The theme of this week’s playlist: “Hey, weren’t you in…” It’s all artists who rose to fame in other bands and are now either in other bands or working on solo albums.

The Color Fred - “I’ll Never Know”
Fred Mascherino’s new band. Formerly of Taking Back Sunday.

One Day as a Lion - “Wild International”
The duo of Zack De La Rocha and Jon Theodore.

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This weeks albums to watch out for is probably the best one yet. Lots of great albums and best of all… lots of METAL (imagine Halford like scream).

A Breath Before Surfacing - “Death is Swallowed in Victory”
Be warned. This is very intense metal. If you don’t like blast beats don’t bother. Fortunately, I love them.

Nine Inch Nails - “The Slip”
The

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Band:	Misery Signals
Album:	Controller

I’m a fan of metal/hardcore. But new releases have been pretty stagnant lately. That’s why this upcoming week is so important. The new Misery Signals album, “Controller”, is coming out on July 22nd and it is going to be damn good. That is if the two new songs on their MySpace page are any indication. I’m so excited for a decent metal album to come out that any of our readers will probably be tired of hearing about Misery Signals by the

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As any good fan of Coheed and Cambria would know, all of their albums are concept albums focusing on a fictional story called “The Amory Wars”, in which Coheed and Cambria are characters. Not only do the albums tell the story, but comic books written by Claudio Sanchez do as well.

For the first time, you are going to be able to get

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I’m not sure how current this is, but I recently went to the Kinsey MySpace page and they are finished. It’s sad. They were a great band. You may remember mention of them in a recent weekly playlist here on Strong and the Loud. But, I guess the silver lining is you can buy some merch for dirt cheap.

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