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Donuts & CANTO: Scar Symmetry, Wytch Hazel, Metallica, and More

April 1, 2023March 31, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

I think this is the new routine?

Wytch Hazel are dropping a new album on June 2 through Bad Omen Records, which will be titled IV: Sacrament. Check out the video for “Angel of Light” here.
So this was a Thursday thing I listened to like 100 times and didn’t actually share. Yo, the title-track from 72 Seasons is amazing. Which means everything we’ve heard from the new Metallica album has been amazing so far. Anyway. That album drops on April 14. Get ready.
Venom Inc. announced some new live dates. They’re in the U.S. with Exhumed, Acid Witch, Enforced, and Wormwitch this coming June and July. The schedule can be found here, and yes let’s hope there are dates added over on this side of the country.
Lordi on a Saturday just feels right. Here’s the video for “Dead Again Jayne”. Scream Writers Guild dropped today (well, yesterday… I’m bad at this) through Atomic Fire.
I can’t believe it’s been nine years since the last Scar Symmetry album. So on that note, The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) is set for a June 9 release through Nuclear Blast, and the video for “Scorched Quadrant” is available below. Let’s do it.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Donuts & CANTO: The 69 Eyes, Unearth, Omnium Gatherum, and More

March 4, 2023March 3, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

That’s right. It’s Saturday morning. Time to mix things up and have some donuts with your canto. Or a breakfast beer. Dealer’s choice. Anyway, what did we miss last night while I was at the bar?

Unearth emerged today with a new single, titled “Mother Betrayal”. Pre-orders started yesterday (almost typed ‘today’) for The Wretched; The Ruinous, which is out on May 5 through Century Media.
Omnium Gatherum are releasing their new EP, Slasher, on June 2 also through Century Media. For a preview of that collection, give the video for the title-track a watch here.
With Exul arriving on March 24 through Season of Mist, Ne Obliviscaris released a new live video for “And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope”. That clip features performance footage from Melbourne in 2019.
Wisconsin death metal group Micawber shared a new single titled The Cremation of Care, out through Prosthetic Records. That marks their first new material since 2018’s Beyond the Reach of Flame, so we’ll see what else 2023 has in store for them.
New Lordi feels like the right thing on a weekend morning. Their new digital single, “Thing In The Cage”, can be heard here. Screem Writers Guild is out later this month through Atomic Fire. And I can’t decide if spelling ‘scream’ as ‘screem’ annoys me. I mean, I know why they went with that… but was there actually any concern the pun would overlooked if they spelled it right? This is the shit I think about post-bar. ANYWAY.
The 69 Eyes dropped a video for the title-track of their upcoming new album, Death Of Darkness, which you can see below. The release date for that one is April 21 through Atomic Fire Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Enforced, Overkill, Viscera, and More

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

I got some Metallica vinyl in the mail today, so it was a good day.

Enforced have revealed details for their new album. War Remains will be out on April 28th through Century Media. Check out the first single, “Ultra-Violence”, right here.
Lordi just feels right on a Friday. Screem Writers Guild is scheduled for a March 31st release through their new label, Atomic Fire Records. Check out the lyric video for “Lucyfer Prime Evil” here.
Cybergrind group Thotcrime unveiled two remixes of “Motherfucker Unlimited”. They’re streaming basically everywhere, but here’s a visualizer if you’re interested. That track is originally from D1G1T4L_DR1FT, a Prosthetic Records release.
Viscera are releasing their new album, Carcinogenesis, on March 3rd through Unique Leader Records. Give their new single a listen, titled “Rats with Wings”.
It’s a thrashy kinda day. Closing out, we have new stuff from Overkill. Scorched will be out on April 14th through Nuclear Blast Records, and a visualizer for “The Surgeon” is available for your listening and viewing pleasure below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Cynic, Lordi, Souldrainer, and More

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

I officially live in the mountains… just in time for winter.

Northwest Terror Fest is returning in 2023, and the lineup is pretty darn stacked. Yob, Wormrot, Horrendous, and obviously many more. That festival is set for May 25 through 27 in Seattle, and tickets go on sale this coming Friday. Get the full scoop here.
With Focus turning 30 in 2023, Cynic are paying homage to late members Sean Reinert and Sean Malone, while marking the anniversary of that album, with two special performances. They’ll be performing on the 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise, which is set for January 30 through February 3, and then at ProgPower USA on September 6 in Atlanta. These are their first live performances since the passing of Reinert and Malone.
Switching things up fairly aggressively, we have news from Lordi. They’ve just signed on with Atomic Fire Records, so it seems that their next chapter is being written, and new music is on the horizon. We’ll keep our eyes out. For now, if you happen to be in Europe, they’re currently on the road basically through May. (Not really… more like until December, and then again in April and May).
Swedish death metallers Souldrainer unveiled a visualizer for the new track “End of the World”. That’s the closing track from Departure, which is out on December 9 through Black Lion Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Nine Circles ov… Lordi Music Videos

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

lordi 2019

So I was sitting around a couple weeks ago, begrudgingly scrolling through some social media platform (while contemplating if this would indeed be the moment the internet finally made me stab my eyes out), when I saw a light far off in the distance. And by distance I mean slightly further down the page. What was this beacon I stumbled upon? Lordi. Mother. Freaking. Lordi. And just like that, inspiration struck.

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