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Metal

Albums (x3): Avantasia – The Scarecrow Trilogy

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Justin here. For years my favorite band has been HIM. We’ve featured one of their albums before (and it’s only a matter of time before we get around to the rest of them).

Recently however a new group has taken that favorite band position: Avantasia. If you live in North America you probably haven’t heard of them before so let me give you a quick rundown…

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Album – Meshuggah: Catch ThirtyThree

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For metal lovers, Catch ThirtyThree is a modern-day masterpiece. What makes it so special is that it has very unusual concept: think of this CD as a 47 minute long song, strategically divided into 13 parts.

It’s very rare when concept albums provide a perfect musical experience throughout the entire album, but believe us when we say that Catch ThirtyThree delivers.

There’s a good chance your mind will be blown.

Highlights: Entrapment, In Death – Is Life, Shed, Sum


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Animals as Leaders – Tempting Time

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This week we stumbled upon Animals as Leaders; once we heard them we knew they needed to be on this site. This is progressive metal at its best.

‘Tempting Time’ is the first track off of their amazing debut album. Make sure you grab it so you can brag to your friends about how you found them first.


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Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill

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For those of you who enjoy metal, you obviously know how legendary Pantera is. But for anyone else who wanted to get into the band but didn’t know where to start, this is it.

‘The Great Southern Trendkill’ has two distinct parts to the song: a thrash-heavy first half followed by almost two minutes of guitar-solo heaven. Hell yeah.


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Tool – Rosetta Stoned

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At 11 minutes and 11 seconds, ‘Rosetta Stoned’ is one trip of a song; but hey, isn’t that the kind of thing that Tool is known for?
There’s just so much in this song to love – it’ll take you a long time to get bored of it.

PS: Currently, Amazon.com only sells Tool songs on CD, not individually.


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DevilDriver – I’ve Been Sober

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‘I’ve Been Sober’ is by far the best song off of DevilDriver’s latest CD ‘Pray for Villains’. We’re not saying that the CD doesn’t deliver – this song is just that good.

… and come on, that outro is one of the best things we’ve heard all year. Excuse us while we go listen to it and drool some more.


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Threat Signal – A New Beginning

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If this is the first time you’ve heard of Threat Signal, stop reading this sentence and go give this song a listen right now. It’s ok, we’ll wait.

Amazing, no? You’re welcome for just finding you your new favourite band.


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Skindred – Nobody

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Wait a second… metal mixed with reggae?

That’s right! Skindred has their own unique sound; one of those weird combinations that just work. ‘Nobody’ is a hard-hitting track that you won’t soon forget. Do yourself a favour and pick this bad boy up!


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