Here’s what we played on the Mosh Pit from 11pm – 2am on March 13th, 2006…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Atreyu — Creature — A Death-Grip On Yesterday — Victory — Y — N
Soil — Give It Up — True Self — DRT — Y — N
Rebel Meets Rebel — Nothing To Lose — EP — BVR — Y — N
The Sword — Winter’s Wolves — Ages Of Winters — Kemado — Y — N
Megaherz — Komm Ruber — 5 — Eclipse — Y — N
Lacuna Coil — Our Truth — Karmakode — Century Media — Y — N
Devin Townsend Band — Triumph — Synchestra — SPV — Y — N
Amorphis — Leaves Scar — Eclipse — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Daylight Dies — Dead Air — Dismantling Devotion — Candlelight — Y — N
Himsa — Anathema — Hail Horror — Prosthetic — Y — N
If Hope Dies — Dead Reckoning — Life In Ruin — Metal Blade — Y — N
Remembering Never — Slaugherhouse Blues — God Save Us — Ferret — Y — N
Sworn Enemy — After The Fall — The Beginning Of The End — Abacus — Y — N
Clawfinger — Breakout — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Iron Maiden — The Prisoner — Number of the Beast — Capitol — N — Y
Dream Theater — Metropolis Part 1 — Images and Words — Atco — N — Y
Queensryche — I Don’t Believe In Love — Operation: Mindcrime — EMI — N — Y
Sepultura — City of Dis — Dante XXI — SPV — Y — N
Down Factor — Blood of the Patriots Part II — Murder The World — Scourge — Y — N
Demiricous — Withdrawl Divine — One — Metal Blade — Y — N
Slayer — Killing Fields — Divine Intervention — American — N — Y
Testament — Down For Life — The Gathering — Spitfire — N — Y
Torture — Slay Ride — Storm Alert — Escapi — Y — N
Kataklysm — Mould In A Breed — Sorcery — Nuclear Blast — N — Y
Akercocke — Eyes Of The Dawn — Words That Go Unspoken Deeds That Go Undone — Earache — N — Y
Behemoth — With Spell Of Inferno — Pandemonic Incantations — Metal Mind — N — Y
Kataklysm — It Turns To Rust — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Suicide Silence — Ending Is The Beginning — Suicide Silence — Third Degree — Y — N
Cannibal Corpse — Make Them Suffer — Kill Sampler — Metal Blade — Y — N
Krisiun — Vicious Wrath — AssassiNation — Century Media — Y — N
Hacavitz — Tsita Ndate — Venganza — Moribund Cult — Y — N
Crowpath — The Will To Burn — Son Of Sulphur — Willowtip — Y — N
Torture Killer — Sadistic — Swarm! — Metal Blade — Y — N
In Flames — Pacing Death’s Trail — Come Clarity — Ferret — Y — N
Six Feet Under — Insect — Alive and Dead — Metal Blade — N — Y
Arch Enemy — Ravenous — Wages of Sin — Nuclear Blast — N — Y
Nevermore — Medicated Nation — This Godless Endeavor — Century Media — Y — N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 3/13/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
2) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
3) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
4) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
5) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
6) Suicide Silence — Suicide Silence — Third Degree
7) The Sword — Age of Winters — Kemado
8) Krisiun — AssassiNation — Century Media
9) Amorphis — Eclipse — Nuclear Blast
10) If Hope Dies — Life In Ruin — Ironclad
11) Remembering Never — God Save Us — Ferret
12) Torture Killer — Swarm! — Metal Blade
13) Devin Townsend Band — Synchestra — Inside Out
14) Hacavitz — Venganza — Moribund Cult
15) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
16) Torture — Storm Alert — Escapi
17) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast
18) Sepultura — Dante XXI — SPV
19) Daylight Dies — Dismantling Devotion — Candlelight
20) Soil — True Self — DRT

Top 5 Adds
1) Cannibal Corpse
2) Crowpath
3) Atreyu
4) Queensryche
5) Rebel Meets Rebel

Other Adds: Ligiea, Megaherz, Lacuna Coil

Here’s the weekly new stuff mini-review crap…

First off, a note….
On one of the “new stuff this week” posts a couple weeks ago, someone left a comment that I was an idiot for a review I had… I never claimed these mini-reviews to be the be-all end all review of reviews. Honestly, sometimes I don’t even listen to the whole CD before writing stuff, mostly it’s just first impressions and what it might sound like right away to me. I have always said I suck at writing and well, I suck at reviewing too. Basically this is an outline to go along with what you hear NEW on the radio show this week… or maybe not.

Megaherz
5
Eclipse
55:08 – 13 Tracks
Well, due to the German language, there will be obvious comparisons to Rammstein. And it’s true. They do sound a bit like them. In my opinion, not as aggressive… but still pretty cool. It’s a “Rammstein” that plays it save.

Crowpath
Son Of Sulphur
Willowtip
33:55 – 12 Tracks
Just all out in your face beginning. An eclectic mix of brutal metal sounds. Typical release from Willowtip though.. great production, good sounding band, yet still underground. The bio sheet says it’s recommended if you like Converge, Mastodon or Botch. It sounds decent and you’ll probably hear this on the pit.

Kill the Client
Escalation of Hostility
Willowtip
29:03 – 15 Tracks
This is a classic sounding grindcore album. A bit muddy, sludgy, fast, brutal and “barney-esque” vocals. If you like the old Napalm Death, you’ll like this!

Atreyu
A Death-Grip On Yesterday
Victory
They still have a great sound. Catchy yet brutal in parts. Again, not much groundbreaking material here. Just another solid release. They were announced as one of the 2nd stage headliners on Ozzfest this summer, so they seem to be going places. I do feel the urge to go to hot topic during these whiney chorus parts!

Cannibal Corpse
“Kill” 3 Song Sampler
Metal Blade
8:31 – 3 Tracks
How can you not like Cannibal Corpse? haha. Just plain heavy brutal death metal like it should be. Corpsegrinder really seems to shine on this. It sounds good and brutal. All three tracks are great. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Ligiea
Your Ghost Is A Gift
Ferret Music
43:04 – 11 Tracks
Produced by Ken from Unearth. (the eat a dick guitar guy) you can tell. It has a similar sound and while it has great crisp sounding production. Nothing new or groundbreaking here and again, clean vocals mixed with growls with slow and brutal parts back and forth.

Queensryche
“I’m American” single
Rhino

The first single from Operation:Mindcrime 2 smokes! They really don’t let up in this track and from hearing some of the rest of the album, Queensryche comes out saying “we’re back!” It seems like everyone is saying this is their best album since Promised Land and they’re right. This single is probably the heaviest on the album and has enough themes to remind you it’s a sequel to “O:M”

Lacuna Coil
“Our Truth” single
Century Media
6:57 – 2 Tracks (one “hot version” one “cool version”)
From their forthcoming album Karmakode, a good solid track, puts everything that makes Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil in this track. Good solid music, seems like there’s a lot more female vox than previous efforts, although you know they will market Christina as the main person in this band… understandible! Decent track, we’ll probably play this, but other stations have jumped on it, so probably not for very long.

Here’s what we played on March 6, 2006! Hope you enjoyed it…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Revolting Cocks — Caliente (Dark Entries) — Cocked and Loaded — 13th Planet — Y — N
Devin Townsend Band — Vampira — Synchestra — InsideOut — Y — N
Remembering Never — Pocket Full Of Dirt — God Save Us — Ferret — Y — N
Waterdown — Moshpit Etiquette — All Riot — Victory — Y — N
Clawfinger — The Best & The Worst — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Cathedral — Beneath A Funeral Sun — The Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Agnostic Front — Public Assistance — Live At CBGB — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Himsa — Calling In Silent — Hail Horror — Prosthetic — Y — N
If Hope Dies — Anthem For The Unemployable — Life In Ruin — Ironclad — Y — N
Sworn Enemy — No Second Chances — The Beginning of the End — Abacus — Y — N
Hatebreed — Call For Blood — Perseverance — Universal — N — Y
Death Angel — Cold Gin — Frolic Through The Park — Restless — N — Y
The Sword — Freya — Age Of Winters — Kemado — Y — N
Savatage — Thorazine Shuffle — Gutter Ballet — Atlantic — N — Y
Queensryche — I’m American — Operation Mindcrime II — Rhino — Y — Y
Down Factor — Seethe — Murder The World — Scourge — Y — N
Torture — Ignominious Slaughter — Storm Alert — Escapi — Y — N
Benedictum — Ashes to Ashes — Uncreation — Locomotive — Y — N
Lazarus — The Onslaught Pt. 2 – Rebirth — 3 Song — Local — Y — N
Sepultura — Dark Wood Of Error — Dante XXI — SPV — Y — N
Sepultura — Convicted In Life — Dante XXI — SPV — Y — N
Slayer — Angel of Death — Reign In Blood — American — N — Y
Metallica — Shortest Straw — …And Justice For All — Elektra — N — Y
Entombed — I For An Eye — Morning Star — Koch — N — Y
Sepultura — Amen — Chaos AD — Roadrunner — N — Y
Morbid Angel — Chapel of Ghouls — Altars of Madness — Earache — N — Y
Kreator — Endless Pain — Past Life Trauma — Noise — N — Y
Demiricous — To Serve Is To Destroy — One (Hellbound) — Metal Blade — Y — N
Amorphis — House Of Sleep — Eclipse — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
In Flames — Dead End — Come Clarity — Ferret — Y — N
Dismember — The God That Never Was — The God That Never Was — Candlelight — Y — N
Hurt Locker — The End Of An Age — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm — Y — N
Krisiun — Natural Genocide — AssassiNation — Century Media — Y — N
Hacavitz — Nightwinds — Venganza — Moribund — Y — N
Deicide — Once Upon The Cross — Once Upon The Cross — Roadrunner — N — Y
Suicide Silence — About A Plane Crash — Suicide Silence — Third Degree — Y — N
Kataklysm — To Reign Again — In The Arms of Devastation — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Torture Killer — Obsessed With Homicide — Swarm! — Metal Blade — Y — N
The Ocean — Dead Serious & Highly Professional — Aeolian — Metal Blade — Y — N

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 3/6/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
4) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
5) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
6) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
7) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
8) Suicide Silence — Suicide Silence — Third Degree
9) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
10) Devin Townsend Band — Synchestra — Inside Out
11) The Sword — Age of Winters — Kemado
12) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Hacavitz — Venganza — Moribund Cult
15) Krisiun — AssassiNation — Century Media
16) Torture Killer — Swarm! — Metal Blade
17) If Hope Dies — Life In Ruin — Ironclad
18) Torture — Storm Alert — Escapi
19) Amorphis — Eclipse — Nuclear Blast
20) Remembering Never — God Save Us — Ferret

Top 5 Adds
1) Sepultura
2) The Ocean
3) Benedictum
4) Dismember
5) Revolting Cocks

Other Adds: Agnostic Front, Facedowninshit, Unearthly Trance, Glenn Tipton, Boysetsfire

After a few weeks of not a whole lot of new stuff, we’re blasted with a lot of releases this week…

Revolting Cocks
Locked and Loaded
13th Planet
55:12 – 11 Tracks
I don’t really know much about the Revolting Cocks except that it’s a bunch of people including Jello Biafra, Al Jourgensen and Rick Neilsen from Cheap Trick. This is their “reunion” album of sorts, as they are going to tour with Ministry this year. You can definately hear the Al Jourgensen influence, mix in a bit of the Rob Zombie/White Zombie sound and you have this new album. It’s pretty raw and fun! It’s something a bit different than everything else out there and you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Sepultura
Dante XXI
SPV Records
39:03 – 15 Tracks
Finally! A new Sepultura album. No one really sounds just like them, and they have their classic sound. I think they’ll always have the shadow of Max looming over them, but now, this album is thrashin’, basic meat and potatoes Sepultura metal. Catchy riffs, Igor’s signaure tribalesque drumming, great growls from Derrick and of course not really any messing around. Just a bunch of fairly short, straight-to-the-point tracks here. Of course you’ll hear this on the Pit.

The Ocean
Aeolian
Metal Blade Records
52:59 – 10 Tracks
This album/band has the sludgey sound with some growls goin ong. The fact sheet with the cd says it’s recommended if you like Mastodon, Burst or Cult of Luna. It’s pretty heavy and aggressive, but not terribly speedy. It kind of mixes the doom sound with some grindcore, but throws in some great meaty riffage! This is the kind of stuff I’m not good at writing about… can you tell? oh wait, I’m not good at writing any of this stuff at all! It’s pretty good, and again, it’s nice that it’s not another metalcore band!

Dismember
The God That Never Was
Candlelight
35:33 – 11 Tracks
At the very first listen, I’d have to say this sounds a bit like Napalm Death. It’s got some great guitar going on, and it has a bit of a Six Feet Under / Cannibal Corpse feel to it as well. Nothing groundbreaking on here, but it’s a solid release from these guys and you’ll hear it on the Pit.

Benedictum
Uncreation
Locomotive Records
53:29 – 11 Tracks
This is one of those “chick singer” bands. haha. Actually it’s a good solid power/thrash band with a female lead singer. Has a bit of the heavier Judas Priest sound for the music and heck, she kind of sounds like Rob Halford a bit to boot! Again with a lot of stuff out these days, nothing ground breaking, but it’s got good production, great playing and it’s not metalcore! You’ll hear this on the Pit!!

Boysetsfire
Cliffs Notes Of Boysetsfire EP
24:20 – 7 Tracks
This is an EP to create awareness of this band by recapping some of their songs from 3 albums. Uh…. yeah… with a name like Boysetsfire, I just don’t think of METAL. If I were a solid rock station, I might LOVE this. As a metal show dude, it’s my duty to try and filter this out so you don’t have to hear this alongside Slayer, In Flames and Kataklysm! Sorrrry Boysetsfire!!

Agnostic Front
Live at CBGB’s
Nuclear Blast
54:25 – 21 Tracks
Yup, it’s Agnostic Front. New album last year, live album/DVD this year! What can you say… it’s Agnostic Front with the goofy lead vocals and it’s live. Production/mixing sounds good and clean, so it’s not some bootleg quality… but yet still raw sounding as you’d expect anything from Agnostic Front to sound. You’ll probably hear this on the pit.. the songs are short!!

Here’s one from late in the mail…
Nebula
Apollo
Liquor and Poker
38:07 – 14 tracks
Again… nothing groundbreaking on this release, just another new solid album from stoner rockers Nebula. And again, I can’t really say much more about it, as I’m a sucky writer. If you like Nebula, and that vein of stoner metal, this will totally fit the bill.

Other releases we’re waiting in the mail for that are supposed to “add” this week are…
Facedowninshit, Unearthly Trance, Glenn Tipton

WORT’s Winter Pledge drive kicked off on February 19th and will run until March 4th. This means that The Mosh Pit will have Pledge drive nights on Feb. 20th and Feb. 27th. Please call during the show and pledge! (608 256-2001 or listen to the show for the Toll Free number too.)

Phone pledges can be with a credit card, check, auto-give (payroll deduction through Community Shares) or we can bill you. Any tickets that you receive as a thank you give must have the pledge paid before the event date.

If you’d rather just donate online, you can do so by following this link: https://secure.wort-fm.org/form.html It is a secure web site and perfectly safe to donate online.
If you’ve ever listened to the Mosh Pit before, especually during a pledge drive, you’ll know that we have some special incentives that other shows on WORT do not have. Of course these cater specifically to you, the metal loving audience.

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/27/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
4) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
7) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
8) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
11) Suicide Silence — Suicide Silence — Third Degree
12) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
15) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
16) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
17) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
18) Devin Townsend Band — Synchestra — Inside Out
19) Hacavitz — Venganza — Moribund Cult
20) The Sword — Age of Winters — Kemado

Top 5 Adds
1) Amorphis
2) If Hope Dies
3) Enforsaken
4) Loudness
5) Soil

Other Adds: Horror High Presents

Here’s what’s on the table for this week…

Amorphis
Eclipse
Nuclear Blast
44:14 – 10 Tracks

The long awaited new album from Amorphis with their new singer! It sounds pretty good. They still have their trademark sound. It’s well put together, catchy, definately good, and of course, not a clone to Elegy or 1000 Lakes, but there’s still strong hints of that great era. It’s new Amorphis… it’s good, what more can you say? You’ll Hear this on the Mosh Pit!

If Hope Dies
Life In Ruin
Metal Blade
36:41 – 11 Tracks
Well, I don’t know what to call this… It seems like there’s a new wave of metal-core. Not the typical metal core, but the in your face, heavy, relentless pounding of all that is metal. They say it’s recommended if you like Still Remains, Unearth or All That Remains. It’s good stuff, great production, catchy yet meaty speedy riffs and brutal vocals round it all out. They are on Trevor from Unearth’s label imprint (Ironclad), and this genre seems to be the new metal trend…

Soil
True Self
DRT
43:29 – 12 Tracks
New singer, New label, heavier sound! Its good… this is what Soil needed, a lil kick into the metal realm. Granted it will probably end up being more mainstream, it definately has its roots more in metal than “nu metal.” You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit… that is until other stations play the hell out of it!

Daylight Dies
Dismantling Devotion
Candlelight
This was a CD that was late… It sounds pretty decent, a bit like Moonspell, but mix in some Katatonia, but more of a doomy sound. You’ll probably hear this on the pit.

Enforsaken and Loudness have new albums out that should be in the mail at the station tonight when I get down there.

Thanks to the guys in The Red Chord and Still Remains for coming in and hanging out with the Mosh Pit. Also, thanks to those who pledged to the Station!

Songs played on the Mosh Pit from 11p-2a on February 20th, 2006…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Throwdown — We Will Rise — Vendetta — Trustkill — Y — N
Himsa — Seminal — Hail Horror — Prosthetic — Y — N
Bleeding Through — Line In The Sand — The Truth — Trustkill — Y — N
Burst — Where The Wave Broke — Origo — Relapse — Y — N
The Red Chord — Upper Decker — Clients — Metal Blade — Y — N
Still Remains — White Walls — Of Love And Lunacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Dark Funeral — 666 Voices Inside — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight — Y — N
Roadrunner United — Army Of The Sun — The All Star Sessions — Roadrunner — Y — N
Dozen Furies — Awake And Lifeless — A Concept From Fire — Divine — Y — N
The Red Chord — Fixation on Plastics — Clients — Metal Blade — Y — N
Demiricous — Cheat The Leader — One — Metal Blade — Y — N
Still Remains — Stare And Wonder — Of Love And Lunacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Celtic Frost — Circle Of The Tyrants — Morbid Tales — — N — Y
Black Dahlia Murder — I’m Charming — Miasma — Metal Blade — Y — N
In Flames — Scream — Come Clarity — Ferret — Y — N
Sworn Enemy — All I Have — The Beginning Of The End — Abacus — Y — N
Chimaira — Severed — Chimaira — Roadrunner — Y — N
Scarlet — On Fire — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret — Y — N
Waterdown — My Hopelessness And Me — All Riot — Victory — Y — N
Dryline — Last Day To Forget — Reach For The Surface — Zero Sun — Y — N
Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Down Factor — Gods Of War — Murder The World — Scourge — Y — N
Mercyful Fate — A Dangerous Meeting — Don’t Break The Oath — Roadracer — N — Y
Iron Maiden — Sun And Steel — Piece of Mind — Sanctuary — N — Y
Iced Earth — Last December — The Blessed And The Damned — Century Media — Y — Y
Sanctuary — Future Tense — Into The Mirror Black — Epic — N — Y
Dimmu Borgir — Vinder Fra En Enson Grau — Stormblast — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Callenish Circle — Ignorant — Pitch Black Effects — Metal Blade — Y — N
Kataklysm — Let Them Burn — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Malignancy — Intestinal Sodomy — Intrauterine Cannibalism — United Gutteral — N — Y
Searing I — The Gift/Curse — Bloodshred — Black Lotus — Y — N
Slayer — War Ensemble — Seasons In The Abyss — American — N — Y