I am back from a long and grueling run along the California coast, amongst other things! And then right back down to Boston tomorrow.

• We’ll start with militant black metal project Hammerfilosofi and the new track “Funeral Veil”. That’s the first to be revealed from Signum, which is out on October 31st through Osmose Productions.
• 1349 announced a new live album, Winter Mass, will be out on November 28th via Season of Mist. Check out this performance video for “I Am Abomination”.
• Alt-hard rock outfit Soul Blind are preparing for the October 10th release of Red Sky Mourning, and have shared a clip for “Mistake to Wonder” as part of that. That album will be out through Closed Casket Activities. You can catch them on the road throughout the rest of 2025 as well.
• Alpha Destroyer released the latest from Fastlane, a track titled “Masterplan”. The debut album from the hard rockers is out on October 31st through Necromantic Press Records.
• And we’ll close Tuesday with the new video from Pupil Slicer for “Nomad”. Their new album, Fleshwork, is out on November 7th through Prosthetic Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb