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CANTO: Carpenter Brut, Hellripper, Immolation, and More

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026CoreyLeave a comment

It’s been one hell of a week, but at least it’s also a long weekend.

We start with Carpenter Brut. The third and final album in the Leather trilogy, Leather Temple, is out on February 27th through No Quarter Prod / Virgin Records and “The Misfits The Rebels” is the latest single taken from that.
Hellripper, the blackened thrash project from James McBain, will release Coronach on March 27th through Century Media. The hype for this one is real. Check out the leading single, “Hunderprest”, right now.
I’m rather enjoying Krushers of the World, so you all are going to celebrate the new Kreator release with me by watching the video for the title track. Enjoy.
New pan-international blackened doom entity The Leaving will release their self-titled debut MLP on March 6th through Personal Records. Give “VII” a listen through Bandcamp.
And finally we slide into the weekend with Immolation. Descent will be out on April 10th through Nuclear Blast and the clip for “Adversary” is below. You know what to do.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Album Review: The Eternal — Celestial

January 16, 2026January 15, 2026HeraLeave a comment

Whenever you hear about a new band, you always want to start with something small, something that allows you to dip into the pool of knowledge before diving in. As I was looking through the promo list, The Eternal caught my eye, given that their genre was described to me as “progressive gothic-doom metal.” Intrigued, I decided to jump into their newest EP, Celestial.

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CANTO: Lamb of God, Inferi, Vicious Rain, and More

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026CoreyLeave a comment

This world exhausts me. Reason #317 why I run.

We’ll open up the account tonight with American psych rockers Black Lung and the new clip for “Follow”. Their forthcoming new album, Forever Beyond, is out on March 6th through Magnetic Eye Records.
Next up, a tour. Soul Blind are headlining a run with support from Split Chain, Downward, and Dream Fatigue. The party kicks off on April 14th in Toronto with ticket sales opening up tomorrow.
This new Lamb of God track is a thing of beauty. Their tenth album, Into Oblivion, will be out March 13th through Epic Records. Here’s the title track. They also have a headlining run in support of this album kicking off a few days later.
How about some metalcore next? Swiss force Vicious Rain are releasing The Anatomy of Surviving on March 13th as well, an Arising Empire release. “IKIGAI” can be heard here to kick things off.
Extreme death metal outfit Inferi announced a new album, Heaven Wept, will be out on April 10th through the Artisan Era. A video for “The Rapture of Dead Light”, the heavy new single, is available below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Album Review: Kreator — Krushers Of The World

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026ChrisLeave a comment

“SNAKE IN HUMAN FORM!” Snake in human form. There may be no more appropriate way to chime in the new year than with “Mille” Petrozza continuing the reign of Kreator as the most sincere, heart-on-sleeve heavy metal bands still powerin’ along 43 years since their formation. And – despite my ire at having to correct the auto-correct at least a dozen times – the teutonic thrash metal titans’ 16th album Krushers of the World does nothing to disprove my claim. This is exactly the kind of thing you want from Petrozza and crew.

Also c’mon…that album cover is killer, admit it.

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CANTO: Kalandra, Deeper Graves, Gaerea, and More

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026CoreyLeave a comment

There are already so many tours I want to attend/photograph this year!

We’ll lead off with Vorago. The German/Mexican black metal entity are releasing their debut MLP on February 20th through Amor Fati Productions, titled Morulus. The new track “Impetus to Burn” is available for streaming now.
Deeper Graves will release Pull Me Toward The Dark on February 27th through Disorder Records. That’s the third album from the Chrome Waves/Ex-Nachtmystium member Jeff Wilson, and “Where Do We Go From Here” can be heard as an early sample.
Coming off of their latest U.S. tour, Claustrofobia dropped a video for “Aqui Não” which features João Gordo of R.D.P. That standalone single follows 2024’s Unleeched, which is available through M-Theory Audio.
Kalandra are celebrating their 15 years with their first live album, Live in London, as well as a headlining show at Rockefeller in Oslo on February 18th. Check out the clip for “Segla (Live)” right here.
And, of course, we’re going to close out with the latest from Gaerea. The video for their new single “Phoenix” is below. Loss is out on March 20th through Century Media and I know we all have that one circled.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Abrams, and More

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026CoreyLeave a comment

Will I ever get my Best of 2025 post done? Probably! But… probably not today. Or tomorrow. Oh well! 2026 is still young.

A couple tours to share today, so let’s start with a big one. Behemoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ, and Immolation are joining forces for a North American run in April and May. Tickets go on sale Friday, and all the information you need can be found here.
Next up, The Black Dahlia Murder with The Acacia Strain, Disembodied Tyrant, and Corpse Pile. Unfortunately this one comes nowhere near me, but if you happen to be interested and able more information is available here.
That’s all I care about for tours, so let’s see what Abrams are up to next. They’re dropping a new album through Blues Funeral Recordings on April 17th titled Loons. That’s a big deal. Give “Glass House” a listen.
UK progressive death metal outfit Cryptic Shift will release their new full length, Overspace & Supertime, on February 27th through Metal Blade and “Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphyphasyzm)” is available for your listening pleasure now.
Of course we’re going to close with the new Converge track. The clip for “We Were Never The Same” is below. For a reminder that you probably don’t need, Love Is Not Enough is out on February 13th through Deathwish / Epitaph.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

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