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CANTO: Maryland Deathfest, Thy Catafalque, Sevendust, and More

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Well. It appears my 2022 festival calendar is starting to fill up. Partly because…

Hypocrisy and Atheist have been added to the Maryland Deathfest lineup, among others. I’ve missed Hypocrisy every time they’ve rolled through here since, well, forever. Time to undo all that. Tickets for the festival are available here.
Sevendust have lined up an ambitious U.S. tour this coming June and July. I truly hope everything goes well, and it seems as though the intentions will be to follow state guidelines… but we all know how well that has been going. Fingers crossed either way, because I fucking miss shows.
Minneapolis-based hardcore/grind collective Wanderer are releasing their debut LP, Liberation From A Brutalist Existence, on June 18th. Check out the in-studio performance of “Contented” here.
Thy Catafalque revealed a new track today, titled “Szarvas”. That one, of course, is taken from Vadak, which is out on June 25th through Season of Mist.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Withered, Abstracted, Maryland Deathfest, and More

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

So this MDF lineup v. 2022 is looking better and better with each announcement…

Speaking of which, Blood Incantation, Obituary, and a few others were added to the lineup a few hours ago. I’ve taken some time off from that festival, but it might just be time to make the pilgrimage to The Land of Nothing and The Wire again.
Withered have unveiled new album details. Verloren will be out on June 25th through Season of Mist Underground Activists, and the video for the first new single, “By Tooth in Tongue”, is available for streaming at this location.
Brazilian progressive death metallers Abstracted have signed on with M-Theory Audio. Their debut full-length, Atma Conflux, will be released at some point later this year, but you can get an idea of what’s to come with “Decree of Sunlight” right here.
And we’ll close with the new track from Hundred Headless Horsemen, “Echoes”. That’s the first single from the psychedelic death metal collective’s new album, Apokalepsia, which will be out on May 21st.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Maryland Deathfest, Kadavar, GosT, and More

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019CoreyLeave a comment

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.”
– cmb

CANTO: Daughters, Tombs, Maryland Deathfest and more!

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018DanLeave a comment

Four out of five on the Canto posts. Oh well, I guess Corey’s eating a shoe. Anyway, here’s some news to close out your week:

Leading off, it’s new-release Friday! A whole bunch of great bands dropped new stuff today, including Imperial Triumphant, Deafheaven, Obscura and more. Check out Josh’s full list in this week’s Initial Descent post here.

Providence, RI vets Daughters released “Satan in the Wait,” their first song in more than eight years. The band also announced they’d signed with Ipecac Recordings, with plans to release an album sometime later this year.

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CANTO: Maryland Deathfest 2019, Behemoth, Steve Albini and more!

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018DanLeave a comment

MDF-2019

It’s gross outside. Let’s talk metal for a bit and forget about the moistness of this Monday afternoon. Here’s some news you might have missed from today:

Leading off, Maryland Deathfest announced the first wave of bands playing its 17th edition next Memorial Day. The highlights from this crop? Immolation, Pestilence, Mortician, Vomitory, Tomb Mold, Full of Hell and a bunch more. Peep the full list here — and maybe think about starting your anti-cancellation prayers ahead of time. Like, today.

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