Happy Monday, all. News looks a little tame out there today, but I’m sure we can whip something up.

• And since I fiercely need a post-work beer, we’ll start with Epica, who have teamed up with Kazematten Brewery for the release of Epica Beer. The name isn’t super creative, sure, but the signature lager does sound pretty damn refreshing right now.
• German doom metal collective Confusion Master has set November 19th as the release date of their sophomore album, Haunted. That will be out through Exile On Mainstream, and you can check out a teaser for the new album at this location.
• Kły, the atmospheric black metal project out of Poland, are releasing their third album, Chen, during the fall equinox (September 22nd). It will be available through Pagan Records as a CD and digitally, with a vinyl release sometime early in the new year, because… duh.
• And we’ll close with the new video from Los Angeles thrashers Fueled By Fire, for “Bloodshed”. That marks their first new material since 2013, so be sure to pick up Past…Present…No Future…Part 1, the first in a pair of two-song 7-inch releases.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb