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Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 31: 25 Kick-Ass Metal Songs From 2011

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After a six-month podcast hiatus, Inverted Umlaut predictably returns to produce a year-end episode… three days late. Y’all have missed me, right? Instead of doing an albums list, the show compiles my favorite kick-ass metal songs of 2011. Midway through, I…

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Programming Note: Halloween is a metalhead’s favorite holiday, so tonight’s episode of Inverted Umlaut will be all sorts of disgustingly gory and spine-crawlingly spooky metal, noise, horror movie soundtracks and other such audio terrors. Due to technical guffaws in the studio, there won’t be a podcast, so listen live at Radio CPR from 9-11 p.m. ET.

But if you are looking for a haunted house soundtrack, I made a mixtape last year that you can download.

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 30: Spectral Necromanicide

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* In which our host reveals his Christian metal roots with a face-off inspired by a Decibel jab: Scrolls of the Megilloth vs. Towards the Megalith.
* Surrealist noise-rock duo The Body is currently on tour with a 25-piece female choir. This is awesome….

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 29: Withered, Decayed Death

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* As of this moment, Autopsy’s new LP is the death metal rekkid of the year. Go ahead and tell me I’m wrong.
* Speaking of old dudes, Deceased still thrashes harder than anyone else, the NWOBHM dudes in Hell are back, and Sepultura’s just trying too hard.

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 28: Maryland Deathfest 2011 Preview

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“America’s biggest metal party of the year” is just that — Maryland Deathfest is a four-day headbanger’s haven practically under a bridge in Baltimore, Md. And while it’s wonderful for us D.C.-area metalheads to have such a well-curated event so close,…

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 27: Take Your Tyrant

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* Colin Marston (Behold… The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice) is #15 on MetalSucks’ Top 25 Modern Metal Guitarists and I agree. That dude pwns.
* Wino’s new band, Premonition 13, is like classic Spirit Caravan. That said, awesome bluesy doom.

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 26: Blood Brews Monkey Panic

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* Who doesn’t enjoy fast songs about beer? I sure do. So does Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Beer Corpse.
* Remember when Mastodon wasn’t a prog-rock band? Neither do I…

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 25: Locals Only With DCHeavyMetal.com's Metal Chris

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Contrary to popular belief, Washington, D.C. does have somewhat of a metal scene. Sure, it’s difficult to get touring bands to play here instead of Baltimore or Richmond, but there’s a committed group of metalheads and bands making the Capital a grimmer place. Metal Chris is one such metalhead, extensively documenting the DC/VA/MD scene at DCHeavyMetal.com

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 24: Unexploded Bombs

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* Yakuza’s Bruce Lamont has another band? Dude must not sleep or else he does not create awesomeness like Bloodiest.
* Survival (includes Liturgy members) has the best clean-toned heavy math-rock demo that no one’s ever heard.

Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 23: Can I Join Your LARP?

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* Alestorm? Battlelore? Why don’t I just join a LARP and get it over with?
* Before Hammers of Misfortune, there was John Cobbett’s equally epic Unholy Cadaver, and now there’s a definitive release.
* More flutes and organ in metal, please. Or at least…