1. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

2. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

3. Absu - Abraxas Connexus (Candlelight)

4. Arkona – Solvo (Napalm)

5. Chimaira - The Age of Hell (eOne)

6. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)

7. Mastodon – Black Tongue (Reprise)

8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)

9. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)

10. Dirge Within – Absolution (Big Time)

What happens when you mix the wide-ranging audience of podcast with the insanely powerful, heavy, and brutal forces of Metal? Well, the Mistress of Destruction and I have our own ideas about the chaos and anarchy that could ensue! Just remember, it is up to those who subject themselves to the ridiculously awesome DeathPod to misbehave themselves. At least, that is what our undead legal department in tattered suits advised us to disclaim.

Originally, the Mistress of Destruction came forward with the idea to promote a Chainsaw podcast that contained many regional bands that were either unsigned or belonged to smaller labels. The goal of the DeathPod is to bring forth metal music that absolutely destroys the local scenes, in addition to allowing listeners to headbang on the job, in the middle of class, or while rocking children to sleep.

With that goal in mind the Mistress and I set off, and after many grueling, gory, and archaic nights our first DeathPod was weaponized and ready to be unleashed upon the masses.

We proudly present:
RBT from Raleigh, N.C.
Coils Of The Serpent from Boone, N.C.
Escher from Raleigh/Durham, N.C.
Akris from the Washington D.C. area.
Lions Of Tsavo from Austin, Texas.
Bridesmaid from Columbus, Ohio.

So why wait? Go ahead and listen to the DeathPod.

If you are a fan of a band or are a member of a band that wants to get involved, then please post on the Facebook page or get in contact with the Cannibal at chainsaw@wknc.org.

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1. Arkona – Solvo (Napalm)

2. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)

3. Revocation – Chaos of Forms (Relapse)

4. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)

5. Mastodon – Black Tongue (Reprise)

6. Chimaira – The Age of Hell (eOne)

7. Monstro – MonstrO (Vagrant)

8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)

9. Dir En Grey – Dum Spiro Spero (The End)

10. iwrestledabearonce – Ruining It For Everybody (Century Media)

Greetings! I know, the title is a little lame, but the Gigan, Pathology, Blood Red Throne and Grave show was the complete opposite. The show was Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Volume 11.

I’ll start at the beginning with Gigan. Yeah, Gigan, the monster the fought Godzilla, well he just devoured all the other bands so the show ended early….

Bad joke. For real, though, Gigan was awesome. Since appearing last in Raleigh the band has changed its line up but is still equally kick-ass. Gigan’s innovative style and talent was a strange match to Grave’s death metal feel, but they were excellent openers for the following bands.

 ** Sorry for any Pathology fans, I didn’t see them. I needed my eardrums for Blood Red Throne and Grave.**

Blood Red Throne DESTROYED. That is the most head banging I’ve done in a while. Norway is known for its black metal but this death metal band stands as a reminder that more comes from those snowy lands than Hades and Emperor (Ironically, past members from Emperor have graced the stage with BRT).

Finally, GRAVE. Swedish death metal. A brutal set which sealed the reputation that Northern Europe rules at playing metal. Though their albums only include three members they play live as a four piece. Two guitars, a bass and drums.

And I conclude with Magnus Mertinsson, he is the add-on member for live shows and he looks the most like Cousin It! Which is where we started, It going to a show! Well, that’s it, until next time!

-It

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

CMJ Top 200 from WKNC’s Daytime Indie Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	SBTRKT	SBTRKT	XL-Young Turks
#2	MEMORY TAPES	Player Piano	Carpark
#3	MOTOPONY	Motopony	tinyOGRE
#4	BODIES OF WATER	Twist Again	Thousand Tongues
#5	MIDDLE EAST	I Want That You Are Always Happy	Missing Piece
#6	BALKANS	Balkans	Double Phantom
#7	TEAM ME	Team Me	Propeller
#8	BRILLIANT COLORS	Again And Again	Slumberland
#9	BANDANA SPLITS	Mr. Sam Presents The Bandana Splits
#10	SALLIE FORD AND THE SOUND OUTSIDE	Dirty Radio	Partisan

CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	TOXIC HOLOCAUST	Conjure And Command	Relapse
#2	FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE	Agony	Nuclear Blast
#3	ANTHRAX	Worship Music Sampler	Megaforce
#4	SKALMOLD	Baldur	Napalm
#5	DIR EN GREY	Dum Spiro Spero	The End
#6	SVARTSOT	Maledictus Eris	Napalm
#7	EXHUMED	All Guts, No Glory	Relapse
#8	UNKIND	Harhakuvat	Relapse
#9	WORLD UNDER BLOOD	Tactical	Nuclear Blast
#10	DIRGE WITHIN	“Absolution” [Single]	Century Media

CMJ Hip-Hop from WKNC’s Underground

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	MF DOOM	“Gazillion Ear” [Single]
#2	CANNIBAL OX	Angels & Insects
#3	JEDI MIND TRICKS	Put Em In The Grave
#4	PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH	“I Get Physical” [Single]
#5	ACTUAL PROOF	“Get It Done” [Single]
#6	BIG L	“Put It On” [Single]
#7	SHABAZZ PALACES	Swerve The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile
#8	SHANE ELI	I Can Do Better
#9	SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND	Hello Cruel World	Fake Four
#10	MEDIAN	Median’s Relief	Halftooth

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

CMJ Hip-Hop from WKNC’s Underground

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	ACTUAL PROOF	“Get It Done” [Single]
#2	9TH WONDER FT. STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT	Special
#3	MEDIAN	Median’s Relief	Halftooth
#4	BIG L	“Put It On” [Single]
#5	SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND	Hello Cruel World	Fake Four
#6	P-FUNK THE KING	Fall Classic
#7	SHANE ELI	I Can Do Better
#8	REEK DA VILLIAN	Fall In Line
#9	DJ MUGGS AND ILL BILL	Secrets Worth Dying For
#10	ONCUE	“Walk With Me” [Single]

CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	MASTODON	“Black Tongue” [Single]	Reprise
#2	PSYCHOSTICK	Space Vampires Vs Zombie Dinosaurs In 3D	Rock Ridge
#3	TOXIC HOLOCAUST	Conjure And Command	Relapse
#4	SVARTSOT	Maledictus Eris	Napalm
#5	DIR EN GREY	Dum Spiro Spero	The End
#6	UNKIND	Harhakuvat	Relapse
#7	DYING FETUS	History Repeats…	Relapse
#8	EXHUMED	All Guts, No Glory	Relapse
#9	WORLD UNDER BLOOD	Tactical	Nuclear Blast
#10	FAIR TO MIDLAND	Arrows And Anchors	E1

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	ALL SHALL PERISH	This Is Where It Ends	Nuclear Blast
#2	TOMBS	Path Of Totality	Relapse
#3	ENDSTILLE	Infektion 1813	Season Of Mist
#4	SUICIDE SILENCE	The Black Crown	Century Media
#5	EXHUMED	All Guts, No Glory	Relapse
#6	A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH	And Hell Will Follow Me	SPV
#7	BOOK OF BLACK EARTH	The Cold Testament	Prosthetic
#8	DRACONIAN	A Rose For The Apocalypse	Napalm
#9	PESTILENCE	Doctrine	Mascot
#10	STREAM OF PASSION	Darker Days	Napalm

CMJ RPM from WKNC’s Afterhours

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	SBTRKT	SBTRKT	Young Turks-XL
#2	FRIENDLY FIRES	Pala	XL
#3	WASHED OUT	Within And Without	Sub Pop
#4	ZOMBY	Dedication	4AD
#5	MAGNETIC MAN	Magnetic Man	Star Time
#6	YACHT	Shangri-La	DFA
#7	FM BELFAST	Don’t Want To Sleep	Morr
#8	BORGORE	Delicious [EP]
#9	FIORA	Blue Muse
#10	THIEVERY CORPORATION	Culture Of Fear	ESL

CMJ Hip-Hop from WKNC’s Underground

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	AMAD JAMAL	Hood Tales
#2	SHANE ELI	I Can Do Better
#3	EL DA SENSEI & THE RETURNERS	GTO 2: Nu World	Asfalt
#4	JAYLIB	Champion Sound: Deluxe	Stones Throw
#5	SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND	Napoleon
#6	KING MEZ	King’s Khrysis
#7	CITIZEN AIM	As Just Cause Cries	Humble Beast
#8	SHABAZZ PALACES	Swerve… The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile
#9	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	“No Me Importa” [Single]
#10	SHAD	“Telephone” [Single]

CMJ Radio 200 from WKNC’s Daytime Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	Gardens & Villa	Gardens & Villa	Secretly Canadian
#2	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Fat Possum
#3	Motopony	Motopony	tinyOGRE
#4	Seapony	Go With Me	Hardly Art
#5	Balkans	Balkans	Double Phantom
#6	Sbtrkt	Sbtrkt	XL-Young Turks
#7	1, 2, 3	New Heaven	Frenchkiss
#8	Bella Ruse	Kuhzoo	Self-Released
#9	Memory Tapes	Player Piano	Carpark
#10	Vaccines	What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?	Columbia

(click for top 30)

Primitive Ways Records presented Snake Baptist (N.C.), RBT (N.C.) and F*uck the Facts (Canada)

July 23, 2011 at Kings Barcade

Snake Baptist: These guys were a riot. Slapping people and punching holes in the wall all while playing some solid, what has be described as turboviolence. Excellent to watch, excellent to listen to; hope these dude play again soon. (I’ll snap some shots when I see them play again.)

RBT: Renegade Bong Tyrants or they could be the renegade beard tyrants (all members have impressive beards). These dudes have laid it out every time I have seen them. Awesome vocals with killer guitar, bass and drums deliver complete hardcore havoc.

The Bong Tyrants

F*ck the Facts: I have to say in the past two months I’ve never liked Canada so much. Three bands have ventured from their motherland down south to play in Raleigh this summer and F*ck the Facts was the best by far. Overflowing with the energy needed for great grindcore they blew my mind. Awesome drumming, ripping guitar and mesmerizing vocals left my ears wanting more. Basically, these guys were a lot of fun to watch and even more fun to listen to. Also, their art was done by their lead singer Mel and ruled.

F*ck

the

Facts

That is it.

-it.

Here are the WKNC’s Top 10 loud rock albums reported to CMJ this week. Illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan (known for his work on “X-Men: The Last Stand,” “Watchmen” and the new “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) is the mastermind behind the amazing art on Symphony X’s Iconoclast.

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	Exhumed	All Guts, No Glory	Relapse
#2	Symphony X	Iconoclast	Nuclear Blast
#3	Devin Townsend Project	Deconstruction	Inside Out
#4	Sepultura	Kairos	Nuclear Blast
#5	Suicide Silence	The Black Crown	Century Media
#6	Decapitated	Carnival Is Forever	Nuclear Blast
#7	August Burns Red	Leveler	Solid State
#8	Paper Thin Disaster	Feed The Machine	MyPixo
#9	Draconian	A Rose For The Apocalypse	Napalm
#10	Morbid Angel	Illud Divinum Insanus	Season Of Mist

I sure as hell do! Anaal Nathrakh has released another ear-shattering gut-pulverizing mind-munching limb-decapitating lung-popping skull-smashing brain-bursting intestinal-disemboweling album, Passion.

This album is to family friendliness as loaded guns are to baby pacifiers. Unless you’re the Manson family. The guitars are raw and brutal, but never approach blandness as they’re broken up with slight melodies, industrial undertones, guitar solos, and even growling solos! Their songs encompass a certain stand-alone uniqueness missing amongst the more grind core-oriented bands. This does mean that there are clean vocals, which at first put me off like an undefiled grave. However, upon listening to the entire album, it’s clear that they’re a great juxtaposition against the pure, raw, and grotesque microphone-swallowing exercises these guys do. And it doesn’t take away from the horn-rising head-banging factor at all.

In totality, this is one ear-splitting album with many differing embellishments that are sparsely used to recreate the old “put this album on repeat” syndrome, thought to have been eradicated by its bastard cousin “put this song on repeat” syndrome that big music industries have let flourish.

If anyone looks at you funny for listening to this album, such as family, friends, or significant others, just be sure to tell them that there is nothing wrong with liking Anaal.

Here are the chainsaw top ten this week, as compiled by Chainsaw Music Director, Cory Slep.

Rank Artist Recording Label 1 SEPTICFLESH The Great Mass Season Of Mist 2 DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT Deconstruction Inside Out 3 AMON AMARTH Surtur Rising Metal Blade 4 BELPHEGOR Blood Magick Necromance Nuclear Blast 5 KAMPFAR Mare Napalm 6 TOMBS Path Of Totality Relapse 7 ARCH ENEMY Khaos Legions Century Media 8 BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE Celestial Completion Solid State 9 IKILLYA Recon Lekberg 10 MORBID ANGEL Illud Divinum Insanus Seasons of Mist

 

Here are the chainsaw top ten this week, as compiled by Chainsaw Music Director, Cory Slep.

 

 

Rank	Artist	Recording	Label
1	ANVIL	Juggernaut Of Justice	The End
2	SEPTICFLESH	The Great Mass	Season Of Mist
3	HAEMORRHAGE	Hospital Carnage	Relapse
4	AUTOPSY	Macabre Eternal	Peaceville
5	AMON AMARTH	Surtur Rising	Metal Blade
6	TYR	The Lay Of Thrym	Napalm
7	ANAAL NATHRAKH	Passion	Candlelight
8	ABYSMAL DAWN	Leveling The Plane Of Existence	Relapse
9	HATE ETERNAL	Phoenix Amongst The Ashes	Metal Blade
10	BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE	Celestial Completion	Solid State

Here are the chainsaw top ten, as compiled by Chainsaw Music Director, Cory Slep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rank	Artist	Recording	Label
#1	AMON AMARTH	Surtur Rising	Metal Blade
#2	BELPHEGOR	Blood Magick Necromance	Nuclear Blast
#3	SEPTICFLESH	The Great Mass	Season Of Mist
#4	TYR	The Lay Of Thrym	Napalm
#5	HAEMORRHAGE	Hospital Carnage	Relapse
#6	AUTOPSY	Macabre Eternal	Peaceville
#7	KAMPFAR	Mare	Napalm
#8	BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE	Celestial Completion	Solid State
#9	CANNIBAL CORPSE	Evisceration Plague	Metal Blade
#10	ANAAL NATHRAKH	Passion	Candlelight

88.1 WKNC’s Pick of the Week 4/6

There are few bands as unique as local North Carolina legend Between The Buried And Me.

Time has seen this band shift from a pure metalcore band into prog-metal masters. Every album of theirs has shown a shift and change in not only the band’s talent, but also in their songwriting skills. This EP, while it only contains three songs, holds a wealth of material contained in them.

From beginning to end, he Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues will take more twists and turns that 24 does in an entire season. What truly sets this album apart from the band’s previous endeavors, however, is the seamless blending of past and present elements.

We get a sense of what is to come from the start of the record as Thomas Giles ominously plays his keyboards, as if he were summoning the ferocious beast Godzilla from the depths of the ocean for “Specular Reflection.” Just as the piano crescendos into a climax, the guitars and drums kick in, pummeling you with frantic riffs and erratic blast beats.

All throughout this barrage, Giles’s vocals berate us with a harshness seen in many death metal bands. As he screams his heart out, the guitars take a gradual change from intense pummeling to a firm massaging, blending intricately with the harshness of the vocals, before breaking down completely into a serene progressive interlude.

Giles’s vocals adapt to this change as his vocals take on an ethereal aspect, seeming to float over the air, as guitars hold a sustain over a constant drum beat, that slowly builds up into a melody that would make Muse jealous.

Seamlessly transitioning from the first song, “Augment of Rebirth” sweep picks its way into BTBAM history as being quite possibly the heaviest song the band has ever written. Constant stop-go guitar riffs litter the song from beginning to end, as keyboards seem to sneak in ever so slightly, intertwining themselves with the riffs and gutteral vocals.

Seeming to draw inspiration from The Dillinger Escape Plan with regards to insanity, the band constantly switches between intense fast playing and heavy breakdowns that seem to beat into your very soul.

But true to BTBAM style, they refuse to stay constant as they inject a polka interlude reminiscent of the bards of old as they entertained kings, before merging into a polka metal fusion blasting its way through your speakers.

In what could be my favorite song written by the band, “Lunar Wilderness” encapsulates everything that makes BTBAM, well, BTBAM.

It starts off beautiful and chill before suddenly kicking in with harsh vocals and catchy guitar riff that sticks with you for the rest of the day. The vocals take on a dual aspect as they shift between gorgeous clean vocals and harsh yelling.

Known mostly for their intricacies in guitar work, the band spares no expense as they unleash solo after solo, sometimes undercutting the vocals and creating a vacuum of intensity. Suddenly, as if the heavens decided to part and spare us from this destruction, the song drops into a peaceful ending interlude, letting the listener down from the chaos.

Combining all these songs together into one long, conceptual piece, these North Carolinians show they can fuse the beauty with the brutal and the calm with the chaotic, forming a tornado that will sweep you off your feet before putting you back down.

88.1 WKNC Pick of the Week is published every Wednesday in the print edition of Technician, as well as online at technicianonline.com and wknc.org.

 

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME	The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues	Metal Blade
#2	SEPTICFLESH	The Great Mass	Season of Mist
#3	ANAAL NATHRAKH	Passion	Candlelight
#4	SYMFONIA	In Paradisum	Eagle Rock
#5	SCAR SYMMETRY	The Unseen Empire	Nuclear Blast
#6	HATE ETERNAL	Phoenix Amongst the Ashes	Metal Blade
#7	AMON AMARTH	Surtur Rising	Metal Blade
#8	KAMPFAR	Mare	Napalm
#9	CHILDREN OF BODOM	Relentless Reckless Forever	Metal Blade
#10	ZOMBI	Escape Velocity	Relapse