Archive for January 14th, 2008

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/14/08

Artist  –  Album  –  Label
1) Exodus  –  The Atrocity Exhibition  –  Nuclear Blast
2) Dillinger Escape Plan  –  Ire Works  –  Relapse
3) Opeth  –  Roundhouse Tapes  –  Peaceville
4) Agnostic Front  –  Warriors  –  Nuclear Blast
5) Soilwork  –  Sworn to the Great Divide  –  Nuclear Blast
6) Pain Principle  –  Waiting For The Flies  –  Blind Prophecy
7) Severe Torture  –  Sworn Vengeance  –  Earache
8) Vesania  –  Distractive Killusions  –  Napalm
9) Autumn Offering  –  Fear Will Cast No Shadow  –  Victory
10) Arise and Ruin  –  The Final Dawn  –  Victory
11) Bloodsimple  –  Red Harvest  –  Reprise
12) Paths of Possession  –  The End of the Hour  –  Metal Blade
13) MOD  –  Red White and Screwed  –  Index
14) Annihilator  –  Metal  –  SPV
15) Scarpoint  –  The Silence We Deserve  –  Blind Prophecy
16) The Devil Wears Prada  –  Plagues  –  Rise
17) Monster Magnet  –  4-Way Diablo  –  SPV
18) Khann  –  Tofutopia  –  Blackmarket Act.
19) Arch Enemy  –  Rise of the Tyrant  –  Century Media
20) Polkadot Cadaver  –  Purgatory Dance Party  –  Rotten

Top 5 Adds

1) Devian  –  Ninewinged Serpent  –  Century Media
2) Gamma Ray  –  Land of the Free II  –  SPV
3) Saviours  –  Into Abaddon  –  Kemado
4) Byzantine  –  Oblivion Beckons  –  Prosthetic
5) Birds of Prey  –  Sulfur and Semen  –  Relapse

Other Adds:  Sebastian Bach, Eyes Set To Kill, The Destiny Program

Gamma Ray
Land of the Free II
SPV
65:56 - 12 Tracks
This is some typical euro-power-prog metal. Some epic singalong chorus stuff, but then the chugga wugga meedly thrash parts kick in and it’s all good from there. Some of the playing on here is crazy-fast and catchy, and it also borders being fairly cheesey. We haven’t gotten too much cool euro-prog that actually has a bit of an edge… this fills that bill, and you’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Byzantine
Oblivion Beckons
Prosthetic
54:09 - 13 Tracks
Aggressive, in your face metal coming at you. We’ve been fans of their past stuff, and this new CD is no different. Heavy, American, thrashy catchy metal. It’s not quite as brutal as Devildriver, but tone that down a bit, mix in a little technicality and you’ll have this album. It’s something you’ll be hearing on the Mosh Pit!

The Destiny Program
Subversive Blueprint
Nuclear Blast
52:19 - 12 Tracks
At first listen, this almost sounds like Nuclear Blast’s answer to Hatebreed type of metal….or just plain ol metal-core. There are some sing-along choruses, breakdowns, and a bit of that emo-metal sound. Almost a little TOO emo. This gets a maybe on the ol Mosh Pit airplay. Some songs are a bit more brutal than others, so we’ll have to be careful how we pick ‘em!

Saviours
Into Abaddon
Kemado
39:37 - 7 Tracks
These guys fit into the heavy stoner metal category. They meld perfectly with High On Fire. A melodic, heavier stoner hard rock sound. The songs don’t mess around, they stay “on topic” and don’t slack much. Tracks are musically catchy, vocals are a bit one dimensional, but seem to fit well, as to not take away from the music. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!

Devian
Ninewinged Serpent
Century Media
56:15 -12 Tracks
This is a black metal band featuring a couple of guys that were in Marduk. It’s got just about everything you’d want in Black metal. Dark grinding distorted guitars, some cool crazy drumming, aggressive, yet evil vocals. This kind of metal is always welcome on the Mosh Pit!

Birds of Prey
Sulfur and Semen
Relapse
This is along the lines of that Saviours band above, but a bit more aggressive and heavy, musically and vocally. Some tracks are a bit thrashy, and yet it all seems to be that magic word… catchy. The song titles are pretty funny, like “show him the ground” or “mentoring the mongoloids” or “overfucked and underage” This is good stuff! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit.

Eyes Set To Kill
“Liar In The Glass”
Female vocals mixed with aggressive (female?) growls. Music seems pretty melodic then bounces between some heavier thrashy-metalcore music. The full CD didn’t arrive in time, so I only have this one track.

Sebastian Bach
Angel Down
Merovingian
No CD, No idea what it sounds like! I hear it’s good though!