A lot to unbury myself from back from vacation, so some reviews will be pretty short… sorry!
Five Finger Death Punch
The Way Of The Fist
The Firm
38:56 - 10 Tracks
Catchy, melodic, heavy, and kind of fun to listen to, I am busy doing some other stuff and just don’t have the urge to stop the CD. It’s pretty good and you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!
The Abscence
Riders of the Plague
Metal Blade
55:24 - 12 Tracks
Again, heavy, melodic and catchy, yet, a lot more heavy than the FFDP above. They have some of the cool swedish melodic death metal thing going on with cool solos and some sick drum fills. This is what metal should be these days! They are right up there with the big thrash/metal bands out there. You will hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Hacavitz
Katun
Moribund
51:44 - 11 Tracks
Mexican old school black metal! This has that old school tinny kind of bad production black metal sound that started off this genre. Normally stuff that sounds like this is bad, but in this genre, as it had its roots in sound like this, it meshes just right, makes it a bit more evil sounding. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit
Rodrigo y Gabrielea
Orion EP
ATO
10:28 - 3 Tracks
This takes latin folk music and plays metal songs… on this EP, it’s Metallica’s Orion, done in latin folk style, they also do Stairway to Heaven… again, in acoustic latin guitar. It’s pretty cool, maybe not for real airplay on the Mosh Pit, but definitely as some cool background music!
The Warriors
Genuine Sense of Outrage
Victory
33:54 - 13 Tracks
This is pretty run of the mill metal/hardcore. It’s decent, and more catchy / bouncy than Hatebreed for instance. It is still similar, as I feel they are in the same basic genre. The mix is good, playing good, all that stuff. You may hear it on the Mosh Pit!
Yakuza
Transmutations
Prosthetic
60:25 - 11 Tracks
Well, it’s about time we got a CD from these guys, of course, they’re now on Prosthetic records and this release is pretty sick. Technical, experimental, heavy, aggressive, all that. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Sons of Azrael
The Conjuration of Vengeance
Metal Blade
32:09 - 10 Tracks
This is pretty heavy, brutal, borderline death metal, but I have to say a little short full on death metal, as there are cool melodic hooks, some breakdowns… a little something for everyone! It’s good stuff, and nice to have something that blends a lot of the sub-genres of metal together. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Slayer
Christ Illusion (Reissue)
American
42:23 - 11 Tracks
A bonus track and a DVD round out this “reissue” The bonus track is called “Final Six” and starts off a little slow, kind of like the title track from “Seasons”, but then kicks in normal Slayer fashion. The DVD has tour footage, a video and “South of Heaven” from their upcoming “Unholy Alliance” DVD. You’ll hear this new track on the Mosh Pit, and of course it’s Slayer!!
