The Playlist 03-09-08

10 songs you should hear now

ENJOY DESTROY, RIFLES
If you’re looking for seductive grooves and a chorus big enough to park a 747 in then let us introduce you to this stunning Brit mob.
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FALLOUT BOY, ALPHADOG AND OMEGALOMANIAC
Part of their online mixtape in the buildup to their new record, this is Pete Wentz and chums fooling around as you’ve never heard before.
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METALLICA, MY APOCALYPSE
The first real taste of Metallica’s forthcoming Death Magnetic opus is a snarly, thrashy, slice of old school armour-plated bluster. Bang your heads accordingly!
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BENEATH THE MASSACRE, OUR COMMON GRAVE
Every now and then you just need a supremely ugly death metal kick to the head to keep you humble. Prepare to be humbled.
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TWIN ATLANTIC, WHAT IS LIGHT, WHERE IS LAUGHTER
Thank fuck for Glasgow, the mighty town that saw fit to give us Twin Atlantic, progenitors of sublime melodic sounds to make you swoon…
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UNITED NATIONS, THE SPINNING HEART
Who’d a thunk that combining Glassjaw’s Daryl Palumbo, Thursday’s Geoff Rickly and Converge’s Ben Koller would result in a sonic explosion to shit your pants to!?
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GALLOWS, GOLD DUST
You can practically feel the spit sliding down your cheek as this punk-as-fuck eruption of savage attitude gobs in your unsuspecting face!
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MASTODON, CIRCLE OF CYSQUATCH
They’ll be back with new tunes soon but this thunderous collision of gargantuan riffs once again displays everyone’s favourite cavemen doing what they do best…
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GOJIRA, VACUITY
Somehow sounding bigger than ever – and they were fucking monolithic before – the heaviest band to ever blast their way out of France are back!
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AMON AMARTH, TWILIGHT OF THE THUNDER GOD
Those Swedish Viking metalllers return from Valhalla to deliver a crushing blow to wimps, posers and emo bands everywhere. All hail!
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