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Metal Monday Volume 67 (4.23.12)

by Jesse on Apr 23, 2012 • No Comments

If you were one of the lucky ones who held a ticket to the sold out final night of The 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival on Sunday, April 22nd and stayed through to the bitter end then you witnessed something that the rest of the metal community will be envious of for a lifetime. I am, of course, talking about the reunion of Killswitch Engage with original singer Jesse Leach and their triumphant headlining set at the […]

Metal Monday Volume 66 (4.16.12)

by Jesse on Apr 16, 2012 • No Comments

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!

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!

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 […]

Metal Monday Volume 59 (2.27.12)

by Jesse on Feb 27, 2012 • 1 Comment

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This week’s Metal Monday column takes you to San Diego, where metal band Medius is getting set to release their debut album!

Metal Monday Volume 58 (2.20.12)

by Jesse on Feb 20, 2012 • No Comments

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There’s this band you need to know about right now. They’re called Knives Out and they’re the best kept secret in metal today. Hopefully with the release of their full-length debut, Black Mass Hysteria, that status will soon change. Featuring members from an array of metal communities (Nothingface, Dog Fashion Disco, Polkadot Cadaver, HELLYEAH), Knives Out is a band that goes for the throat every second they blast a note out of your speakers. Nothingface was an underrated gem of […]

Metal Monday Volume 57 (2.13.12)

by Jesse on Feb 13, 2012 • No Comments

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I don’t know where all this dissension is coming from. I’ve perused a few blurbs on the latest Corrosion Of Conformity self-titled record and everyone keeps complaining about the absence of Pepper Keenan (Who is focusing on Down at the moment). Don’t get me wrong, I love Pepper and he’s the reason I got into C.O.C. but this is not Pepper’s C.O.C. at the moment and I am okay with that. What you have on Corrosion Of Conformity is a […]

Metal Monday Volume 56 (2.6.12)

by Jesse on Feb 6, 2012 • 1 Comment

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There are some people who believe I should be mad that Ministry decided to come out of retirement after I made the trek to Chicago for some of their final U.S. shows in 2008. In all honesty, when the final notes of “End Of Days” rang out on 2007’s The Last Sucker, I was heartbroken knowing I would never hear another note of new Ministry music. That said, the announcement late last year that Al Jourgensen had reactivated Ministry for […]