The Deftones have released their sixth studio album since their forming in 1988 entitled Diamond Eyes on May 4th.  With four years of input, they have brought together since 2006's Saturday Night Wrist - this was due to the fact they their bassist, Chi Cheng, fell into a coma after a serious car accident.  I must say, I am not impressed with this album.  I have listened to the album in order and out of sequence and it is not up to par (minus a song or two). 

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The Powerless Rise - Track Listing:
1. Beyond Our Suffering
2. Anodyne Sea
3. Without Conclusion
4. Parallels
5. The Plague
6. Anger and Apathy
7. Condemned
8. Upside Down Kingdom
9. Vacancy
10. The Only Constant Is Change
11. The Blinding Of False Light

iTunes Bonus Track (Pre-Order)
12. Condemned (Gunfight Mix)

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Years ago I would never had thought that I would be listening to Thrice, yet because of the prodding by a couple of my friends I allowed myself to listen to the Alchemy Index Vol I-IV and my whole perspective has changed.  I used to think that they were just high-energy, annoying punks that somehow made their music loud enough for those kids who felt "oppressed" by the "man" -- whoever that is.  So I decided to give their next album a chance as well... and I was not dissapointed.  Beggars is the 6th installment for these, now, mature artists. 

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What if I told you that you could see greats like Run D.M.C., Metallica, Jeff Beck and more under one roof?

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Coalesce. Photo by: Jenny Brothers

Avant-Hardcore vets Coalesce have announced the completion of their first full-length endeavor since 1998. Ox is 14 songs totalling about 35 minutes.  They recorded the album at Blacklodge Studios with Ed Rose, a mainstay in the Coalesce sonic composition. Ox will be released and nationally distributed by Relapse Records sometime in April or May. For you hXc purists, there will be a vinyl version available.

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Track Listing:

1. The Plot Against My Love
2. The Comedian in Question
3. Wild Ox Moan
4. Designed to Break a Man
5. Where Satire Sours (instrumental)
6. The Villain We Won’t Deny
7. The Purveyor of Novelty and Nonsense
8. In My Wake, For My Own
9. New Voids in One’s Resolve
10. We Have Lost Our Will (instrumental)
11. Questions To Root Out Fools
12. By What We Refuse
13. Dead is Dead
14. There is a Word Hidden in the Ground