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CANTO: Slipknot, Mizmor, In Flames, and More

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The evening forecast: playoff hockey and death metal. And beer. Always beer.

  • Tours! First, Slipknot is celebrating 25 years with an arena tour that will also include Knocked Loose,
    Orbit Culture, and Vended, depending on the leg. That all kicks off on August 6, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday.
  • Next, Mizmor announced an upcoming North American tour as well, where they’ll be joined by Amarok and Tithe… depending on the dates. Those are all in July, and tickets can be acquired here.
  • In Flames is about to embark on their U.S. tour, which I’m super excited to attend myself, and today they announced anniversary vinyl reissues for Lunar Strain, Colony, Soundtrack To Your Escape, and Siren Charms. Grab one or all of them here.
  • Ok, what else we got? Umbra Vitae shared a video for “Velvet Black”, a track taken from their sophomore LP Light Of Death. That’s out on June 7 through Deathwish.
  • And finally, Neaera dropped a new video and single titled “Pacifier”, which is how we’re going to end our Tuesday. The German metalcore crew are celebrating their 20th year with the release of All Is Dust, set for a June 28 release through Metal Blade.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Rivers of Nihil, Gaerea, Banisher, and More

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I managed to squeeze in a trail run after work, so naturally I’m in a way better mood than I usually am on a Monday night. Yay!

  • Let’s start with Rivers of Nihil, who dropped a new single just as they set off on the Chaos & Carnage Tour with the likes of Cattle Decapitation, Carnifex, and more. Give “Criminals” a listen here to get a taste of an upcoming new album… which we’ll learn more about later.
  • The Knotfest 2024 lineup popped up today, and it features the likes of Till Lindemann (Rammstein), Knocked Loose, Hatebreed, and obviously a lot more. Including Slipknot… which I don’t feel I should need to mention? Anyway, that event is on September 21 and tickets will be available here.
  • Banisher, the Polish death metal act featuring Decapitated, Hate, and Fleshgod Apocalypse alumni, revealed a new track today titled “Demons”. Their fifth album is just about underway, so we’ll stay close to this one in the months ahead.
  • In search of something more theatrical to sprinkle in today, I landed on the new Summoner’s Circle video, “Shroud of Humanity”. That one is taken from Cult, which is out on May 24 through Black Lion Records.
  • And, of course, we’ll close out the monstrous new standalone single from Gaerea titled “World Ablaze”. Yep… that is definitely one of my favorite projects going right now. I still can’t get enough of their cathartic black metal. Give. Me. More.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Goatwhore, Soen, Stormruler, and More

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Two more work days until another break. Is it bad that this is my attitude these days?

  • Soen unveiled a cover of Slipknot’s “Snuff” today, and that’s as good of a place to start as any. Give the performance video a watch here. That is taken from their forthcoming release, Atlantis, which is out on November 18th through Silver Lining Music.
  • Stormruler has been one of my favorite recent discoveries, and with the release of Sacred Rites & Black Magick coming this Friday, I think dropping in the new lyric video for “Upon Frozen Shores” is appropriate. That album will be out through Napalm Records.
  • Like Ants And Snakes, the latest from Mord’A’Stigmata, is on my list of shit to check out this week. I just haven’t yet. So let’s at least give “I am the Arm” a listen while we have a couple of minutes. That album is out on November 4th through Pagan Records.
  • Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven, the latest from Goatwhore, is absolutely incredible. So naturally, the best way to wrap up the day is with the new video for the title-track, which you can see below. That album is out now through Metal Blade.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: In Flames, Caliban, Enchantment, and More

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I’ve been in Pennsylvania for four days now, and I can confirm that it is a place that exists… and we’re moving on…

  • Kicking off a new week, we have a new music video from Caliban. The visualizer for “Darkness I Became” is available here, a track taken from Dystopia. That album is available now through Century Media.
  • UK death and doom outfit Enchantment are releasing their new album, Cold Soul Embrace, on June 24th through Transcending Records and Cosmic Key Creations. For a glimpse of what’s to come, a clip for “Of Glorious Vistas Forgot” is sitting out there.
  • Knotfest Roadshow has announced September and October dates with the likes of Ice Nine Kills and Crown The Empire. Tickets will be available at this location, with presales kicking off tomorrow and general this coming Friday.
  • From there, we have some new black metal. White Rune are releasing Dawn of the White Rune on August 19th through Hammer of Hate. Check out the new track, “Crimson Lament”, right now.
  • Lastly, the top item of the day (in my book), is the news out of the In Flames camp. They’ve signed a fresh deal with Nuclear Blast, but more importantly they also release a new single titled “State of Slow Decay”. And I gotta tell ya, I’m really into it. Give it a watch and listen below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Hypocrisy, Animals As Leaders, Slipknot, and More

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Hypocrisy

Lots of tour announcements to get to today, so let’s jump right into it.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb