Well, taking a quick look at the inbox makes it pretty clear that 2023 is winding down.

• Royal Thunder announced a brief run of shows in January with Ruby The Hatchet, covering the 18th to the 21st. I wish I could go, Rebuilding The Mountain was pretty awesome. But alas. All the details can be found here.
• A couple Season of Mist items tonight. First, Italian black and doom project Ponte Del Diavolo set February 16 as the release date for Fire Blades From The Tomb, a debut full length. The leading single from that effort, “Demone”, can be heard here.
• Doro released a video for the new digital single, “True Metal Maniacs”. That’s taken from the Conqueress – Extended EP, which is out on March 1 through Nuclear Blast.
• German post-hardcore crew Venues shared a new single titled “Radiate Me”. This track follows their last album, Solace, as well as four other singles released since then.
• This emerged yesterday, but since I was stuck in Boston until late you’re getting it now. Vlitmas is releasing their sophomore album on March 15 through Season of Mist, titled Epic. Check out of the clip for “Miserere” below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb