ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Mnemic  —  In The Nothingness Black  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Children of Bodom  —  Silent Night, Bodom Night  —  Stockholm Knockout Live  —  Spinefarm  —  Y  —  N
Freya  —  Threads Of Life  —  Life The Curse  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Born From Pain  —  Gren Life  —  War  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Sky  —  For Each Remembered Name  —  What Demons Do To Saints  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
This Ending  —  Inside The Machine  —  Inside The Machine  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
I Killed The Prom Queen  —  Slain Upon My Faithful Sword  —  Music For The Recently Deceased  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Destruction  —  Deposition  —  Thrash Anthems  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Lyzanxia  —  Bled Out  —  Unsu  —  Listenable  —  Y  —  N
Since The Flood  —  No Compromise  —  No Compromise  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Year of Desolation  —  Running The Gauntlet  —  Year of Desolation  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Fear My Thoughts  —  Accelerate Or Die  —  Vulcanus  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Architect  —  The Awakening  —  All Is Not Lost  —  Blackmarket  —  Y  —  N
The Network  —  Faith In Lust  —  This Is Your Pig’s Portrait  —  Blackmarket  —  Y  —  N
Sepultura  —  Symptom of the Universe  —  Nativity In Black  —  Columbia  —  N  —  Y
Fear Factory  —  Zero Signal  —  Demanufacture  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Iron Maiden  —  The Prisoner  —  Piece of Mind  —  Capitol  —  N  —  Y
Meliah Rage  —  Undefeated  —  The Deep And Dreamless Sleep  —  Screaming Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Kreator  —  Suicide Terrorist  —  Enemy of God Revisited  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Grip Inc.  —  War Between One  —  Nemesis  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Susperia  —  The Coming Past  —  Unlimited  —  Candlelight  —  N  —  Y
Testament  —  Legions  —  Low  —  Atlantic  —  N  —  Y
Firewind  —  Falling To Pieces  —  Allegiance  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  Y
Grave Digger  —  Ocean of Blood  —  Liberty Or Death  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Fairyland  —  The Awakening  —  The Fall Of An Empire  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Edenbridge  —  Evermore  —  The Grand Design  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
The End  —  My Abyss  —  Elementary  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Abigail Williams  —  Watchtower  —  Legend  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Melechesh  —  Deluge Of Delusional Dreams  —  Emissaries  —  Osmose  —  Y  —  N
God Dethroned  —  The Day You Died  —  The Toxic Touch  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Coldworker  —  The Contaminated Void  —  The Contaminated Void  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Car Bomb  —  Gum Under The Table  —  Centralia  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
The County Medical Examiners  —  Blunt Force Flight  —  Olidous Operattas  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Deicide  —  Dead By Dawn  —  Deicide  —  Roadracer  —  N  —  Y
Obituary  —  Kill For Me  —  World Demise  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Cradle of Filth  —  From Cradle To Enslave  —  From Cradle To Enslave EP  —  Music For Nations  —  N  —  Y
Emperor  —  Decrystallizing Reason  —  IX Equilibrium  —  Candlelight  —  N  —  Y

Suffocation is on a promo for the History Channel’s special “The Dark Ages”  Check out the Youtube video of it right here!

Also, Mike and I talked about a site called metalcentre.com  So, there you have it!

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/29/07

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) The County Medical Examiners  —  Olidous Operettas  —  Relapse
2) Fear My Thoughts  —  Vulcanus  —  Century Media
3) Abigail Williams  —  Legend EP  —  Candlelight
4) Coldworker  —  The Contaminated Void  —  Relapse
5) Melechesh  —  Emissaries  —  Osmose
6) Lyzanxia  —  Unsu  —  Listenable
7) Born From Pain  —  War  —  Metal Blade
8) God Dethroned  —  The Toxic Touch  —  Metal Blade
9) Meliah Rage  —  The Deep and Dreamless Sleep  —  Screaming Ferret
10) Beneath The Sky  —  What Demons Do To Saints  —  Victory
11) Firewind  —  Allegiance  —  Century Media
12) I Killed The Prom Queen  —  Music For The Recently Deceased  —  Metal Blade
13) Year of Desolation  —  Year of Desolation  —  Prosthetic
14) Children of Bodom  —  Chaos Ridden Years  —  Spinefarm
15) This Ending  —  Inside The Machine  —  Metal Blade
16) The End  —  Elementary  —  Relapse
17) Car Bomb  —  Centralia  —  Relapse
18) Since the Flood  —  No Compromise  —  Metal Blade
19) Destruction  —  Thrash Anthems  —  Candlelight
20) Fairyland  —  The Fall Of An Empire  —  Napalm

Top 5 Adds
1) Mnemic  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast  —
2) The Network  —  This is Your Pig’s Portrait  —  Blackmarket
3) Freya  —  Lift The Curse  —  Victory
4) Grave Digger  —  Liberty Or Death  —  Locomotive  —
5) Architect  —  All Is Not Lost  —  Blackmarket
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Other Adds:  Minsk, RE: Ignition

Architect
All Is Not Lost
Blackmarket Activities
30:56 – 11 Tracks
This is just pretty straight ahead sludgey metal. It has some hardcore mixed in, but for the most part, it’s a bit like some of the louder Mastodon stuff. You may hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Edenbridge
The Grand Design
Napalm Records
This is pretty decent symphonic power metal.  But yet another one of these bands with a female singer.  I guess this must be a trend, I think there’s been a new female fronted metal band every week!   There are a lot of keyboards with some older Dream Theater type music in the background.
Freya
Lift The Curse
Victory Records
29:28 – 10 Tracks
From the ashes of Earth Crisis, one of the bands that helped start up this metalcore type genre. They have a good crisp solid sound, the mix is great, and the songs are all Freya. Pretty decent and brutal. You will hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Grave Digger
Liberty Or Death
Locomotive
56:46 – 10 Tracks
Well, yet another release from Grave Digger. This album is just like their others. Plain ol’ run of the mill power metal. They production and playing and everything is pretty solid, it just falls into the category of “another album from these guys…” You may hear it on the Mosh Pit.

Minsk
The Ritual Fires of Abandonment
Relapse Records
59:05 – 6 Tracks
The last few weeks, Relapse has had some pretty good albums. They are more or less “un-relapse” like. Typically Relapse would have bands that were kind of loud and sludgey with no real direction, kind of like Neurosis and whatever. Well, they’re back. This is a sludgy, plodding experimental “typical” Relapse band. I doubt you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit… but as always, request it, and you’ll hear it!

Mnemic
Passenger
Nuclear Blast
47:33 – 11 Tracks
Ever since first hearing Mnemic and all of the comparisons to Meshuggah and Fear Factory and others, I’ve liked them. This is their newest highly anticipated release. It’s got a good groove, the clean vox and choruses are catchy, and reminds me a little bit of the good old stuff from Mushroomhead. You will hear this on the Mosh Pit.

The Network
This is Your Pig’s Portrait
Blackmarket Activities
37:21 – 16 Tracks
This is pretty brutal and “experimental-ish” It has the random chaotic sound that yet, is focused and intense. As with any of this type of metal, it has to draw some comparisons to Meshuggah, but mixed with some metal core music… not the whiney chorus part of metalcore, but the brutal stuff. This is overall a pretty brutal CD. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Re:Ignition
Empty Heart Loaded Gun
Corporate Punishment
52:46 – 12 Tracks
Hey, this sounds like a mix between The Cult and Soundgarden. It’s good sounding hard rock stuff, but it’s not really the normal metal we like to throw at you on the Mosh Pit. If we’re in a mood, we’ll play this, but since it’s not really that heavy, we might have to pass. As always… request it and you’ll hear it!

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Children of Bodom  —  Are You Dead Yet?  —  Stockholm Knockout Live  —  Spinefarm  —  Y  —  N
Jon Oliva’s Pain  —  Time To Die  —  Maniacal Renderings  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Kittie  —  Funeral For Yesterday  —  Funeral For Yesterday  —  Kiss of Infamy  —  Y  —  N
The End  —  Throwing Stones  —  Elementary  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Killswitch Engage  —  This Is Absolution  —  As Daylight Dies  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Meliah Rage  —  God And Man  —  The Deep And Dreamless Sleep  —  Screaming Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Car Bomb  —  Pieces Of You  —  Centralia  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Sky  —  Goodfellas  —  What Demons Do To Saints  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
This Ending  —  Seed Of Destruction  —  Inside The Machine  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Year Of Desolation  —  Elitist Death Squad  —  Year Of Desolation  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Since The Flood  —  I Am Revenge  —  No Compromise  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Born From Pain  —  Crusader  —  War  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Otep  —  Battle Ready  —  Sevas Tra  —  Capitol  —  Y  —  N
Elis  —  Remember The Promise  —  Griefshire  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Fairyland  —  Endgame  —  The Fall Of An Empire  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Fairyland  —  The Fall Of An Empire  —  The Fall Of An Empire  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Firewind  —  Insanity  —  Allegiance  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Lyzanxia  —  Strength Core  —  Unsu  —  Listenable  —  Y  —  N
Megadeth  —  502  —  So Far, So Good So What  —  Capitol  —  N  —  Y
Flotsam and Jetsam  —  She Took An Axe  —  Doomsday For The Deceiver  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Powermad  —  Plastic Town  —  Absolute Power  —  Reprise  —  N  —  Y
King Diamond  —  Welcome Home  —  Them  —  Roadracer  —  N  —  Y
Slayer  —  Praise of Death  —  Hell Awaits  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
I  —  Battalions  —  Between Two Worlds  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
The Haunted  —  The Flood  —  The Dead Eye  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
I Killed The Prom Queen  —  Sleepless Nights and City Lights  —  Music For The Recently Deceased  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Fear My Thoughts  —  Blankness  —  Vulcanus  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Abigail Williams  —  The Conquerer Wyrm  —  Legend  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Autumn’s End  —  The Raven’s Eye  —  Act Of Attrition  —  Hammermill  —  Y  —  N
God Dethroned  —  Falling Down  —  The Toxic Touch  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Coldworker  —  An Unforgiving Season  —  The Contaminated Void  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Melechesh  —  Ladders To Sumeria  —  Emissaries  —  Osmose  —  Y  —  N
The County Medical Examiners  —  Necrotic Apologues  —  Olidous Operettas  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Six Feet Under  —  Human Target  —  Haunted  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Amorphis  —  Black Winter Day  —  Tales From The Thousand Lakes  —  Relapse  —  N  —  Y
Burn The Priest (Lamb of God)  —  Chronic Auditory Hallucination  —  Burn The Priest  —  Epic  —  N  —  Y
Korn  —  Blind  —  Family Values  —  The Firm  —  Y  —  N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/22/07

Artist — Album — Label
1) Lyzanxia — Unsu — Listenable
2) I Killed The Prom Queen — Music For The Recently Deceased — Metal Blade
3) The County Medical Examiners — Olidous Operettas — Relapse
4) Children of Bodom — Chaos Ridden Years — Spinefarm
5) Born From Pain — War — Metal Blade
6) Fear My Thoughts — Vulcanus — Century Media
7) God Dethroned — The Toxic Touch — Metal Blade
8) Abigail Williams — Legend EP — Candlelight
9) Meliah Rage — The Deep and Dreamless Sleep — Screaming Ferret
10) Coldworker — The Contaminated Void — Relapse
11) I — Between Two Worlds — Nuclear Blast
12) Melechesh — Emissaries — Osmose
13) Jon Oliva’s Pain — Mechanical Renderings — Locomotive
14) Firewind — Allegiance — Century Media
15) The Haunted — The Dead Eye — Century Media
16) Autumn’s End — Act Of Attrition — Hammermill
17) Killswitch Engage — As Daylight Dies — Roadrunner
18) Since the Flood — No Compromise — Metal Blade
19) The End — Elementary — Relapse
20) Elis — Griefshire — Napalm

Top 5 Adds
1) This Ending — Inside The Machine — Metal Blade
2) Beneath The Sky — What Demons Do To Saints — Victory
3) Year of Desolation — Year of Desolation — Prosthetic
4) Car Bomb — Centralia — Relapse
5) Fairyland — The Fall Of An Empire — Napalm
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Other Adds: Kittie, Family Values 2006, Only Crime

Beneath The Sky
What Demons Do To Saints
Victory Records
45:57 – 11 Tracks
This is a pretty good CD. They have a hardcore / metalcore base, but alternate between classic screamygrowls and cookie monster growls. A nice heavy low end with all out brutality. It sounds like someone pissed these guys off big time, but seeing as they thank “God” and “Jesus” all over the place in the liner notes, Satan must have made them mad. Good thing, because they made a pretty good metal album! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Car Bomb
Centralia
Relapse Records
32:01 – 11 Tracks
A full on aural assault! Fast furious all over the place, it has a bit of a Meshuggah feel on its style. Mostly death/screamo for vocals with a big fat low-end and some quick drumming. It sounds very technical. I think you’ll like it, so tune in and hear it!

Fairyland
The Fall Of An Empire
Napalm Records
62:41 – 13 Tracks
Fans of Rhapsody will like this. It’s good solid power metal, but in the symphonic epic metal realm. I mean, with a name like Fairlyland, what would you expect! Vocals are good, sing-a-long choruses work well and the musicianship is solid. The last Rhapsody album was a little iffy, this is a bit more like their older stuff. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Indorphine
Glow Sticks For Clubbing Baby Seals
Rock Ridge Music

Kittie
Funeral For Yesterday
X Of Infamy/Merovingian Music
47:38 – 14 Tracks
Kittie has been through a lot over the years… and this new album shows a bit more maturity than previous efforts. The music is pretty well put together, but of course, still suffers from the same kind of bland vocals. More clean vocals than previous albums with more screamo stuff. It’s alright, and since we still have warm fuzzies from when they were in the WORT studio a few years ago, we’ll play this on the Mosh Pit!

This Ending
Inside The Machine
Metal Blade
43:24 – 10 Tracks
This has a bit of the euro melodic death-thrash sound similar to Hypocrisy. As well they should, since they are from Sweden. So they have a lot of those bands mixed together, but with a bit of a harsher vocal sound in some spots. The music is pretty quick and the drumming is pretty quick and intense. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!Year Of Desolation
Year Of Desolation
Prosthetic Records
68:12 – 11 Tracks
Just plain brutal and aggressive. Some melodic guitar solos mixed in, but for the most part, it’s brutal vocals, brutal guitar riffs, brutal drums and all out metal. Most of the music I’d have to compare to newer Cannibal Corpse (but a bit more technical), but the vocals are more of the metalcore growl. No clean vocals. Just something you’ll have to hear to appreciate fully. Hint…. you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!

Various Artists
Family Values Tour 2006
Firm Music
70:55 – 16 Tracks
This covers most bands from last summer’s Family Values Tour. Since most of the bands on this tour were not to my liking, this CD already doesn’t rate up there real high. The StoneSour and Korn stuff is pretty good, the production mix sounds great for a live cd. You may hear songs from either of these bands on the Mosh Pit.

ARTIST   —   TRACK   —   ALBUM   —   LABEL   —   NEW   —   REQ
Killswitch Engage   —   Eye of the Storm   —   As Daylight Dies   —   Roadrunner   —   Y   —   N
Born From Pain   —   Stop At Nothing   —   War   —   Metal Blade   —   Y   —   N
Since The Flood   —   Listen   —   No Compromise   —   Metal Blade   —   Y   —   N
It Dies Today   —   Sixth Of June   —   Sirens   —   Trustkill   —   Y   —   N
Meliah Rage   —   Permanently Damaged   —   The Deep And Dreamless Sleep   —   Screaming Ferret   —   Y   —   N
The End   —   Animals   —   Elementary   —   Relapse   —   Y   —   N
Hellyeah   —   Hellyeah   —   2-Song   —   Epic   —   Y   —   N
I    —   The Storm I Ride   —   Between Two Worlds   —   Nuclear Blast   —   Y   —   N
The Haunted   —   The Medusa   —   The Dead Eye   —   Century Media   —   Y   —   N
Elis   —   Tales From Heaven And Hell   —   Griefshire   —   Napalm   —   Y   —   N
Tristania   —   Mercyside   —   Sanguine Sky   —   SPV   —   Y   —   N
Angtoria   —   Deity Of Disgust   —   God Has A Plan For Us All   —   Listenable   —   Y   —   N
Firewind   —   Allegiance   —   Allegiance   —   Century Media   —   Y   —   N
Jon Oliva’s Pain   —   Through The Eyes Of The King   —   Maniacal Renderings   —   Locomotive   —   Y   —   N
Iron Maiden   —   Aces High   —   Powerslave   —   Capitol   —   N   —   Y
Machine Head   —   Davidian   —   Burn My Eyes   —   Roadrunner   —   N   —   Y
Carcass   —   Buried Dreams   —   Heartwork   —   Earache   —   N   —   Y
Slayer   —   Jesus Saves   —   Reign In Blood   —   American   —   N   —   Y
Mirror Black   —   Legion   —   Ruins of Heaven EP   —   Local   —   N   —   Y
Lyzanxia   —   Early Phases   —   Unsu   —   Listenable   —   Y   —   N
Scars Of Tomorrow   —   Nashville   —   The Failure In Drowning   —   Victory   —   Y   —   N
Autumn’s End   —   Truth B.C.   —   Act Of Attrition   —   Hammermill   —   Y   —   N
I Killed The Prom Queen   —   Headfirst From A Hangman’s Noose   —   Music For The Recently Deceased   —   Metal Blade   —   Y   —   N
Vampire Mooose   —   Monstersgotamuthafuckinbomb   —   Serenade The Samurai   —   Rotten   —   Y   —   N
Coldworker   —   D.E.A.D.   —   The Contaminated Void   —   Relapse   —   Y   —   N
Amon Amarth   —   Hermod’s Ride To Hel   —   WIth Oden On Our Side   —   Metal Blade   —   Y   —   N
The County Medical Examiners   —   Morgagnic Anatomics   —   Olidous Operettas   —   Relapse   —   Y   —   N
Summon   —   Blood Red Skies   —   Fallen   —   Moribund   —   N   —   Y
Malevolent Creation   —   Supremacy Through Annihilation   —   Warkult   —   Nuclear Blast   —   N   —   Y
Behemoth   —   Here And Beyond   —   Zos Kia Cultus   —   Olympic   —   N   —   Y
God Dethroned   —   Hating Life   —   The Toxic Touch   —   Metal Blade   —   Y   —   N
Abigail Williams   —   Like Carrion Birds   —   Legend   —   Candlelight   —   Y   —   N
Fear My Thoughts   —   Accompanied By Death   —   Vulcanus   —   Century Media   —   Y   —   N
Melechesh   —   Rebirth Of The Nemesis   —   Emissaries   —   Osmose   —   Y   —   N
Belphegor   —   Pest Teufel Apokalypse   —   Pestapokalypse   —   Nuclear Blast   —   Y   —   N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/15/07

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) I Killed The Prom Queen  —  Music For The Recently Deceased  —  Metal Blade
2) Lyzanxia  —  Unsu  —  Listenable
3) Killswitch Engage  —  As Daylight Dies  —  Roadrunner
4) Children of Bodom  —  Chaos Ridden Years  —  Spinefarm
5) Born From Pain  —  War  —  Metal Blade
6) Scars of Tomorrow  —  The Failure In Drowning  —  Victory
7) God Dethroned  —  The Toxic Touch  —  Metal Blade
8) Amon Amarth  —  With Oden On Our Side  —  Metal Blade
9) Belphegor  —  Pestapokalypse VI  —  Nuclear Blast
10) I  —  Between Two Worlds  —  Nuclear Blast
11) Abigail Williams  —  Legend EP  —  Candlelight
12) Vampire Mooose  —  Serenade The Samari  —  Rotten
13) The County Medical Examiners  —  Olidous Operettas  —  Relapse
14) Jon Oliva’s Pain  —  Mechanica Renderings  —  Locomotive
15) The Haunted  —  The Dead Eye  —  Century Media
16) Autumn’s End  —  Act Of Attrition  —  Hammermill
17) It Dies Today  —  Sirens  —  Trustkill
18) Meliah Rage  —  The Deep and Dreamless Sleep  —  Screaming Ferret
19) Coldworker  —  The Contaminated Void  —  Relapse
20) Fear My Thoughts  —  Vulcanus  —  Century Media

Top 5 Adds
1) Fear My Thoughts  —  Vulcanus  —  Century Media
2) Melechesh  —  Emissaries  —  Osmose
3) Firewind  —  Allegiance  —  Century Media
4) Since the Flood  —  No Compromise  —  Metal Blade
5) Elis  —  Griefshire  —  Napalm
Other Adds:  Destruction, The End, Tristania, Hellyeah, Phazm, Neurosonic

Well, it’s officially back to the old grind again, a lot of new stuff this week, so tune into the Mosh Pit and enjoy all of this new stuff!!

Hellyeah
2-Song
Epic
7:19 – 2 Tracks
Vinnie Paul’s new project with the Mudvayne guys and some former Nothingface dudes.  It actually sounds like all of what you would think mixed together.  Vinnie is solid behind the skins, nothing too fancy going on.  It’s pretty straight-ahead new-ish metal.  It’s not too bad and because it’s Vinny, of course you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit.

Destruction
Thrash Anthems
Candlelight Records
??:?? – ? Tracks
This is a re-recording of some of their older tracks, since I don’t have the CD yet, it’s hard to do a write up.
Elis
Griefshire
Napalm Records
52:33 – 12 Tracks
Apparently the singer, Sabine Dünser, died after recording this, but before it came out.  This release is typical in the line of female fronted metal.  An occasional speedy thrash part in the music, mostly straightforward hard/rock euro-metal.
Fear My Thoughts
Vulcanus
Century Media
57:03 – 12 Tracks
Like older Soilwork? You’ll like FMT! From Germany, they have that great melodic thrashy death sound going on. Production is crisp and the riffs are plentiful! It’s heavy, concise and I can’t say enough…. Tune into the Mosh Pit and hear them for yourself!

Firewind
Allegiance
Century Media
48:44 – 11 Tracks
A lot of buzz around this band lately because it features new guitar virtuoso Gus G.  It’s solid, fast prog-power metal.  It doesn’t even get real cheesy like a lot of bands tend to do these days.  While there is some cheese, which is inherent to this genre, it’s not laid on very thick.  The songs are well produced, have some good riffage going on, catchy choruses and licks.  You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Melechesh
Emmisaries
The End Records
55:32 – 11 Tracks
Well, it’s nice to finally get some stuff from these guys. I read a lot about them, but to hear it is a different story. Some nice intense fast, yet melodic black metal. Black, thrashy and evil. Just the way this kind of metal should be. You will hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Neurosonic
Drama Queen
Bodog Music
41:02 – 11 Tracks
I’m not sure why this fits in for Metal Radio…. but it does have some vocals reminiscent of System of a Down, the music kinda stays around the “nu-metal” vein, or more just plain hard rock.

Phazm
Antebellum Death ‘n Roll
Osmose
It’s a dual-disc CD/DVD that won’t play in my computer, so I can’t tell ya what it’s like!
Since the Flood
No Compromise
Metal Blade
31:46 – 12 Tracks
It seems like Metal Blade has their answer to just about every genre of metal out there. These guys are the Hatebreed metal-hardcore band. This is their 2nd album, they are fast, heavy and it sounds good, just like it should these days! With such short songs, we should be able to squeeze some of this stuff on the air!

The End
Elementary
Relapse Records
51:08 – 10 Tracks
These guys are a bit on the Tool side of metal. It’s a pretty mainstream approach for a Relapse band. It’s a little tool-like, a bit metal, a bit metalcore, a bit experimental (Isis/Neurosis), and it seems to work all well together. If there’s time, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit. I think it’s worth checking out.

Tristania
Illumination
SPV
14:12 – 3 Tracks
A 3-song EP sampler from the mostly female fronted Norwegians. Two of the tracks keep it pretty heavy and sound like the heavier Lacuna Coil stuff you all know. It’s pretty good, a pretty even mix of male/female vocals with an occasional death metal growl section. You may hear this on the Mosh Pit!