SIGH „Gallows Gallery”
Cool Songs: Pale Monument, The Enlightenment Day, The Tranquilizer Song, Midnight Sun, Messiah Plan.
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PATHS OF POSSESSION „Promises in Blood”
Cool Songs: Darklands, The Second Coming, Heart For A Heart, Promises In Blood, The Icy Flow Of Death
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AIDEN „Nightmare Anatomy”
The Victory records roster continues to perplex the life out of me theyve got world beating, fry your brains material from Between the Buried and Me and Darkest Hour, but as far as their foray into the commercial pop punk field with stuff like The Audition, Bayside and Junior Varsity, it just isnt doing it for me. And then they go and sign Seattles Aiden.
LIFE IN PICTURES „By The Sign Of The Spyglass”
Its hard not to draw the cynical bow at the current glut of Metalcore acts that are sprouting like weeds from every corner of the globe. Im a fan of the style, but just like every other genre of heavy music, there comes a time when a certain sound can start to spread itself rather thin.
PREMONITIONS OF WAR „Glorified Dirt + The True Face of Panic”
Cool Songs: Glorified Dirt, Illiad (Hectors End), Time for Iron, Id Settle for Sleep
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WITHERED „Memento Mori”
Straight from the back blocks of Atlanta Georgia comes this debut album from newly raised Death Metal four piece Withered. Formed in 2003, Withered features ex-Social Infestation duo vocalist / guitarist Chris Freeman and guitarist Mike Thompson, joined by drummer Wes Kever (ex-Puaka Balava) and bassist Greg Hess who was previously with a band by the name of Leechmilk.
GAMMA RAY „Majestic”
First a comment on this promo: Its interesting to note the lengths that Record label go to in order to discourage MP3 ripping and burning of their product. Clearly there are the desperate few who hock promo copies on the net months before their official release, so any deterrent is worth putting in place.
CATHEDRAL „The Garden Of Unearthly Delights”
Cool Songs: Tree Of Life & Death, North Berwick Witch Trials, Corpsecycle, Oro, The Manslayer, The Garden
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THE ABSENCE „From Your Grave”
There used to be a time (a very important time in fact) back in the early 90s when all you found coming out of Tampa Bay, Florida were Death Metal bands. Of course, many of them are still with us, but as a scene things are not what they used to be.
NEVERMORE „This Godless Endeavor”
Cool Songs: Psalm of Lydia, Acid Words, Bittersweet Feast, This Godless Endeavor, Born, The Final Product
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