I am so happy there are only two more days this week because holy damn have the first three dragged.

• Let’s start with some German heavy metal. Sentinels, the fourth album from Vulture, arrives on April 12 through Metal Blade. Today they offered up a video for “Realm Of The Impaler”, the latest single from that effort.
• Visions of Atlantis are back with a new album on July 5 titled Pirates II – Armada, which will be out through Napalm Records. Check out the video for the first single “Armada” here, and catch them on the road with Korpiklaani and Illumishade in the coming months.
• Sludge trio Iron Monkey shared the new song “Concrete Shock”, the latest from the upcoming new full-length Spleen & Goad. That album is out on April 5 through Relapse Records.
• For some fresh tech-death out of Boston, we have Replacire. The Center That Cannot Hold, their third album, is slated for a July 21 release through Season of Mist. Give the title-track a listen here.
• And my favorite thing that popped up today was the update from Pallbearer. Mind Burns Alive, their new album, is (finally) coming on May 17. That will be out through Nuclear Blast, and a video for “Where The Light Fades” can be found below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb