WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 5/01/23

Artist — Album — Label
1) Gorod — The Orb — Self Released
2) Powerwolf — Interludium — Napalm
3) Yotuma — Otherworldly Incarnate — Self Released
4) Overkill — Scorched — Nuclear Blast
5) Haliphron — Prey — Listenable Records
6) Speedfreak — Fast Lane Living — Pavement
7) The Harvest Trail — Spree — Self Released
8) Metallica — 72 Seasons — Blackened
9) Jesus Piece — So Unknown — Century Media
10) Teramaze — Dalla Volta — Screaming Crow
11) Smoulder — Violent Creed of Vengeance — Cruz Del Sur
12) Ten56 — Downer — Out of Line
13) Devangelic — Xul — Willowtip
14) Drakon — High Tales — Sleaszy Rider
15) Enforced — War Remains — Century Media
16) Dawn of Ouroboros — Velvet Incandescence — Prosthetic
17) Ignea — Dreams of Land Unseen — Napalm
18) Hämärä — Ivory Tower — Wormholedeath
19) Anthem — Crimson & Jet Black — Reaper
20) Necronomicon — Constant To Death — El Puerto

Top 5 Adds
1) Unearth — The Wretched The Ruinous — Century Media
2) Burning Witches — The Dark Tower — Napalm
3) Chris Caffery — “May Day” (Single) — Metalville
4) Drain — Loving Proof — Epitaph
5) 200 Stab Wounds — Masters of Morbidity — Metal Blade

Other Adds/Reviewed: Chrome Waves, DieHumane, Whitesnake, Fires in the Distance, Spotlights, Cradle of Filth, Elvenking, Phaeton, Lunar Chamber, Dorthia Cottrell, Kaal Akuma, Countless Skies, Lumberghast, Undead, Dusk, Savage Grace, Drama Noir, Smokey Mirror, Muskeg Charnel, Neolia, Sovereign Council, Suton, Paralelum, Mélancolia, Deathstars, Phrenesy, Midjungards, Violet Blend, When Plagues Collide

Burning Witches
The Dark Tower
(Napalm)
All female classic metal, leaning a little thrashy… catchy cool stuff

Spotlights
Alchemy For The Dead
(Ipecac)
Laid back post metal and doomy progressive stuff

Whitesnake
Still Good To Be Bad
(Rhino)
Remixed version of their 2008 Good to be Bad album for its 15th anniversary

200 Stab Wounds
Masters of Morbidity
Metal Blade Records
28 April 2023
Groovin’, thrashing and brutal death metal, great stuff! (only 2 songs)

CHROME WAVES
EARTH WILL SHED ITS SKIN
M-THEORY AUDIO
Kind of a doomy post-black metal

Fires in the Distance
Air Not Meant For Us
Prosthetic Records
28 April 2023
Doomy yet melodic and prog-ish death metal, fairly down tempo

Unearth
The Wretched The Ruinous
Century Media Records
Catchy, heavy, and intense too. Great to have something new from these guys

DieHumane
The Grotesque
WURMgroup
This has a doom sound, with a bit of a goth thing going on, with a modern doom core-ish feel

Drain
Loving Proof
Epitaph Records
Groovin’ metalcore with a kind of punky sound

Chris Caffery
May Day (Single)
Metalville Records
Classic metal and a first new single from Chris in a while… fun that it I get to play this ON May Day.

Cradle Of Fllth
Trouble And Their Double Lives
Napalm Records
Lie album recorded over the last 10 years with two new tracks which are unmistakedly CoF, catchy heavy and Dani’s trademark vox. Cool stuff!

Lunar Chamber
Shambhallic Vibrations
20 Buck Spin
Release date: Friday, April 28th 2023
Some nice brutal death metal with cool grooves

Phaeton
Between Two Worlds
INB Music
21 April 2023
Technical and progressive instrumental metal

Elvenking
Reader Of The Runes- Rapture
AFM Records
28 April 2023
Epic power metal

Dorthia Cottrell
Death Folk Country
Relapse
Release date: Friday, April 21st 2023
Name of the album says it all… but not so much “death” (at least from a brutal metal stand point)

Kaal Akuma
Turiya
Nuclear Winter
28 April 2023
Brutal death metal with a little sludge, and when there’s not sludge, it’s a bit of a blackened tech death.

Countless Skies
Resonance
Willowtip Records
5 May 2023
Kind of a melodic death, with a black metal slant, and some “epic” progressive stuff. Including a 20 minute track which is more straight up prog metal

LUMBERGHAST
FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: MAY 1st 2023
A bit of an industrial noise thing

UNDEAD
Putrefactio
Redefining Darkness Records
5 May 2023
Blackened death metal

DUSK
Album: RETHRENODY
Self Released
Release date: May 5th, 2023
They say it’s industrial metal, but it’s leaning more towards some noise and post metal.

Savage Grace
Sign Of The Cross
Massacre Records
5 May 2023
Classic metal leaning towards thrashy stuff, big voice, fast and catchy

Drama Noir
Release Title: Nightfall Upon The Asylum
Label: Floga Records
Release Date: 03-05-2023
Symphonic Black Metal, nice heavy edge, with a full orchestral thing that isn’t too prominent, just right. Cool stuff!

Smokey Mirror
Smokey Mirror
Rise Above
5 May 2023
Nice heavy-ish stoner metal with cool grooves.

MUSKEG CHARNEL
“Decomposition Part 3: Rigor Mortis”
Horror Pain Gore Death
Release Date: May 5th 2023
Old school lo-fi cold black metal

Neolia
Self-Titled – Out May 5th
Self-Release
5 May 2023
A big classic metal, a bit metalcore, clean and harsh vox, a little progressive musically also.

Sovereign Council
World On Fire – Out May 5th
Self-Release
5 May 2023
Female fronted metal, a little goth, a bit of a Lacuna Coil vibe

SUTON
Release Title: Sacrilegious
Label: insArt Records / Satanath Records
Release Date: April 18th, 2023
A kind of progressive blackened doom

Paralelum
Release Title: Bad Thoughts
Label: Lady Stone Records
I’d say this is a groovin’ kind of stoner groove metal with a little bit of an extreme blackened sound here and there, but it’s subtle and works.

Mélancolia
HissThroughRottenTeeth
Genre: Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Release Date: 21 April 2023
Brutal and blackened death metal, fast and technical… good stuff!

Deathstars
Everything Destroys You
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Release Date: 5 May 2023
Kind of a horror industrial thing. Nice grooves, catchy modern sound.

Phrenesy
Fears Apocalypse
Wormholedeath
May 5
Primarily some good ol thrash, vocals are a bit more extreme than just regular thrashy stuff, but it’s good stuff.

Midjungards
Album: From Scandza
Release: March 17th, 2023
Label: Dark Rails Records
Classic metal, with a little groovin’ thrash going on

Violet Blend
Album: My Head Is Broken (feat. Tired Violence)
Eclipse Records
Female fronted hard rockin’ melodic stuff. a nice groove, cool atmosphere and emotion flowing..

When Plagues Collide
Title: An Unbiblical Paradigm
Label: Necktwister
Epic symphonic blackened death metal, wall of brutality with a full symphonic sound backing up, similar to Cradle of Filth

Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Apr 24, 2023
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
Enforced / Hanged By My Hand / War Remains / Century Media Records
Speedfreak / White Knuckle Fever / Fast Lane Living / Pavement Entertainment
Void King / The Grackle / The Hidden Hymnal / Self-Release
Clutch / Burning Beard / Robot Hive/Exodus [2006, DRT Ent., DRT199] / DRT
Orange Goblin / Monkey Panic / COUP DE GRACE / Metal Blade
Fu Manchu / Hell on Wheels / King of the Road / ?
KYUSS / 50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up) / BLUES FOR THE RED SUN / ?
Deimos’ Dawn / Walking Out On You / Anthem Of The Lost / Mdd Records
The Harvest Trail / Heist / Spree / Self-Released
Valensorow / The Korethi Market / Shorestank / Self-Released
Ignea / Dunes / Dreams Of Land Unseen / Napalm
Haliphron / Prey / Prey / Listenable Records
Intrepid / Mesmerism (Single) / Mesmerism (Single) / Knife Fight Media
Overkill / Scorched / Scorched / Nuclear Blast Usa
Metallica / Sleepwalk My Life Away / 72 Seasons / Blackened
Necronomicon / Constant To Death / Constant To Death / El Puerto Records
Mezzrow / King Of The Infinite Void / Summon Thy Demons / Fireflash Records
Sentinel Sirens / Acrimony Of Gods / Orbithon Wave / Chaos Records
Hamara / Hardly Awake / Ivory Tower / Wormholedeath
Anthem / Snake Eyes / Crimson & Jet Black / Reaper Entertainment
Holy Moses / Downfall Of Mankind / Invisible Queen / Fireflash Records
Death Angel / The Organization / Act III / DGC
Vorzug / Hacking The Human Brain / The Prophet / Apollyon Entertainment
Gorod / Breeding Silence / The Orb / Self Released
Drakon / Timevortex / High Tales / Sleaszy Rider
Bodysnatcher / Abide / Bleed-Abide / Mnrk Heavy
Terranoct / Omnipotence / Icon Of Ruin / Self Released
Saint Deamon / At Break Of Dawn / Leage Of The Serpent / Afm Records
Arched Fire / Narcissist / Trust Betrayal / Wormholedeath
Tribulation / Vengeance (The Pact) (Blue Oyster Cult Cover) / Hamartia / Century Media Records
Powerwolf / My Will Be Done / Interludium / Napalm
Teramaze / Shadows Ii / Dalla Volta / Screaming Crow Records
72 Legions / Procession / 72 Ep / Self Released
Yotuma / Shrine Of Absolution / Otherworldly Incarnate / Self Released
Devangelic / Which Shall Be The Darkness Of The Heretic / Xul / Willowtip Records
Crack Up / Blood Is Life / Blood Is Life / Mdd
Deicide / Revocate The Agitator / Legion / Roadrunner Japan
Infecting The Swarm / Irrlichter / Pulsing Coalescence / Lacerated Enemy Records
Jesus Piece / In Constraints / So Unknown / Century Media Records
Bury Tomorrow / Boltcutter / The Seventh Sun / Music For Nations/sin
Hatebreed / Live for This / The Rise of Brutality / ?
Ten56 / Traumadoll / Downer / Out Of Line Music
Lockjaw / Breaking Point / Press Sampler (First 4 Singles) / Independent
Engineered Society Project / Blind World / My Tv / Mindsnap
Gunshine / 90 Proof / Checkmate / Grove Records/the Fule Music
Ad Infinitum / Architect Of Paradise / Chapter Iii – Downfall / Napalm
Paul Gilbert / Man On The Silver Mountain / The Dio Album / Mascot Label Group
The Graveyard Ensemble / 8 Bar Blues / Death N’ Blues – Vol.1 / Self Released
Mmxx / Isolation / The New Wave / Candlelight
Dawn Of Ouroboros / Healing Grounds / Velvet Incandescence / Prosthetic Records

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 4/24/23

Artist — Album — Label
1) Gorod — The Orb — Self Released
2) Tribulation — Hamartia — Century Media
3) Powerwolf — Interludium — Napalm
4) Bury Tomorrow — The Seventh Sun — Music For Nations
5) Ad Infinitum — Chapter III – Downfall — Napalm
6) Yotuma — Otherworldly Incarnate — Self Released
7) Haliphron — Prey — Listenable Records
8) Overkill — Scorched — Nuclear Blast
9) Paul Gilbert — The Dio Album — Mascot
10) Jesus Piece — So Unknown — Century Media
11) Speedfreak — Fast Lane Living — Pavement
12) The Harvest Trail — Spree — Self Released
13) Metallica — 72 Seasons — Blackened
14) Teramaze — Dalla Volta — Screaming Crow
15) Valensorow — Shorestank — Self Released
16) Ten56 — Downer — Out of Line
17) Devangelic — Xul — Willowtip
18) Engineered Society Project — My TV — Mindsnap
19) Drakon — High Tales — Sleaszy Rider
20) Arched Fire — Trust Betrayal — Wormholedeath

Top 5 Adds
1) Enforced — War Remains — Century Media
2) Gunshine — Checkmate — Groove
3) Dawn of Ouroboros — Velvet Incandescence — Prosthetic
4) Ignea — Dreams of Land Unseen — Napalm
5) Hämärä — Ivory Tower — Wormholedeath —

Other Adds/Reviewed: Holy Moses, Necronomicon, Bodysnatcher, Terranoct, Anthem, Mezzrow, Crack Up, MMXX, Void King, Deimos’ Dawn, Intrepid, 72 Legions, Infecting The Swarm, Sentinel Sirens, Saint Deamon, Tir, The Graveyard Ensemble, Lockjaw, Nightside, Pustilence, Valgrind, Lucifuge, Vadiat, Vorzug, Poison Ruin, The 69 Eyes, Barditus, Underxted, Ross The Boss, Exploding Corpse Action, King Potenez, Fatuous Rump, Flitcraft, Ibliss, Lord Mortvm, Vaultwraith, Austere, Vargrav

Ignea
Dreams of Land Unseen
Napalm
Kind of an epic melodic death with harsh and clean vox.

Dawn of Ouroboros
Velvet Incandescence
Prosthetic Records
21 April 2023
Black metal with a little melodic doom.

Enforced
War Remains
Century Media Records
Thrash, just how it outta be… fast, raw, in your face, catchy and groovin’.

Gunshine
Checkmate
Groove Records/The Fuel Music
Classic metal/hard rock… has a little bit of a Jackyl sound

Poison Ruïn
Härvest
Relapse
Release date: Friday, April 14th 2023
Raw kinda punked up stuff

Void King
The Hidden Hymnal
Self-Release
7 April 2023
Sludgy doom, a pinch of a volbeat catchiness/vocal-ish style.

THE 69 EYES
Death Of Darkness
Atomic Fire Records
21 April 2023
Goth hard rock type stuff.

HOLY MOSES
Invisible Queen
Fireflash Records
14 April 2023
Extreme thrash, with a tiny tech/metalcore, or blackened thrashy sound. Cool stuff

Intrepid (feat. Steve Di Giorgio)
Release title: Mesmerism
Label: Knife Fight Media
Release Date: 07-04-2023
Brutal/technical death metal (single) but more!

Tir
Awaiting The Dawn
Brilliant Emperor Records (LP), Orko Productions (CD/tape)
7 April 2023
Not even metal, really, some melancholic doomish acoustic type stuff.

Saint Deamon
Leage of The Serpent
AFM Records
21 April 2023
Melodic classic/power metal

Hämärä
Ivory Tower
Wormholedeath
We got this last May as an independent release… it’s now re-released on their label… Kind of a progressive metal/melodic death, with a little thrashy sound, harsh vox, keyboards, lots of cool guitar work. Cool stuff!!

Infecting the Swarm
Pulsing Coalescence
Lacerated Enemy Records
14 April 2023
Full on brutal death metal…

The Graveyard Ensemble
Release Title: Death n’ Blues vol.1
Release Date: April 1st, 2023
They say the genre is all of this: “Death n’ Blues, Death Metal, Death n’ Roll, Melodic Death Metal, Death Black Metal” And yeah, there’s a little bit of all of that going on, hard to really pin it down, but it’s decent !

Lockjaw
Press Sampler (First 4 Singles)
Independent
Metalcore with a nice heavier edge and decent clean vox type stuff.

MMXX
The New Wave
Candlelight
21 April 2023
A kind of doom “super group” started by Andrea Chiodetti (ex-The Foreshadowing), Jesse Haff (Daylight Dies), and Egan O’Rourke (Daylight Dies)… and an ensemble of many others. A nice melodic and complex deathy/doom thing going on.

Barditus
Dein Schwert
Purity Through Fire
22 April 2023
Music is mostly acoustic and releated waaay in the background with prominent German language vocals, kind of shout/growled…

Nightside (Finland)
Lions (Demo 2023)
Purity Through Fire
22 April 2023
Full on old school black metal with some good production and nice cold yet melodic punch

Sentinel Sirens
Orbithon Wave
Chaos Records
28 April 2023
Kind of a classic metal, pushing towards more of a Death Angel type of technical Thrash..

UNDERXTED
Album: Carnage
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: April 25th, 2023
Kind of an industrial blackened thrashy/death metal.

Ross The Boss
Legacy of Blood, Fire & Steel
AFM Records
28 April 2023
Best of compilation, 4 songs from each album, and it’s a vinyl only release.

NECRONOMICON
Constant To Death
El Puerto Records
4/28
Thrash Metal, classic with some catchy grooves and just how it should be.

Bodysnatcher
Bleed-Abide
MNRK Heavy
Release date: Friday, April 22nd 2022
Brutal deathcore

Exploding Corpse Action
Inter-Dimensional Annihilation: Complete Transmissions 1995-1997
Armageddon Label
22 April 2023
raw brutal death metal

Pustilence
Beliefs of Dead Stargazers and Soothsayers
Memento Mori / Rotted Life
24 April 2023
Full on brutality of death metal. and what’s this pulling it back a little for some melodic guitar solos and a big meaty groove.

Valgrind (Italy)
Millennium of Night Bliss
Memento Mori
24 April 2023
Technical and brutal death metal.

Lucifuge
Monoliths of Wrath
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS
April 28th 2023
This is kind of an extreme blackened thrashy thing. Vox follow more of the black metal sound, musically just sounds some good catchy classic thrash

King Potenaz
Album: Goat Rider
Label: Argonauta Records
Release date: April 28th, 2023
down tempo with big meaty stoner doom metal riffs

VADIAT
Spear of Creation
Redefining Darkness Records
28 April 2023
Thrashy, and melodic death metal, leaning mostly on the brutal death metal part, where musically it has some melodic breaks.

Sentinel Sirens
Orbithon Wave
Chaos Records
28 April 2023

FATUOUS RUMP
I AM AT YOUR DISPOSAL
LABEL: BRUTAL MIND / FAT TUB OF LARD
RELEASE DATE: APRIL 28th 2023
From the pig squeal vocal department of brutal death metal.

Flitcraft
House at the Centre of the Universe
Pitch Black
Release date: Friday, April 28th 2023
Classic metal, which gets into a little prog metal too

IBLISS
(((Unholy)))
Helter Skelter Productions / Regain Records
28 April 2023
two tracks of sludgy doom

LORD MORTVM
Dead Christ Baptism
Helter Skelter Productions / Regain Records
28 April 2023
Doom with a fair amount of sludge and depression

VAULTWRAITH
Decomposing Spells (CD)
Hells Headbangers
28 April 2023
Melodic doomy yet classic metal, harsh vox, music is a little just classic metal with a bit of doom.

Terranoct
Icon of Ruin
Self Released
28 April 2023
Technical death metal… cool stuff!

AUSTERE
Corrosion of Hearts
Prophecy Productions / Lupus Lounge
28 April 2023
Classic black metal, long songs, melodic, yet cold, harsh and evil.

72 Legions
‘The 72-EP’
Self Released
Feat. Former Nevermore/Annihilator Guitarist, no, not that one, or that one either, or that one. Curran Murphy! This has some meaty and catchy death metal, and some kind of melodc parts too. Good stuff!

Deimos’ Dawn
Release title: Anthem Of The Lost
Release Date: 14-04-2023
Label: MDD Records
German thrash metal, a solid punishing low end with solid riffs and while not growled, or shrieked, the vox aren’t clean… more of an angry shout. good stuff

VARGRAV (Finland)
Encircle the Spectral Dimension (MCD)
Werewolf
16 April 2023
Classic old school black metal

Anthem
Crimson & Jet Black
Reaper Ent.
Release date: Friday, April 21st 2023
Japanese thrash band, catchy and great stuff!

CRACK UP
Blood Is Life
MDD Records
Release Date: April 28, 2023
Classic groovin’ death metal… has a little bit of an Obituary vibe

MEZZROW
Summon Thy Demons
Fireflash Records
21 April 2023
Modern thrashy stuff, solid grooves and overall cool stuff.

Vorzug
Release Title: The Prophet
Label: Apollyon Entertainment
Release Date: April 14, 2023
Blckened death, but with a kind of a thrashy groove.

Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Apr 17, 2023
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
Metallica / Shadows Follow / 72 Seasons / Blackened
Shadows Fall / Enlightened by the Cold / War Within Disc 1 / Century Media
Jon Of Mars / Misinformednation / Songs From Nowhere / Self-Release
Slayer / Praise Of Death / Hell Awaits / Metal Blade/Roadrunner
Children Of Bodom / Silent Scream (Slayer cover) (bonus track) / Hate Crew Deathroll / ?
Legion of the Damned / Death’s Head March / Malevolent Rapture / ?
Dew-Scented / War Ensemble / Incinerate (Bonus CD) / ?
These Beasts / Nervous Fingers / Cares. Wills, Wants / Magnetic Eye Records
Clutch / Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone) / Sunrise On Slaughter Beach / Weathermaker
Clutch / The Soapmakers / The Elephant Riders [Sony Rec., SRCS 8716] / ?
Sevendust / Fence / Fence [single] / Napalm
Blud Red Roses / Into The Half Light / Fall To The Hate / Independent
Netherlands / Swimming Dog / Severance / Self-Released
Overkill / Wicked Place / Scorched / Nuclear Blast Usa
Speedfreak / Doomsday Devices (Radio Edit) / Fast Lane Living / Pavement Entertainment
Smoulder / The Talisman And The Blade / Violent Creed Of Vengeance / Cruz Del Sur Music
Metasphaera / Exil / Metasphaera / Self Released
The Harvest Trail / Spree / Spree / Self-Released
Ne Obliviscaris / Graal / Exul / Season Of Mist Publishing France
Tribulation / Hemoclysm / Hamartia / Century Media Records
Caedeous / Cruxis Inferni / Malum Supplicium / Black Sunset
Gorod / Savitri / The Orb / Self Released
Haliphron / Perfect Existence / Prey / Listenable Records
Vesuvian / Grief Drinkers / Emergence / Self Released
Drakon / Providence Of Russian Blood / High Tales / Sleaszy Rider
Voidceremony / Threads Of Unknowing (The Paradigm Of Linearity) / Threads Of Unknowing / 20 Buck Spin
Vomitory / All Heads Are Gonna Roll / All Heads Are Gonna Roll (Single) / Metal Blade
Yotuma / Viscera Bucket / Otherworldly Incarnate / Self Released
Ov Sulfur / Earthen / Stained In Rot / Century Media Records
Carnal Forge / Hand Of Doom / Please… Die! / ?
Birdflesh / Gorespring / Sickness In The North / Everlasting Spew Records
Hatesphere / Spitting Teeth / Hatred Reborn / Scarlet Records
Bury Tomorrow / Forced Divide / The Seventh Sun / Music For Nations/sin
Jesus Piece / Silver Lining / So Unknown / Century Media Records
Deathgrave / Ant Baby / It’s Only Midnight / Tankcrimes
Ad Infinitum / The Underworld / Chapter Iii – Downfall / Napalm
Teramaze / These Crystal Walls / Dalla Volta / Screaming Crow Records
Evermore / Forevermore / In Memoriam / Scarlet Records
Category Vi / Heavy Is The Crown / Firecry / Moribund Records
Kardinal Sin / They Crashed In The Storm / S.A.L.I.G.I.A. / Massacre Records
Redemption / Turn It On Again / I Am The Storm / Afm Records
Paul Gilbert / Stand Up And Shout / The Dio Album / Mascot Label Group
Powerwolf / No Prayer At Midnight / Interludium / Napalm
Angus Mcsix / Master Of The Universe / Angus Mcsix And The Sword Of Power / Napalm
Liv Kristine / Our Immortal Day / River Of Diamonds / Metalville Records
Fall Of Earth / Edit – Block Out The Sun / From The Ashes / Self-Release
Engineered Society Project / My Tv / My Tv / Mindsnap
Wasteland Clan / Go To Hell / The End Of Time / Massacre Records
Tanith / Snow Tiger / Voyage / Metal Blade
Ten56 / Yenta / Downer / Out Of Line Music

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 4/17/23

Artist — Album — Label
1) Ne Obliviscaris — Exul — Season of Mist
2) Redemption — I Am The Storm — AFM
3) Ov Sulfur — Stained In Rot — Century Media
4) Category VI — Firecry — Moribund
5) Gorod — The Orb — Self Released
6) Hatesphere — Hatred Reborn — Scarlet
7) Bury Tomorrow — The Seventh Sun — Music For Nations
8) Blud Red Roses — Fall to the Hate — Independent
9) Ad Infinitum — Chapter III – Downfall — Napalm
10) Tribulation — Hamartia — Century Media
11) Powerwolf — Interludium — Napalm
12) Yotuma — Otherworldly Incarnate — Self Released
13) Haliphron — Prey — Listenable Records
14) Paul Gilbert — The Dio Album — Mascot
15) Overkill — Scorched — Nuclear Blast
16) Jesus Piece — So Unknown — Century Media
17) Speedfreak — Fast Lane Living — Pavement
18) The Harvest Trail — Spree — Self Released
19) Vesuvian — Emergence — Self Released
20) Teramaze — Dalla Volta — Screaming Crow

Top 5 Adds
1) Metallica — 72 Seasons — Blackened
2) Engineered Society Project — My TV — Mindsnap
3) Liv Kristine — River of Diamonds — Metalville
4) Ten56 — Downer — Out of Line
5) Tanith — Voyage — Metal Blade

Other Adds/Reviewed: Sevendust (single), As Everything Unfolds, Angus McSix, Netherlands, Axel Rudi Pell, Vomitory (single), Kardinal Sin, In Utero Cannibalism, Drakon, Crownshard, Never Reborn, Sarmat, Bonginator, EDKH, Birdflesh, Astral Sleep, Blood Star, Vorna, Smoulder, Evermore, Jon of Mars, Caedeous, Fall of Earth, Wasteland Clan, Mavorim, These Beasts, Magnus Rosen Band, Deathgrave, Nattsjal, Trollgrad, Settler, Rosslyn, Metasphaera, VoidCeremony

As Everything Unfolds
Ultraviolet
(Napalm)
Modern metal with female vox, almost has a little Lacuna Coil vibe musically.

Angus McSix
Angus McSix And The Sword Of Power
(Napalm)
Classic, epic and bouncy power metal.

Metallica
72 Seasons
(Blackened)
I went to the premiere movie thing on Thursday, so I got to hear all of the album then… no I didn’t get some special radio nerd prerelease… and I really liked allof the tracks, they all have a good solid groove, 100% metallica, a bit of a familiar sound with some tracks calling back to older songs too… overall pretty good stuff.

Netherlands
Severance
(Self-Released)
A kind of sludge fuzz/stoner rock thing… melodic… and post-metal ish.

Axel Rudi Pell
The Ballads VI
(SPV/Steamhammer)
As the album name says… they’re all ballads, and there’s quite a variety of covers on here, Dust in the Wind, Diamonds and Rust, She’s a Lady

Sevendust
“Fence”
(Napalm)
Sevendust back to a heavier sound from the earlier days… I have to admit I haven’t heard much of their recent stuff, but this is cool catchy stuff.

Vomitory
All Heads Are Gonna Roll – radio single
Metal Blade Records
26 May 2023
Nice meaty classic death metal.

Kardinal Sin
S.A.L.I.G.I.A.
Massacre Records
7 April 2023
Epic sounding power metal.

Ten56
Downer
Out of Line Music
Djent-core type stuff, a bit of a rap-ish style, but heavy maybe industrial sound.

Engineered Society Project
My TV
Mindsnap
A straightforward classic metal. clean vox, nice groovin’ stuff.

Liv Kristine
River of Diamonds
Metalville Records
kind of a laid back female fronted power metal

Tanith
Voyage
Metal Blade Records
21 April 2023
Laid back kinda doomy stoner chill rock. With some nice harder jams

In Utero Cannibalism
Back To The Basics
Sleaszy Rider
Some basic death metal, well, it’s just good ol metal music for the most part, with harsh vox. It does get to some blast beats and heavy stuff, but not a brutal punishing wall of death. Death metal with a little room to breathe

Drakon
Hight Tales
Sleaszy Rider
Technical/proggy blackened thrashy death type stuff.

CROWNSHARD
Awareness
Self Released
4/14
Italian death metal.

Never Reborn
Ashes of Our Past
Self Released
A bit classic metal, some nice meaty grooves and harsh vox.

SARMAT
Dubious Disk
I, Voidhanger Records
19 April 2023
18 minutes of a lot of stuff going on, some jazzy prog, all kind of going on at once… some black metal, just the kitchen sink.

Bonginator
The Intergalactic Gorebong of Deathpot
Barbaric Brutality
20 April 2023
Nice meaty brutal death metal

EDKH
Conspirashit
April 21st
Horror Pain Gore Death
this is kind of an extreme blackened death/punk.

Birdflesh
Sickness In The North
Everlasting Spew Records
21 April 2023
Short songs, brutal deathy hardcore with a smidge punk. cool stuff.

Astral Sleep
We Are Already Living In The End of Times
Record label: Saarni Records
Release Date: April 21st 2023
Doom Metal with a post metal and death metal growl… a bit depressing

BLOOD STAR
First Sighting
Shadow Kingdom
21 April 2023
Classic metal/hard rock

VORNA
Aamunkoi (Finnish Metal)
Lifeforce
April 21st, 2023
A bit folk metal, melodic death and prog-ish too

Smoulder
Violent Creed of Vengeance
Cruz Del Sur Music
21 April 2023
powerful classic metal, soaring female vox. cool stuff

EVERMORE
In Memoriam
Scarlet Records
21 April 2023
Epic female fronted power/prog metal.

Jon of Mars
Songs from Nowhere – Out April 20th
Self-Release
20 April 2023
Just a good solid groovin’ metal. Some clean and harsh vox, but i like to just say it’s “Metal metal” good

Caedeous
Release title: Malum Supplicium
Release Date: April 21, 2023
Label: Black Sunset
Symphonic Black Metal, shrieky vox and guttural growls of some well produced black metal with a symphonic (keyboard) thing to fill it out

Fall of Earth
From The Ashes
Self-Release
21 April 2023
Progressive metal, with a bit of a tech death thing going on. clean and harsh vox. cool stuff

Wasteland Clan
The End Of Time
Massacre Records
21 April 2023
Straight forward metal metal with some grooves and clean female vox

Mavorim
Ab Amitia Pulsae
Purity Through Fire
22 April 2023
Classic black metal

THESE BEASTS
Cares. Wills, Wants
Magnetic Eye Records
21 April 2023
Sludge/Noise from Chicago

Magnus Rosen Band
It’s Time to Rock The World Again
Sound Pollution
21 April 2023
Former bass player from Hammerfall with a band, classic hard rock/metal

Deathgrave
It’s Only Midnight
Tankcrimes
Release date: Friday, April 14th 2023
Brutal Death metal with a little grind going on

Nattsjäl
Release Title: Of Chaos Supreme
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: 24-02-2023
They say the genre of this is “Black Viking Folk Thrash Heavy Metal” And that’s pretty spot on. cool stuff.

Trollgrad
Release Title: Tales of Gold Fever
Label: Mors Lucerna Records
Release Date: January 13, 2023
THIS one… they call “Troll Metal” which, well can just be folk metal with the boopy keyboard and it’s got a nice catchy heavy groove going on.

SETTLER
SETTLER
LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 29th 2023
Straightforward just good metal, a nice crunchy heaviness… cool guitar solos..

ROSSLYN
Album: Totentanz
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: April 11th, 2023
Classic metal, with maybe a little power metal thing

Metasphaera
Album: Metasphaera
Self Released
Release: March 24th, 2023
German meaty progressive death metal, attack with a catchy and gritty heavy sound with vocals in german!

VoidCeremony
Threads Of Unknowing
20 Buck Spin
Release date: Friday, April 14th 2023
Brutal death metal with a technicality going on. cool stuff

Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Apr 10, 2023
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
King’s X / Groove Machine / Tape Head / ?
Night Demon / Escape From Beyond / Outsider / Century Media Records
Teramaze / Chaos In The Way / Dalla Volta / Screaming Crow Records
Trouble / Mindbender / Simple Mind Condition / Escapi Music Group, AB.
Saxon / Razamanaz / More Inspirations / Silver Lining Music
Mastodon / Emerald (Thin Lizzy Cover) (Bonus Track) / Remission [Japan 2008 Reissue] / ?
Rush / Beneath, Between, and Behind / Fly By Night / ?
Ihsahn / Dom Andra / Fascination Street Sessions / Candlelight
Paul Gilbert / Neon Knights / The Dio Album / Mascot Label Group
Ashrain / Are You Ready For Rock? / Requiem Reloaded / Metalville Records
Category Vi / She Runs With Wolves / Firecry / Moribund Records
King’s X / Let It Rain / Three Sides Of One / Insideout Music
Gengis Khan / Possessed By The Wolf / Possessed By The Wolf / Stormspell Records
Kamelot / Bloodmoon / The Awakening / Napalm
Powerwolf / Sainted By The Storm / Interludium / Napalm
Ad Infinitum / Seth / Chapter Iii – Downfall / Napalm
Fates Warning / Don’t Follow Me / Parallels / Metal Blade
Lightchapter / Dance With The Insane / Dance With The Insane (Single) / Rise Above
Redemption / Action At A Distance / I Am The Storm / Afm Records
Arched Fire / Pestilence / Trust Betrayal / Wormholedeath
Samuli Federley / Cactus Rider / Stormylized / Self-Released
Magnets For Maniacs / 872 / 872 / Independent
Overkill / The Surgeon / Scorched / Nuclear Blast Usa
Speedfreak / Fast Lane Livin’ / Fast Lane Living / Pavement Entertainment
Exodus / Piranha / Bonded By Blood / Monumentum
Blud Red Roses / Demon Disguise / Fall To The Hate / Independent
The Hellfreaks / Body Bag / Pitch Black Sunset / Napalm
Bury Tomorrow / Abandon Us (Explicit) / The Seventh Sun / Music For Nations/sin
Necropanther / Into Danger / Betrayal / Self Released
The Faith Hills Have Eyes / Juggalo Wild Wings / The Riffth Element / Self Released
Jesus Piece / Tunnel Vision / So Unknown / Century Media Records
Sermon / Royal / Of Golden Verse / Prosthetic Records
Hatesphere / Darkspawn / Hatred Reborn / Scarlet Records
Contrarian / Zabur Of Satfiyah Al Shamal / Sage Of Shekhinah / Willowtip Records
Gorod / The Orb / The Orb / Self Released
Ov Sulfur / Death Ov Circumstance / Stained In Rot / Century Media Records
Carcariass / Billions Of Suns / Afterworld / Self Released
Yotuma / The Traveler / Otherworldly Incarnate / Self Released
Fit For An Autopsy / Under A Serpent Sun / The Aggression Sessions / Nuclear Blast Records
Vesuvian / Emergence / Emergence / Self Released
Haliphron / Mother Of All Evil / Prey / Listenable Records
Black Rabbit / Culmination Of Hate / Hypnosomnia / Independent
Ne Obliviscaris / Suspyre / Exul / Season Of Mist Publishing France
Tribulation / Axis Mundi / Hamartia / Century Media Records
Boundaries / Bedlam / Bedlam [single] / 3dot
The Harvest Trail / Relapse / Spree / Self-Released
Infected Rain / Endless Stairs / The Devil’s Dozen / Napalm

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 4/10/23

Artist — Album — Label
1) The Faith Hills Have Eyes — The Riffth Element — Self Released
2) Kamelot — The Awakening — Napalm
3) Redemption — I Am The Storm — AFM
4) Ne Obliviscaris — Exul — Season of Mist
5) Night Demon — Outsider — Century Media
6) Contrarian — Sage Of Shekhinah — Willowtip
7) Necropanther — Betrayal — Self Released
8) Ov Sulfur — Stained In Rot — Century Media
9) Category VI — Firecry — Moribund
10) Hatesphere — Hatred Reborn — Scarlet
11) Gorod — The Orb — Self Released
12) Bury Tomorrow — The Seventh Sun — Music For Nations
13) Blud Red Roses — Fall to the Hate — Independent
14) Ad Infinitum — Chapter III – Downfall — Napalm
15) Ihsahn — Fascination Street Sessions — Candlelight
16) Tribulation — Hamartia — Century Media
17) Powerwolf — Interludium — Napalm
18) Yotuma — Otherworldly Incarnate — Self Released
19) Haliphron — Prey — Listenable Records —
20) Paul Gilbert — The Dio Album — Mascot

Top 5 Adds
1) Overkill — Scorched — Nuclear Blast
2) Jesus Piece — So Unknown — Century Media
3) Speedfreak — Fast Lane Living — Pavement
4) Infected Rain — The Devil’s Dozen — Napalm
5) Ashrain — Requiem Reloaded — Metalville

Other Adds/Reviewed: Boundaries (single), The Hellfreaks, The Harvest Trail, Fit for an Autopsy/Thy Art is Murder/Malevolence split, Saviorsin, Arched Fire, Outlaw, Vesuvian, Magnets for Maniacs, Attractive Chaos, Blazon Rite, Kaal Nagini, Sever, Moon Oracle, Dimentianon, Dodheimsgard, Night Fishing, Carcariass, Despite The Reverence, Dark Side Bright Side, Samuli Federley, Teramaze, Celestial Burial, Lightchapter, Gengis Khan, Black Rabbit, Catharsis, Sermon