The 2014 Arsies: February 3, 2014

CHAMPIONSEMIFINALSQUARTERFINALSGorgutsMisery SignalsThe OceanMisery SignalsGorgutsByzantineGorgutsSevendustSoilworkIntronautSoilworkSevendustSevendustExhumedQUARTERFINALSThe Dillinger Escape PlanThe Dillinger Escape PlanThe Dillinger Escape PlanAnciientsThe Psyke ProjectKillswitch EngageThe Psyke ProjectKarnivoolKarnivoolKarnivoolAmon AmarthRazormazeRazormazeHatesphereSEMIFINALSQUARTERFINALSROUND OF 16RevocationRevocationInter ArmaDarkaneDeath Ray VisionDarkaneROUND OF 16Protest The HeroProtest The HeroAll Pigs Must DieCarcassCarcassI Killed EveryoneQUARTERFINALSROUND OF 16The Black Dahlia MurderThe Black Dahlia MurderScale The SummitExtolThy Art Is MurderExtolROUND OF 16TesseracTTesseracTNorma JeanStomach EarthSuffocationStomach EarthFebruary 17, 2014February 13, 2014February 7, 2014Colored SandsAbsent LightPelagialAbsent LightColored SandsByzantineColored SandsBlack Out The SunThe Living InfiniteHabitual LevitationsThe Living InfiniteBlack Out The SunBlack Out The SunNecrocracyFebruary 10, 2014One Of Us Is The KillerOne Of Us Is The KillerOne Of Us Is The KillerHeart of OakGuillotineDisarm The DescentGuillotineAsymmetryAsymmetryAsymmetryDeceiver Of The GodsAnnihilatiaAnnihilatiaMurderlustFebruary 14, 2014February 11, 2014February 3, 2014RevocationRevocationSky BurialThe Sinister SupremacyWe Ain't Leavin' Till You're...The Sinister SupremacyFebruary 4, 2014VolitionVolitionNothing Violates This NatureSurgical SteelSurgical SteelNecrospireFebruary 12, 2014February 5, 2014EverblackEverblackThe MigrationExtolHateExtolFebruary 6, 2014Altered StateAltered StateWrongdoersStomach EarthPinnacle Of BedlamStomach Earth
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February 3, 2014

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Welcome back, friendos, to Week 5 of the Arsies! Revocation start us up today with the album of the same name. This album is sublime in its viciousness, with a malicious intelligence that direct the pure rock fury instead of awkwardly overshadowing it. This is brilliantly executed technical metal that somehow bridges multiple subgenres, and not only does the album contain my pick for Metal Moment Of The Year (“SHEPHERD! WE HAVE SCATTERED YOUR FLOCK!”), but the runner-up as well. Darkane put up a valiant resistance, with their quirky, memorable The Sinister Supremacy, but (as much as it pains me to say so) they just don’t bring the ruckus quite as hard as Revocation do. Mazel, Revo, mazel!
Tomorrow, we’ve got a grudge match between something old and something new: it’s Protest The Hero against Carcass.

 
 
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