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The Blerd13 (lite) with…Trevor Phipps of Unearth!

by Jesse on Apr 21, 2012 • No Comments

First off, I’d like to welcome you properly to The Blerd13 (lite). It’s got less questions AND less calories so it’s good for your attention span and your health while you read (Not really). If you live in New England and love some metal, chances are you know Unearth . You probably know about that annual thing they call The New England Metal And Hardcore Fest , too, right? Unearth are playing. They take the stage at 6. Vocalist Trevor Phipps gives us the scoop. 1. You’ll […]

Spin Cycle: Prong “Carved Into Stone”

by Jesse on Apr 20, 2012 • No Comments

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Calling Prong’s latest album, Carved Into Stone, the definitive Prong album (And possibly their best) would be an understatement. Their first in almost five years, Carved Into Stone manages to encapsulate everything that Prong has ever been into a neat package and still look to the future with open arms. There’s hints of Rude Awakening industrial, the grind of Prove You Wrong, the perfection of Cleansing, some nods to thrash and some just plain old good metal. “Eternal Heat” is […]

The Viewfinder: Fear Factory “The Industrialist Teaser”

by Jesse on Apr 18, 2012 • No Comments

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I shouldn’t be surprised that in an age where we have trailers for trailers, there would be the need for a trailer for an album. I’m especially not surprised that the album in question is The Industrialist from LA metallers Fear Factory. The second outing from the reunited Burton Bell and Dino Cazares, The Industrialist gets back to FF’s cyber-metal roots and grandiose concept albums in the vein of Demanufacture and more appropriately 1998’s Obsolete. The two minute teaser doesn’t […]

Metal Monday Volume 66 (4.16.12)

by Jesse on Apr 16, 2012 • No Comments

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If ever there was a band out of Boston deserving your attention, it’s Jack Burton Vs. David Lo Pan . Having the most amazing band name aside, these four gents are making the type of music that most normal brains can’t even comprehend. First off, if you haven’t heard of Jack Burton Vs. David Lo Pan you need to run out and get There Are No Breakdowns In Black Metal right now, devour it, and then check back into this space. All caught up? Good. Now we get to Exhibit B and the […]

Metal Monday Volume 65 (4.09.12)

by Jesse on Apr 9, 2012 • No Comments

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Nothing says “Happy Easter” more than a blistering new album of Christian Metal, right? On True Defiance, Demon Hunter’s sixth, the Seattle natives up the ante, up the amps, and up the thrash for eleven tracks (thirteen if you pony up for the deluxe!) of unbridled metal fury. When did Demon Hunter become Pantera? The moment “Crucifix” really kicks in, especially the repetitive riff drone in the middle, it’s apparent that these Christian metallers have taken a page from the […]

Metal Monday Volume 64 (4.2.12)

by Jesse on Apr 2, 2012 • No Comments

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Canada’s 3 Inches Of Blood “Fire Up The Blades” again with their latest, Long Live Heavy Metal, and Metal Monday takes a listen!

Spin Cycle: Meshuggah’s “Koloss”

by Jesse on Mar 31, 2012 • No Comments

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Maybe it’s time that Meshuggah make an acoustic album? Just throwing it out there. Now there’s nothing inherently wrong with Koloss, it’s just nothing new for the progressive math metal juggernauts. Especially consider what a colossal record Obzen was, add a four year wait for a new album, and Koloss tends to fall flat. Maybe it’s unfair to compare “I Am Colossus” to Obzen‘s ferocious opener “Combustion” but it needs to be done. Most of the first half, like “I […]

Metal Monday Volume 63 (3.26.12)

by Jesse on Mar 26, 2012 • No Comments

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Beak is one of those bands that is hard to categorize. They’re heavy. They’re atmospheric. They’re diverse. Oh, did I mention they were heavy? They have the apocalyptic presence of Killing Joke (Check out the keys on “Hands Collide”), the instrumental prowess of Pelican, and both the fierceness and musicality of Isis (“Men At Arms”). On their debut album, Eyrie, Beak make a compelling case to be the only new metal band to watch in 2012. Eyrie is a 5-song aural […]

Metal Monday Volume 62 (3.19.12)

by Jesse on Mar 19, 2012 • No Comments

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Fly, pelican, fly–and that’s exactly what the metal band does, landing in this week’s Metal Monday column!

The Singles Bar: Ministry “Double Tap”

by Jesse on Mar 15, 2012 • No Comments

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If you were unimpressed with “99 Percenters” and crave a little more aggression in your Ministry then “Double Tap”, the latest single off the upcoming Relapse, is sure to hit the spot. It’s Ministry incarnate as the band come out of retirement guns ablazin with this hyper metal thrash fest. Bush may have been out of office but the threat of Bin Laden still remained so Uncle Al’s vitriol had some great fuel on “Double Tap”. The shredding (both by […]

Metal Monday Volume 61 (3.12.12)

by Jesse on Mar 12, 2012 • No Comments

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Metal Monday praises Soulfly’s latest, Enslaved, over on Popblerd!

Metal Monday Volume 60 (3.5.12)

by Jesse on Mar 5, 2012 • No Comments

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In honor of Every Time I Die releasing their sixth studio album this week (Review coming soon), we decided to have some Popblerd crossover magic for ya and bring The Viewfinder into the pages of Metal Monday to check out “Revival Mode”, the latest video from ETID’s Ex Lives. Ok, so the song is not your typical Every Time I Die song. At all. In fact, I can understand if you thought this was a The Damned Things B-Side on […]