — Y
Sanctuary — Future Tense — Into The Mirror Black — Epic — N — Y
Dimmu Borgir — Vinder Fra En Enson Grau — Stormblast — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Callenish Circle — Ignorant — Pitch Black Effects — Metal Blade — Y — N
Kataklysm — Let Them Burn — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Malignancy — Intestinal Sodomy — Intrauterine Cannibalism — United Gutteral — N — Y
Searing I — The Gift/Curse — Bloodshred — Black Lotus — Y — N
Slayer — War Ensemble — Seasons In The Abyss — American — N — Y

WORT’s Winter Pledge drive kicked off on February 19th and will run until March 4th. This means that The Mosh Pit will have Pledge drive nights on Feb. 20th and Feb. 27th. Please call during the show and pledge! (608 256-2001 or listen to the show for the Toll Free number too.)

Phone pledges can be with a credit card, check, auto-give (payroll deduction through Community Shares) or we can bill you. Any tickets that you receive as a thank you give must have the pledge paid before the event date.

If you’d rather just donate online, you can do so by following this link: https://secure.wort-fm.org/form.html It is a secure web site and perfectly safe to donate online.
If you’ve ever listened to the Mosh Pit before, especually during a pledge drive, you’ll know that we have some special incentives that other shows on WORT do not have. Of course these cater specifically to you, the metal loving audience.

In additon to the Pledge Drive on February 20th, Roadrunner recording artists, Still Remains will be coming into the WORT studio for some live interview/fun. They’ll hang out in the studio for part of the show. Joining them will be members from Metal Blade’s The Red Chord. These bands are playing along with A Dozen Furies and Throwdown at The Loft on East Washington earlier in the evening.

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/20/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
2) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
3) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
4) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
7) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
8) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
11) Burst — Origo — Relapse
12) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Scarlet — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret
15) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
16) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
17) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
18) Seven Witches — Amped — Candlelight
19) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast —
20) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
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Top 5 Adds
1) Dryline
2) Daylight Dies
3) Nebula
4) Sinamore
5) One Dead Three Wounded

Other Adds: Wicked Wisdom, Betrayer

Not a lot of new stuff this week, and due to the Presidents Day Holiday, some mail delivery is delayed. Also, with the Throwdown / Still Remains / Dozen Furies / Red Chord show at the Loft on Monday, along with a couple of those bands coming into the studio and Pledge Drive…. there won’t be long reviews!

Dryline
Reach For The Surface
Zero Sum
This is pretty much a heavy metalcore release… good production, more on the metal side than metalcore.

Wicked Wisdom
Wicked Wisdom
Suburban Noize
This is Jada Pinkett’s band… finally got the full album, and it’s not too bad. She’s got a great band and it sounds catchy… as many have said before, she is probably the weak spot, as her vocals are just all over the place. But overall, it’s a decent album!

Sinamore
A New Day
Napalm Records
47:47 – 10 Tracks
Clean vocals, melodic guitars, not real heavy, the music is a little like Amophis, but a bit more simple. I guess it has a bit of a Moonspell vibe, but again, not as heavy or aggressive. It’s okay, but nothing we’re jumping over ourselves to play.

One Dead Three Wounded
Paint The Town
1 x 1 Music
36:42 – 12 Tracks
Yet another aggressive, in-your-face metalcore release. I can’t say there’s much in the way of groundbreaking here. It’s heavy, aggressive, some catchy stuff. They don’t seem to get into any of the sing-a-long whiney choruses… so it’s got that going for it. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit… and of course… call or email if you like it!

The new Nebula CD was also a new release slated for this week, but it’s not here yet.

Here’s what we played on the Mosh Pit show of 2/13 – 2/14, 2006… Let us know your comments below!!

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
The Devin Townsend Band — Gaia — Synchestra — InsideOut — Y — N
Chimaira — Inside The Horror — Chimaira — Roadrunner — Y — N
Bullet For My Valentine — 4 Words — The Poison — Trustkill — Y — N
Cathedral — Tree Of Life & Death — The Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Bleeding Through — Dearly Demented — The Truth — Trustkill — Y — N
Waterdown — You Are The One — All Riot — Victory — Y — N
Scarlet — The Separation Of — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret — Y — N
Sworn Enemy — Absorb The Lies — The Beginning Of The End — Abacus — Y — N
Annihilator — Maximum Satan — Schizo Deluxe — Locomotive — Y — N
Arch Enemy — Heart of Darkness — Wages Of Sin — Century Media — N — Y
In Flames — Reflect The Storm — Come Clarity — Ferret — Y — N
Burst — The Immateria — Origo — Relapse — Y — N
Remembering Never — Con Artist — God Save Us — Ferret — Y — N
Folly — Bonfire Of The Manatees — Resist Convenience — Triple Crown — Y — N
Seven Witches — Dishonor Killings — Amped — Candlelight — Y — N
Megadeth — Good Mourning / Black Friday — Peace Sells — Capitol — N — Y
Nevermore — Born — This Godless Endeavor — Century Media — Y — Y
Twilight Odyssey — Zero Hour — Twilight Odyssey — TO — Y — N
Dangerous Toys — Sportin’ A Woody — Dangerous Toys — Columbia — N — Y
Spread Eagle — Back On The Bitch — Spread Eagle — MCA — N — Y
Great White — On Your Knees — Great White — EMI — N — Y
Love/Hate — Slave Girl — Black Out In The Red Room — Columbia — N — Y
Anthrax — Dalabnikufesin — Attack Of The Killer B’s — Island — N — Y
Suicide Silence — Ending Is The Beginning — Suicide Silence — Third Degree — Y — N
Demiricous — Heathen Up — Hellbound — Metal Blade — Y — N
Himsa — Wolfchild — Hail Horror — Prosthetic — Y — N
Callenish Circle — As You Speak — Pitch Black Effects — Metal Blade — Y — N
Kataklysm — Like Angels Weeping — In The Arms Of Devestation — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Searing I — Tons Of Hate — BloodShred — Black Lotus — Y — N
Krisiun — Bloodcraft — AssassiNation — Century Media — Y — N
Hurtlocker — I Am Everything… Nothing — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm — Y — N
Prostitute Disfigurement — Freaking on the Mutilated — Left in Grisly Fashion — Neurotic Records — N — Y
Malignancy — Ignorance Is Bliss — Intrauterine Cannibalism — United Gutteral — N — Y
Drawn And Quartered — Blood Of A Million Martyrs — Hail Infernal Darkness — Moribund — Y — N
Gorefest — When The Dead Walk The Earth — La Muerte — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Torture Killer — A Funeral For The Masses — Swarm! — Metal Blade — Y — N
Dimmu Borgir — Antikrist — Stormblast — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Dark Funeral — King Antichrist — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight — Y — N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/13/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
4) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
7) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
8) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
11) Burst — Origo — Relapse
12) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Drawn and Quartered — Hail Infernal Darkness — Moribund Cult
15) Scarlet — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret
16) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
17) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
18) Seven Witches — Amped — Candlelight
19) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
20) Gorefest — La Muerte — Nuclear Blast

Top 5 Adds
1) Kataklysm
2) Torture Killer
3) Krisiun
4) Devin Townsend Band
5) Torture

Other Adds: Remembering Never, Suicide Silence, The Sword, Folly, Twilight Odyssey, Torture, Wicked Wisdom, Bathtub Shitter

There’s a lot of new stuff this week, so each review (or whatever you wanna call it) will be a bit shorter!

Krisiun
AssassiNation
Century Media
Krisiun always puts out great albums, but they seem to get forgotten. This new CD starts off with a machine gun assault of metal. Being from Brazil, they probably live in the shadow of Sepultura… you can hear some influence in the guitars. For a 3 piece, their wall of sound is aggressive, evil and in your face. Another great new death metal release! You’ll hear this on the pit!!

Kataklysm
In The Arms of Devastation
Nuclear Blast
41:07 – 9 Tracks
We’ve become some big fans of Kataklysm over the years. I was suprised to see a new release from them so soon, as we have still been playing their last release fairly often. This new one doesn’t let up much at all. Intense drumming, guitars and vocals make this a par for the course album from these guys. They start off brutal and don’t let up for the 41 minutes of this album. This is what REAL metal should be sounding like! You’ll hear this a lot on the “Pit!”

Devin Townsend Band
Synchestra
Inside Out Music
You all know Devin from Strapping Young Lad… he seems to be one of the most prolific dudes in heavy music these days, cranking out albums from all of his projects while producing other bands along the way. DTB is the more proggy-less intense not as metal project. The CD starts off pretty mellow, and then goes in different places. There will be some synth keyboard/mandolin sounding stuff, then he’ll just tear into something really heavy. Since he used to sing for Steve Vai, you can kind of hear some of that in this release. Any fan of Devin will like this CD. DTB tours with Opeth in the next month or two. This is definately not SYL, but still great and will probably be played more on the “Pit” in the upcoming weeks.

Folly
Resist Convenience
Triple Crown/EastWest
This kind of has that same old angry metalcore sound. There’s a bit more of a punk feel in the music though. The vocals are kind of the high screachy growling, with some chorus of dudes yelling. The sticker on the cd says that “FOLLY returns with their unique mix of metal, hardcore with a touch of ska.” Normally just an indication of the “touch of ska” would turn me away, but I haven’t really found much of it on the CD… there’s a little on the later tracks, which really it doesn’t fit!! It’s not too bad… you’ll probably hear this on the pit here and there.

Remembering Never
God Save Us
Ferret Music
Another metalcore type of release. Sounds decent. I’m not sure how the powers that be expect the public, let alone poor radio people like me to figure out the difference between all of these metalcore bands. It’s okay… I’ll probably play it this week and maybe in the upcoming weeks.

Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence
Third Degree Records
This was the suprise of the week. I had no idea what it was when I put it in, but it was some really good solid death metal. While just a 5 song EP, these guys really crushed. They’re on an up and coming label called Third Degree Records. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit… it’s great stuff and truly “underground”

Torture Killer
Swarm
Metal Blade
Chris Barnes handles vocals in this side project thing. What originally started off as some dudes hanging around playing Six Feet Under songs turned into what it is today. They had a few EPs and releases and eventually lost their singer, when Chris Barnes got wind of their situation and offered to step in as their “singer.” So, you can guess, it sounds a bit like SFU, Obituary and well, what else can you say. It’s good, I like Chris Barnes’ vocals and the music fits with everything he’s done. Good stuff here… you’ll hear this!!

Twilight Odyssey
Twilight Odyssey
TO Records
We haven’t gotten much power metal in lately… So it’s always nice to get something! At first listen, the production is a little mushy in the bass drum end. The vocals are handled by a female, with the rest of the band doing pretty simple prog-power metal Judas Priestey / Iron Maideney stuff. It’s okay… we’ll probably give it a play, but not much after that.

The Sword
Age of Winters
Kemado Records
Just as I said above with the power metal, we haven’t gotten much “stoner metal” lately. This falls in that category, with huge meaty riffs and a powerful low end. This makes me wanna drink some beer and chill and just watch them play. They have a bit of the Black Sabbath thing going on. They’ll be playing on March 3rd at the High Noon Saloon here in Madison!

There are a few things I haven’t gotten in the mail yet, so it’s a bit tough to review/preview…

Wicked Wisdom’s full length, Torture (Escapi Music) and Naio Ssaion.

A lot of stuff out this week… so tune in and call/email if you like or hate any of it!!