IRON REAGAN
The Tyranny of Will
Relapse Records
Raw punky thrashy Hardcore. Almost a bit like old Suicidal Tendencies or a little DRI

MYRKUR
Myrkur (NA Promo)
Relapse Records
This is a one-woman black metal band.  A bit of a raw old school black metal sound. Some atmosphereic stuff with some melodic and operatic female vox. Some growly black metal style vocals too.  Music is mostly melodic yet “cold” sounding in the guitar department.

IN FLAMES
Siren Charms
Epic
As modern In Flames goes, this is right up there.  However a lot of the album is ANders’ clean vocals and it’s a bit more melodic… so if you’re looking for old school In Flames, you might as well pull out those old cassettes and listen to them.  That In Flames is long gone.  This In Flames still puts out quality stuff and is progressing.  While this isn’t quite as heavy as I’d like, I do like this band and what they do.  It’s familiar as you have the same singer and a lot of the same elements as in the past, but it’s new and fresh too.

ORANGE GOBLIN
“Sabbath Hex” (single)
Candlelight
Catchy heavy stoner metal.  This band is one of the best of the “stoner metal” genre, they keep it heavy, interesting, don’t mess around a lot and yeah, I want to hear more!

UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS
“Runaway Girls” (digital 7-inch)
Rise Above
Kind of a  stoner metal, catchy riffs, vocals make it into more of a 70’s throwback thing, maybe with a little bit of a Led Zep vibe too.

OBITUARY
“Visions In My Head” (single)
Relapse
Well well well… four years in the making, and we have some new Obituary.  And yeah, this is the real deal.  Just one song dammit, but it’s great classic Obituary.  Great grooves, heavy heavy heavy.  The production is a little bit

Diesel America
Leave Your Mark
DAM Entertainment
Basic hard rock, and not really much “metal” about it.  And since the Mosh Pit is a metal show, I’m not sure if this would fit too well.  It’s pretty decent catchy hard rock type stuff.

Monuments
The Amanuensis
Century Media
Melodic metal, kind of a melodic death, but yet a bit metalcore too, and a pinch of prog. Ppetty catchy, yet a lil bit commercial too.

Thadeus Gonzalez
Utopian Society
Independent
Decent singer/songwriter catchy hard rock.  But, probably not great for the Mosh Pit. I hear a bit of REM and maybe a little bit of Winery Dogs type stuff, but nothing metal about it.

STRIKER
City Of Gold
Napalm Records
Catchy thrashy metal with some over the top vocals which reminds me a bit of old school Joey Belladonna Anthrax. It’s great to hear that bands are still around that make an old school “true” metal thing with screamy/sung vocals, the big over the top metal scrreaaaam once in a while, but yet still a regular gritty thrashy voice thing going on too.  Great classic guitar work and all around a cool fun metal album.

Black Twilight Circle – various artists
TLILTIC TLAPOYAUAK
The Ajna Offensive
2 September 2014

The Sabbathian
Ritual Rites
Svart Records
A doomy stoner metal with a little bit of a 70’s metal throwback.  Female vocals of many different neat and creepy styles.

WARHOUND
Next Level
Beatdown Hardwear Records
Kind of a pissed off extreme hardcore/thrash

Ascended Dead
Arcane Malevolence 7″ EP
Blood Harvest
Black metal, death metal, just fast, aggressive moosh of metal. Vocals are shout/growled and very abrasive.

Funereus (Mexico)
Return of the Old Goat CD
Forever Plagued
Some classic black metal, brutal, heavy and evil.  Great stuff.

Cries Of The Captive
Imperialist
Imminence Records
Good ol meat and potatoes death metal but with a little bit of a brutal core thing going on too.

BLEEDING UTOPIA
Darkest Potency
Bleeding Music Records
Great Swedish melodic death metal.  catchy, heavy, brutal and Kevin Talley as the hired gun for drums!

Mirrelia
The Actor
Unsigned
Proggy, experimental melodic “Post hardcore”  i guess I’d have to say this is most like Protest the Hero.  it’s ok stuff.