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CANTO: Extortionist, Evoken, Malakhim, and More

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Coming at you late because I had a flooring project to finish up. Crazy times.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Amaranthe, Omnium Gatherum, Year of the Knife, and More

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Two down, three to go. Nothing more from me today.

  • We’ll lead off with something fresh out of Nuclear Blast. Amaranthe released a new single from their upcoming new album The Catalyst. Give “Insatiable” a watch and listen here. That album drops on February 23, 2024.
  • Hardcore/death metal hybrid group Year of The Knife announced a new album. No Love Lost is out on October 27 through Pure Noise Records. They dropped two new, quick-hit, singles from that effort, “Wish” and “Last Laugh”.
  • Norway’s Aeternus have set November 17 as the release date of their ninth studio album, Philosopher. That will be out through Agonia Records, and they’ll follow the release with a tour alongside Gorgoroth.
  • For a dose of (more) traditional heavy metal, let’s see what Receiver has to offer. Give “Unite” a listen over on Bandcamp. That’s the opening track from their debut album, Whispers of Lore, which is out on November 10 through Gates of Hell Records.
  • A new video from Omnium Gatherum? Sounds like a good way to wrap things up to me. Check out the clip for “Lovelorn” below. That’s taken from the Slasher EP, which is available through Century Media.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Receiving the Evcharist: Wild Beyond and Hopical Crush

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Receiving the Evcharist 2018

Spacey black thrash paired with a tropical IPA? Why not. Don your bullet belt and put on a Hawaiian shirt, and let’s dive in to Wild Beyond’s self-titled and Firestone Walker’s Mind Haze Hopical Crush.

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CANTO: Aeviterne, KYOTY, Nekrogoblikon, and More

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In case you weren’t aware, our 2021 year-end posts are still going strong! I’ll publish mine… eventually.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The Nine Circles Audio Thing: Traveler’s Matt Ries on upcoming album “Termination Shock,” touring at the outset of a pandemic, recording at home, and so much more!

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Traveler

In a year’s time, Canada’s Traveler have become a household name for heavy metal fans and are set to release their sophomore effort Termination Shock a month from now. Plainly put, it is yet another example of how necessary traditional heavy metal is in today’s terms. We all need a reason to jump, cheer, and throw the horns right now and this band, and new album, is reason for all this. The band’s self titled debut was a tour-de-force last year and this one eclipses it by a mile with better instrumentation, better songwriting and deeper references realized that us old heads hold so dear and that new fans will be over the moon for. So, head below for the details.
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Initial Descent: December 11 – 17, 2016

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Murg
Murg

Yep, here we are amongst best of 2016 list season and in true form these final weeks are looking to be list busters. But hey, on the bright side we have tons of great new metal just in time for the hectic shopping and traffic season. So, strap on a pair of headphones, get out there and brave it. Sweden’s black metallers Murg return with their second full length Gudatall which is as heavy on black metal aggression as it is on suffocating atmosphere, Grafvitnir offers scathing and utterly evil black metal on Obeisance to a Witch Moon, Call of the Void continue their amalgam of death, grind, punk and sludge metal on AYFKM (guess what that stands for), Black Cilice gives us yet another cold and blistering black metal release for the week on Nocturnal Mysticism, and Youdash bend time as well as all constraints of typical death metal thought patterns on their strikingly good debut Astrophobia. Stellar week here on Initial Descent and we still have more to go so continue the exploration, after the jump. Continue reading →