Metal Update Numero Uno
I’ll try to keep these brief but effective.
New Dream Theater album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, drops on June 23rd.
Watch the video for the new single, A Rite of Passage, here.
Mastodon’s critically acclaimed new album, Crack the Skye, came out a little over a month ago. If you haven’t listened to it, shame on you.
Between the Buried and Me have been writing their new album and will enter the studio to record on May 31st. It’s currently untitled, but I believe more information will be released shortly.
Anaal Nathrakh, one of my favorite black metal bands, are releasing their new album, In the Constellation of the Black Widow, on June 29th. They’ve posted two new songs, More of Fire Than Blood and The Lucifer Effect, on their MySpace. Listen to them here.
In case you missed it, Cattle Decapitation’s new album, The Harvest Floor, is amazing and shouldn’t be overlooked. I was never into them until now. Yay for vegan anti-human death metal!
Comedy option: DRAGONFORCE RELEASED THEIR NEW ALBUM, ULTRA BEATDOWN, SOMETIME THIS YEAR (ITS SO GOOD I FORGOT THE DATE). IT’S GOT GREAT HITS ON IT SUCH AS, “A FLAME FOR FREEDOM” AND “HEARTBREAK ARMAGEDDON”! YOU BETTER GO GET IT AND LISTEN TO IT OR HERMAN LI WILL EXPLODE INTO MILLIONS OF LITTLE NINTENDO SPRITES! God, no. No. Don’t listen to this album. I haven’t even listened to it, because they’re an abomination. DragonForce are a joke. If you like DragonForce, go lock yourself in your mom’s flooded basement and wither to death while listening to Through the Fire and Flames.
