Coming through late on a Friday because… just because. I’m glad tomorrow is Saturday. It means I get my FM back finally!

• Progressive metal powerhouse After The Burial are back with their first new track in a couple of years. Check out the visualizer for “Hum of the Hollow” right now. They’re on tour with We Came As Romans later this month. Here’s a ticket link.
• How about another tour? Avant-grind crew Squid Pisser have a bunch of August dates coming up, many of which are in support of King Parrot. Here’s the full schedule with ticket links.
• America death metallers Plasmodulated revealed a new track titled “Gelatinous Mutation Ov Brewed Origin”. That’s the second offering taken from An Ocean ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting Hell, which is out on August 1st through Personal Records, Dawnbreed Records, and Gurgling Gore.
• We’ll close out the week with a couple of big hitters. First, Amorphis dropped the second single from Borderlands, titled “Bones”. Their new album is out on September 26th through Reigning Phoenix Music.
• And lastly, Paradise Lost. “Serpent On The Cross” is also the second single from their upcoming new album, Ascension. The video for that is below, and their 17th studio album is out on September 19th through Nuclear Blast.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb