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CANTO: System Of A Down, Blind Guardian, Schammasch, and More

What a strange week! It’s been entertaining, if nothing else.

So this was unexpected. System Of A Down have momentarily put aside any internal issues to release two new tracks: “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz”. The new material is meant to raise awareness regarding the situation in Artsakh.
Blind Guardian, a name I don’t hear nearly enough, have released a live video for “Bright Eyes”. That clip is taken from the 25th anniversary of Imaginations From The Other Side, which drops on December 11th.
More videos to round out Friday. The next is from Asphyx, for “Botox Implosion”, taken from Necroceros. That album drops on January 22nd through Century Media.
Absolutely no idea how I missed this last week, but Schammasch released a new music video for “Ego Sum Omega”, taken from last year’s Hearts Of No Light. Let’s close with that.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

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That superb owl wasn’t superb at all.

This came through last Friday but I was too busy doing mountain things. But… holy shit everyone this Migration Fest lineup is absurd. Buried at Sea, Falls of Rauros, and Thou performing with Emma Ruth Rundle are the sets I’m most looking forward to. How about you?
The Black Dahlia Murder have announced an upcoming tour with Testament, Municipal Waste, and Meshiaak. Those dates fall in April and May. I plan on doing everything I can to get to that one.
Faith No More, System of a Down, and Korn are teaming up to play a massive stadium show at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on May 22nd. Additional support will come from Russian Circles and Helmet. That is a pretty damn wild one-off show.
And we will wrap up with a new video from Northwind Wolves. This one is for “Lord of Winter and Death”. A little symphonic metal on a Monday afternoon, I suppose. Their latest, Mountains And Darkness, is out now through Black Lion Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

metallica

Real hockey starts this week.

System of a Down have announced a string of tour dates… in Europe. Still, activity is activity. I would love to see them live again if the stars were to ever align in such a way. Oh, those dates are all next summer.
In today’s business news, Victory Records has been sold to Concord Music Group. I don’t have specifics, but the Billboard link mentions Victory pulled in up to $5 million per year and was probably sold in the $27-34 million range. Still, the punk label as well all knew it will be no more. I assume.
For those that missed it, Metallica had to cancel a tour while James Hetfield checks back into rehab. Obviously, we all hope he pulls out of this battle, but if there’s any bright side to this, it’s the support that’s been vocalized publicly by other musicians he’s had a positive influence on.
Finally, we’ll close with a new music video from hardcore/sludge outfit Minors. Because that’s pretty much what I need in life right now. The song is called “Garden of Dismalism”, taken from Abject Bodies, which is out now on Holy Roar Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

pelican

What a day. And it isn’t even close to over yet.

Hey! Pelican things! It’s been six years since they’ve released new music, and it was announced today that the instrumental rockers will be dropping a new 7″ titled Midnight And Mescaline as a Record Store Day exclusive. They’ll also be on tour early in the summer with Cloakroom. Busy times all of a sudden!
There was a rumor floating around awhile ago that we might eventually get a new System of a Down album. Now, not so much. At least according to Daron Malakian.
Nile and Terrorizer are touring the United States later this year. Dates are in November and December… so don’t get too excited just yet. And that satisfies the tour announcement quote for the day.
Death/doom to round things out. Here is the new music video from Sönambula for “Huesos”. This was taken from the album Bicéfalo, which dropped last December.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Isn’t it fun when I skip these things for like a month straight?

Pallbearer and Tribulation have announced a co-headlining tour through North America later this year. It’s going to be epic. I plan on being at one of those dates.
System of a Down may or may not be doing things, but at least members of System of a Down are doing things.
Some not-so-good publicity for Periphery. One of their songs, “Flatline”, was cited in a trial for an axe attack that took place in January of last year. Because, ya know, a djent song is obviously the primary motivation here. Definitely not the trail mix of drugs and alcohol.
Another tour, smaller in scale but still awesome (for me). Salem’s (MA) 1476 will be hitting the road late this summer through September. In case you need a refresher on how dope these guys are, we featured Our Season Draws Near last March.
Soulfly revealed a new song, “Summoning”, during a show last week. So in case you need some Max on a Monday… there ya go.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb