Editors' Picks: Cult Of Luna / Nasum / Circa Survive

Scott: Attention, all who worship at the feet of Hydra Head Records: Cult Of Luna do the slow, powerful, ebb-and-flow metal thing better than 99% of their roster. This shit will knock you on your ass and have you aching for more. Here's a track off their new album, Salvation, out October 19 via Earache:
Cult Of Luna - Leave Me Here

Aubin: Apparently, people call bands like Nasum grindcore. What that is supposed to mean is that the band plays really, really, really fast and probably listens to a lot of Napalm Death. Regardless, this track comes from their upcoming record Shift, due out on Relapse in North America and Burning Heart everywhere else. It's pretty short, so I included something from their previous record Helvete as well.
Nasum - The Engine of Death
Nasum - Doombringer

Brian: Featuring former Saosin vocalist Anthony Green with ex-members of the now-defunct This Day Forward, Circa Survive won't make it to the release date of their Equal Vision debut - set for a release in spring 2005 - without having accumulated at least a bit of hype. While it's safe to say that most will dismiss them as another misguided post-hardcore act, there's a lot more going on in their sound that pulls my interest in. This is taken from Equal Vision's summer sampler.
Circa Survive - Handshakes At Sunrise