NEW MUSIC OUT TODAY: 6/24/2008

Executive Editor Brandon Geist is off on a two-week vacation in Israel, so he ain’t got time to rap on all the new albums hitting record stores on this day of our lord, June 24, 2008. But he did find a moment to name his pick of the week.

B’S PICK: Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner (The End)
Honestly, I’ve listened to the new Cancer Bats album, Hail Destroyer, which also comes out today, a lot more than this record, but their lead singer isn’t nearly as undeniably awesome as MOOB’s Julie Christmas. She’s part Björk, part PJ Harvey, part Karen O, part motherfucking Medea. Plus, the Cancer Bats singer is a dude.





Aborted - Strychnine: 213 (Century Media)


Beneath the Sky - The Day the Music Died (Victory)


Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer (Black Market Activities/Metal Blade)

Carnifex - The Diseased and the Poisoned (Victory)


Coffin - Buried Death (20 Buck Spin)




Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King (Century Media)


Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living (Candlelight)




Deadbird - Twilight Ritual (At A Loss)


Despised Icon - The Ills of Modern Man CD/DVD (Century Media)




Destinity - The Inside (Lifeforce)

Ephel Duath - Through My Dogs Eyes (Earache)


Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain (Earache)




Knights Of The Abyss - Shades (Ferret)


Know The Score - All Guts, No Glory (Eulogy)




My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Is Dead! CD/DVD (Warner)

Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe (Nuclear Blast)


Sweet Cobra - Forever (Black Market Activities/Metal Blade)


Take It Back! - Can't Fight Robots (Facedown)




Turmoil - The International Language Of... (Eulogy)

Withered - Folie Circulaire (Prosthetic)




Years Spent Cold - Moving Heaven to Hell (Eulogy)