WORT’s The Mosh Pit

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 6/5/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Scar Symmetry — Pitch Black Progress — Nuclear Blast
2) Ministry — Rio Grande Blood — Megaforce
3) Beyond Fear — Beyond Fear — SPV
4) Misery Index — Discordia — Relapse
5) Rebel Meets Rebel — Rebel Meets Rebel — Big Vin
6) Evergrey — Monday Morning Apocalypse — Inside Out
7) Neaera — Let The Tempest Come — Metal Blade
8) Moonspell — Memorial — SPV
9) Lacuna Coil — Karmakode — Century Media
10) Zyklon — Disintegrate — Candlelight
11) Autumn Offering — Embrace The Gutter — Victory
12) Sodom — Sodom — SPV
13) Dissection — Reinkaos — The End
14) Speed Kill Hate — Acts Of Insanity — Escapi
15) Silent Civilian — Rebirth of the Temple — Mediaskare
16) Yyrkoon — Unhealthy Opera — Osmose
17) Pyramaze — Legend of the Bone Carver — Nightmare
18) Celtic Frost — Monotheist — Century Media
19) Cataract — Kingdom — Metal Blade
20) Eldritch — Neighbourhell — SPV

Top 5 Adds
1) Slayer
2) Dragonforce
3) Satyricon
4) Kampfar
5) Nights Like These

Other Adds: Thine Eyes Bleed, (hed)P.E., Sikth, Powerman 5000, Twin Method

Early preview this week due to the Vader/Kataklysm show down at Big E’s.

(hed)P.E.
Back To Base
Suburban Noize
43:06 - 13 Tracks
The title says it all. While it is sort of urban and poppy in some parts, it does get going and rock in others. I saw these guys live a few years ago, and was not happy, but someone (the book) said they’d be good, and they were! So I’ll give these guys a chance from now on. Another reason to check out a band live if you have any doubts about them, or are on the fence. This CD is alright, you may hear it on the Mosh Pit.

Kampfar
Kvass
Napalm
46:00 - 6 Tracks
Norwegian black metal. They follow the line of a typical scandanavian black metal sound. Nothing bad here, just a plodding along a-okay black metal sound. You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit, as there isn’t much traditional black metal out these days!

Satyricon
Now, Diabolical
Century Media
48:00 - 9 Tracks
Contrasting to the Kampfar above, this is more along the new wave of black metal, not as creepy scary, better production, etc. Again, it’s all Satyr with a drummer. It isn’t terribly complex, just good ol meat and potatoes black metal. It’s got pretty good sound, and still sounds evil enough to be “cool.” You will hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Nights Like These
The Faithless
Victory
26:41 - 11 Tracks
At first listen, it’s a chaotic hardcore-ish Bongzilla-ey sound. It has a bit of that machine-gun metalcore sun with some pinch harmonic stuff on guitars to break up the monotony. It will then lighten up into some more plodding breaks, where an emo band would normally start their sing-along. Not these guys, growls all the way! It’s alright, I personally don’t care for it much, but I think it deserves some airplay on the ‘Pit!

Dragonforce
Inhuman Rampage
Roadrunner
56:08 - 8 Tracks
Newest release from these veteran Power-Prog-metallers is on Roadrunner Records. Bash Roadrunner all you want, but they seem to be the trendsetters lately. I have a feeling this release will increase awareness for power-prog metal and it’ll be one of the next big popular metal-genres. This album is all Dragonforce, fast-paced sing-aloney metal, quick drums and guitar works and fills. If you are a fan of prog-power metal, you’ll like this, and if you aren’t maybe this is the chance you should take to get started! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Thine Eyes Bleed
In The Wake of Separation
The End
Hey, go figure, a band is on a big tour (Thine Eyes Bleed on the Slayer tour) and their label decides to re-issue their 2005 album. I guess I could think of worse things. I liked this CD on the first release. This version has a bonus track. It’s heavy, in your face, and does not fuck around one bit. It’s not really metal-core, it’s just plain ol balls out metal. Tom Araya’s little brother is the bass player, and he should be proud. They should fit well on the Slayer tour. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!