ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Nightwish  —  Whoever Brings The Night  —  Made In Hong Kong  —  Roadrunner  —  Y  —  N
Queensryche  —  The Killer  —  American Soldier  —  Rhino  —  Y  —  N
Leprous  —  Dare You  —  Tall Poppy Syndrome  —  Sensory  —  Y  —  N
Wolf  —  Ravenous  —  Ravenous  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Fejd  —  Vid Jore A  —  Storm  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Karl Sanders  —  Rapture Of The Empty Spaces  —  Saurian Exorcisms  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Chimaira  —  Frozen In Time  —  The Infection  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Lamb of God  —  Set To Fail  —  Wrath  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
Daath  —  Self-Corruption Manifesto  —  The Concealers  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Static X  —  Isolaytore  —  Cult of Static  —  Reprise  —  Y  —  N
Nadja  —  Dead Skin Mask  —  When I See The Sun Always Shines On Tv  —  The End  —  Y  —  N
Hatebreed  —  Ghosts of War  —  For The Lions  —  E1  —  Y  —  N
Mastodon  —  Crack The Skye  —  Crack The Skye  —  Reprise  —  Y  —  N
Lazarus AD  —  Every Word Unheard  —  The Onslaught  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Earth Crisis  —  Against The Current  —  To The Death  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
As I Lay Dying  —  I Never Wanted  —  I Never Wanted (single)  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Orange Sky  —  Yesterdays & Tomorrows  —  Dat Iz Voodoo  —  StarCity  —  Y  —  N
Psychostick  —  Minimum Rage  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge  —  Y  —  N
Kingdom of Sorrow  —  Led Into Demise  —  Kingdom of Sorrow  —  Reprise  —  N  —  Y
Death Angel  —  Seemingly Endless Time  —  Act III  —  DGC  —  N  —  Y
Exhorder  —  I Am The Cross  —  The Law  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Sepultura  —  Dead Embryonic Cells  —  Arise  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
IWrestledABearOnce  —  You Aint No Family  —  You Aint No Family (single)  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
David Chastain  —  Spontaneous Combustion  —  Heavy Excursions  —  Leviathan  —  Y  —  N
Birds of Prey  —  Momma  —  The Hellbreaker  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Agoraphobic Nosebleed  —  Moral Distortion  —  Agorapocalypse  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Brutal Truth  —  Turmoil  —  Evolution Through Revolution  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Oceano  —  Fractured Frames, Scattered Flesh  —  Depths  —  Earache  —  Y  —  N
Hatesphere  —  Backstabber  —  To The Nines  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N
Burning Human  —  As Good As Dead  —  Resurrection Through Fire  —  E1  —  Y  —  N
Witchery  —  Witchery  —  Restless & Dead  —  Rough Trade  —  N  —  Y
Summon  —  Upon Wings of Chaos  —  Fallen  —  Moribund Cult  —  N  —  Y
Legion of the Damned  —  Pray and Suffer  —  Cult of the Dead  —  Massacre  —  Y  —  N
God Dethroned  —  Under A Darkening Sky  —  Passiondale  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Tardy Brothers  —  I’m Alive  —  Bloodline  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Pestilence  —  Horror Detox  —  Resurrection Macabre  —  Mascot  —  Y  —  N
Samael  —  Polygames  —  Above  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Believer  —  Focused Lethality  —  Gabriel  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Janvs  —  Mediterraneo  —  Vega  —  ATMF  —  Y  —  N
Opeth  —  Blackwater Park  —  Blackwater Park  —  Koch  —  N  —  Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 4/27/09

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Lazarus AD  —  The Onslaught  —  Metal Blade
2) Psychostick  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge
3) Mastodon  —  Crack The Skye  —  Reprise
4) Queensryche  —  American Soldier  —  Rhino
5) Wolf  —  Ravenous  —  Century Media
6) Tardy Brothers  —  Bloodline  —  Candlelight
7) Oceano  —  Depths  —  Earache
8) Daath  —  The Concealers  —  Century Media
9) Lamb of God  —  Wrath  —  Epic
10) Static X  —  Cult of Static  —  Reprise
11) Agoraphobic Nosebleed  —  Agorapocalypse  —  Relapse
12) Burning Human  —  Resurrection By Fire  —  E1
13) Brutal Truth  —  Evolution Through Revolution  —  Relapse
14) Samael  —  Above  —  Nuclear Blast
15) Believer  —  Gabriel  —  Metal Blade
16) Hatesphere  —  To The Nines  —  Napalm
17) Nightwish  —  Made In Hong Kong  —  Roadrunner
18) Pestilence  —  Resurrection Macabre  —  Mascot
19) Janvs  —  Vega  —  ATMF/KLM
20) Chimaira  —  The Infection  —  Ferret

Top 5 Adds
1) Hatebreed  —  For The Lions  —  E1
2) God Dethroned  —  Passiondale  —  Metal Blade
3) Earth Crisis  —  To The Death  —  Century Media
4) Birds of Prey  —  The Hellpreacher  —  Relapse
5) Fejd  —  Storm  —  Napalm

Other Adds:  IWrestledABearOnce, Leprous, As I Lay Dying, Orange Sky, Karl Sanders, Nadja

Karl Sanders
Saurian Exorcisms
The End
47:22 – 10 Tracks
This is the main man and founder of Nile’s solo project.  Mostly this is just some Egyptian background music type of stuff.  I can’t really say there’s anything metal about this besides the fact Karl is from Nile.

Leprous
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Sensory
63:04 – 8 Tracks
A bit experimental, a bit prog rock (Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation) but also a bit metal… mostly clean singy vocals, piano and keyboards, but some good metal guitars… most of it is more hard rocky and not as metal, but then some parts just go full on metal.   It’s different, and kind of fresh… You might have to hear some of this on the Mosh Pit!

Hatebreed
For The Lions
E1
48:)0 – 18 Tracks
Back in the day, I used to covers done by metal bands, they were few and far between…. in the last few years, they seem to be all over the place… Hatebreed has their own sound and has applied it to 18 metal songs… and it works well.   Chances are, if you like Hatebreed, you’ll like all of the bands that they cover, since they incorporate some of all of these bands into their own sound.  Slayer, DRI, Misfits, Metallica, Cro-Mags to name a few.   A good wide vareity of covers, done well, and with a good helping of Hatebreed’s own sound…. bravo!

Nadja
When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV
The End
57:57 – 8 Tracks
This is ambient, experimental stuff, kinda like Neurosis… almost like Type O Negative run through a noisy noise distortion generator… just a lot of grungy grimy noise…yeah i keep saying noise… This is also a covers album, but listening to the tracks, you wouldn’t know it.  Yeah, “Dead Skin Mask” is on here, but hell if I could even tell if I wasn’t reading the track listing!  Sorry!

Orange Sky
Dat Iz Voodoo
Star City
51:08 – 12 Tracks
This is pretty interesting… it’s kind of reggae-hard rock… Some would say reggae-metal, but I don’t think it’s that heavy…. like not quite as intense as Skindred…but there’s definitely a cool vibe… makes me want to have a Red Stripe, chill and relax.  Some cool guitar work, gets a bit metal here and there, but overall… hard rock with reggae influence.

Birds of Prey
The Hell Preacher
Relapse
40:54 – 12 Tracks
Some pretty decent metal here.  Some grindy-thrashy metal with some well barked out vocals.  A bit melodic in parts, a bit-stoner-ey in parts too.  Songs are pretty catchy and worthy of air play!

God Dethroned
Passiondale
Metal Blade
38:01 – 10 Tracks
Some great blackened death metal as they always do!   Some good fast catchy thrashy death metal… I guess it’s more than just blackened… thrashened?   This is the sort of thing I’ve been waiting for for a couple weeks, something with intensity and technical chops… You’ll hear this a lot!

Earth Crisis
To The Death
Century Media
32:08 – 11 Tracks
The pioneers of metal/hardcore are back… they’ve been together for a few years now, but finally have put out an album.  It’s heavy, chugga, hardcore, and just as good as I remember… actually better…   I think they’re a lil similar to Hatebeed in their level of “heavy” and stuff.

As I Lay Dying
“I Never Wanted” (Single)
Metal Blade
4:03 – 1 Track
Huh…. this is kind of hard-rockey, a lot of clean vocals… I guess this could be called a metalcore power ballad?   I have to say I’m not too impressed…

IWrestledABearOnce
“You Ain’t No Family” (Single)
Century Media
3:46 – 1 Track
This is some over the top brutal/metal core, but then stops it up for some goofy cartoony sequence, and goes back into sick gurgly death metalcore with some chugga guitars going back n forth with meedly guitars… fast, heavy intense…. a little bit like Protest the Hero… this is just one track… looking to hear more!

Fejd
Storm
Napalm
48:19 – 12 Tracks
Folk metal… in all senses of the genre.  Yeah… doesn’t get too  heavy, but it’s interesting

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Black Sabbath  —  Sweet Leaf  —  Greatest Hits (The Ozzy Years)  —  Warner Bros.  —  N  —  Y
Bongzilla  —  Gestation  —  Stash  —  Relapse  —  N  —  Y
Cypress Hill  —  Hits From A Bong  —  Black Sunday  —  Ruffhouse  —  N  —  Y
Murphy’s Law  —  Big Spliff  —  The Best Of Times / Good For Now  —  Artemis  —  N  —  Y
Love / Hate  —  Mary Jane  —  Blackout In The Red Room  —  Epic  —  N  —  Y
Six Feet Under  —  4 20  —  Warpath  —  Metal Blade  —  N  —  Y
Psychostick  —  Do You Want A Taco?  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge  —  Y  —  N
Seventh Void  —  Closing In  —  Heaven Is Gone  —  Big Vin  —  Y  —  N
Cycle of Pain  —  Cycle of Pain  —  Cycle of Pain  —  Rock Ridge  —  Y  —  N
Kylesa  —  Perception  —  Static Tensions  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Texas Hippie Coalition  —  No Shame  —  Texas Hippie Coalition  —  THC  —  Y  —  N
Chimaira  —  The Venom Inside  —  Infection  —  Ferret  —  Y  —  N
Lazarus AD  —  Forged In Blood  —  The Onslaught  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Lamb of God  —  In Your Words  —  Wrath  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
Lacuna Coil  —  Survive  —  Shallow Life  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Luna Mortis  —  The Absence  —  The Absence  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Static X  —  You Am I  —  Cult of Static  —  Reprise  —  Y  —  N
Mastodon  —  Ghost of Karelia  —  Crack The Skye  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Queensryche  —  Hundred Mile Stare  —  American Soldier  —  Rhino  —  Y  —  N
Wolf  —  Hail Caesar  —  Ravenous  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Lion’s Share  —  Napalm Nights  —  Dark Hours  —  Blistering  —  Y  —  N
Throwdown  —  Americana  —  Venom and Tears  —  Trustkill  —  N  —  Y
Slayer  —  Exile  —  God Hates Us All  —  American  —  N  —  Y
Pantera  —  Becoming  —  Far Beyond Driven  —  Atco  —  N  —  Y
Megadeth  —  Wake Up Dead  —  Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying  —  Capitol  —  N  —  Y
Daath  —  Sharpen The Blades  —  The Concealers  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Believer  —  History of Decline  —  Gabriel  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Obscura  —  Anticosmic Overload  —  Cosmogenesis  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Children of Bodom  —  Are You Dead Yet?  —  Living Dead Beat  —  Spinefarm  —  N  —  Y
Oceano  —  A Mandatory Sacrifice  —  Depths  —  Earache  —  Y  —  N
Agoraphobic Nosebleed  —  Moral Distortion  —  Agorapocalypse  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Tardy Brothers  —  Bloodline  —  Bloodline  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Obituary  —  Chopped In Half  —  Cause of Death  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Burning Human  —  The Final Conception  —  Resurrection Through Fire  —  E1  —  Y  —  N
Samael  —  Dark Side  —  Above  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Absu  —  Night Fire Canonization  —  Absu  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Emperor  —  Cosmic Keys To My Creations & Times  —  Live Inferno  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Hellsaw  —  Cold Aeon  —  Cold  —  Napalm  —  Y  —  N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 4/20/09

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Lazarus AD  —  The Onslaught  —  Metal Blade
2) Psychostick  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge
3) Mastodon  —  Crack The Skye  —  Reprise
4) Lamb of God  —  Wrath  —  Epic
5) Absu  —  Absu  —  Candlelight
6) Queensryche  —  American Soldier  —  Rhino
7) Oceano  —  Depths  —  Earache
8) Wolf  —  Ravenous  —  Century Media
9) Obscura  —  Cosmogenesis  —  Relapse
10) Static X  —  Cult of Static  —  Reprise
11) Daath  —  The Concealers  —  Century Media
12) Kylesa  —  Static Tensions  —  Prosthetic
13) Hellsaw  —  Cold  —  Napalm
14) Lion’s Share  —  Dark Hours  —  Blistering
15) Tardy Brothers  —  Bloodline  —  Candlelight
16) Agoraphobic Nosebleed  —  Agorapocalypse  —  Relapse
17) Luna Mortis  —  The Absence  —  Century Media
18) Believer  —  Gabriel  —  Metal Blade
19) Samael  —  Above  —  Nuclear Blast
20) Burning Human  —  Resurrection By Fire  —  E1

Top 5 Adds
1) Chimaira  —  The Infection  —  Ferret
2) Lacuna Coil  —  Shallow Life  —  Century Media
3) Cycle of Pain  —  Cycle of Pain  —  Rock Ridge
4) Seventh Void  —  Heaven Is Gone  —  Big Vin
5) Emperor  —  Live Inferno  —  Candlelight

Other Adds:  Texas Hippie Coalition, Sirenia, The Devil Wears Prada, Ektomorf, Great White

Cycle of Pain
Cycle of Pain
Rock Ridge
51:22 – 12 Tracks
The big buzz about this band is that it’s JD from Black Label Society’s band from like, forever ago… WAY before BLS.  This has a sort of hard -rock groove thing going on.   A little bit like Godsmack, but not so much metal.  Guest appearances from lots of folks too (Russell Allen from Symphony X and Burton Bell from Fear Factory on the same song!).   Decent stuff, but nowhere near the level of brutal we have on the Mosh Pit!   It’s just not their thing… We’ll give ‘er a few spins though!

Seventh Void
Heaven Is Gone
Big Vin
42:25 – 10 Tracks
Another groovin’ hard rock album from a band that is made up of folks from another, bigger band.  Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly from Type O Negative are the main dudes in this release on Vinnie Paul’s Label.  Kenny handles vocals and guitar, and to me, just some raw, straightforward metal tinged hard rock songs… I guess I would have thought this would be more exciting, but just a hard rockin’ project to keep busy.

Texas Hippie Coalition
Texas Hippie Coalition
Creative Ent.
43:17 – 10 Tracks
They claim to be “Red Dirt Metal”  Of the previous two albums I typed about above…. this is probably the heaviest…. it’s kind of a groove metal too.   Basically heavy, catchy, a bit like BLS, or some older not so metal Pantera stuff.   Vocals sound a bit like Anselmo back when he could sing (you know, like the beginning of Cemetery Gates)… Also, T.H.C….. are the band’s initials, and this review is being written on 4/20…. Need I say more?

Great White
Rising
Shrapnel
55:01 – 11 Tracks
Okay… fourth disc in the player this week, and there’s yet to be a true metal release… yeah the THC was pretty good, but why is this Great White album even being release to METAL radio?   I put it in the CD player… and it’s classic old rock…. I’m sure a fan of Great White will appreciate new material, but I’m pretty sure someone that is tuning into a metal show looking for Lamb of God, Absu or Cannibal Corpse won’t be too happy to hear this.  Ugh.

Lacuna Coil
Shallow Life
Century Media
43:59 – 12 Tracks
Again, nothing brutal… I guess it’s “no brutal” week for new music… however, I’ve been addicted to the song “Our Truth from their Karmacode album because of Rock Band and Guitar Hero… just so catchy, and this album follows the same formula… medium heavy metal with good catchy songs, both vocalists working well together… Just a pleasure to listen to!   Can’t wait to see them on May 10th in Madison!

Sirenia
The 13th Floor
Nuclear Blast
42:17 – 9 Tracks
So I put this album on just after the Lacuna Coil… and for a minute, forgot I changed bands… Female vocals… some medium metal… but this is a bit more “epic” sounding, more orchestra-ey stuff, more melodic and “fe-metal”  Some good heavy stuff happening along with the Nightwishieness of it all.

Endwell
Consequences
Mediaskare
38:26 – 15 Tracks
Metalcore!  wow, the 7th “review” this week before there’s something actually brutal!   Can you tell I’m in a brutal, heavy mood?   I mean, c’mon, Suffocation, Kreator, Exodus, Cannibal Corpse all in one week?  Of course I’m looking for something new and brutal… not to take anything away from the above releases, but something heavy HAD to finally hit the ears!v   Now, even though this is heavy and gave me a chance to just go off on a tangent about the lack of heavy new stuff this week… Endwell is just your run of the mill metalcore.

The Devil Wears Prada
“Dez Moines” (Single)
Ferret
4:03
Again… metalcore… starts off kinda, eh, whiney, but then kicks into some better quality, angry metalcore… catchy, brutal, and I can just see the arms flailing now!  Probably worthy of playing a track though!

Ektomorf
“What Doesn’t Kill Me” (Single)
AFM
2:31
Kind of a new “nu-metal” thingy… Kinda heavy, catchy, but along the lines of what Mudvayne or the heavier of the solid rock “we’re sooo heavy” clone bands sound like.  Not bad… just the same old chugga chugga growly angry stuff.

Chimaira
The Infection
Ferret
54:07 – 10 Tracks
It’s been a little while since we’ve heard new stuff from these guys, and they kind of mixed a lot of what they’ve done in the past into this new one… catchy, brutal, heavy… pissed off… they’ve kind of taken all of their styles, threw them in a blender and put it in this new album.   Some of this sounds like brutal death metal, some of it a little technical, a little melodic here and there… Just a good all around solid metal release!

Emperor
Life Inferno
Candlelight
2 CDs
I couldn’t get disc 1 to play, which was their set at the Inferno Festival… Disc 2 works, and it’s their set from Wacken Open Air.   It’s Emperor… It’s Live… sound quality is good, performance is great… This would have been a great show to see!!  This seems to capture the show pretty well.

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Ministry  —  No W  —  Adios…  —  13th Planet  —  Y  —  N
Static X  —  Hypure  —  Cult of Static  —  Reprise  —  Y  —  N
Kylesa  —  Almost Lost  —  Static Tensions  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  N
Mastodon  —  Quintessence  —  Crack The Skye  —  Reprise  —  Y  —  N
The Flood  —  Flood  —  Flood EP  —  Deify  —  Y  —  N
Lamb of God  —  Choke Sermon  —  Wrath  —  Epic  —  Y  —  N
God Forbid  —  The Rain  —  Earthsblood  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Darkane  —  Leaving Existence  —  Demonic Art  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Obscura  —  Noospheres  —  Cosmogenesis  —  Nuclear Blast  —  Y  —  N
Believer  —  Stoned  —  Gabriel  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Psychostick  —  Orange  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge  —  Y  —  N
Luna Mortis  —  Ruin  —  The Absence  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Derek Sherinian  —  Wings of Insanity  —  Molecular Heinosity  —  InsideOut  —  Y  —  N
Lazarus AD  —  Lust  —  The Onslaught  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Wolf  —  Curse You Salem  —  Ravenous  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Mercyful Fate  —  Desecration of Souls  —  Don’t Break The Oath  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Iron Maiden  —  Total Eclipse  —  The Number of the Beast  —  Capitol  —  N  —  Y
Lions Share  —  Barker Ranch  —  Dark Hours  —  Blistering  —  Y  —  N
Queensryche  —  Unafraid  —  American Soldier  —  Rhino  —  Y  —  N
Burning Human  —  Inhuman Affliction  —  Resurrection Through Fire  —  Earache  —  Y  —  N
Brutal Truth  —  Sugardaddy  —  Evolution Through Revolution  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Agoraphobic Nosebleed  —  Agorapocalypse Now  —  Agorapocalypse Now  —  Relapse  —  Y  —  N
Suidakra  —  Gilded Oars  —  Crogacht  —  Wacken  —  Y  —  N
Daath  —  The Worthless  —  The Concealers  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Pestilence  —  Devouring Frenzy  —  Resurrection Machine  —  Mascot  —  Y  —  N
Absu  —  Those of the Void Will Re-Enter  —  Absu  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Wolves In The Throne Room  —  Ahrimaniac Trance  —  Black Cascade  —  Southern Lord  —  Y  —  N
Trigger The Bloodshed  —  The Great Depression  —  The Great Depression  —  Metal Blade  —  Y  —  N
Thyateira  —  Altruism  —  Beholder  —  Bota  —  Y  —  N
Satyricon  —  Black Crow On A Tombstone  —  The Age of Nero  —  Koch  —  Y  —  Y
My Dying Bride  —  Bring Me Victory  —  For Lies I Sire  —  Peaceville  —  Y  —  N
Tardy Brothers  —  Bring You Down  —  Bloodline  —  Candlelight  —  Y  —  N
Psychostick  —  Do You Want A Taco?  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge  —  Y  —  N
Kreator  —  Destroy What Destroys You  —  Hordes of Chaos  —  SPV  —  Y  —  N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 4/13/09

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Lazarus AD  —  The Onslaught  —  Metal Blade
2) Absu  —  Absu  —  Candlelight
3) Psychostick  —  Sandwich  —  Rock Ridge
4) Mastodon  —  Crack The Skye  —  Reprise
5) God Forbid  —  Earthsblood  —  Century Media
6) Obscura  —  Cosmogenesis  —  Relapse
7) Lamb of God  —  Wrath  —  Epic
8) Luna Mortis  —  The Absence  —  Century Media
9) Suidakra  —  Crogacht  —  SPV
10) Thyateira  —  Beholder  —  Bota
11) Darkane  —  Demonic Art  —  Nuclear Blast
12) Static X  —  Cult of Static  —  Reprise
13) Queensryche  —  American Soldier  —  Rhino
14) Lion’s Share  —  Dark Hours  —  Blistering
15) Kylesa  —  Static Tensions  —  Prosthetic
16) Derek Sherinian  —  Molecular Heinosity  —  SPV
17) Wolves in the Throne Room  —  Black Cascade  —  Southern Lord
18) Believer  —  Gabriel  —  Metal Blade
19) Oceano  —  Depths (Sampler)  —  Earache
20) Wolf  —  Ravenous  —  Century Media

Top 5 Adds
1) Pestilence  —  Resurrection Macabre  —  Mascot
2) Daath  —  The Concealers  —  Century Media
3) Burning Human  —  Resurrection By Fire  —  E1
4) Brutal Truth  —  Evolution Through Revolution  —  Relapse
5) Trigger The Bloodshed  —  The Great Depression  —  Metal Blade

Other Adds:  Sacred Oath, My Dying Bride, Flood, Janvs, Exila

Well, after a week off last week… it’s good to be back… Thanks to Mike for filling in last week with his 3 hours of awesomeness.   New stuff last week that I probably won’t write up just because I don’t have time right now…
Heaven and Hell Single, Live Ministry album, Gollum (on Rotten Records), Agoraphobic Nosebleed (on Relapse), Tardy Brothers (yes, from Obituary), David Chastain and Bulletmonks.

So, for new stuff this week…

Daath
The Concealers
Century Media
41:20 – 11 Tracks
Pretty good american deathrash going on for their 2nd release.   You can tell there’s more time put into this one, a bit more melodic and not quite as heavy and in-your-face as the first one. …allthough it does go all out heavy in some parts.   Just a good solid metal album… can’t wait to see them live again!

Burning Human
Resurrection Through Fire
E1
38:09 – 10 Tracks
Jason Bittner from Shadow’s Fall side project of a straightforward death metal band.   It’s good and heavy, kind of a classic Cannibal Corpse, Obituary type of metal genre thing happening.   Always good to have a good classic death metal band, especially headed up by someone who sort of helped pioneer the metalcore scene.  Great playing, great production, brutal, metal, but nothing really new… still worthy of getting some airplay!

The Flood
Flood
Independent
11:51 – 3 Tracks
Kind of a hard rock sort of thing… they’re the only unsigned band on the Static-X “Snocore” tour.   I’d have to compare them to Tool.  Musically and vocally… that’s the closest thing that I can come up with. It’s a bit borderline for the Mosh Pit… but I think it’s worth squeezin in!

Sacred Oath
Sacred Oath
Angel Thorne
50:13 – 10 Tracks
A pretty decent thrash/power/prog metal sounding band.   They have a bit of an Iron Maiden thing going on, sounds decent too.   We’ll try n get it on the air!

Brutal Truth
Evolution Through Revolution
Relapse
31:41 – 20 Tracks
Long time coming reunion of Brutal Truth… heck, so many bands getting back together, why not these guys too?   New stuff sounds pretty g0ood… very grindcore, very in your face and that’s just how it should be!

Trigger The Bloodshed
The Great Depression
Metal Blade
32:57 – 11 Tracks
Brutal metal… fast, relentless, British… there’s lots of this type of music out there these days… just all out brutal, fast, in your face metal… it’s getting to be where it’s hard to tell them apart… but we love heavy and brutal on the Mosh Pit… we’ll give it a whirl!

Pestilence
Resurrection Macabre
Mascot
54:40 – 14 Tracks
Whoa… another comeback album!  One of the few brutal bands from the Netherlands… after a 14 year break, they’re back.   Along with Believer and Cynic, Pestilence was one of a few metal bands that added a lil Jazz/fusion stuff into their metal.  Ironic how all three of these bands reformed right around now… eh?   These guys were always the most brutal of the three, and this new album is just all out brutal… awesome stuff!

My Dying Bride
For Lies I Sire
Peaceville
59:54 – 9 Tracks
These guys used to be pretty decent in my opinion, and for the last few albums, they’ve just been to slow and doomy for me to really want to play or listen to for that matter.   This new CD starts off that same way, slow, dark and depressing.   Some of the songs step it up a bit, getting a little abrasive with some vocals, but for the most part, stay pretty dark, slow  and gloomy.   I’m sure as a whole this album is pretty decent, but one track at a time might not cut it.  However, I will be playing some of this on the Mosh Pit… track 4 in particular “Bring Me Victory” gets a bit more “metal”

Exilia
My Own Army
AFM
38:51 – 13 Tracks
This is kind of a solid-rock…”nu-metal” meets Otep… music is a lil heavy, female vox, but mostly a hard rock, semi-chunky metal album.  Not bad, just not really for the Mosh Pit… you should hear this on another station… it’d go great there!!

Here’s Mike’s show from 4/6… Matt was on Vacation…

ARTIST  —  TRACK  —  ALBUM  —  LABEL  —  NEW  —  REQ
Carcass  —  Buried Dreams  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Carnal Forge  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  No Love Lost  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Heartwork  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Embodiment  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  This Mortal Coil  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Arbeit Macht Fleisch  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Blind Bleeding The Blind  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Doctrinal Expletives  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Carcass  —  Death Certificate  —  Heartwork  —  Earache  —  N  —  Y
Death  —  Symbolic  —  Symbolic  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Arsis  —  The Face Of My Innocence  —  Celebration of Guilt  —  Willowtip  —  N  —  Y
Coroner  —  Internal Conflict  —  Grin  —  Noise  —  N  —  Y
Alchemist  —  Unfocused  —  Embrionic  —  Relapse  —  N  —  Y
Opeth  —  The Lotus Eaters  —  Watershed  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Enslaved  —  The Watcher  —  Vertebrae  —  Indie Rec  —  N  —  Y
Satyricon  —  Sign of the Trident  —  The Age of Nero  —  Koch  —  Y  —  N
The Faceless  —  Planetary Duality Part 1  —  Planetary Duality  —  Sumerian  —  Y  —  N
The Faceless  —  Planetary Duality Part 2  —  Planetary Duality  —  Sumerian  —  Y  —  N
Cynic  —  The Celestial Voyage  —  Focus  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Athiest  —  Unquestionable Presence  —  Unquestionable Presence  —  Death  —  N  —  Y
Pestilence  —  Changing Perspectives  —  Spheres  —  Roadrunner  —  N  —  Y
Meshuggah  —  Bleed  —  Obzen  —  Nuclear Blast  —  N  —  Y
God Forbid  —  Earthsblood  —  Earthsblood  —  Century Media  —  Y  —  N
Gojira  —  Toxic Garbage Island  —  The Way Of All Flesh  —  Prosthetic  —  Y  —  Y
Intronaut  —  Any Port  —  Prehistoricisms  —  Century Media  —  N  —  Y
Burst  —  Nineteen Hundred  —  Lazarus Bird  —  Relapse  —  N  —  Y
Yakuza  —  Existence Into Oblivion  —  Transmutations  —  Prosthetic  —  N  —  Y
Kylesa  —  Unknown Awareness  —  Static Tensions  —  Prosthetic  —  N  —  Y
Don Caballero  —  Sure, We Had Knives Around  —  World Clast Listening Problem  —  Relapse  —  N  —  Y
Mastodon  —  The Ghost of Karelia  —  Crack The Skye  —  Reprise  —  Y  —  N
Between The Buried and Me  —  Prequel is the Sequel  —  Colors  —  Victory  —  N  —  Y