Belphegor
Pestapokalypse VI
Nuclear Blast
38:05 - 9 Tracks
This is brutal, dark, fast, evil, all that is good about death/black metal. Is it satanic? You mean because of the two upside down crucifixes on their band logo? Who cares? I never have really cared about what songs are about, just how they sound, how’s the production, how does everything fit together… This is just that, death/black metal that fits all together. Plus this is the only band like this I know of from Austria!! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Chiba-Ken
Are We Innocent?
Gotham Records
41:03 - 11 Tracks
It’s a little prog, but mostly just hard rock, a little emo. It’s alright at what they are trying to do, but it’s not really all that heavy. it has a moment or two, but it’s just not Mosh Pit material!
God Dethroned
The Toxic Touch
Metal Blade
39:17 - 10 Tracks
As with the Belphegor above, this God Dethroned just sounds evil, the first few tracks have a good groove of a death metal, almost like Sepultura. THere aren’t as many blast beats on the album as the bio states “in a live situation it’s probably the most poring part” Without blast-beats this CD is still damn heavy and evil. They are progressing more as a band and have great solos, riffs, and everything else. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Meshuggah
Nothing (Remastered)
Nuclear Blast
58:37 - 10 Tracks
“It finally sounds like we wanted it to” - The band. Yup, same stuff, new remix/remaster by the band, newly recorded guitars. It’s all just as good as the original, but better, right? You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Michale Graves
Return To Earth
Horror High Records
24:25 - 10 Tracks
This is a bit of just plain hard rock. The production is not awesome. It’s a little hollow sounding and there just isn’t a lot in the way of frequency response… not much in the way of bass or treble. There are some creepy lyrics and it might just fit on the Halloween show, but other than that, there’s not much special
Scarlett’s Web
Greatest Hits
Scarlett Sound
46:37 - 14 Tracks
I would think if someone was good enough to have a “Greatest Hits” I would have heard of them before, but I guess I’m wrong, unless of course this is just the title of their CD. While they are fronted by a rather attractive young lady, I am not really feelin’ it on this CD. Just typical hard-rock with a chick singer. Just plain old hard rock too. Some cool guitar solos, but not really enough to make it Mosh Pit material.
Vampire Mooose
Serenade The Samari
Rotten Records
35:33 - 11 Tracks
Heavy, meaty, grungy, fat heavy metal! Pretty cool stuff, I’m not sure what to compare it to, it’s not metalcore, but it’s got some cool heavy riffs, really abrasive, growly screams for vocals. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit! Lucas has already been playing this on Rolling With Scissors.
Skid Row
Revolutions Per Minute
SPV
40:29 - 12 Tracks
Well, it’s Skid Row, right? It’s hard rock, the new singer guy is alright, the music is decent. This sounds like it could have come out about 10 years ago. I’m not sure who else might play this in town, so you might just hear this on the Mosh Pit this week.
