Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Mar 15, 2011, 6:58 pm
So the time has come. I was just going to let this site expire in May, but seeing that Rob over at That Devil Music went and got all Hosted and stuff and we got the new blog running, I figured that we should just re-direct you over there. I may not be blogging here
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Mar 2, 2011, 8:58 pm
Now before I get into this, this is not metal. If I could put it in a category it would be Progressive Rock. Since we’re clear on that, lets get this on the road. Joshua Cooley hails from San Diego, California and I believe he is 20 years old. He is an independent musician and he
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Mar 2, 2011, 6:01 pm
Now I really don’t know much about The Sign of the Southern Cross, nor could I find anything really about these guys. Aka I looked on Wikipedia for them and they didn’t have an article about them. Now I don’t know if they have released anything previous to this, nor does it matter to me,
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 27, 2011, 6:38 pm
If you haven’t heard, Slayer had to cancel their February 27th Sidney, Australia show due to Tom Araya being Hospitalized. The details are unknown as to what he was hospitalized, but they kept him overnight. Jeff Hannemen was recently replaced by Gary Holt for this leg of the tour due to falling i...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 27, 2011, 3:19 pm
Stoner metal band Red Fang has issued an open challenge on their Facebook page to anyone that dares cross their paths in Scrabble! so if you’re a nerd like Red Fang and me, we’ll see you on the board…TRIPLE POINTS! Go HERE! And also an official statement from their page. ...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 26, 2011, 8:26 pm
I’m not a Dillinger Escape Plan fan by any means, but I found the guest vocals on Soulfly‘s Rise of The Fallen to add a bit of something interesting to their sound. Now this is old news, but the more I think about Max’s recent statement about a collaboration between himself and Greg Puciato, t...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 26, 2011, 2:38 pm
Well at least if you live near San Bernadino, California! There’s a video on the Festival’s Website and it pretty much tells you to record yourself being the most brOOtal or most core. So pretty much film yourself being a tool bag and explain why you love Hot Topic the most with your trip pants&...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 25, 2011, 5:52 pm
I always enjoy these little award shows. You get the opportunity to see one of your beloved bands finally get recognition by receiving awards and little trophies to take home, cause we all know taking home a Grammy nowadays doesn’t mean shit. Unfortunately for me, these metal awards shows have...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 22, 2011, 6:15 pm
Not to be confused with the METAlliance(Which is a collective group of music producers and engineers), this tour will rock any venue it crashes into. The head liners are the veteran titans Helmet, Saint Vitus, and Crowbar. And the openers are far from being considered mediocre as most opening bands...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 21, 2011, 5:16 pm
As you have obviously noticed, HookInMouth.net has had very few updates in the last two weeks or so. There are a number of reasons for that but the number one reason is that I just can’t dedicate myself to sit down every day to comb through emails or find the time to review upcoming or
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 17, 2011, 12:46 am
Since their recent success at Madison Square Garden, Rammstein has confirmed their first US tour in years! Now if you’re half excited as I am about this, you will probably do your best to go to one these concerts. Also it would be cool to see who would open for them, since their last opener
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 15, 2011, 8:57 pm
Judas Priest announced Via their Facebook and webpage that they are thinking about playing a song from each album on their Epitaph farewell tour. I don’t know if I should call it a farewell tour, should we? Anyway, in a message on their webpage they said: As you can see we are announcing tour...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 12, 2011, 9:43 pm
There is a reason that Metal Bloggers or bloggers in general get a bad rap a lot of the time. The fact is that a lot of blogs like to think that they can attract people and get attention by constantly being cynical little bastards all of the time. I, myself have found that being
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 12, 2011, 9:26 pm
Yet another band that made my top ten list of 2010, Barren Earth are making their rounds, opening up the Finnish Metal Tour in support of their first full length album, Curse Of the Red River. That Devil Music’s ‘Draden’ had the opportunity to interview Barren Earth frontman Mikko Kotamäki. T...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 12, 2011, 9:31 am
Where the hell have I been? Well, to be honest I’ve been incredibly bored with blogging lately. Getting back in to the swing of things, I think I just may cut back to maybe one update a day in order to keep focusing on a few things that I have been doing lately. Anyway… Intronaut‘s Valley...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 8, 2011, 2:42 pm
Mastodon will released their first ever CD/DVD live experience on March 15th, 2011. The DVD contains the entire Crack the Skye live experience containing other popular songs as well. Also the Crack the Skye movie will also be contained in the DVD. From what I read, if you saw them live, it’ll be t...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 7, 2011, 5:35 pm
I’ll tell you right now that this isn’t going to be an in-depth, lathered up review. It’s going to be rather short and to the point because this is Weedeater and they aren’t exactly trying to compose the next white album or anything. As usual, Dixie Dave’s bass is thick and muddy in J...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 7, 2011, 4:59 pm
Cannibal Corpse ready another DVD release called Global Evisceration. Their first DVD since the 20th anniversary DVD, Centuries Of Torment. This time around it covers two live shows during last year’s Evisceration Plague Tour with Skeletonwitch and 1349. The dvd contain behind the scenes footage a...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 5, 2011, 7:15 pm
Wormrot have just debuted a brand new track off of their upcoming ‘Dirge’ album, called Erased Existence. If you have 45 seconds, you should listen to it.
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 5, 2011, 7:10 am
This year is the 25th anniversary of Megadeth’s 2nd album, Peace Sells. This was one of the albums that really got me in to metal. It’s the album that really catapulted Megadeth forward and proved that they were a strong competitor in the thrash scene. This November marks the 25th anniversary o...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 3, 2011, 8:58 pm
Every now and again the UK births a new era thrash band.  To be honest, although the UK birthed the obvious NWOBHM, they don’t really have that many thrash bands that are really notable besides a handful. Of course without the NWOBHM, thrash may have never existed. But like I said, every now and ...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 1, 2011, 8:04 pm
Fleshgod Apocalypse’s Mafia EP was one of my top EP’s of 2010 and for good reason. The 5 song ep is incredibly fast and brutal, yet it packs a punch of melody, technicality and the occasional surprise of clean and almost power metal-esque vocals here and there. The Mafia ep also has an At The
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Feb 1, 2011, 12:01 am
Phoenix Arizona’s Hemoptysis are ready to release their first full length album, Misanthropic Slaughter on March 8th. Now is your chance to hear a new track and secure your copy of the album. They have already streamed 2 brand new songs from the album and have got over 20 good reviews. Starting to...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 31, 2011, 7:45 pm
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m being an asshole with the title, but in all honesty this does sound like a continuation of the last two albums, right? Here is a new song from their upcoming release Surtur Rising. The song is called ‘War Of The Gods’ and at least Amon Amarth isn’t writing shitty albums...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 31, 2011, 7:26 pm
I’m too lazy to go in to depth this evening on Alabama Thunderpussy. So…just listen and enjoy.
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 31, 2011, 7:10 pm
I attended the very first Rock Star Energy Mayhem fest back in 2008. I took my then 10 year old son and we had a great time. Even on that tour there were only a handful of bands I really wanted to see. It was still a good time and for my son’s first concert,
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 31, 2011, 6:52 pm
The time has come. March 8th will be here before you know it and Hemoptysis will release their first full length album, Misanthropic Slaughter. Here is your chance to preorder it. They have various packages at various reasonable prices that include shipping. Here is the presser: Arizona Thrashe...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 31, 2011, 4:01 pm
Catch extreme metal band Atheist on tour with A Life Once Lost, Revocation, and Last Chance to Reason. Tour dates below the fold!March 4 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven March 5 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater / Scion Rock Fest March 7 Toronto, ON @ Wreck Room March 8 Montreal, QC @ Le Petit Campu...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 30, 2011, 2:53 pm
Zoltan Bathory, guitarist of Five Finger Death Punch, has returned home from The Abu-Dhabi Pro World Trials Professional Jiu-Jitsu Tournament. But he didn’t come home empty handed, he earned himself a Silver Medal, apparently fighting in a higher bracket than his own. That’s…pretty metal.
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 29, 2011, 5:03 pm
How many times have you heard some asshole say that title phrase when commenting on a blog or website where an artist talks about illegal downloading? Too many times. If you agree with the statement that music should be free, then you are probably not a musician of any kind. You are probably just a&...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 29, 2011, 3:36 pm
I’ve gotten kind of backed up this week so I may just keep this one short. Flotsam And Jetsam have been another band that has always flown under the radar for a long time. I really don’t know why because they have released solid albums. Even back during the first big wave of thrash, this
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 29, 2011, 12:17 am
Here’s a little message I got on my Myspace from a musician I appreciate. His name is Davola. Pretty much giving us an update on what he has been up to, so here ya go! Greetz Fan Seeing as it’s been an obscenely long time since I posted one of these I thought it best to add my&#...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 28, 2011, 4:29 pm
Motorhead plays their single Get Back in Line off the new album The World is Yours. Here ya go! Be sure to their new album The World is Yours!
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 26, 2011, 9:40 pm
The Crown‘s new album Doomsday King dropped back in December. I’ve been meaning to do a review but I honestly haven’t listened to it enough. It’s one of those albums that will probably really grab me later on but for now there has been other things on my plate that I’ve held a little highe...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 26, 2011, 8:46 pm
Jag Panzer is often a name that a lot of metal fans have heard but they have gone under the radar for far too long. Perhaps victims of circumstances or by their own choice, Jag Panzer have seemed to avoid the main stream for the last 30 years. After what should have been a huge
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 26, 2011, 7:00 pm
SKYFORGER! My goodness that band name just screams fucking metal! And recently I have been on a folk metal binge so this album sounds pretty good right now.  Scott asked me if I was interested, and I dig about everything that starts with folk. To be more specific, this band is Baltic Folk Metal! No...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 26, 2011, 1:45 pm
Record company Seasons of Mist sign groove metal band A Life Once Lost and are expecting to release their album this here. Here’s a quote from Doug Sabolick “After over a year and a half of working on this record and setback after setback we can finally announce that
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 25, 2011, 9:55 pm
Last week Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former frontman Jesse Leach released Times Of Grace – Hymn Of A Broken Man, a side project album. I’ve had a chance to listen and if you dig the Killswitch Engage’s Alive Or Just Breathing, then you will most likely enjoy Times Of Grace...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 25, 2011, 9:41 pm
Finland’s Rotten Sound are getting ready to release the full length follow up to 2008′s Cycles with Cursed, a 16 track album due out March 16th on Relapse Records. They’ve just released the video from the track called Self off of Cursed and here it is.
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 25, 2011, 9:05 pm
They teased us yesterday with the fact that the news would be delivered today. The Big 4. The most nostalgic show since the Led Zeppelin reunion of 2007. It happened over in Bulgaria last year and now it’s coming to the United States. Unfortunately it’s also only happening for one day here as we...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 25, 2011, 8:00 am
Jack Ketch. Sounds like just any other name, right? It’s actually an infamous name in history, but one you probably didn’t learn about in school. Jack Ketch was a 17th century executioner for England’s King Charles II. Unfortunately for Ketch, he botched a bunch of executions, sometimes bringi...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 24, 2011, 3:24 pm
Death Angel have just released the new video for the song River Of Rapture from their September 2010 album Relentless Retribution. Catch Death Angel on tour with Lazarus A.D. And Bonded By Blood. Tour dates after the fold. DEATH ANGEL, LAZARUS A.D., BONDED BY BLOOD 01/28/11 Br...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 24, 2011, 1:07 pm
Sometimes I dread opening my inbox. There are always bands saying that they dig my blog and want me to review their band. They probably think we’re one of those blogs that only gives good reviews since most of our reviews are positive. The truth is that If I don’t find something interesting eno...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 24, 2011, 10:26 am
This was posted on a new facebook page for The Big 4. Of course the official announcements and details will come on a day and time when I have to work. By the time I post the announcement, it will already have been ‘news’ for like 7 hours. But hey, what am I bitching about?
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 24, 2011, 9:00 am
Bruce Lamont‘s Feral Songs For The Epic Decline was one of my most anticipated albums going in to 2011. Unfortunately for me, it didn’t live up to my expectations. When Stereogum streamed it in full a week or so ago, I was kind of digging what I was hearing but I didn’t listen all the
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 24, 2011, 8:00 am
I’ve been sitting on this one for about a week now and since then they have been mentioned on Metal Sucks and That Devil Music. I don’t have a whole lot to say about Texas’ s Giant Of The Moutain. They’re probably best described as a post-metal progressive black sludge band. Yeah, what? The ...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 21, 2011, 7:55 pm
Hardcore has been given a bad name in the past decade mainly due to all the shitty and trend-core bands out there, plaguing the scene. Somehow I missed these guys in the past few days when other blogs posted about them but they sent me an email this morning and I was quite surprised. Cut
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 21, 2011, 6:38 pm
This was kind of strange news when I read it. At first I only read that Derek Boyer, bassist for Suffocation rejoined Decrepit Birth. I was kind of worried until I kept reading at it obviously states that Derek will be pulling double duty while still playing for Suffocation. In case you’re not in ...
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 21, 2011, 9:42 am
You may remember Amebix back when I did a half-ass review of their Redux Ep last summer. However, you may already be or have been a long time fan. You’ll be happy to know that they are going to release a full length album this fall. Here is the official presser. On September 20, 2011, upon
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Scott W. posted an article on Hook In Mouth - Jan 19, 2011, 9:49 pm
It’s been a busy week and the Weekly Columns I have been doing for over a month now have been slipping a bit. We’ll resume normal column posting again next week with all sorts of goodness.
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