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Initial Descent: April 5 – 11, 2020

April 6, 2020JoshLeave a comment

DOOL — Dool (photo courtesy of Nona Limmen)

Well, well, well. We’re all still in this crap. But, at least we’ve got good tunes to ride it out with and this week, there’s no shortage of good to be found. So, let’s do this. Dark metallers Dool return with an absolute stunner (no surprise here, amazing band and amazing music), Akurion uncover all the dark corners in their love letter to death metal and all its wares, Benighted continue their reign of all things insane via grinding death metal, and High Priestess turn doom on its ear with some Pink Floydish twists. Four albums up top and many, many more to go so get to it! Continue reading →

CANTO: One HELL of a deal to Full Terror Assault, words of wisdom from Kerry King, and more tours!

July 21, 2015July 21, 2015CoreyLeave a comment

What a busy day it’s been here. Apparently people pay attention to Dark Tranquillity best-of lists. Who knew?

I encourage all who are capable to participate in the inaugural Full Terror Assault Open Air Festival. As a bonus, you can get an all-in pass for under 40 bucks this week only. Have you seen this lineup? This is an amazing deal.
Generally, I tend to think Kerry King needs to talk, well…less. That said, on occasion, I agree with the Slayer guitarist. Especially when it comes to his thoughts on the way Mayhem Fest has played out this year.
I guess I’ll take a moment to talk about a new tour. Trivium and Tremonti will be hitting the road together later this fall. For some reason.
Korn, another band on tour later this fall, announced today that they will be playing their debut album in its entirety during this tour. Suicide Silence and Islander will be the supporting acts. Again…”for some reason.”
Finally, for those that previously missed this, Akurion is a new project formed from the members of Cryptopsy and Neuraxis. They dropped their first single, “Yet Ye See Them Not,” and it’s an absolute crusher:

I dig it.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– Corey

CANTO: Sebastian Bach’s a doofus, tour announcements galore, and more!

July 14, 2015CoreyLeave a comment

I love moments when Sebastian Bach makes a moron of himself. Which is, to say, most times. Luckily, we get one of those moments to lead off tonight’s Canto. So why don’t we do just that?

So hey! Here’s that Sebastian Bach moment I mentioned earlier. Apparently dude’s realized he doesn’t have a lot of friends and is now selling tickets to attend his wedding. For $300. I can’t wait ’til exactly zero people show up to this thing.
KEN Mode announced a whole buttload of fall tour dates to support their new album, Success. How much of a buttload? Try two months and more than 50 shows. That Acheron gig in Brooklyn could be fun.
Speaking of tour dates: Kataklysm and Belphegor are hitting the road together this fall.
Some interesting stuff here: a handful of guys from Cryptopsy and Neuraxis have teamed up to form a new project called Akurion. And hey, it’s apparently going to be “ball-crushingly heavy,” guys!
And finally, here’s a new video from Phinehas: