WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 4/3/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Amorphis — Eclipse — Nuclear Blast
2) Sepultura — Dante XXI — SPV
3) If Hope Dies — Life In Ruin — Ironclad
4) Torture Killer — Swarm! — Metal Blade
5) Witchery — Don’t Fear The Reaper — Century Media
6) The Sword — Age of Winters — Kemado
7) Krisiun — AssassiNation — Century Media
8) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
9) Remembering Never — God Save Us — Ferret
10) Soil — True Self — DRT
11) Cannibal Corpse — Kill — Metal Blade
12) Scissorfight — Jaggernaut — Tortuga
13) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
14) Crowpath — Son of Sulphur — Willowtip
15) Atreyu — A Death-Grip On Yesterday — Victory
16) Yakuza — Samsara — Prosthetic
17) Machinemade God — The Infinity Complex — Metal Blade
18) Dead To Fall — The Phoenix Throne — Victory
19) Cretin — Freakery — Relapse
20) Queensryche — Operation Mindcrime 2 — Rhino

Top 5 Adds
1) Cannibal Corpse
2) Terror 2000
3) Queensryche
4) Headbanger’s Ball 3
5) Venom

Other Adds: Invaders, One Man Army, Southern Gentlemen, Dio, The Gathering

Another installment of what’s new in the mail with my crappy commentary… enjoy! heheh

Southern Gentlemen
Third Time Is The Charm
Leviathan
52:26 – 12 Tracks
Another project from David T. Chastain… Kind of a bluesy hard rock sound. Kind of a good time drinkin’ sound. Not much more I can say… good sounding production, some good ol songs… not really metal, the singer sounds like David Coverdale a bit…. you may hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Mower
Not For You
Suburban Noize
38:45 – 15 Tracks
Some decent heavy stuff here, almost a little System of a Down mixed with some Ministry, Rob Zombie and some metalcore band… This was a release that came in late… it was an “add” last week. You’ll hear this on the pit. The CD ends with their version of “California Dreamin'” I’m a sucker for heavy covers of oldies!

Terror 2000
Terror For Sale
Nuclear Blast
39:47 – 12 Tracks
Take Speed from Soilwork and throw him with Klas from Darkane, and you got yourself an awesome scandanavian metal band! This is some serious metal music with some fun lyrics. Heavy thrash and just all around good stuff. You’ll definately hear this on the Mosh Pit!

One Man Army and the Undead Quartet
21st Century Killing Machine
Nuclear Blast
59:46 – 12 Tracks
Another Swedish band… they sound a bit like The Crown, but not as fast and frantic. Pretty decent thrash with some scream-growl vocals. Nothing really groundbreaking, but still decent thrash metal. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Dio
An Evening With Dio
Eagle Records
2 CDs
Disc 1 60:44 – 9 Tracks
Disc 2 53:06 – 8 Tracks
This is a show from 1995 when they performed Holy Diver in its entirety. Not the greatest sound, but it’s pretty good for a live album. Great solid live performance though! A must for DIO fans of course. There’s also a DVD of this show available. You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit. You can’t go wrong with Dio!

The Gathering
Home
The End
I popped this in, and I guess these guys just aren’t for me. I like something with at least a little bit of an edge. Granted they have their roots in heavy music, they just aren’t heavy! Sorry… but you probably won’t hear this on the Pit, unless of course it’s requested.

Various Artists
Headbanger’s Ball: The Revenge
Roadrunner
2 CDs.
A compilation with all sorts of stuff from all sorts of bands. Pretty much a slice across all of metal, basically a soundtrack to the show on MTV2. Some previously unreleased stuff on here, most talked about is a new Hatebreed track.

Venom
Metal Black
Sanctuary
57:21 – 14 Tracks
Yet another crappy review from me that doesn’t say much. It’s a new album from Venom. A new collection of songs, same sound. If you like Venom… you’ll probably like this. (duh) It’s not too shabby, again, nothing groundbreaking. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit… c’mon, it’s new Venom!