CHR and Doug open the show in Scandinavia with new albums from Norway's Borknagar and Finland's Insomnium. In the back half of the show, they return to the USA with Texan death metal from Cleric and the bluesy groove of Maryland's Clutch.

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New Releases:

Borknagar : True North (2019) 8:31

Borknagar is a progressive/blackened folk metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements.

Get this album: Amazon • iTunes • CD Universe • Spotify

Insomnium : Heart Like A Grave (2019) 24:39

Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. They are primarily a melodic death metal band with occasional elements of doom metal and progressive metal.

Get this album: Amazon • iTunes • CD Universe • Spotify

Local/Indie Band:

Cleric : Serpent Psalms (2019) 38:33

Cleric is a Texas death metal band who initially started out in the doom metal space. Since then, they have incorporated Swedish death-and-roll with English death metal and sprinkled it with their old doom sound for an intense auditory experience.

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