Amon Amarth – With Oden On Our Side

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

So, from what I gather Amon Amarth is a very popular band. Unfortunately, I have never really listened to them.

I remember hearing one of their CDs a few years back, but it seems that I did not like them much at the time. Or at least that is how I remember it anyway. So I kinda put them on a back burner until I forgot about them. Oops.

I have heard their name mentioned from time to time, but always thought, “Oh yeah, I do not like them“. Though with the addition of this site into my life. I have to forget some of those old memories and habits, and just listen to anything that falls into the metal genre.

I am glad I bit the bullet on this one, because for whatever reason, they sound pretty good to me now.

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Hells Eden – Church of Defilement

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Hells Eden - Church of Defilement

Just in time for Halloween here is another review.

For a change a band that might actually need an introduction. Though maybe you are ahead of the curve and are already listening to them. Either way enough rambling and on with the review.

Hells Eden hails from Colorado. They are a 5 piece outfit that seems to be on the right track musically. There is nothing new here. More of a return to old actually. Straight death metal in the vein of Morpheus Descends, Suffocation and Insatanity. This is not bad. In fact, this is good news.

This style of metal is right up my alley. Hells Eden conjures up memories of the good old days. When pure death metal was the pill I needed to make it through the day. Or wait, maybe that was another pill. ;) A few years ago this is all I wanted to hear. As I have mentioned previously, I opened my ears to a more wide range of metal, but still have a special place in my heart for this style.

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Cradle Of Filth – Thornography

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Cradle Of Filth - Thornography

Okay ladies and gentlemen. It’s time for another CD review.

Again this band needs no introduction. I am sure you have heard of them. I am also sure that you already have an opinion of this band.

You either love, hate of just kinda tolerate them. :P

Cradle Of Filth

Well folks, Thornography is not going to make the haters love. Though it might make the lovers hate and those that tolerate, riot.

Cradle has been around for a long time and have released alot of CDs over the years. You are bound to have purchased at least one of them. Maybe you even got one of the ones they put out back when they we’re a black metal band.

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Mastadon – Blood Mountain

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Mastadon-Blood Mountain

So I have been hearing what a great band Mastadon is for a few years now. Seems as though everytime I discuss metal with someone they tell me to check out this band.

Even though I had nothing against Mastadon, they we’re not on the top of my list. Thus I never really gave them much of a shot.

I remember hearing “Remission” at a friends a couple of years back, but never really gave it a good listen until about 6 months ago. I would have to say it is pretty good. Not at all what I had remembered them sounding like.

Not that I remembered them sounding bad or anything, I just remember it as being more death/grind metal in nature than what I would call it now.

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Incantation – Primordial Domination

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Incantation - Primordial Domination

Okay, again it is time for me to share my opinion of a new metal CD with the loyal readers of my little site here. If there are any that is. :P

This time it is for another well established band that really needs no introduction or a review from some fan like me. ;) Incantation.

They released a new CD “Primordial Domination” like a month ago, and as usual I am late getting my copy and even later publishing this review. So without further ado…

This is the 8th Incantation CD I have purchased in my life.

Let me just say that I am glad I purchased each and everyone of them. Except for the one I got directly from Relapse. It came with a huge scratch on it.

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Insatanity

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Metalpedia

Q: Where is Insatanity from?
A: (Lytle) We are from Philadelphia, PA, USA

Q: How long has Insatanity been together?
A: (Lytle) We started in the summer of 1992 in the basement of our first drummer’s house in North East Philly

Q: How many members are in Insatanity? Names? Instruments?
A: (Chamberlin) There are four of us.

  • Chris Chamberlin: – Guitar
  • Chris Lytle: – Bass/Vocals
  • Justin DiPinto: – Drums
  • Ed Drozdowsky: – Guitar

Q: What is the age range of the band members?
A: (Chamberlin) Early 20′s to early 30′s, some of us are old

Q: What (if any) is the message behind Insatanity’s lyrics?
A: (Lytle) Praise thy self, Respect the few, and bow to none!

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Fuck The Facts

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Metalpedia

Q: Where is Fuck The Facts from?
A: We’re based in Ottawa, Canada, but most of us live on the Quebec side in Gatineau.

Q: How long has Fuck The Facts been together?
A: The bands started in 2001, before that it was a solo recording project of mine.

Q: How many members are in Fuck The Facts? Names? Instruments?
A: Currently we’re a 5-piece. Mel on vocals, Vil on drums, Steve on bass/backing vocals, Jean and myself on guitars.

Q: What is the age range of the band members?
A: 21-30.

Q: What (if any) is the message behind Fuck The Facts’s lyrics?
A: Mel is the main person behind the lyrics, but I give some input and suggestions. English isn’t her first language, so I try and make sure everything she writes gets across properly. We cover a lot of different topics, but it all revolves around stuff that affects us and we see in our every day lives. Lots of personal experiences go into the lyrics. Everything in this band is influenced by what we do on a daily basis; there’s no image we’re trying to get across and message that we’re trying send. But I still think many people can relate to what we write.

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Suffocation – Suffocation

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Suffocation - Suffocation

Okay, it seems as though it has been a long time waiting for this one to come out.

Though the time has finally arrived for the release of the newest CD from Suffocation simply entitled Suffocation. This one has been released by Relapse records.

I remember back in my youth, before I really knew anything about Death metal. I would listen to a local radio show and they would play various stuff (some I liked, some I did not) though everytime I would hear a song that I really liked it would turn out to be Suffocation.

So I bought their CD’s and can honestly say that they are one of the best DM acts from the 90′s. The riffs and intricate picking we’re unlike any other bands I was hearing. Of course there are bands that have mimicked their style over the years, but noone has ever really captured the true essence of this band.

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Brian Posehn – Live in: Nerd Rage

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Brian Posehn - Live In Nerd Rage

Here is a review of a CD that is not music. It is stand-up comedy. Though music is partly the topic, more specifically metal music and it was released by a metal label. So that is why I am gonna review it, plus I gotta review something.

I am sure you have seen this guy before even though you may not know it. He had a re-occuring role on the NBC show Just Shoot Me amongst other notable acting credits to his name.

He is the semi, well complete nerdy actor we all know and love Brian Posehn. He has released a comedy CD via Relapse records and of all things, in part he discusses heavy metal music.

Who knew that when I am watching JSM reruns I was watching a metal fan play one of the parts. Not that it is really all that surprising that he is a fan of metal or anything. It is just not everyday that someone you see on TV is putting out a comedy CD via a heavy metal label. So I guess that is the unusual part, not so much his musical preference.

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Anata – The Conductor’s Departure

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Metalpedia

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Anata - The Conductor's Departure

Here is a review of the newest CD from Sweden’s Anata. This is a great band, that I have just recently had the pleasure of listening to. We’ll, it has been awhile now but they still seem new to me.

Though this release is not all that new it came out way back in January/2006, but I just bought it over the weekend.

There’s a radio station here in Dallas that caters to metal fans, so I have had the pleasure of hearing this band on there a number of times over the years but for some reason hearing stuff on the radio just does not do it for me. It’s a great way to find new bands to check out and such but I have to get a copy of a CD and listen to it in it’s entirety (a few times perhaps) before I can really say that I like or dislike it.

I mean what can you tell by hearing a band play one song, other than if you want to hear more songs by them or not.

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