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In the world of screamo, post-hardcore, or melodic hardcore -- whatever term you prefer -- many bands thrive on contrasts. Clean or "normal" vocals are contrasted with tortured, metalcore-like screaming; melodic moments can be followed by dense, harsh, vicious sensory assault. And for listeners who enjoy those heaven/hell and melody/ferocity contrasts, a good band to keep an eye on is My Fate. That isn't to say that Happiness Is Fiction -- the Finnish quintet's generally decent, if imperfect, debut album -- is screamo per se; actually, this CD is best described as alternative metal with elements of death metal/black metal, thrash, and hardcore. But like so many screamo vocalists, Antti Ojanen (My Fate's lead singer) loves to demonstrate that the sane and the insane are equally important to his artistry. One minute, Ojanen is singing in a conventional fashion; the next minute, he goes for a deep, guttural, death metal-style growl. And that demon-summoning growl is one of the things that separates Ojanen from s

Release Date: 1995-05-15, Audio CD, Spv

It s 2010 and EXCITER are still delivering intense hammer down Thrash Metal with their new release, Death Machine . This time out Exciter again worked with long-time producer Manfred Leidecker, who has produced all but one of Exciter s albums since 1990. The production compliments the grinding rhythms and speed that has held Exciter as one of the best Thrash Metal bands of all time! Since 1978, when they were known as Hell Razor, Exciter has been delivering the Thrash Metal goods. 12 albums in and Death Machine shows that Exciter has lost none of their original flair or excitement. Stand by for Exciter and their Death Machine !

It s 2010 and EXCITER are still delivering intense hammer down Thrash Metal with their new release, Death Machine . This time out Exciter again worked with long-time producer Manfred Leidecker, who has produced all but one of Exciter s albums since 1990. The production compliments the grinding rhythms and speed that has held Exciter as one of the best Thrash Metal bands of all time! Since 1978, when they were known as Hell Razor, Exciter has been delivering the Thrash Metal goods. 12 albums in and Death Machine shows that Exciter has lost none of their original flair or excitement. Stand by for Exciter and their Death Machine !

Listenable Records ( November 07, 2006 ), Genre: Heavy Metal

Following Death Magnetic by three years and Metallica's Lou Reed collaboration Lulu by a matter of weeks, the Beyond Magnetic EP offers the four completed songs from the 2008 sessions for Death Magnetic, presented in rough mixes that nevertheless sound fairly finished. Like the 2008 LP, this EP -- released digitally in December 2011 with a physical edition appearing early in the new year -- hearkens back to the Metallica of the '80s, emphasizing ever-shifting suites of thrash instead of the heavy mock-boogie of the '90s or the piecemeal floundering of St. Anger, and it doesn't feel like a revival as much as a return, an acknowledgment of the band's core strengths. While the breakneck bookends "Hate Train" and "Rebel of Babylon" command the most attention, any one of these cuts could have fit seamlessly on Death Magnetic without diluting its impact. Taken as its own entity, Beyond Magnetic is a potent shot of old-fashioned thrash. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Artemis Records ( January 11, 2000 ), Genre: Rock & Pop

Vinyl LP pressing. Archive release from the Metal veterans containing the previously unreleased To The Death demo-only album from January 1984. Voivod formed in 1983, with a weird hybrid of thrash metal and punk-a sound that made them stand out as a unique band from the beginning. Still together after almost 30 years, having made more than a dozen albums and toured the world, the Canadian group reaches back to the beginning of their career for their first Alternative Tentacles release. Voivod began as four friends who met in high school and decided to get together to play some heavy music. Growing up in Northern Quebec in an aluminum factory area called Saguenay (which they dubbed 'Morgoth Land'), they shared a liking of Venom, Mot"rhead, Tank, Discharge and GBH, as well as obscure prog and krautrock bands like Van Der Graaf Generator, Faust and Can. They were scared of the threat of a nuclear war and Reagan-era concepts such as the Strategic Defense Initiative, and had a dystopian view of the future.

Vinyl LP pressing. Archive release from the Metal veterans containing the previously unreleased To The Death demo-only album from January 1984. Voivod formed in 1983, with a weird hybrid of thrash metal and punk-a sound that made them stand out as a unique band from the beginning. Still together after almost 30 years, having made more than a dozen albums and toured the world, the Canadian group reaches back to the beginning of their career for their first Alternative Tentacles release. Voivod began as four friends who met in high school and decided to get together to play some heavy music. Growing up in Northern Quebec in an aluminum factory area called Saguenay (which they dubbed 'Morgoth Land'), they shared a liking of Venom, Mot"rhead, Tank, Discharge and GBH, as well as obscure prog and krautrock bands like Van Der Graaf Generator, Faust and Can. They were scared of the threat of a nuclear war and Reagan-era concepts such as the Strategic Defense Initiative, and had a dystopian view of the future.

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