Archive for July 24th, 2006

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!