“As the Darkness creeps over the Northern mountains of Norway and the silence reaches the woods, I awake and rise… Into the night I wander, like many nights before, and like in my dreams, but centuries ago.”

• Let’s start with a shiny new tour. Goatwhore has announced a tour in the United States in September that supplements their appearance at Ozzfest. If you’re out west, or out west-ish, check it out.
• The Agonist is set to drop their latest album, Five, on September 30th. The melodic death metallers new album with be out on Napalm Records and it looks like the release will be supplemented by a run of shows… or something.
• It’s a slow day and we haven’t covered album sales in awhile, so let’s do that. Check out notable releases from Chevelle and Nonpoint. Inter Arma and Gone is Gone are down there somewhere as well.
• Jason Newsted, former Metallica bassist, has returned with a solo project called Would and Steal. The project will be mostly acoustic, but at this point that’s all we really know. More to come on Friday over at the Mighty Fine Guitars Facebook page.
• Apocalyptica covered Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy” and… well, here it is.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– Corey