As Metal Director/DJ at WRUV, plus owner of this website, I get sent a metric shit ton of new music every year. I was once able to house my entire MP3 collection on a 160 GB iPod Classic, but as the inevitable digital shift progressed, my virtual library grew exponentially.

There are 53 bands represented, with 39 receiving short recaps of 21 words or less, in 12 different groupings.

Rating: 4.5/5
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The point of recorded music has always been to recreate an imagined experience anywhere. Lest we forget, originally, pressed discs were created to simulate the live performance of a musician in the comfort of your home …with glorious monaural sound. A century later, ethos has shifted and expanded to encompass bands like Anaal Nathrakh, but the end result is the same—to make you feel like they do.

Still another first on the ‘Mind Over Metal’ broadcast, as I attempt to use Earsplit Compound’s calling card to internationally dial the UK for this interview with the Anaal Nathrakh frontman. After only five or six tries, it actually happened, and we got to discuss their fucking ridiculously awesome new album “Passion”.

The albums “The Codex Necro” and “When Fire Rains Down From The Sky Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown” will come equipped with bonus tracks in a deluxe black slipcase.

Rating: 4/5

A quick listen introduces mostly chaos, but revisits reveal the intricate shadows to the truly tenacious. This is the storm before the apocalypse.