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BANGER OF THE WEEK: Cannibal Corpse - Inhumane Harvest

BANGER OF THE WEEK: @CorpseOfficial - Inhumane Harvest Cannibal Corpse is back with a head-banging first single off their forthcoming album. #newmusic #banger #deathmetal #metal @MetalBlade

The short version: Cannibal Corpse is coming out with a new album, and this past week they dropped a video in support of the first single. Said video being watchable here. (Though: CONTENT WARNING for the squeamish… this is a) death metal generally; b) Cannibal Corpse specifically). The longer version: Cannibal Corpse has been together for going on thirty-two years, and they remain one of the…

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Banger of the Week: The Dogs - Monumental Times

Banger of the Week: @TheDogsofNorway - Monumental Times Pure rocking goodness from one of Norway's hardest working bands @DrabantMusic #newmusic #rock #rocknroll #banger

Oslo’s The Dogs have released eight albums over eight years of driving rock and roll songs, including Crossmaker earlier this year. Yet, that hasn’t stopped them from dropping another single recently, the pure rocking goodness of “Monumental Times”.

Disorted guitars and and a pummeling beat lead up to a “monumental” chorus, made for jumping around in crowded pits. There’s even a bluesy harmonica…

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Banger of the Week: Okilly Dokilly - Reneducation

Banger of the Week: @Okilly_Dokilly - Reneducation Nedal. Metalcore homage to your favorite good Christian neighbor.

Stay with me here. Out of Phoenix, Okilly Dokilly is a metalcore band specializing in “Nedal” building a shrine to Simpson regular Ned Flanders.

This is the first time Reddit has led me to a review. let alone a banger. It was a complicated journey. I rarely click on music links; I have other methods to find out what’s new. But metal pairing tastefully with a Ned Flanders costumed band and themed…

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Banger of the Week: Boundaries - Turning Point

Banger of the Week: @boundariesCT - Turning Point Heavy metal, some punk mixed in. Happy Valentine's Day!

Connecticut heavy metal/thrash punk band, Boundaries, has released their first single of 2019 and the Banger likes it. What we have here is a bit of the old Suicidal Tendencies heavy metal flavor. I listened to their 2017 full length Quarter Life Crisisand was impressed by the crispy instrumentation and cool breakdowns which helped me realize they didn’t just catch lightning in a bottle, they’ve…

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Banger of the Week: Machine Head - Bastards

Banger of the Week: @MfnH - Bastards (@nuclearblastusa) A new year and a new banger!

We honor Machine Head today with Banger status for their song “Bastards” off of their solid 2018 album Catharsis. Since 1991 they’ve been creating crushing heavy metal. Today we pick a song of the times with a slightly different tone but very banger worthier.

If the banger is one thing it’s progressive- socially and politically. This song, so sweet beautiful and epic crosses all the standard…

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Banger of the Week: The Used - Polly/Choke Me

Banger of the Week: @wearetheused - Polly/Choke Me (@repriserecords) The hidden tracks from The Used's debut need their moment in the blinding light of the Banger sun.

Circa 2002

The eponymous album, released in 2002 was a tour de force of pretty pop rock with arena rock ambition gilded in brutal vocals. The lyrical range and fuck it all attitude expressed by charismatic (see: vomiting on stage) front man Bert McCracken made the band memorable with his cameo on the Osbourne’s while dating Kelly also helping.

On their first two albums and into the first song of…

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Banger of the Week: Yellowcard - Believe

Banger of the Week: @yellowcard - Believe A pop-punk song honoring the many who died on that fateful day

On the night of September 10th 2001, I was at a P.O.D.’s CD release and album signing for Satellite. I had had a few pops, didn’t want to wait in the line and spied a local band, Pound Foolish, waiting in line who I got to autograph my 91X poster instead. I put P.O.D.s sticker, which had the release date for their album, 9/11/2001, in the corner. Somewhere in a box of old journals, CDs, and…

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Banger of the Week: Tiger Army - F.T.W.

Banger of the Week: @tigerarmy- F.T.W. You should probably be listening to more psychobilly (@riserecords @hellcatrecords)

What do you do when every goddamn song except one (I’m looking at you “In the Orchard”) is a goddamn banger?

Well, going by superlatives is a good tactic.  Which one is the most mostest? Well we have the happiest tune, “Cupid’s Victim,” talking about “just like an arrow through my heart / a feeling so strong / this scarlet fever burns my soul / from this moment on.”  But we know that joy in the…

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