ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Chimaira  —  The Flame  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Shatterpoint  —  Today’s Promises Are Tomorrow’s Lies  —  Dead Precedence  —  Power Play  —  Y  —  N
All Out War  —  Curtain Call For The Crucified  —  Assassins In The House Of God  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Vivisect  —  The Mourning After…  —  Six Points Of Direction  —  Obscured  —  Y  —  N
Unsane  —  Windshield  —  Visqueen  —  Ipecac  —  Y  —  N
Machine Head  —  Now I Lay Thee Down  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Lamb of God  —  Walk With Me In Hell  —  Sacrament  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
Hatebreed  —  A Call For Blood  —  Perseverence  —  Universal  —  N  —  Y
Psyopus  —  The Pig Keeperis Daughter  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
The Locust  —  Aotkpta  —  New Erections  —  Anti-  —  Y  —  N
Clutch  —  The Devil & Me  —  From Beale Street To Oblivion  —  DRT  —  Y  —  N
Fu Manchu  —  Land Of Giants  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Type O Negative  —  Tripping A Blind Man  —  Dead Again  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Daath  —  Under A Somber Sign  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Lordi  —  Bring Back The Balls To Rock  —  The Arockalypse  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Emmure  —  Rusted Over Wet Dreams  —  Goodbye To The Gallows  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Redemption  —  The Suffocating Silence  —  The Origins of Ruin  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Dominici  —  The Monster  —  O3 A Trilogy Part 2  —  Inside Out  —  Y  —  N
Symphorce  —  In The Hopes Of A Dream  —  Become Death  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Rotting Christ  —  Athanati Este  —  Sanctus Diavolos  —  Century Media  —  N  —  Y
Therion  —  Wine Of Aluqah  —  Vovin  —  Nuclear Blast  —  N  —  Y
Samael  —  Rebellion  —  Rebellion  —  Century Media  —  N  —  Y
Disbelief  —  Navigator  —  Navigator  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
November’s Doom  —  They Were Left To Die  —  The Novella Reservoir  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Bloodjinn  —  A Moment of Clarity  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto  —  Y  —  N
Impious  —  Everlasting Punishment  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Infernaeon  —  ADS  —  A Symphony Of Suffering  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Aborted  —  And Carnage Basked In Its Ebullience  —  Slaughtered & Apparatus  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Massacre  —  The Invisible Hand  —  Mechanics Of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
The Funeral Pyre  —  Here The Sun Never Shines  —  The Nature of Betrayal  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Dying Fetus  —  The Ancient Rivalry  —  War Of Attrition  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Cannibal Corpse  —  Hammer Smashed Face  —  Tomb of the Mutilated  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Death  —  Killing Spree  —  Spiritual Healing  —  Combat  —  N  —  Y
Anthrax  —  Time  —  Persistence of Time  —  Island  —  N  —  Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 3/26/07

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Daath  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner
2) Aborted  —  Slaughtered & Apparatus…   —  Century Media
3) Machine Head  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner
4) Dying Fetus  —  War Of Attrition  —  Relapse
5) November’s Doom  —  The Novella’s Reservoir  —  The End
6) Psyopus  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade
7) Chimaira  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret
8) Beneath The Massacre  —  Mechanics Of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic
9) Emmure  —  Goodbye To The Gallows  —  Victory
10) Impious  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade
11) Bloodjinn  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto
12) Vivesect  —  Six Points of Direction  —  Obscured
13) Infernaeon  —  A Symphony of Suffering  —  Prosthetic
14) Type O Negative  —  Dead Again  —  SPV
15) Fu Manchu  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media
16) Symphorce  —  Become Death  —  Metal Blade
17) Funeral Pyre  —  The Nature of Betrayal  —  Prosthetic
18) Clutch  —  From Beale St. To Oblivion  —  DRT
19) Dominici  —  O3 A Trilogy Part 2  —  InsideOut
20) Unsane  —  Visqueen  —  Ipecac

Top 5 Adds
1) Shatterpoint  —  Dead Precedence  —  Power Play
2) Disbelief  —  Navigator  —  Locomotive
3) All Out War  —  Assassins In The House Of God  —  Victory
4) Redemption  —  The Origins of Ruin  —  InsideOut
5) The Locust  —  New Erections  —  Anti-

Other Adds:  We Are I, Benea Reach

Here’s what’s new in the mail this week… Some pretty good stuff that you may have never heard of, check them out!

Shatterpoint
Dead Precedence
Power Play
68:59 – 15 Tracks
They’ve got a pretty good, clean heavy metal thrash sound. Good heavy song structures and neat intros and buildups. Some really cool riffs, they seem to have a bit of older Pantera (Cowboys From Hell) tempo/speed. The vocals are a bit of a growl/scream, I guess when it’s not a growl, it’s more of a bark, maybe a lower pitch Sacred Reich vocal sound. Some songs have some cool clean melodic vocals. This is a pretty good cd from some indie release. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Disbelief
Navigator
Locomotive
46:26 – 10 Tracks
This is kind of some doomy grindy death metal. Pretty heavy, a bit like Napalm Death in the heavier parts. But really, they are a bit different overall than Napalm Death. There are some cool melodic parts, some cool guitar riffage, and some all out heavy stuff. This is quality stuff, and you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!

Redemption
The Origins of Ruin
InsideOut
57:15 – 9 Tracks
This is some pretty tight prog/power metal. It’s more prog metal than power metal. I guess what I mean by that is that it’s more metal than screamy Hammerfall/Stratovarious metal. There are some cool bass, guitar, keyboard and drum break/fills, very “prog” a la heavier Dream Theater stuff or Fates Warning, mainly because vocals are handled by FW’s Ray Alder! This will go along well with the new Symphorce… so, look to hear them back to back on the Mosh Pit… at least tonight!

All Out War
Assassins In The House Of God
Victory
38:06 – 11 Tracks
Starting off, this sounds like some old school thrash, but of course, being on Victory Records, that ends when the vocals start. The vocals are a bit more hardcore, but damn, the music just stays cool and heavy. Meaty thick and heavy. They aren’t fucking around on this cd. It definately has a hardcore vibe to it, but really the mix of the heaviness and thrash elements make this a pretty good album. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!!

We Are I
We Are I
Capn’ Stanky Music
19:37 – 6 Tracks
This is pretty good for what they are doing. Post-grunge hard rocky stuff. You know, like you’d hear on other radio stations. For an indie type release, actually I think it’s just the band’s demo, it sounds great, production is crisp and clean. The music is good, hard rock stuff, just not really for the Mosh Pit.

The Locust
New Erections
Anti-
23:30 – 11 Tracks
Well, this is one of those bands that’s tough to put a label on. It’s kind of like hardcore, but kind of like experimental, kind of like metalcore, kind of like meshuggahcore. Just tough to label. It’s mostly made up of tracks that have a longer title name than duration. Since it is kind of heavy, and off the wall, I think it’ll find a place on the Mosh Pit.

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Clutch  —  Power Player  —  From Beale Street To Oblivion  —  DRT  —  Y  —  N
Fu Manchu  —  Shake It Loose  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Maylene And The Sons of Disaster  —  Memories Of The Grove  —  II  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Type O Negative  —  Dead Again  —  Dead Again  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Chimaira  —  Killing The Beast  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Otep  —  Ghostflowers  —  The Ascension Sampler  —  Capitol  —  Y  —  N
In This Moment  —  Prayers  —  Prayers  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Life In Your Way  —  Reach The End  —  Waking Giants  —  SolidState  —  Y  —  N
Freya  —  Through The Eyes Of The Angel of Death  —  Lift The Curse  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Unsane  —  No One  —  Visqueen  —  Ipecac  —  Y  —  N
Emmure  —  When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong  —  Goodbye To The Gallows  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Mnemic  —  Stuck Here  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
The Ottoman Empire  —  Wrathshot  —  Way of the Blade  —  Ottoman Music  —  Y  —  Y
Machine Head  —  Aesthetics of Hate  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Vivisect  —  The Mourning…  —  Six Points of Direction  —  Obscured  —  Y  —  N
Psyopus  —  Kill Us  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Symphorce  —  Condemned  —  Become Death  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Dominici  —  The Cop  —  O3 A Trilogy Part 2  —  InsideOut  —  Y  —  N
Psychotic Waltz  —  Mosquito  —  Mosquito  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Devin Townsend  —  Natural Science  —  Working Man (Rush Tribute)  —  Magna Carta  —  N  —  Y
Varga  —  Film At Eleven  —  Prototype  —  Zoo  —  N  —  Y
Sacred Reich  —  The American Way  —  The American Way  —  Hollywood  —  N  —  Y
Moonspell  —  The Southern Deathstyle  —  Antidote  —  Century Media  —  N  —  Y
Megadeth  —  Set Me Free  —  Set Me Free Single  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Shadows Fall  —  Redemption  —  Redemption EP  —  Atlantic  —  Y  —  N
Into Eternity  —  Timeless Winter  —  Scattering of Ashes  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  Y
Daath  —  Cosmic Forge  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Dying Fetus  —  Insidious Repression  —  War Of Attrition  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Infernaeon  —  Oracle Of Armageddon  —  A Symphony of Suffering  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Bloodjinn  —  Mirrored Human  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto  —  Y  —  N
Impious  —  Three of One  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Naglfar  —  Into The Black  —  Harvest  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Aborted  —  The Spaying Seance  —  Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Massacre  —  The Stench of Misery  —  Mechanics of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Novembers Doom  —  The Voice of Failure  —  The Novella Reservoir  —  The End  —  Y  —  N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 3/19/07

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Dying Fetus  —  War Of Attrition  —  Relapse
2) Daath  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner
3) Aborted  —  Slaughtered & Apparatus…   —  Century Media
4) Chimaira  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret
5) Mnemic  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast
6) Psyopus  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade
7) November’s Doom  —  The Novella’s Reservoir  —  The End
8) Beneath The Massacre  —  Mechanics Of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic
9) Emmure  —  Goodbye To The Gallows  —  Victory
10) Machine Head  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner
11) Impious  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade
12) Vivesect  —  Six Points of Direction  —  Obscured
13) Bloodjinn  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto
14) Freya  —  Lift The Curse  —  Victory
15) Fu Manchu  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media
16) Infernaeon  —  A Symphony of Suffering  —  Prosthetic
17) Otep  —  3-Song  —  Capitol
18) Symphorce  —  Become Death  —  Metal Blade
19) Dominici  —  O3 A Trilogy Part 2  —  InsideOut
20) Unsane  —  Visqueen  —  Ipecac

Top 5 Adds
1) Type O Negative  —  Dead Again  —  SPV
2) Clutch  —  From Beale St. To Oblivion  —  DRT
3) Naglfar  —  Harvest  —  Century Media
4) Life In Your Way  —  Waking Giants  —  SolidState
5) In This Moment  —  Prayers  —  Century Media

Other Adds:  Temple of Brutality, Poison the Well, Operator, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Middian, Funny Money, Megadeth “Set Me Free”

Type O Negative
Dead Again
SPV
77:33 – 10 Tracks
Pete and the boys are back… Finally! This album is everything you’d expect from Type O Negative, and more! It is a throwback to some of the older stuff… kind of raw, heavy, yet melodic and angry and all that good stuff. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Operator
“Soulcrusher” EP
Atlantic
7:09 – 2 Tracks
Just a 2 song ep thing, it sounds like Soundgarden/Audioslave… more in the hard rock vein, which means, you may not hear it on the Mosh Pit.

Poison the Well
Versions
Ferret
42:04 – 12 Tracks
Grungy experimentally metal stuff here. I thought I remembered these guys being more metal. It’s a bit plodding and kind of slow. The bio sheet compares them to The Bled, Deftones, Isis. I’m not a big fan of these bands, so, well, this doesn’t do much for me either. You may hear it… if you want to hear it for sure, request it!

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
II
Ferret
40:38 – 11 Tracks
This came in the same package as the Poison the Well. Same label n stuff. This has a bit more of a stoner metal feel to it. A little like CoC with some Clutch.

In This Moment
Prayers EP
Century Media
11:44 – 3 Tracks
At first, I saw female singer, Century Media records… another prog-black-power metal with the chick singer… and it’s not! It’s more like some of the heavy melodic death music, but with mixed in with some metal-core but with more of an Otep feel… the singer does clean sing, but also will throw out some awesome growls. You will probably hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Clutch
From Beale Street To Oblivion
DRT
48:30 – 12 Tracks
It’s Clutch! The great thing about Clutch, is you know what to expect. This is classic Clutch. Catchy, hard rockin’, thick meaty riffin’ music. They still have the keyboard guy in the band, filling the sound out with some classic Hammond organ. They aren’t doing anything new really, but it’s great to have a new batch of Clutch songs to rock out to… You’ll hear this on the ‘Pit!

Naglfar
Harvest
Century Media
45:27 – 9 Tracks
It’s great to have some classic dark black-death metal. I’ve always liked the stuff Naglfar puts out, it’s got some cool melodic hooks, yet dark and heavy. Some of the vox are a little like Cradle of Filth, but not so cheesey. It’s good stuff, you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!

Temple of Brutality
Lethal Agenda
Demolition
33:50 – 10 Tracks
Starts off sounding a bit like Exodus with some lower budget production. The vocals aren’t much like Exodus. So, yeah, comparing this to Exodus throws it into the general thrashy metal realm. It’s not too bad, not awesome. You might hear it on the Mosh Pit.

Middian
Age Eternal
Metal Blade
57:11 – 5 Tracks
Well, this band came from the ashes of the band YOB, who, are well, about the same as Neurosis. If you know Mike and I, we dislike Neurosis, as it’s just not our thing. Music going on and on, with no real payoff. “Experimental” is what they like to call it. Well, you probably won’t hear this on the ‘Pit.

Life In Your Way
Waking Giants
SolidState
41:21 – 11 Tracks
This musically started off like some happy emo boy band guitar riff, but gets into some heavy metalcore screamin’ stuff. But then it moves around to some generic metalcore with emo-melodic clean vocals here and there. Some of the music and riffs are catchy. Since we haven’t had any metalcore in a while, or anything from SolidState, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Funny Money
Stick It
Corksniffer
50:34 – 12 Tracks
This band features a few guys from Kix. It’s good old time hard rockin’ stuff. Funny lyrics, you know all that funny 80’s hard rock stuff. You may hear this on the Mosh Pit, you know, for something different.

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Machine Head  —  Clenching The Fists Of Dissent  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
This Moment  —  Star – Parallel  —  Star – Parallel  —  Uprising  —  Y  —  N
Otep  —  Confrontation  —  The Ascension Sampler  —  Capitol  —  Y  —  N
Bloodjinn  —  Break The Silence  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto  —  Y  —  N
Emmure  —  10 Signs You Should Leave  —  Goodbye To The Gallows  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Mnemic  —  Electric I’d Hypocrisy  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Chimaira  —  No Reason To Live  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Vivisect  —  Shedding Wings  —  Six Points of Direction  —  Obscured  —  Y  —  N
Comeback Kid  —  Industry Standards  —  Broadcasting…  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Freya  —  Lilith  —  Lift The Curse  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Fu Manchu  —  Let Me Out  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Symphorce  —  Darkness Fills The Sky  —  Become Death  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Masterplan  —  Warrior’s Cry  —  Mark II  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Dominici  —  Nowhere To Hide  —  O3 A Trilogy  —  InsideOut  —  Y  —  N
Destruction  —  Bestial Invasion  —  Thrash Anthems  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Sanctuary  —  Battle Angels  —  Refuge Denied  —  Epic  —  N  —  Y
Slayer  —  Postmortem  —  Reign In Blood  —  American  —  N  —  Y
Slayer  —  Raining Blood  —  Reign In Blood  —  American  —  N  —  Y
Slayer  —  Cult  —  Christ Illusion  —  American  —  Y  —  N
Raven  —  Live At The Inferno  —  Live At The Inferno  —  Megaforce  —  N  —  Y
Exciter  —  Cry of the Banshee  —  Heavy Metal Maniac  —  Megaforce  —  N  —  Y
Metallica  —  No Remorse  —  Kill ’em All  —  Elektra  —  N  —  Y
Psyopus  —  Insects  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
This Ending  —  Into Pain  —  Inside The Machine  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
The Handshake Murders  —  How To Kill  —  Usurper  —  Goodfellow  —  Y  —  N
Impious  —  Death on Floor 44  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Daath  —  From The Blind  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Infernaeon  —  Sleeping God  —  A Symphony of Suffering  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Massacre  —  The System’s Failure  —  Mechanics of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
The Funeral Pyre  —  200 Years  —  The Nature of Betrayal  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
November’s Doom  —  The Novella Reservoir  —  The Novella Reservoir  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Dying Fetus  —  Raping The System  —  War of Attrition  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Leng T’che  —  Lucid Denial  —  Marasmus  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Aborted  —  Avenious  —  Slaughter & Apparatus  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Six Feet Under  —  Beneath A Black Sky  —  Haunted  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Obituary  —  Chopped In Half  —  Cause of Death  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 3/12/07

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Chimaira  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret
2) Dying Fetus  —  War Of Attrition  —  Relapse
3) Aborted  —  Slaughtered & Apparatus…   —  Century Media
4) Daath  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner
5) Destruction  —  Thrash Anthems  —  Candlelight
6) Mnemic  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast
7) Beneath The Massacre  —  Mechanics Of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic
8) Psyopus  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade
9) November’s Doom  —  The Novella’s Reservoir  —  The End
10) Emmure  —  Goodbye To The Gallows  —  Victory
11) Comeback Kid  —  Broadcasting…  —  Victory
12) Impious  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade
13) The Handshake Murders  —  Usurper  —  Goodfellow
14) This Ending  —  Inside The Machine  —  Metal Blade
15) Freya  —  Lift The Curse  —  Victory
16) Fu Manchu  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media
17) Vivesect  —  Six Points of Direction  —  Obscured
18) Bloodjinn  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto
19) Otep  —  3-Song  —  Capitol
20) Machine Head  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner

Top 5 Adds
1) Machine Head  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner
2) Symphorce  —  Become Death  —  Metal Blade
3) Funeral Pyre  —  The Nature of Betrayal  —  Prosthetic
4) This Moment  —  Star<Parallel  —  Uprising
5) Masterplan  —  Mark II  —  Candlelight

Other Adds:  Lordi, Swallow The Sun, Dead Man Dreaming

Symphorce
Become Death
Metal Blade
48:02 – 10 Tracks
Well well, this thing starts off fast and heavy! Not the typical whiney power metal you would expect right off the bat. The intro to the first song even has some blast beats! The music on this sure is heavier and darker than their past stuff. It’s a bit more thrashy and not as power metally. Some of the songs get to be a bit more like Hammerfall and the like, but these guys still have the metal inside of them. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

This Moment
Star<Parallel
Uprising
37:43 – 12 Tracks
This is all screamo-hardcore. It’s pretty heavy, well engineered, some cool riff/hook/melodies and nice and angry sounding too. This sounds better than the average metal hardcore stuff these days too. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

The Funeral Pyre
The Nature of Betrayal
Prosthetic
43:06 – 8 Tracks
Well, I don’t know how they do it, but Prosthetic Records just keep churning out some of the purest metal of any label around. This album is pretty much straight up black metal. They have that swedish melody working for it in the background, but maintain a thrashy deathmetalness about it. The drumming is intense, keyboards exist just enough to add a layer of darkness. It’s heavy. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Dead Men Dreaming
Dead Men Dreaming
SOR
39:56 – 10 Tracks
Alright, who signs these bands? They sound very “local” and in this day and age, with computers and ProTools and all that, can’t a band have a clean, not boomy sounding album? I mean, I wouldn’t say anything about it, but it’s just so distracting when the bass drum hits. The vocals are “clean”, the hooks, melodies and all that sound kind of catchy, and more in the vein of pre-metal hard rock. I guess it would fit in the same genre category of Tool. This is along the lines of if we can squeeze it in, we’ll play it.

Machine Head
The Blackening
Roadrunner
61:02 – 8 Tracks
Machine Head!! This album kicks off with their 10 minute plus epic “Clenching The Fists of Dissent” and has everything one could ever ask for in a metal song. After that, the album just crushes through more of the classic thrash that is Machine Head. They aren’t breaking any new ground here, but it does hearken back to the days of Burn My Eyes. There are a few long songs on there too… two 10+ minute tracks and two 9+ minute epics. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!!

Lordi
The Arockalypse
The End
I don’t know much about these guys, except they are kind of a Euro phenomenon, as they won some sort of an “Idol” contest over there. They sound a bit like a power metal motorhead. Just plain hard rock songs with some gravelly vocals. It just seems a little cheesey, but I think that’s part of the joke… right? You may hear this on the Mosh Pit

From last week… which finally arrived!

Mendeed
The Dead Live By Love
Nuclear Blast
57:38 – 13 Tracks
The bio sheet says it’s something like Slayer-tinged thrash mixed with some Avenged Sevenfold and Darkest Hour. And of course, since I repeated it here, I have to agree. This is a little different for Nuclear Blast, but again, one shouldn’t pigeonhole a sound to a certain record label these days. It’s fast, metal and not too bad, you will probably hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Sirenia
Nine Destinies and a Downfall
Nuclear Blast
46:21 – 10 Tracks
This came in the same package as the above Mendeed CD. Now this thing starts right off with what I was expecting. Former Tristania vocalist’s project, this sounds pretty much like ever other female fronted euro metal band. For that reason, we’re a bit burned out and file this in the “maybe we’ll play this” category.

Manowar
Gods of War
Magic Circle
73:49 – 16 Tracks
Over Seventy Three minutes of shirtless cheese! They seem to have become more of an epic concept album band of late. They aren’t doing anything all that new, but they ARE Manowar, so I think it’s illegal to say anything bad about ’em. Unlike Machine Head who you want to hear new stuff that doesn’t necessarily break new ground, this Motorhead has the same chugga power metal beat and sound of their last few albums. This is a maybe too… We did play one track last week… so we’ll see.

Infernaeon
A Symphony of Suffering
Prosthetic
31:03 – 6 Tracks
This kind of takes the classic Floridian death metal sound with a Glenn Benton type at the vocals, with some euro-black metal sound. It’s pretty cool… now that we have it, we might just have to play it!!

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Daath  —  Dead On The Dance Floor  —  The Hinderers  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Mnemic  —  In Control  —  Passenger  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Bloodlinn  —  In The First Degree  —  This Machine Runs On Empty  —  Pluto  —  Y  —  N
Fear My Thoughts  —  Accompanied By Death  —  Vulcanus  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Vivisect  —  Poisoned Tears  —  Six Points Of Direction  —  Obscured  —  Y  —  N
Comeback Kid  —  The Blackstone  —  Broadcasting…  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Freya  —  Alleviate  —  Lift The Curse  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Big Business  —  Just As The Day Was Dawning  —  Here Come The Waterworks  —  Hydra Head  —  Y  —  N
Unsane  —  Last Man Standing  —  Visqueen  —  Ipecac  —  Y  —  N
Chimaira  —  No Reason To Live  —  Resurrection  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Massacre  —  Societys Disposable Son  —  Mechanics Of Dysfunction  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Year Of Desolation  —  Gorge  —  Year Of Desolation  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Beneath The Sky  —  A Grave Mistake  —  What Demons Do To Saints  —  Victory  —  Y  —  N
Black Sabbath  —  The Devil Cried  —  Dio Years Sampler  —  Rhino  —  Y  —  N
Manowar  —  King of Kings  —  Gods of War  —  Magic Circle  —  Y  —  N
Destruction  —  Life Without Sense  —  Thrash Anthems  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Sanctuary  —  Taste Revenge  —  Into The Mirror Black  —  Epic  —  N  —  Y
Death  —  Pull The Plug  —  Leprosy  —  Combat  —  N  —  Y
Testament  —  Low  —  Low  —  Atlantic  —  N  —  Y
Death Angel  —  Seemingly Endless Time  —  Act III  —  DGC  —  N  —  Y
Machine Head  —  Beautiful Mourning  —  The Blackening  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Otep  —  Confrontation  —  The Ascension EP  —  Capitol  —  Y  —  N
Fu Manchu  —  Knew It All Along  —  We Must Obey  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Dominici  —  The Calling  —  O3 A Trilogy Part 2  —  InsideOut  —  Y  —  N
Legion of the Damned  —  Sepulchral Ghoul  —  Sons of the Jackal  —  Massacre  —  Y  —  N
Dew Scented  —  Rituals of Time  —  Issue VI  —  Nuclear Blast  —  N  —  Y
Amon Amarth  —  Gods of War Arise  —  WIth Oden On Our Side  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Dying Fetus  —  Fate Of The Condemned  —  War Of Attrition  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Aborted  —  A Methodical Overture  —  Slaughtered & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
This Ending  —  Let The World Burn  —  Inside The Machine  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
The Handshake Murders  —  Mind Bender  —  Usurper  —  Goodfellow  —  Y  —  N
My Bitter End  —  Comfortable WIth Corpses  —  The Renovation  —  Uprising  —  Y  —  N
Impious  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Holy Murder Masquerade  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
The County Medical Examiners  —  Kaleidoscopic Malacia  —  Olidous Operettas  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Novembers Doom  —  Drown The Inland Mere  —  The Novella Reservoir  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Melechesh  —  Gyroscope  —  Emissaries  —  Osmose  —  Y  —  N
Psyopus  —  Whore Meet Liar  —  Our Puzzling Encounters Considered  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Children of Bodom  —  Are You Dead Yet?  —  Are You Dead Yet?  —  Spinefarm  —  Y  —  N