BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME „Alaska”
Cool Songs: All Bodies, Selkies: The Endless Obsession, Roboturner, The Primer, Autodidact
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CURL UP AND DIE „The One Above All, The End of All That Is”
Cool Songs: Uncomfortable Routine, Antidepressants Are Depressing, There Is Never Enough Time to Do Nothing, Instrumental, There Ain't No Can't in American
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FALL OF TROY, THE „Doppelganger”
Cool Songs: F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X, I Just Got This Symphony Goin, You Got A Death Wish, Johnny Truant?, The Hol[ ]y Tape, Tom Waits
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BANNER, THE „Each Breath Haunted”
Cool Songs: Devil Hawks, Mudweller, I am Legend, Ill be Happy when youre Fucking Dead
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MADBALL „Legacy”
Cool Songs: Adapt and Overcome, Heavenhell, The Crown, Behind These Walls, Darkest Days, Damned, For My Enemies
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CHIMAIRA „s/t”
When Cleavlands Ky-Meara (thats how you pronounce Chimaira folks) released 2003s Impossibility of Reason, its musical content was pretty much a reaction to the nu-metal tag that that was incessantly hung like an albatross around their necks at every turn. Reason.. was a middle finger to those who would believe that commercial stardom was their only agenda.
ALLEGIANCE „Overlooked”
Having just recovered from the most impressive debut album from Canadas Go It Alone, up and coming hardcore label Rivalry Records follow it up with an even more confronting slice of metallic bludgeoning in the form of San Franciscos Allegiance. Overlooked is the name of this new 12 track affair and it fairly well blazes a trail right through your skull in very quick time.
BOLD „The Search: 1985-1989”
Cool Songs: Running Like Thieves, You're the Friend That I Don't Need, Always Try, Looking Back, Hateful, Speak Out, Today We Live, Talk is Cheap, Nailed to the X, Clear, Wise Up, Still Strong
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OBITUARY „Frozen In Time”
The reunion renaissance continues to roll on. Eight years on since Back from the Dead (a title that served as a precursor to their first reunion), Floridian Death Metal merchants rise from the grave it seems to release Frozen In Time.
GO IT ALONE „The Only Blood Between Us”
Cool Songs: Flatline, Nothing Gold, Water Finds It's Own Level, Cold Winter
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PELICAN „The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw”
When Chicagos monolithic instrumentalists Pelican released their March into the Sea EP a couple of months back, I made the statement that its musical approach was just a hint of what was possibly going to be an even more exploratory and daring full length. With the release of The Fire..
CHIODOS „All's Well That Ends Well”
Cool Songs: All Nereids Beware, The Words “Best Friend” Become Redefined, There's No Penguins In Alaska, No Hardcore Dancing In the Living Room.
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IOMMI (WITH GLENN HUGHES) „Fused”
Cool Songs: Grace, What You're Living For, Deep Inside A Shell, I Go Insane
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SUICIDE MACHINES „War Profiteering Is Killing Us All”
Cool Songs: War profiteering is Killing us all, 17% 18 to 25, All Systems Fail, The Red Flag.
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SILVERSTEIN „Discovering The Waterfront”
Just like any other style of heavy, guitar drive music, the emo/hardcore scene also has its bottomless well. Theres the impressive (Eighteen Visions, Anberlin), the ordinary (Hopesfall, Roses are Red) and the countless others that fall somewhere in the middle.
DEMONS AND WIZARDS „Touched By The Crimson King”
When vocal god Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and guitarist/song writer John Schaffer (Iced Earth) teamed up some 5-6 years ago for their Demons & Wizards project, I was excited by the prospect of what would result from their collaboration. Needless to say, the self titled debut disc was nothing short of brilliant.