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

What's your favorite? (artist, album, genera)
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