Let’s see how fast I can get this published tonight because hot damn there is a lot to do.

• The first of two MNRK Heavy items today. Lord Dying unveiled a video for “The Endless Road Home”, which is the closing track of their upcoming new album. Clandestine Transcendence is out on January 19 on all formats.
• Out of Lupus Lounge, Aureole have set February 9 as the release date for Alunarian Bellmaster. A visualizer for “Alunarian Ghosts of Bellmaster”, the latest single from the ambient black metal project, can be seen here.
• Whitechapel announced details surrounding a new live album. Live In The Valley will be out on January 26 through Metal Blade, a collection that features their 2022 Christmas Benefit Show. Watch and listen to “Lost Boy” here.
• Gotta work in some Icelandic black metal with the opportunity presents itself. Helfró shared the third single taken from Tálgröf, titled “Traðkandi Blómin í eigin Hjartagarði”. That album is out on December 1 through Season of Mist.
• Darkest Hour are back with their tenth album on February 23, titled Perpetual | Terminal. That’s the second item featured today that will be available through MNRK Heavy A video for the title-track is below, and they’ve also got dates with Exodus and Fit For An Autopsy through the rest of the year.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb