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CANTO: October Tide, Full of Hell, Deicide, and More

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Remember when we used to call these “quickies”? Well, I have places to be so that kind of applies today.

  • We’ll start with October Tide who premiered the video for “Unprecedented Aggression”. That track is taken from the band’s seventh studio album, The Cancer Pledge, which is available through Agonia Records.
  • Deicide dropped their 13th album today, Banished by Sin, which is out through Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM)… and somehow I missed that one. No matter. To celebrate, a video for the opening track, “From Unknown Heights You Shall Fall”, can be seen here.
  • Of Virtue unveiled some North American headlining dates throughout 2024, which follows a run supporting Imminence. Check out their full touring plans here.
  • Thy Will Be Done released a beast of a new track today titled “Prelude To Apostasy“, and a video for that premiered over at Metal Injection. That’s their first new material in four years so… that’s awesome. Let’s see what comes next.
  • Full of Hell released Coagulated Bliss to the masses today, through Closed Casket Activities, and they marked the occasion with a video for “Fractured Bonds to Mecca”. Give that a watch below and catch them somewhere on the road over the next few weeks.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Capra, Carnifex, October Tide, and More

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Last round for the week. At long last.

  • Capra released Errors today through Metal Blade Records and Blacklight Media, an album we feel pretty highly about around these parts. As such, let’s start by checking out the performance clip for “Silana”.
  • It’s new release Friday, so each of these line items will be about the same. So, next up we have Carnifex and their video for “Infinite Night Terror”. Their ninth full-length studio album, Necromanteum, is out today through Nuclear Blast.
  • Alright, we’ll slide in one album announcement (maybe two). Elitist have signed on with Indisciplinarian for the release of their debut LP, A Mirage Of Grandeur, which drops on November 17. Check out the leading single from that effort, “Vacuous Magnificence”.
  • October Tide released their seventh studio album, The Cancer Pledge, today through Agonia Records. In celebration, they revealed an animated video for the title-track.
  • And I’m going to wrap up with Strigoi before slamming this laptop shut. Give the clip for “Bathed in a Black Sun” a watch below. They have a new EP dropping of the same name on November 3 through Season of Mist.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Lightlorn, October Tide, Drab Majesty, and More

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Last Friday happenings!

  • Cosmic black metal? Son of a bitch, I’m in! Lightlorn is releasing their debut full-length, At One with the Night Sky, on September 29 through Black Lion Records. Give “Dimensionless Blackness” a listen here.
  • October Tide is some solid Swedish death/doom, so let’s go there next. Check out the lyric video for their latest, “Tapestry Of Our End”. Their seventh studio album, The Cancer Pledge, is out on October 6 through Agonia Records.
  • Holy shit! The Hinderers is coming to vinyl! Out through Metal Blade, and you bet your ass I jumped right on this. Love me some Dååth.
  • Drab Majesty is next, I guess. They released the new mini album, An Object In Motion, through Dais Records. Here’s “Yield To Force”, should you find yourself interested.
  • I’m closing with Amorphis because that’s never a bad idea. Check out the performance video for “Amongst Stars”, which features Anneke Van Giersbergen. That’s taken from Queen Of Time (Live At Tavastia 2021), which will be available through Atomic Fire. Side note, I still have no idea how this wasn’t the closing track for Queen of Time.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Concert Review: Maryland Deathfest XV, Part Four

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[click here for part one]  [click here for part two]  [click here for part three]

As I hit the “Publish” button on this post, it’s a little less than three weeks since Maryland Deathfest wrapped up its 15th edition down in Baltimore. I’d like to tell you that the delay’s been down to me “just processing it all” or “trying to find the right words” or some shit, but let’s be real, I’ve just been busy with other things. However, the timing of my posts should not be construed as a lack of enthusiasm for this year’s fest. In fact, I’ve been quite jazzed about my experience in the time since it all wrapped up. But more on that later; for now, let’s jump into the final recap and see how Sunday closed things out… Continue reading →

Initial Descent: April 22, 2016

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Goddammit. This is the first time in I don’t know how long that I actually get to write this post the Thursday evening before it runs, rather than hastily cobbling it together the morning of. And I can’t even feel happy about that because we lost Prince today and all I wanna do is listen to Purple Rain and Sign O’ The Times. Is there metal coming out this week? I don’t even know anymore.

Okay, that’s a lie. There’s some. Aborted has a new album out. There’s also some hip-hop being released on a metal label —otherwise known as Dälek‘s new album, Asphalt for Eden, which is coming out on Profound Lore. So dive on in and take a look. Here’s what’s on tap for Friday, April 22:
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