Hey! The Bundesliga is back! And so is the Premier League. Weekend mornings just got marginally more enjoyable.

• I’m not far from my first weekend beer, so let’s lead off with Tankard. The German thrash crew presented the second single (and video) from Pavlov’s Dawgs, titled “Ex-Fluencer”. As a reminder, that album is set for a September 30th release through Reaper Entertainment.
• Sodom are releasing a 40th anniversary album, titled 40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom. That will be out on October 28th through Steamhammer/SPV, and will feature 17 newly recorded tracks with the current lineup. Dope.
• Ether Coven dropped their new album today, titled The Relationship Between the Hammer and the Nail, through Good Fight Music. To celebrate, they also gave us a video for “Consequences of Self (Let the Nails Carve Our Names in Rust)”, which features Howard Jones. Cool.
• Power metal kings Stratovarius unveiled a new track, so we’ll jump there next. Give “Firefly” a listen here, the latest sample taken from Survive. That album is out on September 23rd through earMUSIC.
• It’s a Friday, and it’s time to get aggressive, so let’s send ourselves into the weekend with some Amon Amarth. The Great Heathen Army is officially out today through Metal Blade, and we’re ringing it in with the new video for “Find A Way Or Make One” below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb