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CANTO: Amon Amarth, Dryad, Insanity Alert, and More

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Another late running World Cup match, a beer, and no more work for the week. Yay.

We can open with a cinematic new video from Amon Amarth for “Oden Owns You All”. Give it a watch here. It’s fun, as usual. The Great Heathen Army is out now through Metal Blade, and there are still a few dates remaining on their headlining run with Carcass, Obituary, and Cattle Decapitation.
Austrian thrashers Insanity Alert have reissued their second full-length album, Moshburger, and marked the date with a new performance video of “Run to the Pit”. That footage is from Wacken Open Air 2022, and that album was reissued through Season of Mist.
Swedish metallers Screamer released a new single, titled “The Traveler”. Their new album, Kingmaker, is coming January 13, and will be available through Steamhammer/SPV.
Sci-fi metal collective Curse of Cain issued a new video for “Alive” today, and that’s available to view here. They also just signed on with Atomic Fire, so there should be cool stuff coming in the near future.
Abrasive black metal band Dryad revealed the third single from The Abyssal Plain, titled “Pompeii Worm”. We’ll close out the week with the visualizer for that below. That album drops on January 20 through Prosthetic Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Naut, Blindead 23, Mourn The Light, and More

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Happy American Thanksgiving eve… still a holiday I’m apathetic towards!

Leather is releasing a new studio album this coming Friday, titled We Are the Chosen. That will be available through Steamhammer/SPV, and a video for the title-track emerged today, which you can view here.
Blindead 23, a new project forming from the remnants of Blindead, featuring current and former members of Behemoth, Vader, Katatonia, and more, revealed a new track titled “Towards The Dark”. That’s streaming over at Metal Injection, so go check it out.
New England-based heavy doom crew Mourn The Light are releasing a new EP titled Stare Into the Face of Death this coming Friday through Argonauta Records. So it’s coming at us fast, which rules. Give “The Hunt” a listen here, the first track from that collection.
Sure, we can slide some post punk into the mix today. Naut is releasing a brand new album on February 24 titled Hunt, their debut with Season of Mist. Check out the first single, “Unity of Opposites”, immediately below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Amon Amarth, Tankard, Stratovarius, and More

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Hey! The Bundesliga is back! And so is the Premier League. Weekend mornings just got marginally more enjoyable.

I’m not far from my first weekend beer, so let’s lead off with Tankard. The German thrash crew presented the second single (and video) from Pavlov’s Dawgs, titled “Ex-Fluencer”. As a reminder, that album is set for a September 30th release through Reaper Entertainment.
Sodom are releasing a 40th anniversary album, titled 40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom. That will be out on October 28th through Steamhammer/SPV, and will feature 17 newly recorded tracks with the current lineup. Dope.
Ether Coven dropped their new album today, titled The Relationship Between the Hammer and the Nail, through Good Fight Music. To celebrate, they also gave us a video for “Consequences of Self (Let the Nails Carve Our Names in Rust)”, which features Howard Jones. Cool.
Power metal kings Stratovarius unveiled a new track, so we’ll jump there next. Give “Firefly” a listen here, the latest sample taken from Survive. That album is out on September 23rd through earMUSIC.
It’s a Friday, and it’s time to get aggressive, so let’s send ourselves into the weekend with some Amon Amarth. The Great Heathen Army is officially out today through Metal Blade, and we’re ringing it in with the new video for “Find A Way Or Make One” below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Initial Descent: November 22 – 28, 2020

November 23, 2020November 19, 2020JoshLeave a comment

Turkey week, folks. Do it up. New stuff this week brings us some dissonant black metal from Deveneror, blackened death metal from Azarath that favors speed and brutality, an excellent thrash return from Sodom, and an outstanding live album from Morne. Beyond that, the list is yet again very long so there’s certainly something here for everyone. If you’re reading this and in a band with an upcoming release you want featured here, send us an email with the details. And, if you’re wondering why X band is not featured here, tell us in the comments what we missed and why it should’ve been here. You never know, your favorite might become ours as well. Sharing is caring. Or, something like that.

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Initial Descent: August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016DanLeave a comment

subrosa band photo — Salt Lake City doom crew **SubRosa** release their fourth album, *For This We Fought the Battle of Ages*, via Profound Lore on August 26. (Image courtesy of the band)

Another Friday is upon us, and that means another slew of albums for y’all to digest. Leading the way is Salt Lake City’s SubRosa, who return with their fourth full-length, For This We Fought the Battle of Ages. (I just got my copy through #MetalBandcampGiftClub yesterday and am beyond psyched to dive in.)

We’ve also got a new album from Inquisition that contains a lot of words in its title (even more than SubRosa), as well as stuff from German legends Running Wild, other German legends Sodom and German not-quite-legends-but-still-pretty-damn-goods Imperium Dekadenz. (It’s a big week to be either verbose or German, what can we say?) We’ve got all that and more listed out below, so click that “Read More” link and get to it. Here’s what’s on tap for this week:
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