Tuesday's Metal Releases

3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom (Century Media)
The 69 Eyes - Back In Blood (The End)
Ace Frehley - Anamoly (R.E.D. Distribution)

Anvil - This Is Thirteen Re-Release (VH-1 Classic)
Armed For Apocalypse - Defeat (Ironclad)
Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate (Metal Blade)
Chthonic - Mirror Of Retribution (Spinefarm)
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity (Relapse)
The Few Against Many - Sot (Pulverised)
It Dies Today - Lividity (Trustkill)
Kittie - In The Black (E1)
Living Colour - Chair In the Doorway (Megaforce Records)

Lye By Mistake – Fea Jur (Blackmarket Activities)
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers (Columbia)

Megadeth - Endgame (Roadrunner)
Ministry - The Last Dubber (13th Planet)
Muse - Resistance (Helium 3/Warner)

The Network - Bishop Kent Manning (Blackmarket Activities)
The Porcupine Tree - The Incident (Roadrunner)

Protest The Hero - Gallop Meets The Earth Live CD/DVD (Vagrant)
Shadows Fall - Retribution (Everblack)
Skinlab - The Scars Between Us (Stand And Deliver)

Thrice - Beggars (Vagrant)

THOUGHTS: After some shitty weeks of music releases, we have been redeemed by September the 15th.  This week KICKS ASS.  KICKS ASS I say!   The winner is not surprising-Megadeth.  Megadave did not disappoint with his previous album, but I gotta say, this one is better and MORE BADASS.  It goes up to 11.   

As for the others, Ace's Anomaly sounds just like the way an Ace fan would want it to sound.  It only took 74 years to finally be released, but, fuck- it's good solid rock music.   

As for the others- another massive winner goes to Muse.  Not surprising at all, either.  The sound is full, well produced and actually lives up to the over-used word of epic.  All that sound from just 3 dorks from England.  For all of those reasons, that' why Muse isn't metal but will always be talked about here.

A few other notables are Shadows Fall.  This new one is out on their own private label, and now that they are with Universal anymore you can tell.  It's heavier and darker- fans of earlier SF material will like it.  

As for Anvil having a re-issue on the list- well that could just make an old school metal fan misty eyed.  Good for you, Lips and Rob!  

Living Colour is somewhat obscure, but I have heard their name brewing about lately since they've been playing some shows in the NYC area.  New stuff is not bad, but just ok.    

Kittie- who the fuck even knew they were still together...?  Seriously- does anyone care?

Ministry- didn't Al Jourgenson claim to end this band 15 times by now.  If he doesn't hold to his guns soon no one is going to bother paying for Revolting Cocks material.

Dying Fetus is actually pretty good.  

The Winner!