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CANTO: Ensiferum, Summoning The Lich, Trelldom, and More

Alright, so I’ll admit today was marginally better than yesterday. Aside from the fact that it’s hotter than Satan’s taint of course.

Kicking things off, we have new stuff from Summoning The Lich. Their sophomore album, Under the Reviled Throne, is out on July 16 through Prosthetic Records and today they shared “Return to the Soil”.
Trelldom, the black metal brainchild of Gaahl, set September 13 as the release date for …by the shadows… That will be out through Prophecy Productions and you can see a visualizer for “Between the World” here.
Extinction A.D. dropped a new track featuring Matthew Kiichi Heafy, titled “Impervious (Unrepentant)”. Their new album, To The Detested, gets here on August 16 through Unique Leader.
Oceans of Slumber offered up the second single from Where Gods Fear to Speak, titled “Poem of Ecstasy”. That new album, by the way, is out September 13 through Season of Mist.
Let’s close out by fighting this heat with the latest from Ensiferum. Winter Storm, the new album from the folk metal veterans, arrives on October 18 through Metal Blade Records. Check out the video for “Winter Storm Vigilantes” below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Late again, but this time because I was running in the woods.

Might as well start with Season of Mist happenings again. Anciients are back. With a refreshed lineup, a new album is set for an August 30 release, titled Beyond the Reach of the Sun. The lead single, “Melt the Crown”, can be heard here.
Brutal death metal outfit Stabbing have signed a deal with Century Media. To mark the occasion, they unveiled new versions of “Vortex of the Severed Dead” and “Pulled Apart”… which features a couple of notable appearances.
A Wake In Providence announced a new album, I Write To You, My Darling Decay, which arrives on July 26 through Unique Leader. Check out a brand new track, with a lyric video, titled “Mournful Benediction”.
Evilyn, the death metal entity featuring members of Malignancy, Exist, and more, are releasing their debut full-length on August 16, titled Mondestrunken. That will be out through Transcending Obscurity and you can preview some stuff here.
And we’ll close out with some German black metal, because that’s a thing that I like. The third album from Uprising, III, is out on July 19 through AOP Records. Check out “Eternal Mantra” below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Today was one of those days I will not be reflecting positively moving forward.

Add this tour to your plans immediately. Tomb Mold and Horrendous are teaming up for a run in July. In case you missed it, they both released albums that ended up among our 2023 favorites. So yeah. Can’t miss that one. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Darkthrone gave us another taste from It Beckons Us All in the form of a lyric video for “The Bird People Of Nordland”. Somehow that release date is already upon us (well, tomorrow), so go grab it through Peaceville.
Modern metallers Ad Infinitum surprised us with a new track and video today, titled “Outer Space”. They’re touring North America for the first time alongside Kamelot.
Extortionist, who are also on tour for the next month or so, released a new track as well. Check out “When It All Goes Dark”, a single taken from Devoid Of Love & Light. That album drops May 17 through Unique Leader.
And we’ll close out with new Hammerfall. Check out the video for “Hail To The King” below, the first single taken from the upcoming new album Avenge The Fallen. Their 13th studio album arrives on August 9 through Nuclear Blast.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The bad news: it’s Monday. The good news: I have a fridge full of beers from The Alchemist. Sometimes things have a way of balancing out.

Let’s start with Fallujah, who have announced a new tour celebrating a decade of The Flesh Prevails, set to begin on July 5 in Atlanta. On that same date, an anniversary edition of that album arrives through Unique Leader. And it’s a tremendous album, by the way.
Next up, new stuff is on the way from Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats. Nell’ Ora Blu, drops on May 10 through Rise Above Records, but it looks like preorder options are still to come. We’ll keep you posted as that, and any new material, surfaces.
Brutal death metal project Brodequin set March 22 as the release date for Harbinger of Woe. That new album will be out through Season of Mist, and a clip for the title-track can be seen here.
Symphonic black metallers Vesperian Sorrow shared the new song “They Beheld the Chainbreaker’s Crowning Defiance”. That’s taken from their upcoming fifth studio album, Awaken the Greylight, which is out on April 26 through Black Lion Records.
And we’ll wrap up with Vexed. With a European tour on the horizon, they unveiled a new video for “It’s not the end”, which you can see below. That track is taken from 2023’s Negative Energy, which is out through Napalm.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

I… am ready for a whisky.

Decapitated and Septicflesh announced a fairly extensive co-headlining run across North America in April and May. Kataklysm and Allegaeon will be joining them as well.
Extreme metal crew Atoll revealed a new single and visualizer, titled “Autonomic Autosarcophagy“. That one is taken from their forthcoming new album, Inhuman Implants, which is set for a February 23 release through Unique Leader.
Switching gears a bit, GosT unveiled a new track titled “Widow Song”. That’s the latest single from that project’s upcoming new album, Prophecy, which arrives a little later on March 8 through Metal Blade.
I’m feeling the need to wrap in some black metal tonight, so here’s some new stuff from Cantique Lépreux. “Consécration” is the first single pulled from Le bannissement, their third full-length album which drops on March 29 through Eisenwald.
Let’s close out with the new video from Carnifex. “Torn In Two” can be seen and heard below, a track from the album Necromanteum, which was released last October through Nuclear Blast. You can catch them on the road in a few months as well.