The Playlist 07-05-2008

10 songs you should hear now!

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, I WILL POSSESS YOUR HEART
Seattle’s Death Cab For Cutie make a grab for our internal organs with this epic nugget of coiling, textured melodies and breathy vocals. Lovely.
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WEEZER, PORK AND BEANS
God dammit, that pesky Rivers Cuomo really does shit out melodies that most bands would kill for. Okay, fine, we’ll admit it. We’re glad you’re back…
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DEF LEPPARD, 9 LIVES
They’ve probably had a few more than 9 lives by now, but fucking hell do Sheffield’s greatest musical export still know how to wield a chorus!
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BONDED BY BLOOD, PSYCHOTIC PULSE
In case you hadn’t noticed that thrash is BACK, Bonded By Blood are on hand to pummel you silly with this berserk charge of adrenalised fury.
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ASHES DIVIDE, THE STONE
Billy Howerdel, the other bald one in A Perfect Circle, returns with Ashes Divide and wielding the kind of titanic sweeping drama we love him for.
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HIM, BLEED WELL
No one does heartbroken goth metal better than HIM, and this live version of the stonking Bleed Well from their Digital Versatile Doom DVD firmly restakes this claim.
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RUSH. THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS
Opeth <> they had the weirdy-cred of Canuck proggers Rush. This cut from their new live album is an out there example of why.
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TEXTURES, OLD DAYS BORN ANEW
Textures couldn’t write a simple song if they tried and God bless ‘em for it! This is percussive, guitarified, polyrhythmically contorted, melodic metal Armageddon!
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GAMA BOMB, HAMMER SLAMMER
You want things fast, thrashy and metal as fuck? Then Gama Bomb are for you! Cut the sleeves off your denim jacket and go mental!
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VENOM, STRAIGHT TO HELL
Arrrrgh! Filth! Evil! The godfathers of black metal return louder, brasher and more obnoxious than ever.
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