GosT – Nine Circles

CANTO: Carnifex, Atoll, Cantique Lépreux, and More

I… am ready for a whisky.

Decapitated and Septicflesh announced a fairly extensive co-headlining run across North America in April and May. Kataklysm and Allegaeon will be joining them as well.
Extreme metal crew Atoll revealed a new single and visualizer, titled “Autonomic Autosarcophagy“. That one is taken from their forthcoming new album, Inhuman Implants, which is set for a February 23 release through Unique Leader.
Switching gears a bit, GosT unveiled a new track titled “Widow Song”. That’s the latest single from that project’s upcoming new album, Prophecy, which arrives a little later on March 8 through Metal Blade.
I’m feeling the need to wrap in some black metal tonight, so here’s some new stuff from Cantique Lépreux. “Consécration” is the first single pulled from Le bannissement, their third full-length album which drops on March 29 through Eisenwald.
Let’s close out with the new video from Carnifex. “Torn In Two” can be seen and heard below, a track from the album Necromanteum, which was released last October through Nuclear Blast. You can catch them on the road in a few months as well.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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Dark Tranquillity

Gonna go run for a long time as soon as this is drafted.

Fleshgod Apocalypse have been forced to postpone their upcoming North American tour. The March and April dates, which would have featured a string quartet, are hopefully only going to get pushed out a few months. Time will tell…
Carach Angren have released the first single from the upcoming Franckensteina Strataemontanos. The title of the track is “Monster”, and the lyric video can be seen here. That album drops on May 29th through Season of Mist.
Looks like Dark Tranquillity are in the studio. If this post is any indication, we should have some new material our way in the near future. This is good… it’s been four years since Atoma dropped, which is a bit longer than we normally need to wait between albums. So I’m excited.
Let’s watch the latest video from GosT. This one is for “Dreadfully Pious”, taken from 2019’s Valediction (Century Media). Enjoy.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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bloodbath 2018

Friday Cantos are for Friday.

For some reason, As I Lay Dying are releasing a new album on September 20th. It will be called Shaped By Fire, and yes Tim Lambesis is the vocalist. Why am I even talking about this? Fuck this and fuck them. Also, that song is terrible.
The remaining bands that will be performing at Maryland Deathfest 2020 have been announced. Bloodbath and Exhorder were two of the bigger names in this final wave. I did MDF, what, four consecutive years? And this will be the fourth straight non-MDF year I think. Weird. Not really.
Hey, a new GosT song. I guess I’m going to be listening to this over and over again now. It’s called “Wrapped In Wax”.
Check out this video from Kadavar for “The Devil’s Master”. It’s fun and western-y. For The Dead Travel Fast will be out on October 11th via Nuclear Blast.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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Batushka - Hospodi

I’m gathering that I’m not supposed to like both Batushka things happening. I’m also gathering that I don’t care.

This one’s for Dan, even though he may already be aware of it. GosT has announced the next studio album, Valediction, will be out on October 4th. Furthermore, for those of you in Europe, you can catch GosT on tour with Mayhem and Gaahls Wyrd in November.
Speaking of Batushka, they’ll be headlining some North American dates this coming November and December. Tickets go on sale Friday. I plan on dabbling. Oh yes I do.
Monolord have set a release date of September 20th for their Relapse Records debut album, called No Comfort. You can check out a new song called “The Bastard Son” now, and catch them on tour in Europe in October and in the U.S. in November. So much Monolord. Very good.
Let’s check out a new song from Israeli thrash band Shredhead. The song is called “Unmarked” and it features captured footage from a recent tour in Japan. It’s quite good.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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Ronnie James Dio

How long has it been, a week? Well, that’s about how long it has been since I’ve been home. Deal with it.

Godsmack are officially back on the road, and have announced additional dates today as well. But the real update here is the launch of Sully’s ‘Scars’ Foundation, which will raise awareness and funding for mental health.
This one is for Dan and anybody else obsessed with GosT. Here is a new single called “The Call of the Faithful”, which is taken from Skull 2019. As a reminder, that will be out on Century Media on May 3rd.
If you’re one of those people that’s interested in seeing that weird, and controversial, Dio hologram in person, this may be for you. The Dio Returns Tour 2019 will hit the U.S. with Tim “Ripper” Owens and Oni Logan as guest vocalists. I will not be there.
The music video update at the top of my email list (literally, not figuratively) comes by way of Spain’s Excalibur. If you want some heavy metal in your life, check out this clip for “Las Hordas del Rock”.