Here’s what’s new in the mail this week… Some pretty good stuff that you may have never heard of, check them out!
Shatterpoint
Dead Precedence
Power Play
68:59 - 15 Tracks
They’ve got a pretty good, clean heavy metal thrash sound. Good heavy song structures and neat intros and buildups. Some really cool riffs, they seem to have a bit of older Pantera (Cowboys From Hell) tempo/speed. The vocals are a bit of a growl/scream, I guess when it’s not a growl, it’s more of a bark, maybe a lower pitch Sacred Reich vocal sound. Some songs have some cool clean melodic vocals. This is a pretty good cd from some indie release. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Disbelief
Navigator
Locomotive
46:26 - 10 Tracks
This is kind of some doomy grindy death metal. Pretty heavy, a bit like Napalm Death in the heavier parts. But really, they are a bit different overall than Napalm Death. There are some cool melodic parts, some cool guitar riffage, and some all out heavy stuff. This is quality stuff, and you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!
Redemption
The Origins of Ruin
InsideOut
57:15 - 9 Tracks
This is some pretty tight prog/power metal. It’s more prog metal than power metal. I guess what I mean by that is that it’s more metal than screamy Hammerfall/Stratovarious metal. There are some cool bass, guitar, keyboard and drum break/fills, very “prog” a la heavier Dream Theater stuff or Fates Warning, mainly because vocals are handled by FW’s Ray Alder! This will go along well with the new Symphorce… so, look to hear them back to back on the Mosh Pit… at least tonight!
All Out War
Assassins In The House Of God
Victory
38:06 - 11 Tracks
Starting off, this sounds like some old school thrash, but of course, being on Victory Records, that ends when the vocals start. The vocals are a bit more hardcore, but damn, the music just stays cool and heavy. Meaty thick and heavy. They aren’t fucking around on this cd. It definately has a hardcore vibe to it, but really the mix of the heaviness and thrash elements make this a pretty good album. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!!
We Are I
We Are I
Capn’ Stanky Music
19:37 - 6 Tracks
This is pretty good for what they are doing. Post-grunge hard rocky stuff. You know, like you’d hear on other radio stations. For an indie type release, actually I think it’s just the band’s demo, it sounds great, production is crisp and clean. The music is good, hard rock stuff, just not really for the Mosh Pit.
The Locust
New Erections
Anti-
23:30 - 11 Tracks
Well, this is one of those bands that’s tough to put a label on. It’s kind of like hardcore, but kind of like experimental, kind of like metalcore, kind of like meshuggahcore. Just tough to label. It’s mostly made up of tracks that have a longer title name than duration. Since it is kind of heavy, and off the wall, I think it’ll find a place on the Mosh Pit.
