Archive for March 16, 2026

CAVITY: Reptilian Records To Reissue Remastered Human Abjection Debut LP From Infamous Miami Sludge Metal Crew On May 29th | Preorders Posted + Florida Tour Launches This Week

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news, noise rock with tags , , , , , , on March 16, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

photo by Tracy Fernandez

Reptilian Records presents a remastered vinyl repress of Human Abjection, the debut LP from infamous Miami sludge metal icons, CAVITY. The reactivated band is also back on the road, playing a string of shows across Florida this week, with Desertfest London coming up.

Formed in 1992, CAVITY is one of the primary acts responsible for pioneering the early sludge metal movement alongside the likes of Melvins, Eyehategod, Noothgrush, -16-, and others in the early 1990s underground, before the genre tag was a household term for most heavy music fans. 

CAVITY dealt lumbering, low-end, scathing, slug-paced crushers, delivered through massive volume and sheer glacial force, releasing records through revered labels like Rhetoric Records, Man’s Ruin, Bacteria Sour, Hydra Head, and others over the years, including splits with Daisycutter, Bongzilla, and a four-way split with Cable, Jesuit, and Overcast as part of Hydra Head’s In These Black Days tribute series to Black Sabbath.

CAVITY disbanded in 2001, and its members went on to form Black Cobra, Floor, Torche, and more. After fifteen years apart, the band reformed briefly as Cavity A.D, from 2015 until pandemic/lockdown-stricken 2020, when they parted ways once again. In 2026, CAVITY returns with new live appearances and more.

In conjunction with the band’s reformation, long-running noise rock label Reptilian Records now revives CAVITY’s long-out-of-print 1995 debut album, Human Abjection, with a proper vinyl and digital reissue, nearly three-and-a-half decades after its initial arrival. The album will be available in a limited-edition gold nugget vinyl remaster with a poster insert.

CAVITY’s limited Human Abjection vinyl remaster, out May 29th, is now available for preorder at Reptilian Records’ Bandcamp HERE, US webshop HERE, and EU shop HERE.

The reissue is announced as CAVITY returns to the stage, with a run of dates through their hometown state of Florida, playing Tampa, Orlando, Miami, and Jacksonville this week, March 19th through 22nd. The band is also set to play Desertfest London – headlining the Black Heart stage, Friday 15th May – joining Clutch, Truckfighters, -16-, Deaf Club, and many others at the festival. 

CAVITY will also play Emissions From The Monolith October 8th-11th in Youngstown, Ohio, alongside Today Is The Day, Rwake, Deadbird, Solace, Weedeater, Great Falls, Kowloonn Walled City, and countless others. Additional live plans and more are already in motion for later this year.

CAVITY:
Dan Gorostiaga – bass
Rene Barge – vocals
Ed Matus – guitar
Andrew McLees – guitar
Pat Forrest – drums

CAVITY Live:

3/19/2026 The Brass Mug – Tampa, FL w/ Meatwound, No Fraud, Spanish Needles, Bunaand

3/20/2026 Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL w/ Thrull, Bunaaand, Skeletizer

3/21/2026 Las Rosas – Miami, FL w/ Devalued, Prison Warder

3/22/2026 Albatross – Jacksonville, FL w/ Unregistered Weapon, Drosera, Horses, Salisbury

5/15/2026 Desertfest London – London, UK [info]

10/08-11/2026 Emissions From The Monolith – Youngstown, OH [info]

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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ANVIL Pounding The Past 2026 USA & Canada | Dates, Cities & Venues Listed

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Anvil Pounding The Past Tour/USA & Canada 2026
Performing all the favorites from their first Four Classic albums! Midnite Hellion supports.

6/03 – Rochester, NY @ Pineapple Jack’s

6/04 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry

6/05 – Chicago, IL @ WC Social Club

6/06 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway

6/07 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck

6/10 – Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live

6/12 – El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse

6/13 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

6/14 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Tuscanny

6/17 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick

6/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge

6/19 – Palmdale, CA @ Transplants Brewing

6/20 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Arlene Francis Center

6/21 – Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial

6/24 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s

6/25 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

6/26 – Chilliwack, BC @ The Chill House

6/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Astoria

6/28 – Victoria, BC @ The Phoenix

7/01 – Calgary, AB @ Palomino

7/02 – Edmonton, AB @ The Dive Bar

7/03 – Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat Tavern

7/05 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre

7/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry

7/09 – Madison, WI @ Crucible

7/10 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle

7/11 – Toledo, OH @ Frankies Inner City

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VARMIA Debut Next Single/Music Video “dzień, północy” From The Forthcoming Album, lauks, Out March 27th ~ Pre-Order Now

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 16, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Polish Black Metal band VARMIA release the third single from their upcoming lauks album out later this month. The stirring and powerful song is available on all streaming/download platforms.

In Polish, the word “północ” means both “the north” and “midnight”, while “dzień” means “day,” explains singer/guitarist Lasota. “This is an anthem to our northern wilderness, to the land of wolf packs, ancient forests, and pure waters. This is the chant that resonates through every day spent here. The day of the North!”

Accompanied by a music video produced by VARMIA and featuring footage by Alan Krasuski and Lasota, it complements the song and the Polish black metal band’s aesthetic.

Watch HERE: https://youtu.be/zNm-m7LLdVc?si=z7yTrQeR5BQxl8e

“dzień, pół nocy” follows previous single “der tot Adalbert” and “Zwykli Zmarli” which all preview the band’s anticipated new album ‘lauks’ out March 27th

“This album is the quintessence of our understanding of natural, raw intensity, teetering on the verge of chaos,” states Lasota. “As always, we recorded it live – this time among the ruins of one of the many castles still standing on our land. Within its empty, derelict halls, we discovered a new dimension of musical naturalism. The aura of the place is embedded into the sound, reverberating through the slower hits of the instruments. The title ‘lauks’ refers to the way our ancestors coexisted in groups of communes or settlements. In the context of this album, it signifies identity, territorial instinct, and the sharp line between us and them.“

‘lauks’ is a much more straight forward and intense VARMIA raging through a darkened journey of raw primal black metal that still clings to their Baltic roots abetted by adding in traditional instrumentation and percussion.

Available now for pre-order on limited-edition (300) “warm blood” colored vinyl (with insert and download code), jewelcase CD with 12-page booklet or digital.

Order now at: www.m-theoryaudio.com/store or www.varmiaband.bandcamp.com

Orders from either site ship from Europe or the US based on your location for faster, cheaper and tariff-free delivery.

VARMIA Headlining Poland Tour:
4/09 – Graffiti – Lublin, Poland
4/10 – Piwnice – Rzeszow, Poland
4/11 – Zaczek – Krakow, Poland
4/12 – Lqcznik – Wroclaw, Poland
4/16 – Grizzly Drizzly – Gdansk, Poland
4/17 – Stage Baza – Olsztyn, Poland
4/18 – Workot – Lodz, Poland
4/19 – Mechanik – Warsaw, Poland
pre-sale tickets: http://www.stage24.pl/tickets/bttr

VARMIA was formed in 2016 by composer Lasota with a mission of fusing black metal with musical influences that pay tribute to the ancient Baltic tribes of the historical Warmia region of northern Poland. Vocally, harsh growls shroud the band’s music and native Polish lyrics in a visceral aura, the only breaks occurring when using the traditional, ancient technique of “whitevoice” clean singing as utilized during ancient East-Central European rituals, rites of passage and festivals.

Meanwhile, the power of the band’s metal influences are enhanced by traditional ethnic instrumentation of the Baltic Rites via sounds of tagelharpa, goat horn, lyre (gęśle), tribal drums, wood tuba and krivula. The final result is a compelling mix of dark metallic sounds that channel the spirit of early Enslaved, Satyricon and Wolves in the Throne Room and folk elements that drive acts such as Wardruna and Heilung.

VARMIA have released four albums to date – 2017’s Z mar twych, 2018’s W ciele nie, 2021’s bal Lada, (their first collaborating with M-Theory Audio), and 2023’s Nie Nas Widze.

For more information:
www.facebook.com/varmiaband
www.instagram.com/varmiaband
https://varmiaband.bandcamp.com
www.m-theoryaudio.com

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