Sure did feel good to bring the Z6 into the photo pit for the first time in almost six months.

• Gama Bomb announced a new EP, Necronomicon Automaton, will be out on April 18th through Prosthetic Records. That will include four brand new tracks, so if you’re looking for some new thrash… lock this in.
• Italian doomers Messa released a video for “Fire On The Roof”, a track taken from The Spin. Their new album just dropped last week through Metal Blade.
• Another from Metal Blade. Byzantine are releasing a new full length on June 13th titled Harbingers. Preorders are live, and the first single, “Floating Chrysanthema”, can be seen and heard here.
• Wasn’t going to let this slip by. New England Metal & Hardcore Festival returns on September 20th. The Palladium Outdoors event will feature Lorna Shore, Cannibal Corpse, Kublai Khan TX, The Black Dahlia Murder, and many more.
• Finnish sludge outfit Abysmal Rites unveiled a video for “The Secret Of Pure Grief”, which is how we’re going to wrap up our Monday. Their upcoming new album, Restoring The Primordial Order, is out on May 9th through Wormholedeath.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb