To begin, Opeth have released the title and release date of their new album - Pale Communion, which will be released via Roadrunner on June 17th. There's been a lot of hype for this album, given the controversial turn of events 2011 saw with Heritage, but everyone short of Mikey A. himself has assured the public that Pale Communion will be a bonafide metal record, including the wonderful Steven Wilson:
Secondly, let's move to Norway, where Mayhem have premiered the second single off their upcoming record Esoteric Warfare, entitled 'VI.Sec'. So is this the sixth track of the album? Who knows. Regardless, Attila sounds particularly terrifying and it's just as chilling as you'd expect. To add more spookiness, the song was released yesterday - the exact 20 year anniversary of Per Ohlin's death. Spoooooky. Stream it through Lambgoat here. Esoteric Warfare will be released on June 10th via Season of Mist.
Thirdly, Cormorant are back! Cormorant are a band I'd always forgotten about, but they're back with a new album due out today, and it sounds seriously great. If I ever get around to finishing my Monolord reivew this will be next on my list - after La Dispute, of course. Stream it at their bandcamp here.
Lastly, Huata, the French fuzzmasters who put out a masterpiece of a split with Bitcho last year, have hinted at a new record, their first since 2011's Atavist of Mann. The new record is slated to be called 'Lux Initiatrix Terrae', and as of now nothing is known about it as Huata have only mentioned it in one facebook message about T-shirts.
As finals start to really get into gear, I'm going to be a lot more strapped for time. I will do what I can but there may be a shortage of posts until around April 18th or 19th.
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