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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

There’s a lot of new stuff this week… making up for last week’s vacation!

Strapping Young Lad
The New Black
Century Media
42:43 – 11 Tracks
“Alien” just came out last year, and was a stellar release, now we are spoiled by a new spankin’ release from SYL! There isn’t as much shreikey screams on it, which has become synonymous with angry, pissed off Devin Townsend. This release is a bit more melodic, but it still keeps its edge. From what I’ve read, this album was made in a bit of a hurry, due to wanting the release to coincide with their Ozzfest trek this summer. It’s in your face, catchy and speeeedy fast. Gene Hoglan lays down some sick drumming and Oderus from Gwar guests on “Far Beyond Metal.” You will hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Bleeding Through
Ozzfest Sampler
Trustkill
13:58 – 3 Tracks
It has total brutal moments, almost death metal, and then it can get to the whiney emo chorus. This is a solid band though, these are tracks from “The Truth” with a cover of “Stars” from Hum. Can’t say that I know that one, I listened to it and didn’t remember it. It wasn’t too heavy though, kind of “emo!!” You may hear this on the Mosh Pit. I’m not a huge fan of “adding” a release of something that was new a few months ago and already through its “adds”.

Bury Your Dead
Beauty And The Breakdown
Victory Records
34:04 – 11 Tracks
These guys have a bit of that classic Hardcore sound, but with a bit more of a low chunky bottom end. I hear keyboards in the background, that does not take anything away from the brutality that these guys emit. I feel like doing a march through the old mosh pit hearing some tracks on here. Just good ol chunky heavy riffs. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Powerman 5000
Destroy What You Enjoy Sampler
DRT Entertainment
14:51 – 4 Tracks
Back when these guys first came out, the metal world was a bit different. Nowadays, these guys have seen the metal/heavy music world pass them by. Just plain ol hard rock here, but not really Mosh Pit material.

From A Second Story Window
Delenda
Blackmarket / Metal Blade
42:23 – 10 Tracks
Brutal, extreme, technical, death metal? Heavy crazy music, with some cookie monster vocals, mixing with those angry growls of metal core… I like this, it’s all over the place, yet right there for you to just smile and nod your head along to. They are a bit of Black Dahlia Murder mixed with some Red Chord, but of course have their own sound too. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Loch Vostok
Destruction Time Again
Escapi Music
52:42 – 11 Tracks
I’m not sure how to classify this… They have a bit of a black metal sound, but some power metal, then you go to another track and you hear some classic rock vocals. The production sounds like it ran through a cassette deck without Dolby NR… or something, it sounds tinny. Some of the tracks have some really cool instrumental bridges, then they come back with some icky vocals. It might be worthy of giving the listeners a chance to check this out, but I don’t think it’s something you’ll hear a lot of on the Mosh Pit.

Lamb of God
Redneck Single
Epic
17:12 – 4 Tracks
New single from Lamb of God, with a clean version and some live tracks… (Killadelphia outtakes?). Upon first and subsequent listens, this tracks OOOOZES Pantera! Very “Dimebagesque” guitar sound, Randy has his trademark growls, but his screams sound quite a bit like Phil. They still retain their catchy cool instrumental breaks and heavy brutal sound. It’s not a clone of the Cowboys from Hell, but it sure reminds you of them, and also, that Lamb of God is about to claim the thrown of kings of new american thrash left vacant from Pantera.

Leaves Eyes
Legend Land
Napalm
21:08 – 6 Tracks
New stuff from Leaves Eyes. Melodic progressive black(ish) metal with female vocals and male growls. It’s pretty good, has me reminded of pre-megapopular Lacuna Coil. It’s pretty good, production is crystal clear and it’s something different. The Mosh Pit audience has typically liked some female vocal stuff along with the rest of the thrash! You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Bob Catley
Spirit Of Man
Locomotive Music
62:34 – Tracks
Upon first listen of this, it reminds me of WASP. The music is just about as heavy, probably a bit lighter, the vocals are just plain ol hard rock, almost like that early 90’s power ballad hard rock stuff. Whitesnake? It’s got that 80’s 90’s hard rock sound. Yup. Bob used to sing in the band Magnum and Hard Rain. So, if you like that sort of music, this is for you. You probably won’t hear this on the Mosh Pit unless you want, then call and request it!

Walls of Jericho
From Hell Sampler
Trustkill
I got a jewel case with no CD in it, but they have a track on their myspace and a record promotions company has a track available for download. It’s heavy and brutal stuff. Worthy of play on the Mosh Pit, even without a CD! hah