It’s a new year, so CHR and Doug start out with their best and worst albums of 2018. After that is the normal episode format featuring the old-school death metal of Bloodbath, the nu-hardcore band Vein, the blackened death metal of Nattravnen, and a revisitation of the grunge era with Alice In Chains’s debut album.

Opening Banter: Best SoMP-Covered Albums of 2018
New Releases: Bloodbath : The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn (2018)
Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 1998. Although membership has shifted a bit over the years, the band is still dedicated to producing old-school Swedish death metal with influences from Floridian death metal and black metal.
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Vein : Errorzone (2018)
Vein is a hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed in 2013. The band’s sound is a variation of hardcore and punk with influences from screamo, noisecore/mathcore, nu metal, and industrial.
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Local/Indie Band: Nattravnen : Kult Of The Raven (2018)
Original Death/Massacre vocalist Kam Lee wrote a story about the legend of Night Raven and hooked up with Jonny Petterson of Heads For the Dead/Wombbath to create the music which is death metal laced with black metal and atmospheric doom elements.
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Heavy Metal Valhalla: Alice In Chains : Facelift (1990)
Alice in Chains is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. Their sound had a significant impact on the grunge and alt-rock scene of the 1990s, and their legacy continues influencing today’s bands in various capacities.
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