Whitechapel
This is Exile
43:03 - 11 Tracks
Extreme, brutal, heavy, kind of along the lines of Job for a Cowboy and Cattle Decapitation. Just heavy and intense with the occasional brutal-core breakdown. I can’t say much more than you’ll hear it on the Mosh Pit!
Opiate for the Masses
Manifesto
Century Media
40:18 - 11 Tracks
This is kind of electronic/metal. One thing in the bio says it’s like Alice in Chains meets NIN. And as I always say about these bio quote thingers, they’re right on! Reminds me a little bit of Gravity Kills, but not quite as heavy/cool. haha. Songs are catchy enough, they’re just not like, all that heavy. We might be able to squeeze this in on the Mosh Pit.
Motley Crue
Saints of Los Angeles
Motley
44:08 - 13 Tracks
A pleasant surprise listening to this CD. It’s like the old Motley Crue came out of its cocoon after all these years. This is just waht the Crue should be sounding like. Vince’s out front vox, catchy raw-ish hard rock backing it up. The lyrics get kind of silly, but really… Motley Crue? Message? Yeah. The best song is probably the title track. You’ll hear something from this on the Mosh Pit!
Scar Symmetry
Holographic Universe
Nuclear Blast
58:44 - 12 Tracks
This is something that’s for fans of good ol Soilwork, In Flames, etc. Melodic death metal mixing clean vox with the death vox. Overall, it’s more of a “clean” metal album than death metal. Some good guitar shredding, catchy riffs, good mix of clean vox and death vox… although I think there are more clean than death vox as mentioned earlier. You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit!
Proofed
American Metal A Blend
Metal Ink
48:19 - 10 Tracks
Good ol hard rockin’ metal infused music. Unfortunately it’s hard for me to get past the production/mastering right off the bat. The cymbols have this ringy compressed sound, as if someone converted it to an mp3, then converted it to a lower quality mp3, then streamed it through some dialup internet. Sorry! Okay, now, trying to concentrate past the sound… the music is pretty good, solid, standard metal-type sound. Catchy choruses, fun lovin’ metal. Huh, looks like that annoying cymbal sound is gone after track two. The sound is better, still not ideal, but much better! You’ll hear this on the Mosh Pit though!
