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CANTO: Benighted, Capra, Heilung, and More

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Home from Boston early enough to knock out a Canto? Not bad at all.

Leading off, we have new material for Capra. Here is the video for “Red Guillotine”, a track taken from In Transmission, which dropped last year through Blacklight and Metal Blade. As an aside, be sure to catch them on the road with Whores and Bummer all through this month.
Heilung are releasing their third full-length album on August 19th through Season of Mist, titled Drif. Along with this news, they released a video teaser for a track titled “Anoana”, which can be seen and heard here.
Black metal solo artist Hulder is releasing The Eternal Fanfare MLP through 20 Buck Spin this coming July, and today unveiled the artwork, track list, and most importantly the first single, “Sylvan Awakening”. July tour dates with Skeleton are on the horizon as well.
Let’s close with the new video from Benighted for “Casual Piece of Meat”. It’s pretty damn wild. That’s another sample from their 2020 album, Obscene Repressed, which is out through Season of Mist. If you need to round out your day with some deathgrind, this is a good place to start.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Testament, Gatecreeper, Haunter, and More

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

The times… well, they certainly are a-changin’.

We’ll start with a quick one. Testament has announced their new drummer. Dave Lombardo is back, and that is definitely an awesome thing. Be sure to catch them on tour this coming April and May with Exodus and Death Angel.
From there, we have a couple of notable tours to share today. First, we have Gatecreeper. They have April and May dates lined up with Narrow Head, 200 Stab Wounds, and Fearing. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday at Gatecreeper’s website.
And then Whores, Bummer, and Capra are touring the United States this coming June, kicking off on the 1st in Nashville. I’m telling you right now… that’s going to be a super fun show.
Texas progressive death/black metal collective Haunter is releasing Discarnate Ails on May 6th through Profound Lore. Check out a segment of the closing track, “Chained at the Helm of Eschaton”, right here.
Closing out what has been an absolutely wild Tuesday with the new track from Hell Militia for “Lifeless Light”. Hollow Void is set for a March 18th release through Season of Mist Underground Activists.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Donuts & CANTO: Behemoth, Gojira, Nile and more!

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017DanLeave a comment

July 10, 2017

Good morning, it’s time to metal. Yes, this thing still exists. Here’s some metal stuff you might have missed from…recently:

- As per usual, a whole bunch of bands dropped new music over the weekend, including Skyeater, Heresiarch and more. Check out Josh’s recap for the full list.

- Behemoth drummer Inferno is going to be sitting out the band’s upcoming tour with Slayer to go do dad stuff. Understandable. Congrats to him. Filling in will be Jon Rice, formerly of Job for a Cowboy. I’m okay with this because of the formerly in that sentence.

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Initial Descent: October 23 – 29, 2016

October 29, 2016October 28, 2016JoshLeave a comment

Alright so, Monday is Halloween and surely by now you have your costume in order? In the midst of a horror movie marathon? Burning a skull candle? If not, why and my god what are you doing?! Anyway, it’s Initial Descent time which means more outstanding metal releases for your ears, souls, and minds. This week we’ve got the debut full length, Louring, from Jagged Mouth and honestly these guys rip a canyon in vile doom metal, highly recommended. Speaking of highly recommended, King Dude treats us to another top shelf album of satanic and dark americana with Sex, the always loud Whores kill it, as usual, on Gold, Ulcerate don’t deviate from their crushing and technical death metal on Shrines of Paralysis, Urfaust continue their mind bending exploration on Empty Space Meditation but do it with a bigger dose of black metal than we’ve come accustomed to recently, and Vermin Womb stay true to their despicable (in a good way) death metal selves on Decline. That was a mouthful. But it’s only the beginning so be sure to check out what else is on tap after the jump. Continue reading →

CANTO: Live In Flames, plus updates from Winterfylleth, Red Fang, and Ozzy

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016CoreyLeave a comment

“Grandma, welcome home. You have been gone for far too long. Is this a dream, are you really back? Let me help you out of the chair. Grandma, let me touch you, let me feel.”

The future of Slayer could be in question. Kerry King admitted that he wasn’t sure what Tom Araya’s future plans are. No Tom could (and probably should) spell the end of Slayer. They’re already pushing it as is.
Red Fang just released, like, a lot of info. Most importantly, a tour this fall with Torche and Whores. Their next album, Only Ghosts, will be out October 14th.
Ozzy’s life story continues to be a dramatic one. The legend himself opened about not the one affair, but many. And now he’s getting involved in some therapy to try and remedy that… situation.
And now for some really good news. Winterfylleth, who brought one of my favorite albums two years ago, have announced that their fifth studio album, titled The Dark Hereafter, will be out soon. Details… still to come. At least we have artwork.
Finally, here’s an In Flames clip from their upcoming live album. It’s for “Everything’s Gone”, just in case you were struggling to figure that out on your own.