WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 1/8/24

Artist — Album — Label
1) Sadus — The Shadow Inside — Nuclear Blast
2) Gama Bomb — Bats — Prosthetic
3) Stengah — Downward Mechanic — Mascot
4) Temic — Terror Management Theory — Season of Mist
5) Genus Ordinis Dei — The Beginning — Eclipse
6) Miara — Hungering Inside — Inverse
7) Ektomorf — Vivid Black — AFM
8) Wicked Maraya — Chapters — Massacre
9) Burden of Grief — Destination Dystopia — Massacre
10) Olathia — The Forest Witch — Self Released
11) Hatred Reigns — Awaken The Ancients — Self Released
12) Progeny of Sun — Throne of Desolation — Inverse
13) Judicator — I Am The Void EP — Self Released
14) Disorientation — Survival Mode — Self Released
15) Dimmu Borgir — Inspiratio Profanus — Nuclear Blast
16) Helfró — Tálgröf — Season of Mist
17) Health — Rat Wars — Loma Vista/Concord
18) Xenocracy — Impermanence — Kvlt und Kaos
19) Empires Of Euphrates — Echoes Of Ancient Past — Horror Pain Gore Death
20) Children of Bodom — A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom — Spinefarm

Top 5 Adds
1) Alluvial — Death Is But A Door — Nuclear Blast
2) Ryujin — Ryujin — Napalm
3) Therion — Leviathan III — Napalm
4) Talia Hoit — Whispers in the Storm (single) — Independent
5) Anubis — Heartless (single) — M-Theory Audio

Other Adds/Reviewed: Hatchet (single), Drown in Sulfur, Descent, Dominum, Exit Eden, Lord of the Lost, Caligula’s Horse, Engulf, Sabotage India, Cedric Vassal, Nighthawk, Funeral Vomit, Bloodrunner, Serpents Oath, White Death, Suicide Circle, Shadow Circus, Scarefield, Fear The Fate, Dishumanized, Imperial Slave, Jordsjuk, The OddEven, Cancer Christ, Morgue Terror

DOMINUM
Hey Living People
Napalm
it’s kind of a power metal, and kind of a modern melodic metal, party metal? Some interesting covers (Midnight Oil, Billie Eilish)

Exit Eden
Femmes Fatales
Napalm
Female fronted symphonic power metal type stuff

Lord of the Lost
Weapons of Mass Seduction
Napalm
Another kind of party metal power metal sound, like polishied wall of sound production, a smidge of industrial/electronic too

RYUJIN
RYUJIN
Napalm
This has a melodic death sound, a bit like Children of Bodom, catchy while staying heavy too. Great stuff!

Therion
Leviathan III
Napalm
Long time veteran metal band… new effort, symphonic, epic and a nice edge too.

ANUBIS
HEARTLESS
M-THEORY AUDIO
Classic metal with a little gritty power metal kind of sound. Cool stuff! (single)

HATCHET
LEAVE NO SOUL
M-THEORY AUDIO
Classic heavy thrash with that modern technical stuff. great single!

Caligula’s Horse
Charcoal Grace
Inside Out Music
Prog rock with a little edge to it, along that line of Porcupine tree prog style.. Cool stuff.

Alluvial
Death is But A Door
Nuclear Blast USA
Deathcore ish, decent stuff

Talia Hoit
Whispers In The Storm (Single)
Independent
Symphonic female fronted power metal type stuff

DROWN IN SULPHUR
Dark Secrets of the Soul
Scarlet Records
12 January 2024
Technical death metal type stuff, brutal and a bit prog-ish too. Cool stuff

Engulf
The Dying Planet Weeps
Everlasting Spew Records
12 January 2024
Good brutal and technical death metal.

Sabotage India
Release Title: Pishach
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: January 13, 2024
Kind of thrashy and just good ol straight up metal. decent stuff

Cedric Vassal
Album (EP): Inner Kingdom
Self Released
Release: December 15th, 2023
Instrumental, kind of prog metal, a bit thrashy edge, and a full sound, not just a ton of guitar noodling

NIGHTHAWK
Album: Structures On The Moon
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: December 19th, 2023
Psychedelic throwback, a doomy groove

FUNERAL VOMIT
Release Title: Monumental Putrescence
Label: Xtreem Music
Release Date: December 19th, 2023
When the genre says “Cavernous, Raw Death Metal (with influences from underground Black Metal)” that kinda says it all for me! And yes, it’s accurate.

Bloodrunner
Bloodrunner
Self Released
thrash from Chicago, a bit straightforward, classic metalish

SERPENTS OATH
Album: Revelation
Label: Odium Records
Release date: December 20, 2023
This is kind of a classic black metal, good production, straightforward stuff

WHITE DEATH (Finland)
Iconoclast
Werewolf
29 December 2023
Classic black metal

SUICIDE CIRCLE
Bukkake of Souls
Osmose Productions
29 December 2023
This is sort of a doomy black metal, poking into classic black metal and a big of a prog slant

DESCENT
Far From Glory
Wormholedeath
December 22, 2023
Gritty and technical death metal. Cool stuff

Shadow Circus
From the Shadows
Self Released
(Feat Former Meshuggah / Devin Townsend Members)
classic just straight up metal with some nice grooves

SCAREFIELD
NIGHTMARE STORIES
Independent
27 December 2023
classic metal, solid grooves and melodic stuff.

Fear The Fate
Release Title: Fight The Fear
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: 31 December 2023
Classic metal, a bit raw with a doomy sound

Dishumanized
The Maze Of Solitude
Self Released
Kind of a groovin’ death-lite metal

IMPERIAL SLAVE
Still At Large
Self Released
Gritty blackened death, good tech stuff too.

Jordsjuk
Siste Skanse
Indie Recordings
5 January 2024
Melodic blackened death, cool single!

The OddEven
Darkness
Eclipse Records
5 January 2024
A kind of bluesy hard rock groove, maybe a little grungy, a little alice in chains vibe

CANCER CHRIST
God is Violence
Seeing Red Records
5 January 2024
Raw punked thrash with a whole Jesus/Satan/God thing going on in song titles. Quick short songs

Morgue Terror
Morgue Terror
Self-released
5 January 2024
Groovin’ classic death metal

Matt’s Top of 2023 (in no particular order)
Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite – Metal Blade
Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg For Death Relapse
Haken – Fauna – InsideOut
In Flames – Forgone – Nuclear Blast
Kk’s Priest – The Sinner Rides Again – Napalm Records
Obituary – The Dying of Everything – Relapse
Prong – State of Emergency – SPV
The Zenith Passage – Datalysium — Metal Blade
Warmen – Here For None — Reaper Entertainment
Winery Dogs – 3 – Three Dogs Music

Mike’s Picks Top 10
Legion Of The Damned – The Poison Chalice – Napalm
Angelus Apatrida – Aftermath – Century Media
Kk’s Priest – The Sinner Rides Again – Napalm Records
Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle – Avantgarde Music
Gross Reality – Return To Ruin – Divebomb
Crystal Coffin – The Curse Of Immortality – A Beast In The Field
Ne Obliviscaris – Exul – Season Of Mist
Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite – Metal Blade
Alkaloid – Numen – Season Of Mist
Sadus – The Shadow Inside – Nuclear Blast Records

Mike Local:
Squidhammer – Drowning In Flames Ft. Kyle Fawley Of Digital Remains – Self-Release
Cast In Fire – Self Immolation – Self
The Faith Hills Have Eyes – The Riffth Element – Self
Yotuma – Otherworldly Incarnate – Self Released
Skintones – Coming to Collect – Crustacean

Matt Local:
Cast In Fire – Self Immolation – Self
The Faith Hills Have Eyes – The Riffth Element – Self
Yotuma – Otherworldly Incarnate – Self Released
Vermillion – Tales of the Dead – Self Released

Matt’s Honorable Mentions:
Legion Of The Damned – The Poison Chalice – Napalm
Angelus Apatrida – Aftermath – Century Media
Scar Symmetry – The Singularity (Phase Ii – Xenotaph) – Nuclear Blast
Ancestral Curse – In Dreams Of Endless Darkness – Jumpscare Records 3:19
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific – Metal Blade
Frozen Soul – Glacial Domination – Century Media Records
Overkill – Scorched – Nuclear Blast
Ne Obliviscaris – Exul – Season Of Mist
Redemption – I Am The Storm – Afm Records
Kamelot – The Awakening – Napalm
Night Demon – Outsider – Century Media Records
Temic – Terror Management Theory – Season Of Mist
Metallica – 72 Seasons – Blackened
Dethklok- Dethalbum IV – Watertower Music
Exmortus – Necrophony – Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Power Trio – Wet Ass Plutonium – Metal Blade Records
Tegmentum – Evolvement – M-Theory Audio
Blessed Curse — Pray for Armageddon — M-Theory Audio
Sadus – The Shadow Inside – Nuclear Blast Records
Werewolves – My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me – Prosthetic Records
Mystic Prophecy – Hellriot – Rock Of Angels Records

Mike’s Honorable Mentions Picks:
Xoth – Exogalactic – Dawnbreed Records
Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1 – Equal Vision Records
Kim Dracula – A Gradual Decline In Morale – Order Of The Snake
Obituary – The Dying of Everything – Relapse
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific – Metal Blade
Metallica – 72 Seasons – Blackened
In Flames – Forgone – Nuclear Blast
Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags – Peaceville
Insomnium – Anno 1696 – Century Media
Enforced – War Remains – Century Media
Frozen Soul – Glacial Domination – Century Media Records
Thy Catafalque – Alföld – Season Of Mist
Crypta – Shades Of Sorrow – Napalm
Werewolves – My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me – Prosthetic Records
Uada – Crepuscule Natura – Eisenwald
Prong – State of Emergency – SPV
Mystic Prophecy – Hellriot – Rock Of Angels Records
Stortregn – Finitude – The Artisan Era

Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Jan 1, 2024
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
Prong / The Descent / State Of Emergency / Spv/steamhammer
Kk’s Priest / Strike Of The Viper / The Sinner Rides Again / Napalm Records
Night Verses / Arrival / Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1 / Equal Vision Records
Angelus Apatrida / Scavenger / Aftermath / Century Media
Legion Of The Damned / Progressive Destructor / The Poison Chalice / Napalm
Sadus / It’s The Sickness / The Shadow Inside / Nuclear Blast Records
Overkill / Goin Home / Scorched / Nuclear Blast Usa
Exmortus / Mask Of Red Death / Necrophony / Nuclear Blast
Cattle Decapitation / We Eat Our Young / Terrasite / Metal Blade Records
Dying Fetus / Enlighten Through Agony / Make Them Beg For Death / Relapse
Obituary / The Wrong Time / Dying Of Everything / Relapse
Cannibal Corpse / Summoned For Sacrifice / Chaos Horrific / Metal Blade
Dethklok / Aortic Desecration / Dethalbum IV / Watertower Music
Metallica / Too Far Gone / 72 Seasons / Blackened
Mystic Prophecy / Hellriot / Hellriot / Rock Of Angels Records
Haken / The Alphabet Of Me / Fauna / Insideout
The Winery Dogs / Gaslight / III / Three Dogs Music
Nuclear Power Trio / W.a.p. (Wet Ass Plutonium) / Wet Ass Plutonium / Metal Blade Records
In Flames / Meet Your Maker / Forgone / Nuclear Blast Records
Warmen / The Driving Force / Here For None / Reaper Entertainment
Ne Obliviscaris / Misericorde I – As The Flesh Falls / Exul / Season Of Mist Publishing France
Gross Reality / Soul Substance / Return To Ruin / Divebomb
Thy Catafalque / A Csend Hegyei / Alföld / Season Of Mist
The Zenith Passage / Lexicontagion / Datalysium / Metal Blade
Alkaloid / The Cambrian Explosion / Numen / Season Of Mist Publishing
Crystal Coffin / The Undead / The Curse Of Immortality / A Beast In The Field
Moonlight Sorcery / In Coldest Embrace / Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle / Avantgarde Music
Kamelot / The Great Divide / The Awakening / Napalm
The Faith Hills Have Eyes / The Riffth Element / The Riffth Element / Self Released
Cast In Fire / Meatgrinder / Self-Immolation / Self Released
Squidhammer / Squidhammer – Drowning In Flames Ft. Kyle Fawley Of Digital Remains / Drowning In Flames Ft. Kyle Fawley Of Digital Remains / Self-Release
Yotuma / Welding The Flesh / Otherworldly Incarnate / Self Released
Hellripper / Goat Vomit Nightmare / Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags / Peaceville
Werewolves / My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me / My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me / Prosthetic Records
Xoth / Sporecraft Zero / Exogalactic / Dawnbreed Records
Ancestral Curse / Attack Of The Mutant Mud Monsters (Feat. Edwin Jacobellis Of Further Beyond) / In Dreams Of Endless Darkness / Jumpscare Records
Frozen Soul / Invisible Tormentor / Glacial Domination / Century Media Records
Blessed Curse / Beheader / Pray For Armageddon / M-Theory Audio
Scar Symmetry / Scorched Quadrant / The Singularity (Phase Ii – Xenotaph) / Nuclear Blast Usa
Insomnium / Lilian / Anno 1696 / Century Media Records
Enforced / Aggressive Menace / War Remains / Century Media
Kim Dracula / Luck Is A Fine Thing (Give It A Chance) / A Gradual Decline In Morale / Order Of The Snake
Stortregn / Finitude / Finitude / The Artisan Era
Crypta / Dark Clouds / Shades Of Sorrow / Napalm