Receiving the Evcharist is our weekly feature where we pair choice albums with our favorite libations. Drink from the cup of heresy. This week’s offering: Black Curse’s Endless Wound and Chapman Crafted Beer’s Kool Kid Hops. Continue reading
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CANTO: Horrendous, Spectral Voice, Steve Von Till, and More
Alright, let’s see how much I can catch up on.
- For starters, we have plenty of tours to pick through today. Let’s start with Cloak and Horrendous, who have a brief run of shows coming up in March and April. Fortunately, my city is included in that list, so I will 100% be in attendance.
- I got this notification through at least three press releases in the inbox today. Steve Von Till is going to be a feature performer at Fire In The Mountains this year. At this point, my sadness about not going could not be any more extreme.
- Alright moving on… to another tour. And another tour that I cannot miss. Spectral Voice have some upcoming dates with and without Krypts. Those are all in April and I have two dates to choose from in my area! Hot damn!
- And the final tour announcement comes from Agnostic Front, who have an upcoming co-headlining North American tour with Sick Of It All. Guess when those dates are? April, yes. But also May! It’s slightly different!
- Finally, let’s tie all this up with a video from Norwegian black metallers Crest of Darkness. “The God Of Flesh” would be the title track from last year’s record (out via My Kingdom Music).
“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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CANTO: In Flames, Fire in the Mountains, At The Gates, and More
On a Friday? In this economy?
- Let’s get this out of the way. In Flames released a new song today, the title-track from the upcoming I, The Mask which drops on March 1st. I’m kinda digging it?
- The Fire In The Mountains 2019 lineup is out and it’s awesome. Wolves In The Throne Room, Saor, Spectral Voice… Count me in.
- You know who else dropped a new track? Waldgeflüster. And it’s great. The song is called “Rotgoldene Novemberwälder”. Check it out.
- At The Gates have a new video out for “The Mirror Black”. Go watch it.
“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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CANTO: Tribulation, Kaoteon, and a Couple Massive Tours
1/12/2018. Friday. Did I really complete a full week? Damn.
- Tours. Everywhere. The first one is just a rumor for now (I think), but it features Slayer, Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Behemoth, and Testament. Massive. It’s like a more watered down version of last year’s tour.
- Now for a tour I’m more excited about. Primitive Man and Spectral Voice. God. Dammit. That is going to kick ass.
- How about one more new Tribulation song before the album drops? This one is called “The World”. And my excitement for Down Below continues to grow exponentially.
- So this is pretty cool. Check out a new track from blackened death metallers Kaoteon called “Damnatio Memoriae”, the title-track from their new album out February 23rd. The group features members of Obscura and Marduk.
“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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Best of 2017: Vincent’s List
Welcome back to part two of my best of 2017 series. Last time I talked about my favorite shorter releases from the past year in an effort to shine light on some things that might have otherwise not gotten the respect they deserved. Now comes the meat of the series: my favorite full-length albums. Figuring out this list was a pretty exhausting process, not only because I listened to significantly more full-lengths than I did shorter releases this year, but because I wanted to make an effort to challenge myself when it came to thinking about what really stuck with me. In 2016, my criteria for what I chose to include on my year-end list was more simplistic, and no disrespect is meant to anyone who writes 50 or 100 album lists of everything they thought was cool, but for this year, I wanted to really think about whether or not an album had a genuine impact on me versus just listening to it and thinking it was good. As such, I ended up with a slightly shorter list this time around, and some albums and artists I liked did not end up making it on here, but I feel like this list is the most real representation of my “favorites” than ever. Without further ado… Continue reading
