PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 6-28-24



Check out what you missed this week in the world of Rock and Metal! 

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – New Rock and Metal Releases 6-21-24


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PREVIEW: New Music Friday – New Rock and Metal Releases 6-21-24


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CONCERT REVIEW: Narcotic Wasteland – Gorgatron – Tegmentum – Warscythe – Iron Front Live at DNA Lounge


 

The Bay Area has a knack for bringing in a veritable smorgasbord of metal acts to tantalize our “hearbuds”. DNA Lounge did its part to contribute to that unrivaled variety with the invasion of Narcotic Wasteland, Gorgatron, Tegmentum, Warscythe, and Iron Front recently. Featuring a taste of death metal, progressive metal, and even a little hint of thrash rammed into one night, this was certainly not your average Sunday night hum drum.

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GUEST POST: Angelic Desolation Shares Their Top 10 Albums of 2022


Denver gore-obsessed Death Metallers Angelic Desolation, not only make great extreme metal, they are students of the game as well! Their new album Orchestrionic Abortion is dropping on March 31st, 2023, and includes seven originals that slap and a sick Cattle Decapitation cover. Check outr their music and merch here. The band has blessed (cursed?) us to know their Top 10 Albums of 2022. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Gorgatron – Pathogenic Automation


While the world continues to try and resume some sense of normalcy, the world of extreme music continues to grind through what a terrible year 2020 has become. Gorgatron, deathgrind vets from Fargo (don’t cha know?), have dropped their third grimy release on this Earth in the form of Pathogenic Automation (Self-Released). The record does a great job of smashing your skull into obscurity over a forty-minute period but without overkill causing any harm to itself. Trying to save yourself from blowing your neck out is futile as there are no moments to catch your breath across the entire recording.Continue reading