Montreal Melodic Death Metal act Blackguard is teasing a comeback of some sort, with an announcement due this Monday, January 21^st. The band has been largely inactive the latter half of this decade after touring behind 2011’s Firefight album, released on Victory Records. The band hit the scene with a blast(beat) with their impressive debut So it Begins (2007), the amazing Profugis Mortis (2009) and Firefight. The performed on The Summer Slaughter tour, Pagan Fest tours, Heavy Montreal Festival, and toured with wide-ranging acts such as Deicide, Nevermore, Necrophagist, Suffocation, Symphony X, Evergrey, Kittie, Soilwork, Kamelot, OTEP, Kamelot, Epica and more. Their fifth full-length album, tentatively titled Storm was completed in 2014, but never released. The band has shared they want to release new music and return to the stage in 2019. We’ll bring you more news about this story as it develops.Continue reading →