Kalifornijski death metalci Mortal Wound so razkrili komad Born Again Hard s prihajajočega prvenca The Anus of the World, ki ga bosta 24. maja izdali založbi Me Saco un Ojo Records in Dark Descent Records. Tracklista:

Found Dead in a Bush
Tunnel Rat
The Surf Is Gonna Be Bitchin’
Drug Filled Cadaver
One Who Kills & One Who Loves
Born Again Hard
Engulfed in Liquid Hellfire
The Worm Has Turned for You
Spirit of the Bayonet
Even the Jungle Wanted Him Dead
Royally Fucked Forever

Festival Eindhoven Metal Meeting je razkril še sobotnega headlinerja – to so Katatonia. Na ogrevalnem koncertu v četrtek bodo nastopili Deadhead in The Omega Swarm, napovedali pa naj bi še dve zasedbi. Na dogodku, ki se bo odvil 13. in 14. decembra, bodo torej nastopile te zasedbe:

DARK FUNERAL (petkov headliner) | KATATONIA (sobotni headliner) | ASPHYX | THE KOVENANT | AGENT STEEL | M.O.D. | ANAAL NATHRAKH | IMPALED NAZARENE | CARPATHIAN FOREST | REVEL IN FLESH | HOUR OF PENANCE | EMPYRIUM | SCHAMMASCH | CHAPEL OF DISEASE | AKHLYS | ALFAHANNE | SVARTTJERN | SOULBURN | SAVAGE GRACE | THY ANTICHRIST | MALPHAS | FRACTURED INSANITY | VIOLENTHOR | THREE EYES OF THE VOID

Poslušate lahko Will Made Flesh, prvenec poljske enočlanske progressive death metal zasedbe Inrae. Tracklista:

Will Made Flesh
Factions
The Oaken Fortress
Dead in Youth
Black Celebration (Depeche Mode cover)

Finski deathrockerji Black Totem bodo 7. junija izdali album III: Sacrifice Tonite. S tega sta znana že dva od desetih komadov:

Hex Hood
Sacrifice Tonite
Six Walls
The Witch
Ancient Evil
Bat Totem
The Living Dead
I, Wolf
Son of a Gorgon
Nosferatu

Purtugalski death/blackened thrash pankerji Spitgod so z videospotom za komad You Know It's Coming napovedali EP z naslovom Through Life 'till Death. Seznam pesmi:

Unwillingly Brought Into this World
March of the Dead
Nothing But the Will
Embrace Yourself
You Know It's Coming
Vile Evils

Indijski heavy metalci Against Evil so napovedali drugi dolgometražec, ki so mu nadeli naslov Give 'Em Hell. Ta bo izšel 12. julija pri Doc Gator Records in prinesel devet komadov:

Lock 'n Load
Give 'Em Hell
Full Speed Ahead
Warriors
Stay Dead!
Lights Out
Hellfire
Creature of Night
Killing Machine

17. maja bo pri Scarlet Records izšel debitanski plošček od Duft. Za novi single Only Dead Fish Follow the Stream so posneli tudi videospot, na omenjenem ploščku Altar Of Instant Gratification pa bo skupno spodaj zapisanih enajst komadov.

Intro
Caved In
Dragged Across Concrete
Instant Gratification
Waste from Birth
Scarfaced Blues
Doctrine
20th Century Doom
Anomic Suicide
Open Casket
Only Dead Fish Follow the Stream

Danski heavy/doom metalci Altar Of Oblivion bodo izdali svoj četrti dolgometražec, ki bo nosil naslov In the Cesspit of Divine Decay. Ta bo izšel 28. junija pri založbi From The Vaults in prinesel deset novih komadov:

Nothing Grows from Hallowed Ground
The Fallacy
Ghosts in the Trenches
Mark of the Dead
Altar of Oblivion
The Night They Came
Silent Pain
Damnation
In the Cesspit of Divine Decay
Wind Among Waves

V MIKK prihaja že LXII. edicija Metal Klavnice, ki bo hkrati ogrevanje za letošnji zadnji Vratolom. Nastopili bodo:

Attitudes To Human Extinction (death metal, HRV)
Dark Sphere (black metal, SLO)
Taste Of Plague (deathcore, SLO)

Ne pozabimo: še eno ogrevanje na Vratolom bo potekalo 18. maja v ljubljanskem klubu Jalla Jalla s skupinama Dead Corcoras in Marjetice.

Ameriška tehnična death metal/deathcore zasedba Cognitive je z videospotom za pesem A Pact Unholy napovedala peti album Abhorrence. Ta bo izšel 17. maja pri Metal Blade Records in bo prinesel deset komadov:

Abhorrence
Insidious
A Pact Unholy
Ivory Tower
As the Light Fades
Savor the Suffering
Containment Breach
Rorschach
Lunar Psychopathy
Cold Dead Hands

Švedsko-kanadski death metalci Darkened bodo 14. junija pri Edged Circle Productions na zgoščenki, vinilu, kaseti in digitalno izdali tretji album Defilers of the Light. Ta prinaša enajst komadov:

Waves of Desolation
Defilers of the Light
Those Who Dwell Below
In Praise of Shadows
Just Close Your Eyes
Echoes of Solitude
On We Slaughter
Dead Inside
Masses of Vain Observance
As Apocalypse Dawns
Final Sanctuary

Ameriška rock zasedba Dead Posey je objavila video za skladbo She Went Bad.

Melodični black metalci Dargor so se odločili, da se bodo poklonili legendarni avstrijski zasedbi Summoning. V ta namen je band priredil komad Land of the Dead, ki ga v originalu najdete na albumu Oath Bound od Summoning, ki je izšel leta 2006.

Hrvaška stoner/doom/sludge metal zasedba A Gram Trip je napovedala EP z naslovom If We Leaf Tomorrow. Ta bo izšel 23. aprila in bo prinesel tri komade:

Dead Air
Quiet Nights
Seven Leaf Artillery

Psihedelični doom/stoner rokerji/metalci Duel bodo 5. julija pri Heavy Psych Sounds izdali EP z naslovom Breakfast with Death. Tracklista:

Ancient Moonlight
Satan's Invention
Chaos Reigns
Fallacy
Pyro
Berserker
Tigers of Destruction
Greet the Dead
Burn the Earth