Social Distortion – White Light, White Heat, White Trash (1996: Sony)

tumble-rough bar punks

spin spry joyriding soundtrack

summer music fix

http://www.socialdistortion.com/music/index/9-whitelightwhiteheatwhitetrash

Anathema – Eternity (1996: Peaceville)

Dying Bride plus prog

moody goth lurch to techburst

prefer Paradise

http://www.anathema.ws/album_detail.cfm?id=117

Skold – S/T (1996: RCA)

first Violent New Breed

now done solo to same clip

Bop City long gone

http://www.allmusic.com/album/skold-mw0000185650

Manowar – Louder Than Hell (1996: Geffen)

Dumber than boxed rocks

cheezier than Swiss fondue

loud’s no saving grace

http://www.manowar.com/

Artension – In the Eye of the Storm (Shrapnel: 1996)

Purple-d  prog pushes

shrapnel-shred pegs into Toto’s

Journey to Styx holes

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Artension/Into_the_Eye_of_the_Storm/6728

Earth Crisis – Gomorrah’s Season Ends (1996: Victory)

straight edge screambleats sit

atop Body Count-esque tunes

smart lyric reads though

http://www.myspace.com/earthcrisis/music/albums/gomorrah-s-season-ends-18015908

http://www.amazon.com/Gomorrahs-Season-Ends-Earth-Crisis/dp/B000000IFV

Drain STH – Horror Wrestling (1996: The Enclave)

glam gone grunge models

angst out Dirt-caked rumbles;

giant steps of growth

https://www.facebook.com/DrainSTH

http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Wrestling-Drain-Sth/dp/B000007Q8Q