I’m running a marathon in less than two months and that concept is absolutely terrifying. Anyway, music news is on the way!

• Let’s start with the latest from Revocation. (Side note: it appears there are some big ticket items today already. Anyway.) New Gods, New Masters is out on September 26th via Metal Blade, and today they offered up “Sarcophagi Of The Soul”. Catch them on the road with Judiciary, Inferi, and Vomit Forth starting in October as well.
• Something from New Hampshire! Sick! Stoner sludge group Lizzy have signed on with Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records for their upcoming album. Well… I guess that’s all we get from them for now. I’ll still take it!
• Japanese metalcore force Crystal Lake revealed the new track “Crossing Nails”, their second since joining the Century Media roster. They’ve got a new album coming next January it appears.
• You know what I need? Some Cascadian black metal. So here’s the latest sample from Fauna. Ochre & Ash is out on September 26th through Prophecy Productions and this is an excerpt from “Labyrinths”.
• Trivium will have a busy 2025 the rest of the way it seems. Struck Dead, a just-announced new EP, will be out on October 31st through Roadrunner Records and a video for “Bury Me With My Screams” can be seen below. And this all falls ahead of their tour with Jinjer and Heriot, tickets for which can be found here.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb