EYES UPON SEPARATION - I HOPE SHE'S HAVING NIGHTMARESBelieve it or not, JT Woodruff (Hawthorne Heights) used to play in this band. (So did some dudes from Zao, I hear.) Ten tracks of emotive technical metal, if you can fathom that. Plenty of breakdowns, but done with style and a hell of a lot better than the Devil Wears Prada or something.
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DIVIDER - AT TWILIGHTI think this band recently broke up after only releasing this "mini-LP." I got the chance to see them live and they absolutely floored me. This release did the same, which is even more impressive considering this was their first. Six great tracks that fall somewhere between Ed Gein and Converge without ripping off either.
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OKTOBER SKYLINE - THAT'S HOW TRIPODS WORKThe only full-length from these five Pennsylvanians occasionally reminds me of Neutral Milk Hotel's best moments, with a pervasive Pavement sound throughout the whole disc that makes me want to get out my copy of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Nah, just kidding: eleven sick tracks of experimental grind done in a way that's both self-indulgent and tasteful (imagine that!). The fact that I still dig this album hard four years after its release is a testament to its quality, that's for sure.
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Oktober Skyline covers Danzig's "Mother"!
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