WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 10/16/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Napalm Death — Smear Campaign — Century Media
2) Iron Maiden — A Matter of Life and Death — Sanctuary
3) Trivium — The Crusade — Roadrunner
4) Hatesphere — The Sickness Within — SPV
5) Gwar — Beyond Hell — DRT
6) Deicide — The Stench of Redemption — Earache
7) Lamb of God — Sacrament — Epic
8) Vader — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight
9) Blind Guardian — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast
10) Cradle of Filth — Thornography — Roadrunner
11) Legion of the Damned — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive
12) Suffocation — Suffocation — Relapse
13) Goatwhore — A Haunting Curse — Metal Blade
14) Heaven Shall Burn — Deaf To Our Prayers — Century Media
15) Mastodon — Blood Mountain — Reprise
16) Light This City — Facing The Thousand — Prosthetic
17) Unearth — III: In The Eyes of Fire — Metal Blade
18) Built Upon Frustration — The Book of Mourning — Da Core
19) Into Eternity — The Scattering of Ashes — Century Media
20) Wolf — The Black Flame — Prosthetic

Top 5 Adds
1) Angra
2) The Haunted
3) Insomnium
4) Children of Bodom
5) Killswitch Engage

Other Adds: Gaza, Grave Digger, A Static Lullaby

Angra
Aurora Consurgens
SPV
50:47 – 10 Tracks
The new release from Angra. There’s always a lot of buzz around these guys, but I don’t always get their new stuff sent to the radio station, as in the case of their last album. I was looking forward to hearing this new one, as it’s my first time hearing the new singer. He certainly holds his own. Big shoes to fill. Angra has a great sound, fast heavy metal, but still having some nice cheesy power metal element there to round it out. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

The Haunted
The Dead Eye
Century Media
55:02 – 13 Tracks
This CD starts off all metal and kicking your ass, as you would expect The Haunted to do. As you delve into the CD more, it does still stay heavy, although some tracks slow down and get a bit more “deep” or even Black Sabbathy (track 4). They seem to stay true to their roots. My first listen, I didn’t really like it much, I thought it sounded more like metalcore, but upon second listen, it’s classic The Haunted. I must have been half asleep! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Insomnium
Above The Weeping Worlds
Candlelight Records
53:00 – 9 Tracks
Melodic scandanavian death metal! They have a bit of a Hypocrisy sound, but possibly with more death vocals. Some great guitar harmonies and melodies. It’s a bit of a run of the mill scandanavian melodic death album. It’s good stuff though, you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!

Children Of Bodom
Chaos Ridden Years: Stockholm Knockout Live
Spinefarm
42:06 – 9 Tracks
Not much you can say about this. It’s a live album from Children of Bodom. The sound is a bit boomy. It doesn’t sound like there was much post production involved. I’m not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing. Right now, I’m going to have to say that’s a bad thing. With a band as intricate as CoB, I’d expect a bit more of a clean sound. But hey, it’s CoB, and I’m sure it’ll sound better over the air, therefore you will hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Gaza
I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die
Blackmarket/Metal Blade
50:05 – 11 Tracks
The bio sheet says they play “a dark, glooming and frantic breed of hardcore and metal mixed with grind.” That sums it up pretty good too. It’s heavy and intense. If there’s time, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Grave Digger
Yesterday EP
Locomotive
20:58 – 4 Tracks
Just a 3 song EP from these guys, one track is a Led Zep cover of “No Quarter”, two of the tracks are the title track, “Yesterday” one normal version and one with an orchestra. The title track is a bit slow and doesn’t ever really get rockin’. The one other track, “The Reapers Dance” does get pretty heavy. Again, if there’s time, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Killswitch Engage
As Daylight Dies Sampler
Roadrunner
12:27 – 3 Tracks
A three song sampler from their new album (“As Daylight Dies”) out on Nov. 21st. This is classic KsE. Heavy, whiney, heavy, singy, heavy, heavy, singy. The title track almost has some Pantera vibe in the guitar sound. They still have their metalcore trademark sound, which will never change. It’s new KsE, they came up through metal radio, and we’ll play this new stuff for you first too.

A Static Lullaby
A Static Lullaby
Warner Bros.
As expected… stereotypical metalcore here. Heavy songs, melodic singy choruses. This seems to have more clean vocals in spots than good angry screams. The songs are put together well, cool guitar riffs and stuff. But as with most new metalcore stuff these days, nothing groundbreaking, and you may hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Stuff that didn’t arrive by show time last week…

Tyr
Ragnarok
Napalm
60:51 – 16 Tracks
A folky metal band. Take some prog, scandanavian metal, of course, some Amorphis, and maybe a little more folksy vocals. There are some cool proggy breakdowns. It’s interesting stuff. Wanna hear it? Request it!

The Esoteric
Subverter
Prosthetic
43:57 – 10 Tracks
First impression reminds me of a little more sloppy grungy Mastodon. This Cd stays pretty true to that impression throughout. Pretty decent and not really like a lot of stuff out there.

Autumn’s End
Act of Attrition
Hammermill
48:07 – 12 Tracks
Technical death metal sounding. It’s got a little bit of everything metal. Some good ol thrash sound, some death metal vocals, some black metal screams… all sorts of cool stuff. It’s interesting, you may like it… if you’re curious… request it!!

Imperial
We Sail At Dawn
Pluto
32:37 – 11 Tracks
I had one song from these guys last week. They are more of the Unearth line of metalcore, mostly just heavy, not too much in the whiney chorus clean vocal area. That’s not to say it’s completely absent. The vocals stay pretty brutal and the guitar work sounds scandanavian, so what can you say?

Draconian
The Burning Halo
Napalm
54:00 – 8 Tracks
Gothic Doom metal from Sweden. That’s pretty much right on. Growly death male vocals and nice pleasant female singing around it, with some long drawn out classic gothic doom metal music to back it up. I’m personally not into this genre, but if you want to hear it…yup, you guest it. Request it!!

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Mastodon — Capillarian Crest — Blood Mountain — Reprise — Y — N
It Dies Today — A Constant Reminder — Sirens — Trustkill — Y — N
Imperial — We Sail At Dawn — We Sail At Dawn — Pluto — Y — N
Endwell — The End — Homeland Insecurity — Victory — Y — N
Built Upon Frustration — Perish — The Book Of Mourning — Da’ Core — Y — N
Trivium — Detonation — The Crusade — Roadrunner — Y — N
Lamb of God — Beating On Death’s Door — Sacrament — Epic — Y — N
Unearth — Giles — III: In The Eyes Of Fire — Metal Blade — Y — N
Hatebreed — Spitting Venom — Supremacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Anthrax — Caught In A Mosh — Gigantour 2005 2-CD Set — Image — Y — Y
Light This City — The Unwelcome Savior — Facing The Thousand — Prosthetic — Y — N
Carcass — Child’s Play — Swansong — Earache — N — Y
Carcass — Corporal Jigsore Quandary — Necroticsm — Earache — N — Y
Mirror Black — Legion — EP — Local — Y — N
Cellador — Leaving All Behind — Enter Deception — Metal Blade — Y — N
Blind Guardian — Fly — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Dream Theater — Metropolis Part 1 — Score — Rhino — Y — N
Iron Maiden — Different World — A Matter Of Life and Death — Sanctuary — Y — N
Mystic Prophecy — Master Of Sins — Savage Souls — Locomotive — Y — N
Circle II Circle — Revelations — Burden of Truth — Locomotive — Y — N
Gwar — Eight Lock — Beyond Hell — DRT — Y — N
Eden’s Fall — Blur The Lines — 3 Song Sampler — LOCAL — N — Y
Bludgeon — Unholy Murder — World Controlled — Magic Circle — Y — N
Heaven Shall Burn — The Final March — Deaf To Our Prayers — Century Media — Y — N
Napalm Death — In Deference — Smear Campaign — Century Media — Y — N
Goatwhore — Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult — A Haunting Curse — Metal Blade — Y — N
Amon Amarth — Valhall Awaits Me — With Oden On Our Side — Metal Blade — Y — N
Hatesphere — Heaven Is Ready To Fall — The Sickness Within — SPV — Y — N
Vader — Predator — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight — Y — N
Legion of the Damned — Bleed For Me — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive — Y — N
Cradle of Filth — The Byronic Man — Thornography — Roadrunner — Y — N
Deicide — Black Night — The Stench of Redemption — Earache — Y — N
Suffocation — Bind Torture Kill — Suffocation — Relapse — Y — N
Mayhem — A Grand Declaration Of War — A Grand Declaration Of War — Necropolis — N — Y
Stuck Mojo — Enemy Territory — Rising — Century Media — N — Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 10/9/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Napalm Death — Smear Campaign — Century Media
2) Deicide — The Stench of Redemption — Earache
3) Hatesphere — The Sickness Within — SPV
4) Lamb of God — Sacrament — Epic
5) Gwar — Beyond Hell — DRT
6) Iron Maiden — A Matter of Life and Death — Sanctuary
7) Legion of the Damned — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive
8) Unearth — III: In The Eyes of Fire — Metal Blade
9) Vader — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight
10) Blind Guardian — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast
11) Trivium — The Crusade — Roadrunner
12) Suffocation — Suffocation — Relapse
13) Cradle of Filth — Thornography — Roadrunner
14) Heaven Shall Burn — Deaf To Our Prayers — Century Media
15) Goatwhore — A Haunting Curse — Metal Blade
16) Mastodon — Blood Mountain — Reprise
17) Dream Theater — Score — Rhino
18) Hatebreed — Supremacy — Roadrunner
19) Light This City — Facing The Thousand — Prosthetic
20) Built Upon Frustration — The Book of Mourning — Da Core

Top 5 Adds
1) Amon Amarth
2) Bludgeon
3) It Dies Today
4) Imperial
5) Endwell

Other Adds: The Esoteric, Autumn’s End, Tyr, Nightwish

It Dies Today
Sirens
Trustkill
38:47 – 11 Tracks
They are one of the better, more popular metal-core bands. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s still pretty solid heavy stuff, along with some singy sing along choruses. They have a bit of the Unearth thing going on, but with less metal and more whiney chorus. You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Stolen Babies
There Be Squabbles Ahead
The End
49:14 – 13 Tracks
This is hard to put a finger on, one could compare it to some Rob Zombie for the creepy factor, but also to Dog Fashion Disco for the wacky crazy with organs factor, or even some vocal harmonies similar to Faith No More. You could throw some Mindless Self Indulgence in the mix too. It’s definately creepy and all over the place, just in time for halloween too!!

Imperial
We Sail At Dawn (single)
1 Track
This CD didn’t arrive in time, but it’s another new metal-core-ish release. This song, however has some great guitar melodies and some great chugga chugga metal. It does stay troooo to the “Breakdown”, but it has some almost black metal sound to some parts. You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Endwell
Homeland Insecurity
Victory
41:27 – 12 Tracks
It must be new metalcore release week! It starts off just about every song all brutal and metal, and just like any stereotypical metalcore song, it’ll lead into the singy melodic chorus part. You may hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Circle II Circle
Burden of Truth
Locomotive
49:51 – 11 Tracks
This is the hard rock/prog power metal band featuring the old singer from Savatage, Zak Stevens. This is the third album from this project. It’s more hard rock than metal, pretty conservative. It is more reminiscent of old Whitesnake or that sort of power metal type of stuff. There are some heavier tracks on here, so you may hear those on the Mosh Pit.

Bludgeon
World Controlled
Magic Circle
37:26 – 11 Tracks
These guys are back with their next real metal CD. While I thought their last release was just balls out metal. This one is all metal, but has a more stand out scream for vocals, rather than some brutal screaming. This album has a bit more hardcore sound than their first album. It’s still great stuff, as it’s more metal and thrash than any sort of hardcore or metalcore.

Amon Amarth
With Oden On Our Side
Metal Blade
42:23 – 9 Tracks
Pretty much the originators of Swedish Viking death metal, they are back with their first album in a couple years. It’s heavy, with meaty riffs, great abrasive, brutal vocals and a driving drum attack. This kind of music is always welcome on the Mosh Pit, and to have it be from a long time artist, not just another copy cat makes it even better!

Here’s what we played on the show tonight…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Destroy The Runner — My Darkness — Saints — SolidState — Y — N
Unearth — Sanctitiy of Brothers — III: In The Eyes of Fire — Metal Blade — Y — N
Zyklon — Disintegrate — Disintegrate — Candlelight — N — Y
Vader — Field of Heads — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight — Y — N
Cannibal Corpse — Stripped Raped and Strangled — The Bleeding — Metal Blade — N — Y
Deicide — Never To Be Seen Again — The Stench of Redemption — Earache — Y — N
Napalm Death — Freedom Is The Wage Of Sin — Smear Campaign — Century Media — Y — N
Legion of the Damned — Taste Of The Whip — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive — Y — N
Suffocation — Redemption — Suffocation — Metal Blade — Y — N
Goatwhore — Bloodletting Upon The Cloven Hoof — A Haunting Curse — Metal Blade — Y — N
Cradle of Filth — Libertina Grimm — Thronography — Roadrunner — Y — N
Chthonic — Progeny Of Rmdax Tasing — Seedig Bale — Down Port — Y — N
Regurgitate — Abducens Eminence — Sickening Bliss — Relapse — Y — N
Regurgitate — Euphoric State Of Butchery — Sickening Bliss — Relapse — Y — N
Into Eternity — Severe Emotional Distress — The Scattering Of Ashes — Century Media — Y — N
Trivium — Ignition — The Crusade — Roadrunner — Y — N
Heaven Shall Burn — Profane Believers — Deaf To Our Prayers — Century Media — Y — N
Gojira — Backbone — From Mars To Sirius — Prosthetic — Y — N
Hatesphere — The Coming Of Chaos — The Sickness Within — SPV — Y — N
Lamb Of God — Forgotten — Sacrament — Epic — Y — N
Slayer — Skeleton Christ — Christ Illusion — American — Y — N
Hatebreed — Never Let It Die — Supremacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Gwar — The One That Will Not Be Named — Beyond Hell — DRT — Y — N
Dark Shift — Trial By Stone — Gaining Ground — LOCAL — Y — N
Lazarus — The Onslaught Part 1 – Revolution — EP — LOCAL — N — Y
Underthreat — Kingdom Of Eternal Crisis — Deathmosphere — Barbarian — Y — N
Mushroomhead — Tattoo — Savior Sorrow — Megaforce — Y — Y
Dream Theater — Raise The Knife — Score — Rhino — Y — N
Blind Guardian — Turn The Page — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Iron Maiden — Lord Of Light — A Matter Of Life And Death — Sanctuary — Y — N
Nevermore — Narcosythesis — Dead Heart In A Dead World — Century Media — N — Y
Suicidal Tendencies — You Can’t Bring Me Down — Lights Camera Revolution — Epic — N — Y
Amorphis — Better Unborn — Elegy — Relapse — N — Y
Satyricon — K.I.N.G. — Now, Diabolical — Century Media — Y — Y
Immolation — Burn With Jesus — Here In After — Metal Blade — N — Y
Strapping Young Lad — You Suck — The New Black — Century Media — Y — Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 10/5/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Lamb of God — Sacrament — Epic
2) Unearth — III: In The Eyes of Fire — Metal Blade
3) Deicide — The Stench of Redemption — Earache
4) Legion of the Damned — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive
5) Hatesphere — The Sickness Within — SPV
6) Gwar — Beyond Hell — DRT
7) Napalm Death — Smear Campaign — Century Media
8) Hatebreed — Supremacy — Roadrunner
9) Gojira — From Mars To Sirius — Prosthetic
10) Iron Maiden — A Matter of Life and Death — Sanctuary
11) Slayer — Christ Illusion — American
12) Vader — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight
13) Blind Guardian — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast
14) Trivium — The Crusade — Roadrunner
15) Dream Theater — Score — Rhino
16) Cradle of Filth — Thornography — Roadrunner
17) Suffocation — Suffocation — Relapse
18) Mushroomhead — Savior Sorrow — Megaforce
19) Heaven Shall Burn — Deaf To Our Prayers — Century Media
20) Goatwhore — A Haunting Curse — Metal Blade

Top 5 Adds
1) Into Eternity
2) Chthonic
3) Regurgitate
4) Draconian
5) Destroy The Runner

Other Adds: Fahrenheit 451

Into Eternity
The Scattering Of Ashes
Century Media
41:22 – 11 Tracks
The best of power metal and power technical death/black metal these days. They’ve gone through a ton of lineup changes, but as with a lot of bands like that, they have the one visionary that is his band (Tim Roth) that keeps the sound on the track. The songs are well put together, heavy, melodic and crisp and clear sound. You’ll definately hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Fahrenheit 451
If I Knew Then What I Know Now…
Awake Strong Records
76:28 – 22 Tracks
Kind of old school metal/rap/punk… similar to Bad Brains… This CD/DVD set has demos and a lot of previously unreleased material, which if you are a fan, it’s cool, but this is not really Mosh Pit material. Due to a light week of new stuff, you might hear this!

Regurgitate
Sickening Bliss
Relapse Records
36:09 – 26 Tracks
A lot of really short tracks on this CD. Glassic gore/grind sounding death metal. Simple death metal blast beats and guitar grinding, vomitous screams and growls round this out. There isn’t much stuff like this out there anymore, and it will be a welcome addition to the Mosh Pit!

Chthonic
Seediq Bale
Down Port Music
Melodic black metal from Taiwan! Some cool keyboard stuff, great guitar shredding, and drums either severely triggered or from a drum machine thrown all together with some classic black metal scream growl vocals. It all works together, and it’s also a bonus that it’s some extreme metal music coming from Asia. You’ll hear this in the Mosh Pit.

Here’s what we played on the show tonight…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Trivium — Becoming The Dragon — The Crusade — Roadrunner — Y — N
Brand New Sin — Said And Done — Tequila — Century Media — Y — N
Black Label Society — Blacked Out World — Shot To Hell — Roadrunner — Y — N
Mushroomhead — Simple Survival — Savior Sorrow — Megaforce — Y — N
Behold The Arctopus — Exospacial Psionic Aura — Nano Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning — Metal Blade — Y — N
Gojira — The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe — From Mars To Sirius — Prosthetic — Y — N
The Human Abstract — Echelons To Molotovs — Nocturne — Hopeless — Y — N
Unearth — Bled Dry — III: In The Eyes Of Fire — Metal Blade — Y — N
Lamb of God — Blacken The Cursed Sun — Sacrament — Epic — Y — N
Hatebreed — The Most Truth — Supremacy — Roadrunner — Y — N
Gwar — Destroyed — Beyond Hell — DRT — Y — N
Pantera — Strength Beyond Strength — Far Beyond Driven — Atlantic — N — Y
Machine Head — Davidian — Burn My Eyes — Roadrunner — N — Y
Slayer — Catalyst — Christ Illusion — American — Y — N
Blind Guardian — Otherland — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Iron Maiden — The Longest Day — A Matter Of Life And Death — Sanctuary — Y — N
Dream Theater — Octavarium — Score — Rhino — Y — N
Mystic Prophecy — Shadows Beyond My Soul — Savage Souls — Locomotive — Y — N
Wolf — I Will Kill Again — The Black Flame — Prosthetic — Y — N
Testament — Practice What You Preach — Practice What You Preach — Atlantic — N — Y
Overkill — Wrecking Crew — Taking Over — Atlantic — N — Y
Exodus — Deliver Us To Evil — Bonded By Blood — Combat — N — Y
Venom — Black Metal — Cast In Stone — Sanctuary — N — Y
Celtic Frost — Dethroned Emperor — Morbid Tales — Noise — N — Y
Unleashed — This Is Our World Now — Midvinterblot — SPV — Y — N
Vader — Helleluyah (God Is Dead) — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight — Y — N
Hatesphere — Murderous Intent — The Sickness Within — SPV — Y — N
Legion of the Damned — Demonfist — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive — Y — N
Cradle of Filth — Tonight In Flames — Thornography — Roadrunner — Y — N
Unexpect — Megalomaniac Tree — In A Flesh Aquarium — The End — Y — N
Deicide — Not Of This Earth — Not Of This Earth — Earache — Y — N
Suffocation — Misconcieved — Suffocation — Relapse — Y — N
Napalm Death — When All Is Said And Done — Smear Campaign — Century Media — Y — N
Psychostick — Beer!! — Beer!! EP — Rock Ridge — Y — N
Nevermore — The Sound of Silence — Dead Heart In a Dead World — Century Media — N — Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 9/25/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Lamb of God — Sacrament — Epic
2) Unearth — III: In The Eyes of Fire — Metal Blade
3) Hatebreed — Supremacy — Roadrunner
4) Deicide — The Stench of Redemption — Earache
5) Slayer — Christ Illusion — American
6) Hatesphere — The Sickness Within — SPV
7) Gwar — Beyond Hell — DRT
8) Legion of the Damned — Malevolent Rapture — Locomotive
9) Gojira — From Mars To Sirius — Prosthetic
10) Human Abstract — Nocturne — Hopeless
11) Iron Maiden — A Matter of Life and Death — Sanctuary
12) Napalm Death — Smear Campaign — Century Media
13) Vader — Impressions In Blood — Candlelight
14) Blind Guardian — A Twist In The Myth — Nuclear Blast
15) Dream Theater — Score — Rhino
16) Behold the Arctopus — Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning — Blackmarket
17) Black Label Society — Shot To Hell — Roadrunner
18) Mushroomhead — Savior Sorrow — Megaforce
19) Cradle of Filth — Thornography — Roadrunner
20) Suffocation — Suffocation — Relapse

Top 5 Adds
1) Wolf
2) Trivium
3) Unleashed
4) Mystic Prophecy
5) Brand New Sin

Other Adds: Destroy The Runner, Unexpect