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Initial Descent: February 14 – 20, 2021

February 15, 2021February 12, 2021Josh2 Comments

Did you shower your Valentine with all the good stuff yesterday? Call your mom? How about gift some grindcore or doom or death metal? No? WTF! If the answer was no to any of those, literally no one cares so you’re good. Anyway, new week means new metal and we’ve got plenty of it, so maybe a late gift?….haha. Kidding. Kicking things off in play low and play slow style are the Polish quartet Dopelord with a smokin’ new EP—see what I did there—that really has me in its grasp, next up is a bone cruncher of blackened-deathgrind from Gravesend, following that is a proggy death metal come psychedelic ambient number from The Lylat Continuum, and last up top is Harakiri For The Sky with their new full length that weaves post-everything and a pinch of black and folk metal—it hasn’t tripped my trigger yet, but maybe your mileage will be better. We’ve got all that and a ton more, so get to digging.

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CANTO: Darkthrone, Gatecreeper, Årabrot, and More

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

At least the snow is pretty today.

Remember when Gatecreeper released that awesome surprise EP, An Unexpected Reality, a couple weeks ago? Well, their big start to the year just got even bigger as they announced a new deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Does that mean we can have a full-length soon?
Darkthrone is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Soulside Journey with an incredible new boxset, which they’re calling Shadows Of Iconoclasm. That will be out on April 2nd through Peaceville Records, and can be pre-ordered here. Definitely read up on it, because there is a ton included in that package.
Harakiri for the Sky released another new one from Mӕre today. This one is called “Song to Say Goodbye”, which is a Placebo cover. Casual reminder that Mӕre is out February 19th through AOP Records and can be scooped up here.
We’re going to wrap up the day (and possibly the week, at least personally) with a new one from Årabrot. This is the first track taken from the recently announced new album, Norwegian Gothic. That drops on April 9th through Pelagic Records. “The Lie” is available for your streaming pleasure below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Harakiri For The Sky, The Amenta, Pupil Slicer, and More

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

I should probably go outside one of these days.

So this is different and definitely worth a few minutes of time. Members of Archspire have launched an online cooking show? It’s called Good Morning Handsome, and you can check out episode 1, “Friends With Benny’s”, right now.
Harakiri For The Sky released a new single today, with accompanying drum playthrough. “I’m All About the Dusk” is, of course, taken from Mӕre, which is now set for a February 19th release through AOP Records.
Pupil Slicer, who just signed on with Prosthetic Records last year, have announced the release of their debut album, Mirrors, on March 12th. They’re streaming a new single today, “Wounds Upon My Skin”, if you’re interested in a preview.
And we’ll close with a video from The Amenta for “An Epoch Ellipsis”, a track taken from Revelator. That album drops on February 19th through Debemur Morti Productions. Get your pre-order on over at their Bandcamp link.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Cult of Luna, Dark Tranquillity, Harakiri For The Sky, and More

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

Wasn’t much going on yesterday, but fortunately there’s plenty to share on today!

Cult of Luna dropped a lot on us. They have a new EP out on February 5th titled The Raging River. Taking it a step further, that will be out through Red Creek, the band’s newly created record label. Metal Blade will be handling the physical distribution.
Dark Tranquillity will be performing Moments in its entirety during a livestream event scheduled for November 21st. Tickets can be scooped up here. Also, a reminder that the album itself is out on November 20th through Century Media.
Oh look, Abysmal Dawn covered the classic Candlemass track “Bewitched”. This is on my list of things to check out later on tonight… or when I’m avoiding work tomorrow. TBD.
Harakiri For The Sky released a new music video for “Sing For The Damage We’ve Done”, which features Neige of Alcest. Mӕre is set for a January 29th release through AOP Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Amenra, Gaerea, Harakiri For The Sky, and More

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

What a freaking day. But it’s all good… back on trails tomorrow.

Amenra have signed on with Relapse Records and are preparing for a new full-length album sometime in 2021. This is one of my favorite projects going, so I’m excited about this news.
We have a whole slew of new tracks and/or videos to share. Let’s start with Katla, who released a new track from their upcoming EP, Blótar gömlu goðin. This one is called “Farg”, which refers to a heavy burden. As a heads up, that EP is only available with premium editions of the upcoming full-lengh, Allt þetta helvítis myrkur, which is out on November 13th.
And then we have Harakiri For The Sky, who are releasing their next album, Mӕre, early next year through AOP Records. Check out the video for “I, Pallbearer”, from that upcoming release.
Finally, Gaerea, who released a new music video for “Urge”. That track is taken from Limbo, which dropped earlier this year through Season of Mist. And if you haven’t checked it out in full yet, you’re missing out.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

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