I’m feeling better. I ran today. I have a show to attend at a killer brewery tomorrow. Things are pretty damn good.

• The first new album announcement comes from heavy psychedelic rock outfit Elder. Through Zero gets here on May 29th through Blues Funeral Recordings (in North America). Some more details can be found here. FYI… I am quite excited.
• Switching to some extreme death metal, Inferi are releasing Heaven Wept on April 10th via The Artisan Era and today they revealed a music video for the title track. They have an upcoming North American run in April and May you can snag tickets for here.
• Speed metallers Cruel Force dropped a video for the new track “Savage Gods”. That serves as the latest offering from Haneda, their fourth album out on March 27th through Shadow Kingdom Records.
• I’ll pretty much share anything that comes out of Hammerheart these days. Mammon’s Throne recently announced details around their third full length, My Body to the Worms, which gets here on March 13th… and the third sample from that is “Everyday More Sickened”.
• I think my favorite Friday announcement today came from Frozen Soul who have a new album on the way. No Place of Warmth will be out on May 8th through Century Media and a video for the title track, which features Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, is below. They’re also touring quite a bit in the first half of 2026. You should make that happen as well.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb