Hey-o!!! I guess we’re going four-for-four on these, as reader John Thompson has now sent us a bunch of bands from his town — including his own band — that he thinks we check out. So let’s see how Columbus, Ohio fares against Houston, Kansas City, and the Philippines, shall we?

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We do our best to bring you new music from new bands you may actually like, but sometimes it’s difficult to fit it in given all the crap that comes across our plates daily, such as Emmure selling branded boxing gloves and Atreyu performing a shitty new song. So, here we go. Two links, no descriptions; let us know what you think.

• Struck by Lightning
• Into the Presence

Prediction: not nearly as many of you will care/comment as you did about either of the two above-mentioned articles. Prove me wrong.

-VN