I have acquired a dog named Athena that looks like Abbath. Life is weird.

• Converge have announced the first Bloodmoon shows in the United States. The Bloodmoon collaboration will be performing April 9th in Boston and April 10th in NYC, with Caspian supporting both nights. Tickets go on sale Friday at this location.
• Ignite have also announced some U.S. dates in May. They cover a lot of ground between May 5th and the 15th, supporting their upcoming new self-titled album. That drops on March 25th through Century Media and can be pre-ordered here.
• Abraham released a new single and video today, titled “Blood Moon, New Alliance”. That’s taken from their new album, Débris de Mondes Perdus, which is out on February 25th through Pelagic Records, which you can purchase here.
• In case you somehow weren’t aware, Abysmal Dawn is releasing a new EP on Friday titled Nightmare Frontier, which will be out through Season of Mist. Better still, you can stream the album in full right now… just in case you can’t wait a couple extra days.
• Absent In Body, a project featuring current and former member of Amenra, Neurosis, and Sepultura, have announced their debut album… something we should all be excited about. Plague God will be out on March 25th through Relapse Records. Check out the video for the first single, “The Acres/The Ache” below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb