Here’s what we played on the July 31 edition of the Mosh Pit…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Strapping Young Lad — Wrong Side — The New Black — Century Media — Y — N
Unearth — Sanctity of Brothers — III: In The Eyes Of Fire — Metal Blade — Y — N
Burn In Silence — Rebirth — Angel Maker — Prosthetic — Y — N
All That Remains — Whispers — The Fall Of Ideals — Prosthetic — Y — N
The Acacia Strain — Demolishor — The Dead War — Prosthetic — Y — N
Zao — Killing Time ‘Til It’s Time To Die — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret — Y — N
The Human Abstract — Crossing The Rubicon — Nocturne — Hopeless — Y — N
Shadows Fall — Deadworld — Fallout From The War — Century Media — Y — N
Bury Your Dead — The Poison Apple — Beauty And The Breakdown — Victory — Y — N
Walls of Jericho — And Hope To Die — With Devils Amongst Us All — Trustkill — Y — N
Gwar — War Party — Sounds of the Underground 06 — Ferret — Y — N
Voivod — Dognation — Katorz — The End — Y — N
Mahavatar — Raw — From The Sun, The Rain, The Wind, The Soil — Escapi — Y — N
Indorphine — Motor Driven Puppy Stabber — Glowsticks For Clubbing Baby Seals — Rock Ridge — Y — N
Between The Buried And Me — Territory — The Anatomy Of… — Victory — Y — N
Flotsam and Jetsam — Smoked Out — Drift — MCA — N — Y
Sacred Reich — Free — Independent — Metal Blade — N — Y
Death Angel — Discontinued — Act III — DGC — N — Y
Megadeth — Tornado of Souls — Rust In Peace — Capitol — N — Y
Anthrax — Got The Time — Persistence of Time — Island — N — Y
Slayer — War Ensemble — Seasons In The Abyss — American — N — Y
Slayer — Eyes of the Insane — Christ Illusion 3 Song — American — Y — Y
Cellador — Releasing The Shadow — Enter Deception — Metal Blade — Y — N
Dragonforce — Operation Ground and Pound — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner — Y — N
Derek Sherinian — Blood of the Snake — Blood of the Snake — Inside Out — Y — N
Metal Church — Pill For The Kill — A Light In The Dark — SPV — Y — N
Adiago — Terror Jungle — Dominate — Locomotive — Y — N
From A Second Story Window — Dark Waters of Thought — Delenda — Blackmarket — Y — N
All Shall Perish — Eradication — The Price of Existence — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Skinless — Overlord — Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead — Relapse — Y — N
Cattle Decapitation — Total Gore — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade — Y — N
Deicide — Homage For Satan — Stench of Redemption Sampler — Earache — Y — N
Cannibal Corpse — The Time To Kill Is Now — Kill — Metal Blade — Y — N
Napalm Death — The World Keeps Turning — Utopia Banished — Earache — N — Y
Gorgoroth — Carving A Giant — Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam — Candlelight — Y — Y
Jungle Rot — Victims of Violence — War Zone — Crash — Y — N
Behemoth — Slaves Shall Serve — Demigod — Olympic — Y — Y
Machine Head — I Defy — The Burning Red — Roadrunner — N — Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/31/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Strapping Young Lad — The New Black — Century Media
2) Shadows Fall — Fallout From The War — Century Media
3) Cellador — Enter Deception — Metal Blade
4) Dragonforce — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner
5) Acacia Strain — The Dead Walk — Prosthetic
6) Cattle Decapitation — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade
7) Zao — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret
8) All That Remains — The Fall of Ideals — Prosthetic
9) Metal Church — A Light In The Dark — SPV
10) Bury Your Dead — Beauty and the Breakdown — Victory
11) Skinless — Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead — Relapse
12) Slayer — 3-Song Sampler — American
13) Between The Buried & Me — The Anatomy Of — Victory
14) From A 2nd Story Window — Delenda — Blackmarket
15) Various — Sounds of the Underground ’06 — Ferret
16) Derek Sherinian — Blood of the Snake — InsideOut
17) Walls of Jericho — Sampler — Trustkill
18) Burn In Silence — Angel Maker — Prosthetic
19) Voivod — Katorz — The End
20) Adiago — Dominate — Locomotive

Top 5 Adds
1) Unearth
2) Human Abstract
3) All Shall Perish
4) Deicide
5) Mahavatar

Other Adds: Dream Theater, Indorphine

Mahavatar
From The Sun, The Rain, The Wind, The Soil
Escapi
44:12 – 10 Tracks
This is a tough album to put a label on, they have a nu-metal sound, female “shouty” vocals, not screamy, there are some clean singy, more mellow parts. It’ll then get into some hard rockin’ catchy riffs also. It’s alright, you might hear this on the mosh pit… it’s just not heavy like we like things!

Deicide
2 Song Sampler (from The Stench of Redemption)
Earache
8:13 – 2 Tracks
Glen Benton and his “new band” (Jack Owen and Ralph Santolla) have their now first release. It starts off fairly plain and repetetive. You can’t understand a word he’s saying, but does it matter? Out of the first two tracks, the 2nd one (title track) has a bit less repetition and fits the old Deicide a lil bit better. There is some good guitar work. What can you say, it’s new Deicide and you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit.

All Shall Perish
The Price of Existence
Nuclear Blast
43:05 – 11 Tracks
Technical Grind and Death Metal mixed up, is what the promo sheet starts off with. It’s right on the money too. Some great technical chops, with some good ol cookie monster growls and high screachy brutal screams. Solid production, a lil bit of hardcore with some “breakdowns” But then going right in to some blast beat death metal. It’s for fans who can handle a little bit of everything brutal! You’ll hear this on the mosh pit!

The Human Abstract
Nocturne
Hopeless
46:44 – 12 tracks
Another one of those metalcore bands? No, not really! It’s just got something that’s different. Yes, it does have some metalcore stuff in it, but the guitar work reminds me more of Iron Maiden. The first track goes in and out of melodic slow spots. While I’m personally not a big fan of that, I could just imagine the kids in the pit taking a break to save up for the crazy fast heavy part that it was leading up to. There are clean singy vocals, but also brutal growl screams. The more I listen to it, the more I like it, there are just so many facets to grab a hold of. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Unearth
3 Song Sampler (from III: In the Eyes Of Fire)
Metal Blade
11:52 – 3 Tracks
Produced by the legendary Terry Date, you can actually tell too! The drums just have that punch that he manages to get on everything he does. Everything is so crisp, heavy, just what you would expect. The songs are rip roarin’ heavy and crazy with great melodic instrumental breaks. Everything you’ve known to love about Unearth is here. I can’t wait to hear the full album. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Indorphine
Glowsticks For Clubbing Baby Seals
Rock Ridge
78:59 – 15 Tracks
This is a bit “experimental,” as it’s all over the place a la Mr. Bungle, but then total brutality. It’s interesting. You’ll probably hear this on the mosh pit!

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Chrome Division — Serial Killer — Doomsday Rock ‘N Roll — Nuclear Blast — Y — N
Stone Sour — 30/30 – 150 — Come What(ever) May — Roadrunner — Y — N
Body Count — You Don’t Know Me (Pain) — Murder 4 Hire — Escapi — Y — N
Voivod — The Getaway — Katorz — The End — Y — N
Birds of Prey — Mangled By Mongoloids — Weight of The Wound — Relapse — Y — N
All That Remains — We Stand — The Fall Of Ideals — Prosthetic — Y — N
Walls of Jericho — I Know Hollywood And You Ain’t It — Sampler — Trustkill — Y — N
In Flames — Leeches — Sounds of the Underground ’06 — Ferret — Y — Y
Burn In Silence — Lines From An Epitaph — Angel Maker — Prosthetic — Y — N
Bury Your Dead — A Glass Slipper — Beauty and the Breakdown — Victory — Y — N
Slayer — Cult — Sampler — American — Y — N
Strapping Young Lad — Decimator — The New Black — Century Media — Y — N
The Acacia Strain — See You Next Tuesday — The Dead Walk — Prosthetic — Y — N
Zao — Kingdom Of Thieves — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret — Y — N
Between The Buried and Me — Cemetary Gates — The Anatomy Of — Victory — Y — N
Shadows Fall — Going Going Gone — Fallout From The War — Century Media — Y — N
Broken Teeth — She’s Gonna Blow — Live Blood On The Radio — Perris — N — Y
Terror — All For Revenge — Always The Hard Way — Trustkill — Y — N
Kataklysm — Let Them Burn — In The Arms of Devastation — Nuclear Blast — Y — Y
From A Second Story Window — A Piece Of History Written In English — Deledna — Blackmarket — Y — N
Brian Posehn — Baby — Live In: Nerd Rage — Relapse — Y — N
Brian Posehn — Metal By Numbers — Live In: Nerd Rage — Relapse — Y — N
Derek Sherinian — Czar of Steel — Blood Of The Snake — InsideOut — Y — N
Dragonforce — Storming The Burning Fields — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner — Y — N
Cellador — Wakening — Enter Deception — Metal Blade — Y — N
Adiago — Fire Forever — Dominate — Locomotive — Y — N
Metal Church — The Believer — A Light In The Dark — SPV — Y — N
Metal Church — Rest In Pieces — Blessing In Disguise — Elektra — N — Y
Forbidden — Twisted Into Form — Twisted Into Form — Combat — N — Y
Vicious Rumors — Dust To Dust — Welcome To The Ball — Atlantic — Y — N
Cattle Decapitation — The Carcass Derrick — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade — Y — N
Skinless — WIcked World — Trample The Weak Hurdle The Dead — Relapse — Y — N
Gorgoroth — Wound Upon Wound — Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam — Candlelight — Y — N
Suffocation — Pierced From Within — Pierced From Within — Roadrunner — N — Y
Soilwork — The Flamout — Natural Born Chaos — Nuclear Blast — N — Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/24/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Strapping Young Lad — The New Black — Century Media
2) Shadows Fall — Fallout From The War — Century Media
3) Cellador — Enter Deception — Metal Blade
4) Dragonforce — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner
5) Acacia Strain — The Dead Walk — Prosthetic
6) Cattle Decapitation — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade
7) Zao — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret
8) All That Remains — The Fall of Ideals — Prosthetic
9) Metal Church — A Light In The Dark — SPV
10) Skinless — Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead — Relapse
11) Bury Your Dead — Beauty and the Breakdown — Victory
12) Slayer — 3-Song Sampler — American
13) Between The Buried & Me — The Anatomy Of — Victory
14) From A 2nd Story Window — Delenda — Blackmarket
15) Various — Sounds of the Underground ’06 — Ferret
16) Derek Sherinian — Blood of the Snake — InsideOut
17) Walls of Jericho — Sampler — Trustkill
18) Burn In Silence — Angel Maker — Prosthetic
19) Brian Posehn — Live In: Nerd Rage — Relapse
20) Adiago — Dominate — Locomotive

Top 5 Adds
1) Stone Sour
2) Chrome Division
3) Voivod
4) Gorgoroth
5) Body Count

Other Adds: Black Label Society, Sahg, Jungle Rot, Society 1, Twin Method, Soul’s Harbor

Here are some mini reviews of stuff that is new this week…

Body Count
Murder 4 Hire
Escapi
44:52 – 12 Tracks
Good ol Body Count is Back! Pretty raw production, angry lyrics. I’m sure everyone knows Body Count. It’s decent, and it’s nice to have these guys back. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit

Voivod
Katorz
The End
45:09 – 10 Tracks
The long awaited last CD from Piggy. Voivod finished the songs that Piggy laid down the guitar tracks down for. It’s a good solid effort too! I think it’s great that they went on and finished out the album. I’m sure Denis (Piggy) would have wanted it that way. It’s got some great catchy riffs, the production is a bit raw, which is also kind of cool too. This is a no brainer, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Stone Sour
Come What(ever) May
Roadrunner Records
49:00 – 12 Tracks
While we’ve stayed away from this band in the past, as well, all the songs were very “rock”, and not too metal. While on vacation, I got a chance to check out this CD in the car for a couple spins and it grew on me. Yes, there are “rock” moments on it, but they also have a few tracks which are just plain heavy. Of course these will be Mosh Pit material. So, yeah, some great catchy metal songs, with some not so heavy stuff for the other stations in town too. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Gorgoroth
Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Candlelight
31:39 – 8 Tracks
It’s nice to have a new release from these guys. They are the good ol classic satanic black metal band. Not to mention, their frontman, Gaahl is a caricature of himself and all that is black metal. The playing, vocals, well, everything on this release is pretty good. So yeah, tune into the Mosh Pit to hear it!

Sahg
Sahg I
Candlelight
48:26 – 10 Tracks
A bit of a hard rock release. It’s kind of a clean vocal, hard rock, almost “helmetey” in spots, but if I had to compare them to anyone, it’d be Trouble. It’s heavy and has some great meaty riffs, good production too. So, you might hear this on the Mosh Pit. If you don’t and you want to, just email or call in!

Chrome Division
Doomsday Rock n Roll
Nuclear Blast
46:03 – 12 Tracks
Imagine if Shagrath from Dimmu Borgir had a day job… yeah, it’d be as a guitar player in a southern hard rock / motorhead sounding band called Chrome Division. Oh, wait, it’s not an imagination… it’s true! It’s been a project that was on the back burner for many years, and now there’s an album!

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/17/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Strapping Young Lad — The New Black — Century Media
2) Dragonforce — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner
3) Shadows Fall — Fallout From The War — Century Media
4) Cellador — Enter Deception — Metal Blade
5) Acacia Strain — The Dead Walk — Prosthetic
6) Skinless — Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead — Relapse
7) Zao — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret
8) Misery Index — Discordia — Relapse
9) Metal Church — A Light In The Dark — SPV
10) Cattle Decapitation — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade
11) Satyricon — Now, Diabolical — Century Media
12) All That Remains — The Fall of Ideals — Prosthetic
13) Between The Buried & Me — The Anatomy Of — Victory
14) Slayer — 3-Song Sampler — American
15) Bury Your Dead — Beauty and the Breakdown — Victory
16) Sikth — Death Of A Dead Day — Bieler Bros.
17) From A 2nd Story Window — Delenda — Blackmarket
18) Cataract — Kingdom — Metal Blade
19) Various — Sounds of the Underground ’06 — Ferret
20) Celtic Frost — Monotheist — Century Media

Top 5 Adds
1) Derek Sherinian
2) Grave
3) Burn in Silence
4) Adiago
5) Birds of Prey

Other Adds: Terror, Eighteen Visions, Lacrimas Profundere, Wolverine, Oh The Horror

I’ll be on vacation and Mike will be taking over the show this week. But here are some blurbs about the new stuff in the mail this week.

Lacrimas Profundere
Again It’s Over
Napalm
20:17 – 6 Tracks
Besides having a weird name, they are kind of like that doomy Paradise Lost or Moonspell in their “lame” phase. Not to take away from these guys, just a way to describe them! They are okay, just not really heavy, as I like, but it’s good stuff. You may hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Adiago
Dominate
Locomotove
42:43 – 8 Tracks
Heavy progressive black metal, along the lines of Cradle of Filth, at least musically. Vocals are a bit similar to King Diamond in parts, but other parts, just classic power metal. It’s sometimes over the top, like Dragonforce, other parts like some good ol Dream Theater. It’s good, and you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Grave
As Rapture Comes
Century Media
41:13 – 10 Tracks
Classic brutal swedish death metal! No, not the melodic In Flames/Soilwork stuff, good ol brutal stuff. No frills, just fast, growly and brutal with plenty of blast beats. Would you expect any more or less from Grave? You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Burn In Silence
Angel Maker
Prosthetic
38:09 – 10 Tracks
A new release from Prosthetic records. It fits the bill of other bands on the label. Brutal, heavy, angry and clean sounding. Some hardcore elements, but with some power metally keyboards, some clean chorus vocals. They’ve got a nice full sound with the keyboards, then break into some crazy blast beat-double kick stuff. It’s pretty cool, you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Oh The Horror
Hands Pressed Against The Glass
Play The Assassin
41:05 – 10 Tracks
At first sound, it’s yet another emo-metal-core type band. It sounds cool and brutal one minute, then some whiney clean vocal chorus. They have some whiney guitary stuff, not real great production. The kids will like that, but no so much for the Mosh Pit.

Wolverine
Still
Candlelight
52:11 – 9 Tracks
A bit like tool, but not as cool or experimental, maybe just “trippy?” … Just more or less a plain ol rock cd here. It’s more along the lines of Opeth’s “Damnation” album. Good, but not metal! You may hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Birds of Prey
Weight Of The Wound
Relapse
35:39 – 10 Tracks
A bit hardcore, a bit just metal. Hard to describe I guess. It’s kind of classic metal, but with the metalcore/hardcore edge to it. You can definately hear some Biohazard influence! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Here’s what we played on tonight’s show…

ARTIST — TRACK — ALBUM — LABEL — NEW — REQ
Zao — It’s Hard Not To Shake With A Gun In Your Mouth — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret — Y — N
Bury Your Dead — House Of Straw — Beauty And The Breakdown — Victory — Y — N
Walls of Jericho — A Trigger Full of Promises — From Hell — Trustkill — Y — N
All That Remains — It Dwells In Me — The Fall of Ideals — Prosthetic — Y — N
The Acacia Strain — Whoa Shut It Down — The Dead Walk — Prosthetic — Y — N
Lamb of God — Redneck — Redneck EP — Epic — Y — N
Shadows Fall — Carpal Tunnel — Fallout From The War — Century Media — Y — N
Between The Buried And Me — Malpractice — The Anatomy Of — Victory — Y — N
Sikth — Summer Rain — Death Of A Dead Day — Bieler Bros. — Y — N
Strapping Young Lad — Far Beyond Metal — The New Black — Century Media — Y — N
Otep — Warhead — House of Secrets — Capitol — N — Y
Hatebreed — A Call For Blood — Perseverance — Universal — N — Y
Through The Eyes Of The Dead — Two Inches From A Main Artery — Bloodlust — Prosthetic — N — Y
Slayer — Jihad — Radio Sampler — American — Y — N
Metal Church — Mirror of Lies — A Light In The Dark — SPV — Y — N
Cellador — Forever Unbound — Enter Deception — Metal Blade — Y — N
Derek Sherinian — Viking Massacre — Blood Of The Snake — InsideOut — Y — N
Dragonforce — The Flame Of Youth — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner — Y — N
Iron Maiden — Flight Of Icarus — Piece Of Mind — Sanctuary — N — Y
Fight — Into The Pit — War Of Words — Epic — N — Y
Anthrax — I Am The Law — Among The Living — Island — N — Y
Sanctuary — Taste Revenge — Into The Mirror Black — Epic — N — Y
Kronos — Aeternum Pharaos Curse — Colossal Titan Strife — Xtreem — N — Y
Necrophagist — To Breathe In A Casket — Onset Of Putrefication — Willowtop — N — Y
From A Second Story Window — Soft Green Fields — Delenda — Metal Blade — Y — N
Nile — The Blessed Dead — In Their Darkened Shrines — Relapse — N — Y
Celtic Frost — Ground — Monotheist — Century Media — Y — N
Dissection — Leper I Set — Reinkaos — The End — Y — N
Satyricon — K.I.N.G. — Now, Diabolical — Century Media — Y — N
Zyklon — Ways Of The World — Disintegrate — Candlelight — Y — N
Skinless — Execution Of Reason — Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead — Relapse — Y — N
Neaera — I Love The World — Let The Tempest Come — Metal Blade — Y — N
Cataract — Sacrificed For The Wealth — Kingdom — Metal Blade — Y — N
Cattle Decapitation — Success Is… Hanging By The Neck — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade — Y — N
Misery Index — Outsourcing — Discordia — Relapse — Y — N
Carcass — Emotional Flatline — Wake Up And Smell The Carcass — Earache — N — Y

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 7/10/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Dragonforce — Inhuman Rampage — Roadrunner
2) Shadows Fall — Fallout From The War — Century Media
3) Cellador — Enter Deception — Metal Blade
4) Satyricon — Now, Diabolical — Century Media
5) Acacia Strain — The Dead Walk — Prosthetic
6) Skinless — Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead — Relapse
7) Zao — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here — Ferret
8) Misery Index — Discordia — Relapse
9) Neaera — Let The Tempest Come — Metal Blade
10) Metal Church — A Light In The Dark — SPV
11) Zyklon — Disintegrate — Candlelight
12) Cattle Decapitation — Karma Bloody Karma — Metal Blade
13) Between The Buried & Me — The Anatomy Of — Victory
14) All That Remains — The Fall of Ideals — Prosthetic
15) Celtic Frost — Monotheist — Century Media
16) Sikth — Death Of A Dead Day — Bieler Bros.
17) Slayer — 3-Song Sampler — American
18) Cataract — Kingdom — Metal Blade
19) Strapping Young Lad — The New Black — Century Media
20) Dissection — Reinkaos — The End

Top 5 Adds
1) Strapping Young Lad
2) Lamb of God
3) Bury Your Dead
4) From A Second Story Window
5) Walls of Jericho

Other Adds: Leaves Eyes, Bleeding Through, Loch Vostok, Bob Catley