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’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.

In additon to the Pledge Drive on February 20th, Roadrunner recording artists, Still Remains will be coming into the WORT studio for some live interview/fun. They’ll hang out in the studio for part of the show. Joining them will be members from Metal Blade’s The Red Chord. These bands are playing along with A Dozen Furies and Throwdown at The Loft on East Washington earlier in the evening.

Check out the latest Strong Bad email, it’s called “Death Metal!””

http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail141.html

I wasn’t as ambitious as Mike, so here are my
Overall Top Albums of 2005 (in no particular order)

Behemoth — Demigod
Soilwork — Stabbing The Drama
Strapping Young Lad — Alien
James Labrie — Element Of Persuasion
Porcupine Tree — Deadwing
System Of A Down — Mesmerize
Clutch — Robot Hive/Exodus
Devildriver — The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand
Dream Theater — Octovarium
Dew Scented — Issue Vi
Chimaira — Chimaira
Arch Enemy — Doomsday Machine
Between The Buried And Me — Alaska
God Forbid — Iv: Cot
Old Man’s Child — Vermin
Children Of Bodom — Are You Dead Yet
Nile — Annihilation Of The Wicked
Opeth — Ghost Reveries

Here are Mike’s (The Book’s) top lists of 2005….

Overall Top 10 (in no particular order)
Arch Enemy — Doomsday Machine
Soilwork — Stabbing The Drama
Dew Scented — Issue VI
Sentenced — Funeral Album
Byzantine — …And They Shall Take Up Serpents
System of a Down — Mezmerize/Hypnotize
Watch Them Die — Bastard Son
Dream Theater — Octavarium
Soulfly — Dark Ages
Exodus — Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Death and Black Metal List (in no particular order)
Summon — Fallen
Behemoth — Demigod
Dark Tranquillity — Character
Children of Bodom — Are We Dead Yet?
Opeth — Ghost Reveries
Old Man’s Child — Vermin
Cryptopsy — Once Was Not
Nile — Annihilation of the Wicked
Obituary — Frozen In Time
Bloodbath — Nightmares Made Flesh

Best Metalcore (in no particular order)
Between The Buried And Me — Alaska
Still Remains — Love And Lunacy
Agony Scene — Darkest Red
Madball — Legacy
Throwdown — Vendetta

Best Prog/Power Metal (in no particular order)
Kamelot — Black Halo
Nevermore — This Godless Endeavor
Brainstorm — Liquid Monster
Judas Priest — Angel of Retribution
Helloween — Keeper of the Seven Keys III

Best Live Performances
Devildriver
Strapping Young Lad
Clutch
Iron Maiden
Arch Enemy
Dream Theater
Opeth
Obituary
Children of Bodom
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Worst Live Performances
Fear Before The March Of Flames (Sounds of the Underground)
It Dies Today (opened for Fear Factory)
Robert Fripp (opened for Porcupine Tree)

Honorable Mentions
Apocalyptica — Reflections
Porcupine Tree — Deadwing
Chimaira — Chimaira
God Forbid — IV: Constitution of Treason
Avenged Sevenfold — City of Evil
Candlemass — Candlemass

Well folks, it’s that time. Monday night is here, and there are no charts to compile, no nothing, just great fun at the Mosh Pit. This time of the year is fun because Mike and I pretty must just play the classics that we want to hear. The rest of the year, we like to bring you the best in what’s new, as new releases come out. Now, since there isn’t anything new coming out, and no charts have to be compiled for the trade magazines, we just have fun!

Anyway, welcome to the new site, I’m aware of some dumb layout problems where the menu on the right will disappear to the bottom of the page. (This happens more in Internet Explorer than it does in Firefox/Mozilla. Therefore, I recommend using Firefox!) Due to the holidays, I won’t be able to work on this a whole lot. Besides, I’ll probably change the site to some all evil black background eventually anyways.

If you want to send in a request or comment or anything, via email, send it to: matt (at) moshpitradio (dot) com. You can also get a hold of Mike at mike (at) moshpitradio (dot) com.

Tonight’s show will end at 1am in order for WORT to broadcast live from Pacifica Radio’s coverage of the Tookie Williams execution. Make sure to stay tuned for programming that only WORT can bring you!