The Dark Academy

Spurned on to make this topic as I've been grabbing some stuff from this year lately. I liked the Hilltop Hoods' new one Drinking From the Sun on the first couple go 'rounds, but I don't think it's as good as State of the Art. This jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD released a new one this year which I've listened to once and it was pretty slick. I've been hearing good things about Killer Mike's collab …

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So yeah... they did away with where it normally says this, but you can still click to see your top artists for the past 7 days. So post them once a week.

Bloodbath - 27 plays
Slipknot - 23 plays
Job For A Cowboy - 20 plays
Tegan And Sara - 14 plays
Lamb of God - 13 plays
Ion Dissonance - 10 plays
Benighted - 4 plays
The Importance of Poison - 4 plays
Genital Evisceration - 3 plays
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http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/05/17/agalloch-tour-to-make-your-summer-a-little-more-wintery/
With support from Taurus.

7/12 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
7/13 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
7/20 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
7/22 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
7/23 Toronto, ON @ TBA
7/25 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
7/26 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8/1 Atlanta, GA …

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Parkway Drive - Samsara

http://www.blacksabbath.com

Sure it's one thing that they can't come to an agreement with Bill Ward and thus he won't be playing with them, but they cut him out of all the fucking pictures on the website. How fucking childish is that?

Anything good? I don't even recal seeing anything I'd be interested in from waht some of you guys posted. No garbage please, i.e. Blug and possy this thread is basically for you two and that's it.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/05/gaza_on_the_roa.html#more

I've never had the opportunity to see them. Pretty much going to the Corrosion of Conformity tour just for them and Torche. Black Cobra is cool too, but not as cool. They mix sludge, grind, and mathcore really well. so cr4ZZy at times.

Guy pretty much has to have gone on to Herbst's blog and stolen all his amp-settings. Very much .neon-style Lantlôs, blackgaze-ish. But it kept me interested so far. The production varies from song to song, but when it's good (The Clenching Void), it's very good.

Vocalist was a turnoff for me first, but I quickly got really into his screamy vocals. …

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