AS THEY SLEEP…”Oracle of the Dead”

HXC+NEWS (02/13/11)

THE FAMINE has teamed up with AOL’s, Noisecreep.com, to premiere a brand new track from the band’s forthcoming full-length, The Architects of Guilt, entitled “The Crown and the Holy See”.  Here You can also see the band’s video for “Ad Mortem.”  Watch

ONWARD TO OLYMPAS has released a new song from their forthcoming album The War Within Us.  Listen

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE have posted the artwork for their upcoming album Celestial Completion out on March 29th.  Here

AS THEY SLEEP have premiered they’re new video for “Oracle of the Dead.”  Watch

LIFE IN YOUR WAY have reunited and joined the Come&Live! family.  Here

THE BEST OF 2010…A Year In Metal

A lot of good stuff came out this year.  There were some amazing records and some really good metal songs that pulverized our faces this year.  And here are my picks for the top 7.

+BEST ALBUMS+

1.  The Infinite Order – LIVING SACRIFICE

2.  The World Is A Thorn – DEMON HUNTER

3.  Take The World, But Give Me Jesus – ASCEND THE HILL

4.  Breaker – FOR TODAY

5.  Dynasty – AS THEY SLEEP

6.  There Will Be Violence – IMPENDING DOOM

7. Ø (Disambiguation) – UNDEROATH

+BEST SONGS+

1.  ”Rules Of Engagement” – LIVING SACRIFICE (The Infinite Order)

2.  ”Children Of Wrath” – IMPENDING DOOM (There Will Be Violence)

3.  ”Devastator” - FOR TODAY (Breaker)

4.  ”Descending Upon Us” – DEMON HUNTER (The World Is A Thorn)

5.  ”Bring It Down” – THE SHOWDOWN (Blood In The Gears)

6.  ”Collapse” – WAR OF AGES (Eternal)

7.  ”Vultures” – WRENCH IN THE WORKS (Decrease…Increase)

+BEST VIDEOS+

1.  ”In Division” – UNDEROATH Ø (Disambiguation)

2.  ”Overkill Exposure” – LIVING SACRIFICE (The Infinite Order)

3.  ”Shiver” – A PLEA FOR PURGING (The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell)

4.  ”The Machine” – IN THE MIDST OF LIONS (The Heart Of Man)

5.  ”Deathbed Atheist” – NORMA JEAN (Meridional)

6.  ”Parallels” – AS I LAY DYING (The Powerless Rise)

7.  ”Collapse” – WAR OF AGES (Eternal)

+TOP ALBUM COVERS+

1.  The World Is A Thorn – DEMON HUNTER

2.  There Will Be Violence - IMPENDING DOOM

3.  The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell – A PLEA FOR PURGING

4.  Dynasty – AS THEY SLEEP

5.  The Heart Of Man – IN THE MIDST OF LIONS

6.  Meridional – NORMA JEAN

7.  Attack Of The Wolf King – HASTE THE DAY

AS THEY SLEEP…Dynasty

BACK IN BLACK…

Sorry it has been so long.  A lot has happened in my life in the last year and I’m just getting back to a place where I can focus on my love of all things metal.  There have been many awesome things (and not so awesome things) happening the scene in this year.  Here are some of the highlights…

LIVING SACRIFICE, DEMON HUNTER, THE SHOWDOWN, FOR TODAY, AS THEY SLEEP, UNDEROATH, ASCEND THE HILL, YOUR MEMORIAL, THE CHARIOT, HASTE THE DAY, AUGUST BURNS RED,  A PLEA FOR PURGING, IMPENDING DOOM, CORPUS CHRISTI, NORMA JEAN, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, I AM ALPHA & OMEGA, EMBRACING GOODBYE, TO SPEAK OF WOLVES, SENT BY RAVENS, AS I LAY DYING, WAR OF AGES and WRENCH IN THE WORKS…all released albums this year.  Some good, some bad, some so so.

HASTE THE DAY and WRENCH IN THE WORKS broke up…

Aaron left UNDEROATH…

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE, SPOKEN and SLEEPING GIANT are writing new material…

Old school hardcore heavyweights OVERCOME is back together and releasing new material on Facedown Records…

TIMES OF GRACE are set to release their first album in Jan…

DEMON HUNTER released a Christmas song…

TOMMY GREEN of SLEEPING GIANT wrote a book and it will be available soon…

And I got to see LIVING SACRIFICE, ADVENT and SLEEPING GIANT destroy all!!!

More to come…