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Loud Rock Charts: 8/20

This week in new metal music is one of the more diverse in recent memory. You've got extreme metal in Watain, electro-deathcore with Born of Osiris, and a huge epic album from Fleshgod Apocalypse. Speaking of which, they're coming to…

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Rock Charts – Mid-August

HUNXXXX!  We've been loving the new Hunx and His Punx album at The Great 88.  Here's our current Top 10: 1 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Street Punk 2 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will 3 COOL GHOULS Cool Ghouls 4 MALLARD Finding Meaning…

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Hot Jazz of July

As we all may know, summer is slow. Regardless, a few new titles have been coming in here and there, and some of it's hot. Check it out: CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO    Out Here HRISTO VITCHEV QUARTET    Familiar Fields ETIENNE CHARLES  …

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Loud Rock Charts: 6/4

Break out the bongs. Psych/Stoner Metal band Thinning The Herd is leading this week's adds for Loud Rock with the album Freedom From The Known St. Marks. Fans of old Black Sabbath, Annihilation Time, and Purple Mercy  should be adequately…

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Loud Rock Charts: 5/28

How rad are three-day weekends? Instead of putting off work until Sunday, everyone gets an extra day to regret not doing a single productive thing. Now that you're well rested, you can check out this week's new music! Remember The…

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Loud Rock Charts: 5/21

After getting beaten and bruised at the Dillinger Escape Plan show, it was nice to take some time off and relax to some of the new releases slated for this week. Fans of Orchid (Doom Metal band not Screamo band,…

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Loud Rock Charts: 5/14

Greetings all! Decisions are in and the people have spoken, KZSC's new Loud Rock Director is I, DJ trev_gore! I'm hoping I can fill in the shoes of your former overlord Brootalisk sufficiently. As first order of action, check out…

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Loud Rock Charts: 5/7

Sodom's Epitome of Torture dropped on our (metal)heads two weeks ago. What the hell? How did I miss that? More importantly, who's the assbag that forget to send me a memo and do my job for me? Also, if you have yet…

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Loud Rock Charts: 4/30

With these last adds/charts comes the end of April, and the beginning of something beautiful. And metal. Can we dub this month "Metal May"? Because there are some seriously mindblowing tours coming to the Bay Area and Santa Cruz over…

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Loud Rock Charts: 4/23

This week has been unexpectedly awesome in terms of our metal adds for the week. We've got The Ocean's highly anticipated record, which comes in two versions, one with vocals and one without. If for some reason growly vocals don't…

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Loud Rock Charts: 4/16

This week in new loud rock features the newest album from the band from hell Ghost B.C. with Infestissumam. We've also got the latest, and some might say greatest, from Whitechapel in The Somatic Defilement. Other interesting releases include Suicidal…

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Loud Rock Charts: 4/9

Coming right out of left field this week is a new album by Volbeat, who found mainstream success with their last album, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. This time around, however, they're coming back with some of the heaviest stuff they've ever put forth…

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Loud Rock Charts: 4/2

This just in: all members from Kvelertak found rendered unconscious in a freak belly dancing accident. Also, April Fools. However, you know what isn't a really bad joke? This week's charts!   1 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Disarm The Decent Roadrunner 2…

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Loud Rock Charts: 3/26

Happy Spring Break! I hope everyone has been having a very metal vacation because I sure have. I've been booty bumpin Thy Art is Murder's newest album, Hate, and Byzantine's self titled comeback record. By the way, if you are…

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Loud Rock Charts: 3/19

One of the better weeks in terms of Loud Rock Adds, this time we see Clutch drop what could be their greatest album to date, Finnish monster costumers Lordi release a "beastly" (teehee) record, and the highly anticipated Kvelertak album…

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Loud Rock Charts: 3/12

Unfortunately, last week there as a mix up with KZSC's CMJ subscription, hence the lack of charts and adds. With this week, however, KZSC is back in business, and boy what a week. This time around sees hard rock band…

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Loud Rock Charts: 2/26

Thursday night, I witnessed one of the greatest acts on metal this world has seen. No, it wasn't any big name bands like  Opeth or Gojira. It was just a small three piece band, who use nothing more than 2…

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