I think this is going to be a pretty massive year in metal, and we’re gonna need it.

• Oh look! Gatecreeper are releasing an album tomorrow! An Unexpected Reality will be released through Closed Casket Activities. You can get it here… tomorrow.
• SOM, the atmospheric rock collective featuring members of Junius, Caspian, and Constants, are releasing a new EP on March 5th titled Awake. That will be available independently as a cassette, and digitally through Blood Blast Distribution. Check out “Awake // Sedate” now.
• Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads, the latest from blackened deathgrinders Swampbeast, drops on February 12th via Translation Loss Records. Today, however, they’re streaming a new track titled “1000 Years of Pestilence” over at Invisible Oranges, so you should probably go check that out.
• Blackened progressive group Vintersea released a new video for “Crack of Light”. That’s a track taken from Illuminated, which is available through M-Theory Audio. Give it a watch.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb