Dave Mustaine and his once trailblazing Megadeth seem to be facing the quandary of many “classic” acts, an audience that wants you frozen in time and the creeping realization that your best songs are behind you. Nostalgia may sell, but Chris Catania ain’t buying.

This year’s annual Sounds of the Underground tour promises to deliver the heaviest metal this side of Ozzfest to Orlando’s Tinker Field. Jen Cray was there for As I Lay Dying, Gwar, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, and a half-dozen other bands as they turned a baseball diamond into a mosh pit.

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Extended Mental Dimensions (Candlelight). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

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The End Of Heartache (Roadrunner) Review by Anurag Chatterjee

Waking The Fallen (Hopeless). Review by Nick Plante.

Original Soundtrack (Roadrunner). Review by Nick Plante.

Shadow Hearts (Prosthetic Records). Review by Vinnie Apicella.

Luminiferous (World War III). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

The Art of Balance (Century Media). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Power Metal (Spitfire). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Against The Elements (Metal Blade). Review by Stein Haukland.

In the Halls of Waiting (Candlelight). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Nathan T. Birk talks with guitarist Bjorn Gelotte of the Swedish metal legends about the Gothenburg scene and the meaning of death metal.

Colony (Nuclear Blast). Review by Nathan T. Birk

Whoracle (Nuclear Blast). Review by Brian Shelley