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CANTO: The Black Dahlia Murder, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Exodus, and More

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024CoreyLeave a comment

Another hockey season in the books. Now what?

Let’s start with a couple of tours. First, The Black Dahlia Murder and Dying Fetus co-headlining tour, with support from Spite, AngelMaker, Vomit Forth. Those are October and November dates, with tickets going on sale this week.
Another one! Fleshgod Apocalypse and Shadow of Intent co-headlining a run in September and October. Ingested, The Zenith Passage, and Disembodied Tyrant will there too, so this is a killer lineup. Here’s that ticket link.
ANOTHER ONE! Exodus, with support in the form of Havok, Candy, and Dead Heat. Those are in November and December, and the full schedule can be seen in here. So basically we have your fourth quarter mapped out, is what I’m saying.
Generation of Vipers are returning with a new album on August 23 after a decade absence. So that’s cool. Guilt Shrine will be out through Translation Loss Records and you can stream “Lux Inversion” over at Decibel.
And to wrap up, a new track from A Wake In Providence. I Write To You, My Darling Decay is out on July 26 through Unique Leader Records, and the visualizer for “Agonofinis” can be found below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Varg, Ufomammut, Witching, and More

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

This week might actually kill me.

Italian psychedelic doom collective Ufomammut are releasing a new EP, Crookhead, which will be out on Halloween through their own Supernatural Cat Records. Check out all the details and get your pre-order on here.
Philly metallers Witching are releasing their sophomore studio album, Incendium, on October 27 through Translation Loss Records. Check out “So Young, So Useless”, the album’s closer, over at Metalsucks.
Ritual Clearing have set November 17 as the release date for for their debut album, Penitence. That collection of brooding black metal will be out through Eternal Death, and you can hear “Burn” over at the label’s Bandcamp page.
How about some German pagan metal to wrap things up? Below is the new video from Varg for “Eisenseite”. That track is taken from their upcoming new album, Ewige Wacht, which is out on October 13 through Napalm Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Album Review: Usnea — “Bathed in Light”

May 23, 2023May 22, 2023Zyklonius1 Comment

One of my favorite experiences with metal is how a band I enjoy vanishes from my radar screen, remains removed from my consciousness for years and then makes a roaring return with an album that transcends their previous achievements. It’s been six long years since Usnea released their previous album, the towering Portals into Futility, and Bathed in Light reveals that the absence has only hardened the band’s artistic resolve as calamitous global events and personal tragedies of the intervening time have whipped them into a creative frenzy.

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CANTO: Usnea, The Acacia Strain, Sermon, and More

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

Don’t look now, but the Red Wings have won three straight. Oh wait, shit, wrong blog.

PNW doom outfit Usnea have signed on with Translation Loss Records for the release of their long awaited new album. Bathed In Light will be out on May 26, and you can check out “From Soot and Pyre” over at Decibel.
Downfall of Gaia have announced a run of shows in April over in Europe, where they’ll be joined by Implore and Deathrite. They also unveiled a drum playthrough of “Bodies as Driftwood“, if you’re into that kind of stuff.
The Acacia Strain have set May 12 as the release date for Step Into The Light, which will be available through Rise Records. Check out the visualizer for “Fresh Bones” here.
On March 31, melodic doom project Sermon are releasing Of Golden Verse, their sophomore effort, through Prosthetic Records. For a preview of what’s to come, give “The Distance” a listen here.
It’s Valentine’s Day, so how about closing with some Type O Negative footage from Wacken 2007? Below is the video for “Love You To Death”. Pick up a Dead Again reissue through Nuclear Blast here.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Batushka, Ready For Death, Stratovarius, and More

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

The snow has fallen on these White Mountains.

Batushka have signed a new worldwide deal with Napalm Records, and it sounds like new material will emerge in the near future. But otherwise, you can catch them live over in Europe early next year with Hate.
Anaal Nathrakh shared a rehearsal video for “Endarkenment”, which I missed a little while ago. So I’m sharing it now. Here you go. They’re performing that track live for only the second time on December 14 in London.
Chicago’s Ready For Death are releasing their self-titled debut on December 9 through Translation Loss Records, and today they revealed a new track from that record. Give “Church of the Nuclear Bomb” a listen over at Invisible Oranges.
Out of Belarus, Woe Unto Me shared the new track “Blood-Black Nothingness Stops Spinning”. That track is taken from Among The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape the Pivot of Harmony, which will be out next year through M-Theory Audio.
Closing out our Wednesday, we have new material from Stratovarius, a video for “Survive”. That’s the title-track from their new album, which is out now through earMUSIC.