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CANTO: Visions of Atlantis, Abyssic, Cassius King, and More

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Two down, three to go. And the week gets really interesting starting tomorrow.

We’ll start Tuesday with a tour. Visions of Atlantis are covering a decent chunk of North America early in 2023, in support of their new album Pirates. Get all the dates and ticket links here. And in case you missed it, that album is out on Napalm Records.
Actually, you know what? Here’s another tour. Parkway Drive have some headlining dates in the U.S. early next year, with support from Memphis May Fire and Currents. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday at this location.
Extreme doom metal crew Abyssic are releasing Brought Forth in Iniquity this coming Friday through Osmose Productions, but if you can’t quite wait that long you can stream the album in full over at the 666MrDoom YouTube channel.
And then we’ll move on to Satanic Tea Co. Why? Because the concept amuses me. The second single, titled “Human Tea”, which features Cryptopsy’s Matt McGachy, is streaming over at Decibel.
Finally, some stoner doom to round things out. Cassius King offered up a video for “Abandon Paradise”, a track taken from Dread The Dawn. Give it a watch below. That album dropped last Friday through MDD Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Darkthrone, Cryptopsy, Enthroned, and Amon Amarth

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019CoreyLeave a comment

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Silver needle, golden nail. It’s a song.

We obviously have to start with the big update from Darkthrone. The next studio album from Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, titled Old Star, will be out on May 31st through Peaceville. So much good news there.
Cyptopsy are about to hit the road with Aborted, which is enough news on its own. But there’s an extra layer to this one… if you plan on attending one of the show dates and feel like bringing a couple local brews with you to share with vocalist Matt Mcgachy, you could get in for free! Fuck, I want to do that so badly! I love beer AND death metal!
Updates from Enthroned, which is a name I definitely haven’t mentioned in awhile. The Belgian black metal group is set to release their next studio album, titled Cold Black Suns, on June 7th. You can check out a new song called “Silent Redemption” right now.
Amon Amarth have released details behind their next album, and coupled it with a new video for a song called “Raven’s Flight”. Berserker will be out on May 3rd via Metal Blade… soon!

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Doro, Aborted, The Ghost Inside, and More

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019CoreyLeave a comment

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Tomorrow will be a long day, so don’t expect a CANTO to surface.

It appears that The Ghost Inside are currently in the studio working on new music. It’s a bit hard to believe that the bus accident was over three years ago now, back in late 2015. So this is awesome news, pumped for these dudes.
Doro has announced a co-headlining tour with Metal Church. Dates are across the United States and run through April and May, if you’re into that kinda thing.
And now for something a little more up my alley. Aborted have also announced the Hell Over North America tour. Those dates are in March and April and support comes in the form of Cryptopsy, Benighted, and Hideous Divinity.
Let’s close with some melodic death metal, because that’s usually a good time. This is the lyric video from Mynas for “Tearing Down The Clouds”. Dead To The Unknown will be out at the end of the week.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Concert Review: Maryland Deathfest XV, Part One

May 30, 2017June 16, 2017Dan3 Comments

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For the fifth year in a row, I found myself down in Baltimore over Memorial Day weekend for Maryland Deathfest. Although this year, things were a little different. For one, there was no outside stage — an omission that, I hoped, wouldn’t prove to be a death knell for “America’s Biggest Metal Party®.” For another, my two longtime MDF-attending colleagues — our co-host emeritus and Literati Overlord — decided not to partake in this year’s festivities.

Still, with a compelling enough lineup and plenty of other metal comrades flying in for the weekend, I decided to take the plunge again. And, lucky you, you get to hear all about it! (SPOILER ALERT: Reports of Maryland Deathfest’s, erm… death… were greatly exaggerated.)

I was going to try to write up these recaps as I go, but the reality is, that was never going to be possible. (You know, because of concerting and catching-up-with and other shenanigans. And maybe sleep, too.) Oh well, with all that said, here goes…

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CANTO: A brand new Cannibal Corpse tour, updates from Trivium, and more!

December 8, 2015December 8, 2015CoreyLeave a comment

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I really, really like these shortened weeks I’ve given myself before the end of the year. News time!

Cannibal Corpse is hitting the road again. This time with Obituary, Cryptopsy, and Abysmal Dawn. This tour is absolutely massive. It will kick off in early February and hit most of the United States.
It was announced recently that an Emperor box set would be released in the coming months (preorders available 12/9). You can find a rundown everything it will contain over at Metal Injection.
Trivium don’t like hanging onto drummers very long. They announced today that their drummer going forward would be Paul Wandtke. Regardless, the band is taking a break while Matt Heafy goes through some surgery to fix his broken nose.
The Eagles of Death Metal returned to Paris and played alongside U2 earlier this week. During this trip, the group also returned to Le Bataclan to pay tributes to the events of last month.
Finally, in the spirit of the season, let’s close things out with a black metal rendition of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”.