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CANTO: Shadows Fall, Alice Cooper, Sonata Arctica, and More

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

I’m ready for another adventure… which is basically my perpetual state of existence these days.

Since I’m seriously craving a beer right about now, let’s start with the latest from Shadows Fall. They’ve launched their own beer, named the “Destroyer of Sense” New England pale ale, in partnership with Tin Bridge Brewing Company. It will be available in cans at their one-off show at the Palladium in Worcester on December 18th.
Alice Cooper has quite the run of shows coming up next year. The latest announcement includes a tour with Buckcherry (on most dates), kicking off after the Monsters of Rock Cruise. Those dates covering March 18th through April 23rd.
And then we have a new Pelagic Records signing to mention. Post rock/neoclassical project BRUIT ≤ have announced a vinyl and CD release of The Machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again through the label, with pre-orders expected sometime in January.
Nowegian black metal project Minneriket are releasing a new album, Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile, independently on January 21st. Preview and pre-order that one through Bandcamp right here. I felt the need to add some black metal to the pile today, apparently.
Sonata Arctica released a new lyric video for “The Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me”, a track taken from Acoustic Adventures – Volume One. Give it a watch below, and pre-order the album here. That drops on January 21st through Atomic Fire Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Shadows Fall, Teeth, Abstracted, and More

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

It’s been raining the last couple of days, and I definitely don’t hate it.

Shadows Fall have announced their return to the stage. On December 18th they’ll be taking the Palladium stage in Worcester, MA with the likes of Unearth, Darkest Hour, Within The Ruins, Sworn Enemy, and Carnivora. A trailer for the event can be seen here, and tickets go on sale later this week. Those can be found at this location.
Los Angeles extreme metal collective Teeth have announced a new full-length effort. Finite is set for a November 26th release through Translation Loss Records, and pre-order/pre-save options are available here. Better yet, a new track titled “Concubine” is available for your streaming pleasure right now.
Unreqvited have unveiled the second single from Beautiful Ghosts. This one is titled “Funeral Pyre”, and is available here. A quick reminder that Beautiful Ghosts drops on August 13th through Prophecy Productions, and you can pick that up right here.
And we’ll close with some progressive death metal out of Brazil. This is the new music video from Abstracted for “Wither To Dust”. That one is taken from their debut full-length, Atma Conflux, which drops sometime later this year through M-Theory Audio. More details coming soon.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Falconer, Let Us Prey, The Metal Stream of the Year, and More

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

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“The Earth starts to rumble, world powers fall. A’warring for the heavens, a peaceful man stands tall.”

The Metal Tour of the Year, featuring In Flames, Trivium, Lamb of God, and Megadeth was moved to next year, as we all know. That said, the same organizers have announced a streaming event on June 12th that will feature memorable headlining sets from all four bands.
Falconer have dropped a new single, “Kings and Queens”, taken from their upcoming new album titled From A Dying Ember. That one drops on June 26th through Metal Blade Records.
Let Us Prey have released a new lyric video for “The Saint of Killers”, which features a solo from the late All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert. Virtues of the Vicious is out July 24th through M-Theory Audio.
Check out this quarantine jam of Death‘s “Overactive Imagination”, featuring Jason Bittner (Overkill/Shadows Fall), Felipe Roa (Shadows Fall), Bobby Koeble (Death), and Steve Di Giorgio (Testament/Death).

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Drama at Metal Magic Fest, Whitechapel/Suicide Silence tour, and more

July 11, 2016July 11, 2016CoreyLeave a comment

“I received your light, I received your wound, as a funeral rite for a heart entombed. As stigmata, envoys of the grave of holy creed. As your hand demands to fear, your canon requires to persevere. To claim the heart of those pierced by such immense deceit.”

This actually dates back to last week, but I’m amused by it so I’m still sharing. Members of Flotsam and Jetsam and Shadows Fall have opened a weed dispensary. Medical purposes only, of course.
Haven’t mentioned a new tour in awhile, so here’s one that I won’t be attending. Suicide Silence and Whitechapel will be co-headlining a run of dates through North America. They will be supported by Despised Icon, Carnifex, and Oceano.
Well this got aggressive. During their set at Metal Magic Fest in Denmark, Deströyer 666 frontman K. K. Warslut antagonized the crowd to the point where a fight between him and an audience member broke out on stage. I did say it got aggressive.
Troubling news from a legend. During a Hollywood Vampires set, legendary Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry collapsed on stage. He is stable now, but had to be carried away and hospitalized.
Finally, here’s a headbanging horse for absolutely no reason whatsoever.