FEATURED CD'S

JOB FOR A COWBOY, RUINATION - $10.99

Glendale, AZ extreme metal unit Job For a Cowboy blend stunning musicianship and cutting edge song craft to create the absolute embodiment of modern day extreme music. In the two short years since the release of the band's full length debut Genesis, Job For A Cowboy has progressed from the band with the different name to one of the leading lights for heavy music in the 21st century. Ruination sees JFAC advance by leaps and bounds; the record is a concentrated hotbed of astounding dexterity, scorching attack, sleek arrangement and thundering musical muscle. Infectious riffs, keen dynamics and the assertive vocals of rising star front man Jonny Davy combine to produce an album that is at once powerful, expressive, confident and commanding.

CAGE, DEPART FROM ME - $11.99(CD) / $14.99(LP)

The latest full-length album from underground/indie-rap legend CAGE, aka CHRIS PALKO. The follow-up to Hell's Winter, his 2005 critically-acclaimed LP, Depart >From Me continues Cage's musical saga of a no-holds-barred, brutally autobiographical journey through his past and present. Plagued by abuse, institutionalization, drugs, and violence throughout his life, these nightmarish experiences have permeated his art and defined the music he makes today. Cage's music is truly reflective of a reality far stranger than fiction. On Depart From Me Cage illuminates the struggles he's faced upon entering a world that continues to be a source of loss and confusion. He's helped along in this task with production by El-P, F. SEAN (HATEBREED), the late CAMU TAO and also AESOP ROCK.

SON VOLT, AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST - $12.99

Now back with his third Son Volt album of the decade, Jay Farrar has delivered what may be his finest work yet, American Central Dust. The new album exhilaratingly carries on the tradition of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Little Feat circa Sailin' Shoes, the Rolling Stones of Exile on Main Street and early R.E.M., with standouts like the exceptional "Down to the Wire," "Dynamite" and "No Turning Back." An epic lament for the heartland, American Central Dust is populated with readily recognizable characters, the most hopeful of them searching for love against a backdrop of rusted road signs and abandoned factories. Rarely does a musical work so powerfully capture the zeitgeist of its historical moment while also honoring the traditions of rock & roll with such rawboned grace.

DEATH BY STEREO, DEATH IS MY ONLY FRIEND - $10.99

Recently signed to Serj Tankian's (System Of A Down) label Serjical Strike Records, Death By Stereo releases their fifth studio album, a unique, genre-bending amalgam of hardcore, metal, and punk. It was produced by Jason Freese (Green Day, Jewel, Goo Goo Dolls) and mixed by Jay Baumgardner (Linkin Park, Evanesance). Death By Stereo have shared stages with Slipknot, AFI, Serj Tankian, Avenged Sevenfold, and Rage Against, to name a few.

POISON THE WELL, TROPIC ROT - $9.99

South Florida-based post-hardcore titans are back with their fifth studio album, rolling out a wide angle take on heavy music that's so fully realized in its boundary pushing, it makes it impossible to imagine the genre in any other way. The band works with non-traditional instrumentation, cinematic influences, and bigger-than-ever guitar and vocal melodies. Recorded with legendary producer Steve Evetts (Every Time I Die, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Cure, Story Of The Year).

ALCHEMIST, CHEMICAL WARFARE - $13.99

The Alchemist is one of the most sought after hip-hop producers in the genre today. His hard knocking drums and gritty east coast flavored rhythms have blessed the likes of Mobb Deep, Eminem, Nas, Snoop Dogg, and many others. After serving as Eminem