WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 1/30/12

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Aborted  —  Global Flatline  —  Century Media
2) Riot  —  Immortal Soul  —  SPV
3) Casket Robbery  —  Shrouded in Darkness  —  Local (Unsigned)
4) Lamb of God  —  Resolution  —  Epic
5) Vildhjarta  —  Masstaden  —  Century Media
6) Nekromantheon  —  Rise, Vulcan Spectre  —  Indie Recordings
7) Krisiun  —  The Great Execution  —  Century Media
8) Abigail Williams  —  Becoming  —  Candlelight
9) Nephelium  —  Coils of Entropy  —  Unsigned (Asher)
10) Hate Squad  —  Katharsis  —  Massacre
11) Primal Fear  —  Unbreakable  —  Frontiers
12) Trigger Made Solution  —  Bound at Birth EP  —  Unsigned
13) Everything Went Black  —  Cycles of Light  —  Prosthetic
14) Liberteer  —  Better To Die On Your Feet…  —  Relapse
15) Lacuna Coil  —  Dark Adrenaline  —  Century Media
16) Astral Doors  —  Jerusalem  —  Metalville
17) Steel Panther  —  Balls Out  —  Universal
18) Beaten to Death  —  Xes and Strokes  —  Mas Kina
19) Nightwish  —  Imaginarium  —  Roadrunner
20) Iron Fire  —  Voyage of the Damned  —  Napalm

Top 5 Adds
1) Lamb of God  —  Resolution  —  Epic
2) Iron Fire  —  Voyage of the Damned  —  Napalm
3) Riotgod  —  Invisible Empire  —  Metalville
4) Iron Savior  —  The Landing  —  AFM
5) Blessed By A Broken Heart  —  Feel the Power  —  Tooth & Nail

Other Adds: Dead Icons, Dunderbeist, Ribozyme

Lamb of God
Resolution
Epic
http://www.lamb-of-god.com/home
This is the real deal folks.  Lamb of God are firing on all pistons.  They took a good break to recharge and took their time crafting this new album.  it’s heavy and brutal, yet still has a groove…. yet again… it has a certain rawness that Ashes of the Wake had.  I think this is going to be one of the best of 2012… and it’s only January.  This album has the feel of

Iron Fire
Voyage of the Damned
Napalm
http://www.ironfire.dk/
Not quite speed metal, not quite power metal, but a good healthy mix of both.  While there’s a little bit of cheese here, it’s all pure metal and good stuff.

Riotgod
Invisible Empire
Metalville
http://riotgod.com/
Big giant meaty riffs… kind of like CoC… but vocals have some melody and harmonizing… a little bit like Alice in Chains or Trouble.  This all makes sense, because two of the guys in the band are from Monster Magnet (Bassist and Drummer)  There’s a modern Sabbath type of vibe and just a good almost catchy feel too.

Iron Savior
The Landing
AFM
http://www.iron-savior.com/
An aggressive fast take on power metal… I guess it could be kind of like the Iron Fire above…  yeah, they both have “Iron” in the title… but they both are power/speed metal.  This one however, is a bit more on the power metal side with the wanky riffs and bigger chorus sing-a-long type things.  More singy and not as much edge on the vocals here.  It’s still pretty good stuff.

Blessed By A Broken Heart
Feel the Power
Tooth & Nail
http://www.myspace.com/blessedbyabrokenheart
This band is pretty interesting… it has a glam feel… or a warrant/winger/poison sort of thing, but with a metalcore/”Post hardcore” mix too.  I really haven’t heard anything quite like this before… mixing these two styles….and as an open minded metal fan, I can appreciate and actually sort of like it.   It’s one of those things where you keep listening to it, and after about a half our, realize… “oh am I still listening to that?  wow, that wasn’t too bad… huh… aren’t I supposed to hate something like this?”  haha.   So yes.  it’s kinda neat.

Dead Icons
Condemned
Bullet Tooth
http://www.facebook.com/deadicons
A punky/hardcore type thing.  Fast guitars, screaming vocals… There’s some good brutal stuff on here, and some raw heavy stuff too.  Overall I’d have to just lump this into hardcore.

Dunderbeist
Black Arts & Crooked Tails
Indie Recordings
http://www.myspace.com/dunderbeist
This is Norway’s answer to System of a Down, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson all in one.  A bit of an industrial feel, but not full on, a little metal, a little avant-garde, or off the wall experimental type stuff.  It’s probably a lot better live too…. I think it’s still worthy of a listen or two.

Ribozyme
Presenting the Problem
Indie Recordings
http://www.myspace.com/ribozymenorway
Kind of a stoner metal thing… driven by some nice big guitars, great riffs and almost Foo Fighters-esque vocals.  Music does get heavy in parts with some more driving guitars and double bass drums.

Artist / Song / Disk / Label
Stonecreep / The Glorious Deathmarch / The Deathmarch Crushes On / Old School
OZ / Dominator / Burning Leather / AFM Records
Primal Fear / Strike / Unbreakable / Frontiers
Dragonland / Shadow of the Mithril Mountains / Under the Grey Banner / AFM Records
Riot / Whiskey Man / Immortal Soul / SPV
Steel Panther / Gold Digging Whore / Balls Out / Universal
Judas Priest / Painkiller / Painkiller / Columbia
King Diamond / The Invisible Guests / Them / Roadrunner Records
Savatage / Legions / Hall of the Mountain King / Atlantic Records
Vicious Rumors / Dust To Dust / Welcome to the Ball / Rhino Atlantic
Astral Doors / Seventh Crusade / Jerusalem / Metalville
Nekromantheon / Blood Wisdom / Rise, Vulcan Spectre / Indie Recordings
Abysmal Dawn / Blacken The Sky / From Ashes Reissue / Relapse Records
Krisiun / Violentia Gladiatore / The Great Execution / Century Media
Supreme Pain / Trapped In Heresy / Divine Incarnation / Massacre
Casket Robbery / Cyanide Skies / Shrouded In Darkness / self produced
Nephelium / Malediction / Coils Of Entropy / Unsigned
Aborted / Coronary Reconstruction / Global Flatline / Century Media Records Ltd
Hate Squad / Your Rotten Life / KATHARSIS / Massacre Records
Trigger Made Solution / Cracks In The Hourglass / Bound At Birth EP / Unsigned
Everything Went Black / Halo Of Vultures / Cycle Of Light / Prosthetic Records
I Exist / Ghost Of A King / II: The Broken Passage / Shock Entertainment
Liberteer / Build No System / Better To Die On Your Feet / Relapse Records
Liberteer / Without Blazon / Better To Die On Your Feet / Relapse Records
The Athiarchists / Deathwish / A Verbal Lashing / self produced
Speedwolf / Out On Bail / Ride With Death / Hell’s Headbangers
Motorhead / I Know How to Die / I Know How to Die – Single / UDR
Svölk / This is It / Svölk ‘Em All / Napalm Records
Vildjharta / When No One Walks With You / Mâsstaden / Century Media
Paradise Lost / Enchantment / Draconian Times / Koch
Amorphis / Against Widows / Magic And Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years / Nuclear Blast
Opeth / The Baying of the Hounds / Ghost Reveries / Roadrunner Records
Iron Maiden / The Wicker Man / Brave New World / EMI UK
Anthrax / Metal Thrashing Mad / Fistful of Metal / Megaforce
Sepultura / Subtraction / Arise / Roadrunner Records
Fight / War Of Words / War of Words / Epic

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/23/12

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Krisiun  —  The Great Execution  —  Century Media
2) Steel Panther  —  Balls Out  —  Universal
3) Casket Robbery  —  Shrouded in Darkness  —  Local (Unsigned)
4) Riot  —  Immortal Soul  —  SPV
5) Aborted  —  Global Flatline  —  Century Media
6) Vildhjarta  —  Masstaden  —  Century Media
7) Speedwolf  —  Ride With Death  —  Hell’s Headbangers
8) Nekromantheon  —  Rise, Vulcan Spectre  —  Indie Recordings
9) Supreme Pain  —  Divine Incarnation  —  Massacre
10) Svolk  —  Svolk Em All  —  Napalm
11) Nephelium  —  Coils of Entropy  —  Unsigned (Asher)
12) Trigger Made Solution  —  Bound at Birth EP  —  Unsigned
13) Everything Went Black  —  Cycles of Light  —  Prosthetic
14) Hate Squad  —  Katharsis  —  Massacre
15) Abigail Williams  —  Becoming  —  Candlelight
16) Primal Fear  —  Unbreakable  —  Frontiers
17) Abysmal Dawn  —  From Ashes (Reissue)  —  Relapse
18) Korn  —  The Path of Totality  —  Roadrunner
19) Astral Doors  —  Jerusalem  —  Metalville
20) Liberteer  —  Better To Die On Your Feet…  —  Relapse

Top 5 Adds
1) Primal Fear  —  Unbreakable  —  Frontiers
2) Astral Doors  —  Jerusalem  —  Metalville
3) Liberteer  —  Better To Die On Your Feet…  —  Relapse
4) Stonecreep  —  The Deathmarch Crushes On  —  Old School
5) Oz  —  Burning Leather  —  AFM

Other Adds: Trillium, I Exist, Lacuna Coil, Dead Icons, Dragonland

Primal Fear
Unbreakable
Frontiers
http://www.primalfear.de/
Another solid effort from Primal Fear.  They have their formula… solid heavy power metal, and they keep it up.  Halford-like vocals and a great classic thrash-edged power metal sound.

Astral Doors
Jerusalem
Metalville
http://www.astraldoors.com/
This is a good mix of traditional metal and probably a pinch of power metal (vocally)  Vocals are comparably similar to Dio.  I’d say this band has a bit more of a metal feel than a typical power metal band.

Liberteer
Better To Die On Your Feet…
Relapse
http://www.facebook.com/Liberteer
Grindy, thrashy, deathy… short songs, straight, to the point in your face classic grind. A bit of a black metal tone in the guitars, some catchy thrash beats, and brutal at the same time.  Good stuff.

Stonecreep
The Deathmarch Crushes On
Old School
http://www.stonecreep.com
This seems to be the week of almost power metal stuff.  This is more of a heavier thrash thing with power metal influences.  Vocals are pretty much abrasive, but have that power metal feel/style.  It’s a good mix of heavier thrash with a power metal influence.  Good drumming and guitar work too.

Oz
Burning Leather
AFM
http://www.ozofficial.com/
A Finnish band that has been around since 1977, split in 1991, then reunited in 2010.   While I haven’t head of this band before, I can appreciate a band that can get back together and put together a solid album.  It’s got a classic metal feel (that’s where they came from) a bit of a raw sound, but yet a modern feel too.

Trillium
Alloy
Frontiers
http://www.amandasomerville.com/
Pretty much a fe-metal sort of thing.  Amanda Somerville put this project together,  She is the person that filled in for Epica on their 2008 tour with Symphony X.  This release is mostly standard metal, a little bit of prog/power influence, but is in all basics, a typical “fe-metal” thing.

I Exist
II: The Broken Passage
Prosthetic
http://iexistband.com/Home.html
Kind of a sludgey thrashy mix.  A bit doomy too I guess.  They are from Indianapolis and were on the Saw 3D soundtrack.  A bit rwa

Dragonland
Under the Grey Banner
AFM
http://www.myspace.com/dragonland
With a name like Dragonland, you’d expect this to be full on power metal with big vocals and keyboards and epic power metalness… and in this case, you would be correct!  I used to be a fan of power metal like this, but I don’t know, I need something a bit more heavy, or with a bit more grit.  For power metal fans, this is right up your alley.  Great musically and a nice full sound.

Artist / Song / Disk / Label
Everything Went Black / Gods Of Atlantis / Cycle Of Light / Prosthetic Records
Hate Squad / Katharsis / Katharsis / Massacre Records
Casket Robbery / 51 / Shrouded In Darkness / self produced
Supreme Pain / Treasonous Disease / Divine Incarnation / Massacre
Krisiun / The Sword of Orion / The Great Execution / Century Media
Aborted / The Orgin Of Disease / Global Flatline / Century Media Records Ltd
Abysmal Dawn / In The Hands Of Death / From Ashes Reissue / Relapse Records
Pathology / Dissected By Righteousness / Awaken to the Suffering / (RED) Victory
Carcass / Excoriating Abdominal Emanation / Symphonies of Sickness / Earache
Cattle Decapitation / The Gardeners of Eden / The Harvest Floor / Metal Blade Records
Nephelium / Merciless Annihilation / Coils Of Entropy / Unsigned
Vildhjarta / Traces / Masstaden / Century Media
Trigger Made Solution / I Am Ghost / Bound At Birth EP / Unsigned
Speedwolf / Up All Night / Ride With Death / Hell’s Headbangers
Abagail Williams / Radiance / Becoming / Candlelight
Megadeth / Public Enemy No. 1 / Th1rt3en / Roadrunner
Steel Panther / That’s What Girls Are For / Balls Out / Universal
Riot / INSANITY / Immortal Soul / SPV
Nightwish / StoryTime / Imaginaerum / Roadrunner Records
Almah / Hypnotized / Motion / AFM Records
Brainstorm / Still Insane / On The Spur of the Moment / AFM
Iced Earth / Boiling Point/ Dystopia / Century Media
Helloween / Push / Better Than Raw / Castle Music
Slayer / BloodLine / God Hates Us All / American Recordings
Corrosion of Conformity / The Doom / Single /
Svölk / 52 / Svölk ‘Em All / Napalm Records
Buck Satan And The 666 Shooters / Quicker Than Liquor / Bikers Welcome, Ladies Drink Free /
Clutch / Mercury / Blast Tyrant / Weathermaker Music
Beaten To Death / Pointless Testament / Xes And Strokes / Mas-Kina Recordings
Beaten To Death / Winston Churchill / Xes And Strokes / Mas-Kina Recordings
Illdisposed / Step Into My Winter / There Is Light (But It’s Not for Me) / Massacre Records
Indestructible Noise Command / It’s Coming / Heaven Sent…Hellbound / Rising Records
Fleshgod Apocalypse / The Hypocrisy / Agony / Nuclear Blast
Satyricon / Havoc Vulture / Rebel Extravaganza / Nuclear Blast
Gravehill / Bloodsoaked / Rites of the Pentagram / Hells Headbangers
Six Feet Under / Burning Blood / Warpath / Metal Blade Records
Cannibal Corpse / Chambers of Blood / Gallery of Suicide / Metal Blade Records

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/16/12

Artist  —  Album  —  Label
1) Krisiun  —  The Great Execution  —  Century Media
2) Steel Panther  —  Balls Out  —  Universal
3) Megadeth  —  Th1rt3en  —  Roadrunner
4) Riot  —  Immortal Soul  —  SPV
5) Aborted  —  Global Flatline  —  Century Media
6) Vildhjarta  —  Masstaden  —  Century Media
7) Casket Robbery  —  Shrouded in Darkness  —  Local (Unsigned)
8) Speedwolf  —  Ride With Death  —  Hell’s Headbangers
9) Supreme Pain  —  Divine Incarnation  —  Massacre
10) Svolk  —  Svolk Em All  —  Napalm
11) Nephelium  —  Coils of Entropy  —  Unsigned (Asher)
12) Trigger Made Solution  —  Bound at Birth EP  —  Unsigned
13) Illdisposed  —  There Is Light   —  Massacre
14) Iced Earth  —  Dystopia  —  Century Media
15) Animals as Leaders  —  Weightless  —  Prosthetic
16) Brainstorm  —  On The Spur of the Moment  —  AFM
17) Abysmal Dawn  —  From Ashes (Reissue)  —  Relapse
18) Abigail Williams  —  Becoming  —  Candlelight
19) Hate Squad  —  Katharsis  —  Massacre
20) Everything Went Black  —  Cycles of Light  —  Prosthetic

Top 5 Adds
1) Abigail Williams  —  Becoming  —  Candlelight
2) Hate Squad  —  Katharsis  —  Massacre
3) Nightwish  —  Imaginarium  —  Roadrunner
4) Almah  —  Motion  —  AFM
5) Everything Went Black  —  Cycles of Light  —  Prosthetic

Other Adds: Corrosion of Conformity, Beaten to Death, God Seed, The Devil’s Blood, Lillian Axe, Buck Satan, El Caco

Super low budget cliffs notes mini-reviews – written as I listen to the new stuff….

Corrosion of Conformity
The Doom (Single)
Candlelight Records
http://www.coc.com/
Wow, they’re back!  Cool, right?  Sludgey, fast metal… catchy and still cool.   It’s just one song, changes moods… goes from all out fast, to toned down more moody parts… all in one song!  A great start to a comeback!

Nightwish
Imaginarium
Roadrunner Records
http://www.nightwish.com/en/
The inventors of big epic “Fe-metal” are back… they aren’t breaking any new ground here, but it’s a great addition to their catalog.  Big epic symphonic stuff, a mix of female and metal male vocals… metal stuff, symphony stuff… you know the drill.

Abigail Williams
Becoming
Candlelight Records
http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams
We had a single for this… it seemed a bit darker and more old school black metal sounding… same goes for the rest of the album.  Can’t say it’s a bad thing.  to get more evil and more dark… right?   Although… the songs are kind of long and seem to lose there way here and there.

Lillian Axe
Lava On My Tongue (Single)
CME Records
http://www.lillianaxe.com/
Just a single, but it’s got that classic metal sound.  This band has always been pretty solid… just not all that balls out heavy.

Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters
Bikers Welcome, Ladies Drink Free
AFM Records
http://bucksatan.com/
Normally… I’d say… WTF is this?!  acdtually I am going “WTF?” anyways.  The only reason this is on this list, as it’s the country alter-ego of Al Jourgenson from Ministry fame.  So, yeah, not sure if will get real airplay… but here I am talking about it.

Hate Squad
Katharsis
Massacre Records
http://www.hatesquad.com/
Mostly a death metal thing… vocally, almost seems a bit thrashy and maybe a bit hardcore and grindy musically.  Obviously with a bunch genres that I just spewed out there, there is a lot of different stuff going on.  They’ve been around for quite some time (1993) and while I don’t remember what the other stuff sounded like, I like this.

Almah
Motion
AFM Records
http://www.almah.com.br/
A good hard rock/metal thing.  Almost power metal, but with some more balls and not quite as technical… vocals echo Bruce Dickinson… songs are kinda catchy too.

The Devil’s Blood
The Thousandfold Empire
Metal Blade
http://thedevilsblood.com/
An interesting sort of occult metal thing,   taking some dark, doomy old school metal and adding almost Jefferson Airplane sounding vocals on top

Beaten to Death
Xes and Strokes
Mas-Kina Recordings
http://www.myspace.com/beatentodeathmetal#
Kind of a hardcore, blackened grind sort of thing.  In your face, brutal, and evil sounding… yet it doesn’t feel like they take themselves too seriously.  (This is me not reading up on them or anything… I just get that feeling)

El Caco
Hatred, Love & Diagrams
Indie Recordings
http://www.elcaco.com/
More or less a rock sort of thing from Norway.  A little bit of a Tool vibe… nothing leaning too “metal” on here.  Good catchy hard rock though.

God Seed
Live At Wacken
Indie Recordings
http://www.myspace.com/godseedband
This is Gaahl’s new incarnation of Gorgoroth (after the whole splitup/name dispute thing)  This is a live show from Wacken 2008 while they still performed as Gorgoroth.  Quality black metal of course… and it even comes across well live.

Everything Went Black
Cycles of Light
Prosthetic
http://everythingwentblack.us/

Their facebook page says that they are “Blackened Hardcore”  And I can hear that… it’s really that on a base level.  You can hear hardcore basics, but there’s a dark black metal feel to the guitar tone… and there is a lil bit of melody there too.  Prosthetic rarely signs duds.

Artist / Song / Disk / Label
Nekromantheon / Cast Down The Void / Rise, Vulcan Spectre / Indie Recordings
Vreid / Arche / V / (RED) Indie Recordings
Speedwolf / Speedwolf / Ride With Death / Hell’s Headbangers
Trigger Made Solution / Bound At Birth / Bound At Birth EP / Unsigned
Metallica / Just A Bullet Away / Beyond Magnetic / Warner Bros.
Megadeth / Sudden Death / Th1rt3en / Roadrunner
Lamb of God / Ghost Walking / Ghost Walking – Single / Epic
Orange Goblin / Red Tide Rising / Red Tide Rising Single / Candlelight
Whitechapel / Section 8 / Recorrupted EP / Metal Blade
Adrenaline Mob / Undaunted / Undaunted Single / Elm City
Steel Panther / Tomorrow Night / Balls Out / Universal
Iced Earth / Tragedy and Triumph / Dystopia / Century Media
Riot / Sins Of The Father / Immortal Soul / SPV
Scorpions / Tainted Love / Comeblack Radio Sampler / Legacy Recordings
WARRIOR / Fighting For The Earth / Fighting for the Earth / Blue Pie
Malice / Against the Empire / License To Kill / Rhino Atlantic
Wasp / Mean Man / The Headless Children / Capitol
Kick Axe / Cause For Alarm / Vices /
Warlock / Earthshaker Rock / Hellbound / Universal Music Domestic Rock/Urban
LOUDNESS / Crazy Nights / Thunder in the East / Denon
Aborted / Global Flatline / Global Flatline / Century Media Records Ltd
Krisiun / The Extremist / The Great Execution / Century Media
Noctem / A Borning Winged Snake / Oblivion / Metal Blade
Carcass / Inpropagation / Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious / EARACHE RECORDS
Bolt Thrower / Embers / The IVth Crusade / EARACHE RECORDS
Nephelium / Burial Ground / Coils Of Entropy / Unsigned
Vildhjarta / Benblåst / Masstaden / Century Media
Ashes of Your Enemy / Hate Anthem / Anthem / Zenergy
Brutal Truth / .58 Caliber / End Time / Relapse
Brutal Truth / Swift And Violent (Swift Version) / End Time / Relapse
Supreme Pain / Trapped In Heresy / Divine Incarnation / Massacre
Illdisposed / As the Day Rottens / There Is Light (But It’s Not for Me) / Massacre Records
Grip Inc. / War Between One / Nemisis / Metal Blade

Top 10 (In no particular order)
Symphony X – Iconoclast
Redemption – This Mortal Coil
Sepultura – Kairos
Havok – Time’s Up
Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising
Toxic Holocaust – Conjure & Command
Kvelertak – Kvelertak
Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever
Arch Enemy – Khaos Legions

Honorable Mentions
Revocation – Chaos of Forms
Steel Panther – Balls Out
Deceased – Surreal Overdose
Exhumed – No Guts No Glory
Anthrax – Worship Music
Cthonic – Takasago Army
Mastodon – The Hunter
Machine Head – Unto The Locust
Children of Bodom – Relentless Reckless Forever
Beyond Creation – The Aura
Human Abstract – The Digital Veil
Iced Earth – Dystopia