ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Hydrogyn  —  Your Life  —  Deadly Passions  —  DR2  —  Y  —  N
Clutch  —  Cypress Grove  —  Full Fathom Five Sampler  —  Weathermaker  —  Y  —  N
The Burn & Cry  —  Sister Mystic  —  The Burn & Cry  —  BC Music  —  Y  —  N
Level C  —  Ignite Us  —  Level C  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Slipknot  —  All Hope Is Lost  —  All Hope Is Lost  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
John 5  —  The Lead Sprinkler  —  Requiem  —  Adrenaline  —  Y  —  N
Luna Mortis  —  Reformation  —  EP  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Dark Tranquillity  —  The One Brooding Warning  —  The Gallery  —  Century Media  —  N  —  Y
Children of Bodom  —  Lake Bodom  —  Something Wild  —  Spinefarm  —  N  —  Y
Luna Mortis  —  Fountain of Youth  —  The Answer: Does Not Exist  —  LOCAL  —  Y  —  N
Luna Mortis  —  Ruin  —  EP  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Austrian Death Machine  —  It’s Not A Tumor  —  Total Brutal  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Luna Mortis  —  Wraithshot  —  Way of the Blade  —  LOCAL  —  Y  —  N
Bleed The Sky  —  Slavior  —  Murder The Dance  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Arsis  —  Sightless Wisdom  —  We Are The Nightmare  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Testament  —  More Than Meets The Eye  —  Formation of Damnation  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Imagika  —  New Power Rises  —  Feast For The Hated  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Judas Priest  —  Conquest  —  Nostradamus  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
Soulfly  —  Enemy Ghost  —  Conquer  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Dissonant  —  Power  —  Copy Burn Distribute Repeat  —  Dissonant  —  Y  —  N
Scar Symmetry  —  The Missing Coordinates  —  Holographic Universe  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Daylight Dies  —  Cathedral  —  Lost To The Living  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Nachtmsytium  —  Seasick (Part 3: Silent Sunrise)  —  Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Neuraxis  —  Wicked  —  The Thin Line Between  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Left To Vanish  —  Long Live The Heresy  —  Versus The Throne  —  Lifeforce  —  Y  —  N
The Rotted  —  A Return To Insolence  —  Get Dead Or Die Trying  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Agenda of Swine  —  Amongst The Forgotten  —  Waves Of Human Suffering  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Withered  —  Dichotomy of Exile  —  Folie Circulaire  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Ditheist  —  Vengeance Is Mine  —  Seduction of Demons  —  Ditheist  —  Y  —  Y
Legion of the Damned  —  Obsessed By The Grave  —  Feel The Blade  —  Season of Mist  —  N  —  Y
Kataklysm  —  Crippled and Broken  —  In The Arms of Devastation  —  Nuclear Blast  —  N  —  Y
Cryptopsy  —  Worship Your Demons  —  The Unspoken King  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Krisiun  —  Slaying Steel  —  Southern Storm  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Aborted  —  The Chyme Congeries  —  Strychnine.213  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Whitechapel  —  To All That Are Dead  —  This Is Exile  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Unleashed  —  Carved In Stone  —  Hammer Battalion  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/28/08

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Soulfly  —  Conquer  —  Roadrunner
2) Aborted  —  Strychnine.213  —  Century Media
3) Whitechapel  —  This is Exile  —  Metal Blade
4) Judas Priest  —  Nostradamus  —  Epic
5) Unleashed  —  Hammer Battalion  —  SPV
6) Nachtmystium  —  Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  —  Century Media
7) Imagika  —  Feast For The Hated  —  Locomotive
8) Agenda of Swine  —  Waves of Human Suffering  —  Relapse
9) Bleed The Sky  —  Murder The Dance  —  Nuclear Blast
10) Cryptopsy  —  Unspoken King  —  Century Media
11) Scar Symmetry  —  Holographic Universe  —  Nuclear Blast
12) The Rotted  —  Get Dead of Die Trying  —  Metal Blade
13) Withered  —  Folie Circulaire  —  Prosthetic  —
14) Daylight Dies  —  Lost To The Living  —  Candlelight
15) Dissonant  —  Copy Burn Distrubute Repeat  —  Unsigned
16) Austrian Death Machine  —  Total Brutal  —  Metal Blade
17) Neuraxis  —  The Thin Line Between  —  Prosthetic
18) Hydrogyn  —  Deadly Passions  —  Phantom
19) Slipknot  —  “All Hope Is Gone”  —  Roadrunner
20) Left To Vanish  —  Versus The Throne  —  Lifeforce

Top 5 Adds
1) Krisiun  —  Southern Storm  —  Century Media
2) The Burn & Cry  —  The Burn & Cry  —  BC Music
3) Level-C  —  Level-C  —  Locomotive
4) Archer  —  Doomsday Profits  —  Arrowhead
5) Alice Cooper  —  Along Came A Spider  —  SPV

Other Adds:  Gama Bomb, Destinity, At The Soundawn

Level-C
Level-C
Locomotive
38:19 – 10 Tracks
This kind of reminds me of a Mudvayne style/speed of metal.   If I had to classify, I would call it nu-metal of course.  It does stay on the heavy side of other new “solid rock” type of bands, but doesn’t really offer anything new an exciting… however, it is catchy enough to give it a play or two on the Mosh Pit.

Archer
Doomsday Profits
Arrowhead
62:46 – 11 Tracks
Kind of a hard-rock edged metal band… meaning, no growls, blast beats, superfast double kick, etc. etc.  You do have some pretty good catchy riffs, good solos, the vocals are alright, clean mid-range vocals with a little bit of an edge… no whiney or screamo-growls.

Alice Cooper
Along Came A Spider EP
SPV
14:38 – 4 Tracks
Well, it’s Alice Cooper… what can you say?   This is a 4-song sampler from his new album…. So here’s my answer to “What can you say?”   It’s Alice Cooper, sounds like Alice Cooper… straightforward Alice Cooper songs… he’s a genre all to himself.  He’s not breaking any new ground, just using his formula.  Thats about all I can say!  haha.

The Burn & Cry
The Burn & Cry
BC Music
36:06 – 8 Tracks
This is similar to the first review this week… kind of nu-metal, but not like as bad as Ra or Shinedown or Seether or that… this is based more in metal… I can hear some hints of Acid Bath in here.  A mix of clean vocals and some shout/scream stuff… nothing very abrasive or growly.   Music is okay, hard-rock stoner-nu-metal mix… production is good n clean.

Krisiun
Southern Storm
Century Media
50:24 – 13 Tracks
Well, this is the big release for the week… heavy, brutal, fast, technical… just an all out death metal assault.  Sweet guitar solos and riffs.  This album is their seventh and possibly their best… just a wall of sound coming at you.  You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

ARTIST  — TRACK  — ALBUM  — LABEL  — NEW  — REQ
Opiate For The Masses  — Naked  — Manifesto  — Century Media  — Y  — N
Scar Symmetry  — Quantumleaper  — Holographic Universe  — Nuclear Blast  — Y  — N
One-Way Mirror  — Destination Device  — One-Way Mirror  — Metal Blade  — Y  — N
Hydrogyn  — Rejection  — Deadly Passions  — DR2  — Y  — N
Shadows Fall  — Fade Into Smoke  — Forevermore EP  — Atlantic  — Y  — N
Soulfly  — Paranoia  — Conquer  — Roadrunner  — Y  — N
Dissonant  — Sepulchral Terrors  — Copy – Burn – Distribute – Repeat  — Unsigned  — Y  — N
The Rotted  — The Howling  — Get Dead Or Die Trying  — Metal Blade  — Y  — N
Fight  — Beneath The Violence  — Into The Pit Radio Promo  — Metal God  — Y  — N
Helstar  — Burning Star  — Sins of the Past  — Locomotive  — Y  — N
Imagika  — Behind Immoral Eyes  — Feast For The Hated  — Locomotive  — Y  — N
Judas Priest  — Nostradamus  — Nostradamus  — Judas Pirest  — Y  — N
Rage  — One Step Ahead  — Carved In Stone  — Locomotive  — Y  — N
Bigelf  — Blackball  — Cheat The Gallows  — Custard  — Y  — N
Black Sabbath  — Neon Knights  — The Rules of Hell  — Rhino  — Y  — N
Pantera  — Domination  — Cowboys From Hell  — Atco  — N  — Y
Slayer  — War Ensemble  — Seasons in the Abyss  — American   — N  — Y
Exodus  — Children of a Worthless God  — The Atrocity Exhibition  — Nuclear Blast  — N  — Y
Nachtmystium  — Omnivore  — Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  — Century Media  — Y  — N
Aborted  — Pestiferous Subterfuge  — Strychnine.213  — Century Media  — Y  — N
Daylight Dies  — Descending  — Lost To The Living  — Candlelight  — Y  — N
A Breath Before Surfacing  — Summoning The Lord Of The Pit  — Death Is Swallowing In Victory  — Mediaskare  — Y  — N
A Breath Before Surfacing  — Trollz  — Death Is Swallowing In Victory  — Mediaskare  — Y  — N
Withered  — The Fated Breath  — Folie Circulaire  — Prosthetic  — Y  — N
Bleed The Sky  — Bastion  — Murder The Dance  — Nuclear Blast  — Y  — N
Zwartketterij  — Titans of Torment 666  — Displeased Records Compilation  — Displeased  — Y  — Y
Witchery  — The Ritual  — Don’t Fear The Reaper  — Century Media  — N  — Y
Melechesh  — Purifier Of The Stars  — Sphinx  — Osmose  — N  — Y
Whitechapel  — Possession  — This Is Exile  — Metal Blade  — Y  — N
Fuck The Facts  — Absence and Despite  — Disgorge Mexico  — Relapse  — Y  — N
Agenda of Swine  — Decimation Of World Trade Through Organization  — Waves of Human Suffering  — Relapse  — Y  — N
Unleashed  — Entering The Hall Of The Slain  — Hammer Battalion  — SPV  — Y  — N
Catalepsy  — Iniquity  — Iniquity  — Stillborn  — Y  — N
Grave  — Bloodpath  — Dominion VIII  — Regain  — Y  — N
Cryptopsy  — Contemplate Regicide  — The Unspoken King  — Century Media  — Y  — N
Austrian Death Machine  — What It’s Like To Be a Singer At Band Practice  — Total Brutal  — Metal Blade  — Y  — N
Austrian Death Machine  — Who Is Your Daddy, And What Does He Do?  — Total Brutal  — Metal Blade  — Y  — N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/21/08

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Judas Priest  —  Nostradamus  —  Epic
2) Unleashed  —  Hammer Battalion  —  SPV
3) Aborted  —  Strychnine.213  —  Century Media
4) Whitechapel  —  This is Exile  —  Metal Blade
5) Nachtmystium  —  Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  —  Century Media
6) Soulfly  —  Conquer  —  Roadrunner
7) Imagika  —  Feast For The Hated  —  Locomotive
8) Agenda of Swine  —  Waves of Human Suffering  —  Relapse
9) Bleed The Sky  —  Murder The Dance  —  Nuclear Blast
10) Cryptopsy  —  Unspoken King  —  Century Media
11) Scar Symmetry  —  Holographic Universe  —  Nuclear Blast
12) Catelepsy  —  Iniquity  —  Stillborn
13) Withered  —  Folie Circulaire  —  Prosthetic  —
14) Daylight Dies  —  Lost To The Living  —  Candlelight
15) Dissonant  —  Copy Burn Distrubute Repeat  —  Unsigned
16) Rage  —  Carved In Stone  —  Locomotive
17) Grave  —  Dominion VII  —  Regain
18) Opiate for the Masses  —  Manifesto  —  Century Media
19) Hydrogyn  —  Deadly Passions  —  Phantom
20) The Rotted  —  Get Dead of Die Trying  —  Metal Blade

Top 5 Adds
1) Helstar  —  Sins of the Past  —  Locomotive
2) Fight  —  Into the Pit Promo  —  Metal God
3) A Breath Before Surfacing  —  Death Is Swallowed In Victory  —  Mediaskare
4) Black Sabbath  —  The Rules of Hell  —  Rhino
5) One Way Mirror  —  One Way Mirror  —  Metal Blade

Other Adds:  Shadows Fall, Bigelf, Fuck the Facts, Clawfinger, Volbeat

One Way Mirror
One Way Mirror
Metal Blade
47:57 – 11 Tracks
This is a fairly commercial sounding album for Metal Blade.   The first line of their bio sheet mentions “rock driven metal”  and that sums this up pretty good.  The vocals are pretty much “solid rock” and the rest of it sounds a bit more like the more “accessible” Soilwork stuff.  It’s compared to Mnemic too… go figure, it features members from Mnemic (singer), Soilwork (drummer) and Scarve (bass and drummer).  Normally, this would be borderline for the Mosh Pit, but considering the members that make up this band, we’ll give it a shot on the Mosh Pit!

Bigelf
Cheat The Gallows
Custard
56:53 – 10 Tracks
These guys are kind of a retro psychedelic stoner metal band.  They are more along the lines of sabbath, but a bit more poppy I guess.   Some of the songs are down right rockin’ and catchy.   If anything, it’s music to drink and smoke to!  Some of the stuff is just Pink Floyd-like easy-rock… You might catch this on the Mosh Pit

Shadows Fall
Forevermore EP
Atlantic
21:51 – 5 Tracks
A new push by their label to keep their name out there… This is a release for the “single” of Forevermore as well as b-sides and out takes from their “Threads of Life” CD.  A special for us radio stations… since we’ve always dug Shadows Fall, and they ARE still metal, contrary to what a lot of people say…. You’ll hear something from this on the Mosh Pit!

Helstar
Sins of the Past
Locomotive
62:54 – 13 Tracks
Classic sounding Metal from these veterans… back together after a whole bunch of years, they haven’t missed a beat.  Songs are heavy, thrashy and yes, over the top vocally in parts too!   Of course, the songs are catchy, and it’s a great throwback to old school metal, but of course, sounding modern too.  You will hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Fight
Into the Pit Radio Promo
Metal God
27:57 – 6 Tracks
Another radio promo dealie, I assume to promote the full blown Fight CD/DVD everything remastered.   It’s always great to revisit Fight… this just gives us an excuse to play more of this classic stuff!!  This EP has a track or two from all of their releases (2 studio, 2 live/remix).  You’ll hear some of it on the Mosh Pit!

A Breath Before Surfacing
Death Is Swallowed In Victory
Mediaskare
40:46 – 11 Tracks
Brutalcore!…. or is it?  Who knows these days.  It’s brutal, it does alternate between abrasive vocals and cookie monster, with just an all out metal assault for music.   This is what is metal is about… oh yeah, and to make it “core?”   Yeah, the occasional breakdown… but it’s no wussy breakdown, it’s full on!  You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Black Sabbath
The Rules of Hell
Rhino
4 CDs
This is a box set type thing of the “Heaven And Hell” era Black Sabbath…. There will definitely be something we can play from this bad boy.

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Terror  —  Never Alone  —  The Damned The Shamed  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Slipknot  —  All Hope Is Lost  —  All Hope Is Lost Single  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Left To Vanish  —  17 Year Cicadas  —  Versus The Throne  —  Lifeforce  —  Y  —  N
Bleed the Sky  —  The Sleeping Beauty  —  Murder The Dance  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Agenda of Swine  —  Stains of Accountability  —  Waves of Human Suffering  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Gigan  —  Undead Auditory Emanations  —  The Order Of The False Eye  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Austiran Death Machine  —  Hello California  —  Total Brutal  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Austiran Death Machine  —  Get To The Choppa  —  Total Brutal  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Laaz Rockit  —  Brain Wash  —  Left For Dead  —  Massacre  —  Y  —  N
Soulfly  —  Unleash  —  Conquer  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Lamb of God  —  Laid To Rest  —  Killadelphia  —  Epic  —  N  —  Y
Judas Priest  —  Persecution  —  Nostradamus  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
Willie Basse  —  Guitargasm  —  The Money Grind  —  New Empire  —  Y  —  N
Magica  —  Turn To Stone  —  Hereafter  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Rage  —  Long Hard Road  —  Carved In Stone  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Imagica  —  Your Creator  —  Feast For The Hated  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Dissonant  —  If It Bleeds It Leads  —  Copy Burn Distrubute Repeat  —  Dissonant  —  Y  —  N
John 5  —  Hereitc’s Fork  —  Requiem  —  60 Cycle Hum  —  Y  —  N
George Lynch  —  Love Power From The Mama Head  —  Sacred Groove  —  Elektra  —  N  —  Y
Tony MacAlpine  —  Hundreds of Thousands  —  Maximum Security  —  Squawk  —  N  —  Y
Grip Inc  —  Bug Juice  —  Solidify  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Bullet For My Valentine  —  Creeping Death  —  Scream Aim Fire  —  Sony  —  Y  —  N
Megadeth  —  Poison Was The Cure  —  Rust In Peace  —  Capitol  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Emotional Flatline  —  Wake Up And Smell The Carcass  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Melechesh  —  Touching The Spheres of Sephiroth  —  Emissaries  —  Osmose  —  N  —  Y
Zimmers Hole  —  We Rule The Fucking Land  —  When You Were Shouting At The Devil  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  Y
Clutch  —  Texan Book Of The Dead  —  Full Fathom Five  —  Weathermaker  —  Y  —  N
Daylight Dies  —  A Subtle Violence  —  Lost To The Living  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Moonspell  —  Night Eternal  —  Night Eternal  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Keep of Kalessin  —  Escape The Union  —  Kolossus  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Cryptopsy  —  Anoint The Dead  —  The Unspoken King  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Catalepsy  —  Trust  —  Iniquity  —  Stillborn  —  Y  —  N
Raunchy  —  Somewhere Along The Road  —  Wasteland Discotheque  —  Lifeforce  —  Y  —  N
Deicide  —  Angel Of Agony  —  Till Death Do Us Part  —  Earache  —  Y  —  N
Kataklysm  —  Tear Down The Kingdom  —  Prevail  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Grave  —  Deathstorm  —  Dominion VIII  —  Regain  —  Y  —  N
Neuraxis  —  Darkness Prevails  —  The Thin Line Between  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Aborted  —  I35  —  Strychnine.213  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Unleashed  —  Home Of The Brave  —  Hammer Battalion  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Whitechapel  —  This Is Exile  —  This Is Exile  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Nachtmystium  —  Your True Enemy  —  Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/14/08

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Judas Priest  —  Nostradamus  —  Epic
2) Unleashed  —  Hammer Battalion  —  SPV
3) Kataklysm  —  Prevail  —  Nuclear Blast
4) Grave  —  Dominion VII  —  Regain
5) Nachtmystium  —  Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  —  Century Media
6) Moonspell  —  Night Eternal  —  SPV
7) Aborted  —  Strychnine.213  —  Century Media
8) Rage  —  Carved In Stone  —  Locomotive
9) Whitechapel  —  This is Exile  —  Metal Blade
10) Cryptopsy  —  Unspoken King  —  Century Media
11) Agenda of Swine  —  Waves of Human Suffering  —  Relapse
12) Imagika  —  Feast For The Hated  —  Locomotive
13) Keep of Kalessin  —  Kolossus  —  Nuclear Blast  —
14) Deicide  —  Till Death Do Us Part  —  Earache
15) Catelepsy  —  Iniquity  —  Stillborn
16) Terror  —  The Damned, The Shamed  —  Century Media
17) Soulfly  —  Conquer  —  Roadrunner
18) Dissonant  —  Copy Burn Distrubute Repeat  —  Unsigned
19) Bleed The Sky  —  Murder The Dance  —  Nuclear Blast
20) Daylight Dies  —  Lost To The Living  —  Candlelight

Top 5 Adds
1) Neuraxis  —  The Thin Line Between  —  Prosthetic
2) Raunchy  —  Wasteland Disotheque  —  Lifeforce
3) Lääz Rockit  —  Left For Dead  —  Massacre
4) Left To Vanish  —  Versus The Throne  —  Lifeforce
5) Austrian Death Machine  —  Total Brutal  —  Metal Blade

Other Adds:  Rosenguard, Gigan, Hell n’ Diesel, The Psyke Project

Austrian Death Machine
Total Brutal
Metal Blade
38:34 – 17 Tracks
This is some classic heavy thrash sounding stuff mixed with funny Arnold Schwarzenegger themes.  It’s a sort of side/fun project of Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying.  He plays everything on it (even the drums… and programmed when he couldn’t play something!).   It’s totally fun, and still the music is performed very well.   Guitar solos are performed by various different guitar dudes from different bands and even a dude that works at Metal Blade.   You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Gigan
The Order of The False Eye
Napalm Records
59:58 – 9 Tracks
It’s pretty intense and over the top if you were to call it “metalcore”  but I guess it’s more along the lines of death/experimental metal.   There’s a lot of stuff going on, it’s all pretty heavy, the vocals are great and abrasive, the rest of the music is death metal-ish, but with a lot of different noises from guitars along with blast beats.  It’s something that’s not completely groundbreaking, yet I can’t think of who they sound like!  You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Hell N’ Diesel
Passion For Power
Locomotive
44:05 – 11 Tracks
Good ol fun hard rock!  While not normally what we play on the Mosh Pit, this CD just has some great catchy throwback old school vibe to it.   Just about all of the songs are catchy, have an energy which really makes you want to see them live and drink a whole bunch of PBR.   I think the songs, while not brutal are heavy enough, yet melodic and fun to listen to.  We played a track a couple of weeks ago as part of “Mike’s Picks” and we’ll probably play some more here and there.

Lääz Rockit
Left For Dead
Massacre Records
49:31 – 10 Tracks
What’s better than new bands coming out these day with the throwback to old school thrash?   An old school thrash band getting back together to make a new album!  I’m not too familiar with their old stuff, as they were closing things down about the same time I was just starting to get into metal.  Well this is well produced, melodic and classic thrash.   Definitely worthy of Mosh Pit Airplay.

Left To Vanish
Versus The Throne
Lifeforce Records
42:57 – 11 Tracks
This is fairly melodic brutal-core with some very abrasive vocals… think Jeff Walker from Heartwork with more sandpaper for vocals!  haha.  It seems more metal than core… but for some reason, I sense breakdowns, not quite the full on “yeah, boiiii here comes the breakdown”  it just gets a bit slower and more brutal in parts….however, there are no emo singy parts… it stays true to heavy and brutal with hints of catchy metalness here and there.  You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Neuraxis
The Thin Line Between
Prosthetic Records
47:46 – 10 Tracks
I don’t know really how to describe these guys, I’m like adjectived out.   How many times can I say something is thrasy, catchy, brutal and just all out metal?   Now I guess I could just say it’s Neuraxised!  Hah.  Well, there are some prog elements, but mostly just brutal and thrashy.  Albums like this are what the Mosh Pit is all about.

Psyke Project
Apnea
Lifeforce Records
56:06 – 10 Tracks
I guess I’d have to say this is brutal-metal core.   Vocals are abrasive, the music seems fairly melodic and not quite as brutal and death-metally.  Parts get melodic… I almost want to call this the grunge of brutal-core.  I don’t know that’s just how it hits me.  The there’s some underlying music going on that seems to be like emo-grungy, but it’s still heavy.   It’s not bad and if there’s time, you may hear it on the Mosh Pit!

Raunchy
Wasteland Discotheque
Lifeforce Records
54:10 – 12 Tracks
These guys have the whole Soilwork/In Flames thing going on.  We’ve liked their albums in the past, they were on Nuclear Blast.   This is their first on Lifeforce.  It’s got the catchiness, metalness and melodicness and a bunch of other good “nesses.”  You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Rosenguard
Requiem For The Innocent
Music Gallery Intl.
47:14 – 8 Tracks
From Chicago, these guys have the melodic/prog black metal thing going on.  It’s an interesting mix of these genres and seems to work pretty good.  The songs are complex, thrashy, and the vocals are harsh… the clean vocals accent and give it a great dynamic.   You’ll hear something from these guys on the Mosh Pit!

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Cancer Bats  —  Hail Destroyer  —  Hail Destroyer  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Dear Life  —  Speaking Volumes  —  Framework  —  Uprising  —  Y  —  N
Bleed The Sky  —  Murder The Dance  —  Murder The Dance  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Coldworker  —  Paradox Lost  —  Rotting Paradise  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Agenda of Swine  —  Lost In Apathy  —  Waves of Human Suffering  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Dissonant  —  A God Who Was Not There  —  Copy Burn Distribute Repeat  —  Dissonant  —  Y  —  N
Blacklist Union  —  Wicked Love Song  —  Breakin Bread With The Devil  —  Blu  —  Y  —  N
Made Out of Babies  —  Grimace  —  The Ruiner  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Warrel Dane  —  The Day The Rats Went To War  —  Praises To The War Machine  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Judas Priest  —  War  —  Nostradamus  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
Circle II Circle  —  Fatal Warning  —  Delusions of Grandeur  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Rage  —  Open My Grave  —  Carved In Stone  —  Locomotive  —  Y  —  N
Shai Hulud  —  To Bear The Brunt Of Many Blades  —  Misanthropy Pure  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Terror  —  Rise Of The Poisoned Youth  —  The Damned The Shamed  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
The Famine  —  Death Threat  —  The Raven and the Reaping  —  Solid State  —  Y  —  N
Soulfly  —  Blood Fire War Hate  —  Conquer  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
As I Lay Dying  —  Within Destruction  —  An Ocean Between Us  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Hero Destroyed  —  Cause For Cancer  —  Hero Destroyed  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Testament  —  Henchmen Ride  —  The Formation of Damnation  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
John 5  —  Heretic’s Fork  —  Requiem  —  60 Cycle Hum  —  Y  —  N
Exodus  —  Cajun Hell  —  Fabulous Disaster  —  Combat  —  N  —  Y
Overkill  —  Head First  —  Under the Influence  —  Atlantic  —  N  —  Y
Megadeth  —  Hook In Mouth  —  So Far So Good So What  —  Capitol  —  N  —  Y
Megadeth  —  Reckoning Day  —  Rude Awakening  —  Sanctuary  —  N  —  Y
Cryptopsy  —  Leach  —  The Unspoken King  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Moonspell  —  Spring of Rage  —  Night Eternal  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Equilibrium  —  Wurtelbert  —  Sagas  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
The Rotted  —  Nothin’ But A Nosebleed  —  Get Dead Or Die Tryin’  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Unleashed  —  Marching Off To War  —  Hammer Battalion  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N
Keep of Kalessin  —  A New Empire’s Birth  —  Kolossus  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Kataklysm  —  Breathe To Dominate  —  Prevail  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Opeth  —  Porcelain Heart  —  Watershed  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Ihsahn  —  Misanthrope  —  AngL  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Nachtmystium  —  Ghosts of Grace  —  Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Grave  —  Dark Signs  —  Dominion VIII  —  Regain  —  Y  —  N
Catalepsy  —  Punishment  —  Iniquity  —  Stillborn  —  Y  —  N
Deicide  —  Not As Long As We Both Shall Live  —  Till Death Do Us Part  —  Earache  —  Y  —  N