Don’t look now, but the Red Wings have won three straight. Oh wait, shit, wrong blog.

• PNW doom outfit Usnea have signed on with Translation Loss Records for the release of their long awaited new album. Bathed In Light will be out on May 26, and you can check out “From Soot and Pyre” over at Decibel.
• Downfall of Gaia have announced a run of shows in April over in Europe, where they’ll be joined by Implore and Deathrite. They also unveiled a drum playthrough of “Bodies as Driftwood“, if you’re into that kind of stuff.
• The Acacia Strain have set May 12 as the release date for Step Into The Light, which will be available through Rise Records. Check out the visualizer for “Fresh Bones” here.
• On March 31, melodic doom project Sermon are releasing Of Golden Verse, their sophomore effort, through Prosthetic Records. For a preview of what’s to come, give “The Distance” a listen here.
• It’s Valentine’s Day, so how about closing with some Type O Negative footage from Wacken 2007? Below is the video for “Love You To Death”. Pick up a Dead Again reissue through Nuclear Blast here.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb