Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Warner Bros.
53:04 - 10 Tracks
They take their formula of funky punky proggy poppy metal and stay with it on this new self titled release. Songs are catchy, put together pretty good and it’s interesting to listen to. Plenty of good metal riffs to go around. These guys aren’t for everyone, but damn, it sure is catchy!! You’ll probably hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Eyes of Eden
Faith
Century Media
45:13 - 10 Tracks
Grip Inc. axeman come producer, Waldemar Sorychta’s new band, Eyes of Eden features female vocals, and not in the way of Arch Enemy, more in the vein of Lacuna Coil, clean and singy/operatic. The music is fairly straightforward hard rock/euro metal sounding. There are some short parts where it gets a bit heavier, but overall, a straight forward hard rock/simple metal female fronted band.
Slayer
Unholy Alliance DVD Sampler
American
13:22 - 3 Tracks
What can you say… Slayer DVD… some live tracks, while it’s not being there, they pull this stuff off pretty awesome live and these songs sound pretty good. On this sampler, we have Eyes of the Insane, South of Heaven and Angel of Death. The only thing missing is a hot room, ear splitting amps, lots of smoke and a big ass moshpit. Since our show is called the Mosh Pit, I think it’s safe to say you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.
Khann
Tofutopia
Blackmarket Activities
50:02 - 23 Tracks
Well, this is just way heavy, has a little bit of everything. I guess you could call it experimental, I think that’s the label you give something when you can’t pigeonhole a metal sub-genre. It’s heavy, a little bit core, fast, a bit stoner-like, a little sludgey, yet kind of proggy. What’s nice is a lot of bands like this make 8-10 minute songs that go on forever, most of the tracks on this CD are a couple minutes, with a few exceptions. This means these tracks are to the point without a lot of fucking around. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.
Arise and Ruin
The Final Dawn
Victory
30:46 - 10 Tracks
These guys almost seem death/black metal! But, as I listen more, they seem to fit into this new wave of extreme thrash that’s going around. Quite a departure from the usual Victory Records fare. Great riffage, and all around a pretty good metal release. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.
Sound and Fury
Sound and Fury
Rebel Youth
42:18 - 11 Tracks
This is just kind of run of the mill fun metal. Hard rock with fun supercharged hard rock. I’d say more of a party band type of sound. It’s um, probably not going to make it on the Mosh Pit… unless of course you request it!
Svartsot
Ravnenes Saga
Napalm
46:06 - 12 Tracks
This is described as “Folk Metal” and yeah, the pied piper flute sounds pretty much does that, otherwise, it’s some darker old Amorphis black/death metal sound. It is pretty catchy, and good quality stuff. It’s good quality death metal too. While it didn’t make the top 5 this week, You will hear it on the Mosh Pit!
Queensryche
Take Cover
Rhino
55:29 - 11 Tracks
This is their collection of covers. While not all metalled up, or all that great for that matter, as a Ryche fan, you’ll have to pick this up to hear their spin on all of these tracks. Say all you want about this band losing their creativity (all the mindcrime stuff, live albums, greatest hits, re-releases and now this cover album), they ARE still together and keeping themselves out there. Geoff Tate does seem to just sound the same on every song, there isn’t much change in his vocal dynamic from song to song/style to style. Geoff is just Geoff. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit from time to time.
Scarpoint
The Silence We Deserve
Blind Prophecy
39:38 - 10 Tracks
A Bit like Meshuggah, but more accessible. It’s not quite as technical and out there, but the sound is similar, it’s heavy, “experimental”, but yet concise. This arrived late in the mail from last week. So if there’s time, we’ll play it!
Pain Principle
Waiting For The Flies
Blind Prophecy
39:38 - 10 Tracks
Pretty decent metal. Sounds a bit like Pantera in parts. This was another one that came late with the above Scarpoint CD. There’s some good shredding, vocals are a bit like Phil and some tracks get going pretty good. You may hear this on the Mosh Pit.
