My Top 15 Albums of 2014

Another year has come and gone and a lot of great music has been released. Here are my picks for best albums of the year, counting down from 15. Also, below is a playlist of the recommended tracks from each album. 15. Austrian Death Machine – Triple Brutal Austrian Death Machine isn’t a groundbreaking endeavor…

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Featured Artist: Corrupt Moral Altar

I was wandering the vastness that is the internet looking for news to report to you all when I stumbled upon this stream over at Metalsucks. The band is Corrupt Moral Altar and if you’re into grind with a little sludginess to it then I think their latest effort Mechanical Tides will be to your…

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Today in rock/metal history…

Thrash metal pioneers Metallica released their epic 1988 album, …And Justice For All. It was a very progressive album for the Bay Area thrasher, featuring more complex song structures and unusual time signatures throughout. It was also the band’s first record with new bassist Jason Newsted who replaced Cliff Burton after he passed away while…

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Happy Birthday Dimebag

Today would have been Pantera/Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell’s 48th birthday and many of today’s names in metal took to Twitter to wish him a happy birthday. Below you will find a Pantera playlist and some of the tweets to commemorate the legendary guitarist. RIP brother Dime! Getcha’ pull!…

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Upon A Burning Body stream new album

Upon A Burning Body will be dropping their third studio album The World Is My Enemy Now this coming Tuesday (Aug. 12th). To help you decide whether you will be giving them your money the album is now streaming in full (stream after the jump). The record will be out through Sumerian Records and features…

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Pro Shot footage from Wacken Open Air

Personally, I’m not a big fan of live footage or live albums, I’m more of a “I’d rather be there” kind of guy. But I know that many do enjoy live footage for whatever reason. So here is a playlist made up of full sets at Wacken from Kreator, The Devin Townsend Project, Amon Amarth,…

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New Albums Streaming now

In the past week several highly-anticipated releases (at least for me) have become available to stream. Embedded below are the players so you can listen to your pick or all of them. Enjoy! NOTE: Only select tracks from the The Haunted and Iron Reagan records are available for streaming. The songs that can be listened…

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