More new metal is making its way online today; here’s the rundown:
 Mastodon, “Divination”(STREAM – skip to 21:30 mark to hear song) from forthcoming album Crack the Skye, available tentatively on March 24, 2009 It’s already been nearly 3 years since their brilliant third album Blood Mountain launched them into the spotlight, and now they are back with their epic, carefully crafted Rasputin influenced, (elemental) ethereal based followup. There’s really no telling what direction these guys will go in, but my instincts are telling me it well take them into progressive and uncharted territories that will elevate their profile as “forward-thinking metalheads” even more! |
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Brutal death metal kings Cannibal Corpse are set to soon release the album that promises to be even heavier than 2006’s Kill. These veterans have set the goal of making each of their albums heavier than the last, and although that’s getting tougher and tougher each time, an authentic Florida session with Erik Rhutan has helped these veternans achieve it. This is one of the most anticipated death metal albums of the year, and for now you can hear it all for free… |
 Kylesa, “Said and Done”(STREAM) from forthcoming album Static Tensions, available on March 17, 2009 Kylesa sounds like they’ve really grown into their own skin on this album. Their gritty, grooving doom sounds more precise and psychedelic this time around, and there’s a nice polish over the tracks that adds a fullness to the sound that I haven’t heard from them before. If the rest of the album sounds like “Said and Done” this will be an sure album of the year qualifier and a career peak for the band. They’ll be here to play this live in early April with Haunted, Nachtmystium, and Intronaut. |
Cannibal Corpse, Evisceration Plague 
Mos Def is one of those guys that just seems to always be around. He is going to be dropping his first album since 
MIND INVERSION 