The mighty Howl have a new album, Full of Hell, coming out on Relapse in the spring, and while we haven’t gotten to hear any of it yet, the cover art bodes incredibly well for the music it will contain:

So three cheers for Ryan Begley, who designed this. I want it on a hoodie now, motherfucker.

Howl’s Full of Hell should be out sometime in May.

-AR

When it comes to metal and hardcore, 2009 has been an exceptional year for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The legendary Cave In officially reunited, played some shows, and released the four-song Planets of Old 12″. Converge dropped the highly-anticipated Axe To Fall, considered by some to be as good as or even better than their benchmark album Jane Doe. Hell, that band’s bassist Nate Newton even managed to secure substantial attention and overwhelming praise for Darkness Come Alive, the latest from his Doomriders side-project. In this somewhat incestuous collection of talented New England musicians exists yet another amazing group called Disappearer, who have given us possibly the best album of the year.

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