Carnal Forge
Testify For My Victims
Candlelight
48:16 – 12 Tracks
This album to me doesn’t seem to start off as aggressive as past efforts, it’s a bit more like Soilwork (of a couple albums ago). I’m a fan of Soilwork, so it works for me, to me, this just isn’t quite as catchy as previous albums. As you get in a bit deeper, the songs get heavier and a bit more technical. I think this is good stuff, the vocals seem a bit more out there in front. I think it’s a good CD and you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Cephalic Carnage
Xenosapien
Relapse
48:52 – 12 Tracks
Fast, crazy, intense, everything you’ve come to know and love about Cephalic Carnage! It’s all here, and they don’t disappoint. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Vintersorg
Solens Rotter
Napalm
52:57 – 10 Tracks
“Nordic Folk Metal” Mix some prog metal with black metal, and you have some Vintersorg. Of course there’s some folky stuff in here, piper flutes and whatnot. It gets pretty heavy in some parts, but mixed with some just plain rock/folky stuff. The black metal stuff is good, but sometimes when they mix it with the folky stuff it almost sounds like I had two different CDs playing at once. It’s fresh and different, so you’ll probably hear it on the Mosh Pit!

Autumn
My New Time
Metal Blade
48:28 – 11 Tracks
Fans of Lacuna Coil or Leave’s Eyes will like this, or hate it because it sounds like their band! hah As with many other bands like this to hit the shelves lately, this isn’t anything that stands above. Just standard hard rock with a prog edge to it, with clean female vocals on top. Run of the mill femetal. Yes, I just made up a new word. “Femetal” You may hear this on the Mosh Pit though.

Joshua’s Whisper
Drunk
Topshelf
29:25 – 10 Tracks
I’m not quite sure how to explain this one. Hard Metal Rock? I guess in the general sense, I’d have to call it metalcore. It’s just straight ahead hard rock/metal with some scream vocals mixed with flat clean vocals. It just sounds like a local band from whatever area of the country they are from. There are some cool catchy breakdowns, but overall, it’s a maybe for airplay on the ‘Pit.

Iced Earth
“Overture of the Wicked” EP
SPV
22:26 – 4 Tracks
The continuation of the “Something Wicked” story… I have to admit, I know that “Something Wicked” was a story and all that, but I didn’t really get what it was about, I just thought it was a great album. So, when I heard it was going to be continued, I thought, yeah, awesome… and here’s the first stage of it. The last 3 tracks on here are the “Something Wicked” trilogy re-recorded with the current lineup (Ripper Owens, Brent Smedley and whoever else) From the few listens of the new track, it’ll be great to hear the whole thing. You’ll hear this EP on the Mosh Pit for sure!

Despised Icon
The Ills of Modern Man
Century Media
39:45 – 10 Tracks
Great new stuff from this Death-metalcore band. I would suppose that Pantera would be a “death metalcore” band at this point. The Music is fast, catchy, heavy and a bit technical. When the singer guy is singing verses, it’s pretty standard metal, but some of the cool breakdowns with the cookie monster stuff happening makes it really cool. This is way more death metal than it is metalcore… for that reason alone, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!