Deathwave zasedba Fourth Dominion bo 1. avgusta pri Fiadh Productions izdala drugi studijski album Diana's Day. Na ploščku bodo ti komadi:

Bloodstains
Lilim
Burn the Prisons!
From Below
Goetia
Hill of Swords
Death in Fall
Tormenta Purgatoria
Her Wings
Casca Dreaming

Angleški ekstremneži Cradle Of Filth se potikajo v studiu, kjer pripravljajo material za 14. dolgometražec. Novico je v svojem profilu Instagram razkrila vokalistka in klaviaturistka Zoë M. Federoff:

»I am beyond humbled to have been allowed to contribute vocals and/or keys to many of the songs on this album. Dani and the guys showed a lot of faith in me for my first album with the gang, and I went in extremely nervous and hellbent on making them all proud. Thank God Dani Filth and producer Scott Atkins are so good at calming my nerves! That was the most fun and relaxing studio session I've had in ages!

Fourteen will be something very special, a distinctly new chapter, and it quite satisfies both the musician and the long-time Cradle fan inside me. A piece of each of our souls lives audibly in it. Prepare yourselves, Filthy family!«

Kanadska heavy metal zasedba Withering Scorn, katere člana sta tudi brata Shawn in Glen Drover, pripravlja material za drugi celovečerec, ki bo nasledil prvenec Prophets Of Demise iz leta 2023. Shawn Drover o novem materialu:

»At this point, this is where we're at. I've got three songs done for drums completed, and we started working on song four today; Glen and I started working on this intro piece to song four, where it's got this whole intro thing and stuff. And so we worked that out. And that's where we're at in terms of music as well. We just started song four. Glen still has a couple of songs to do for keeper guitars and so does Joe for bass. We haven't even approached the lyric process or the singing yet. Once we get far enough ahead, that's when we'll start to tackle that. Once I hear keeper guitars, then I start to assemble lyrics. I need to kind of hear the finished product of certainly the drums and guitars, if not bass as well, so I get inspired to write lyrics. That's kind of how I work with that.«

Finski čelisti Apocalyptica se vračajo h koreninam, in to na čisti začetek v leto 1996 k izdaji debitanskega celovečerca Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos. 7. junija bo namreč izšel njegov naslednik – Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2. Gre za prelomno izdajo, in to iz dveh razlogov. Omenjeni plošček je nastajal praktično 20 let, pri prvem singlu The Four Horsemen pa je sodeloval Robert Trujillo (Metallica). Po malo manj kot 20 letih pa je zasedbo zapustil bobnar Mikko Sirén, ki je svoj zadnji pečat pustil na omenjenem prihajajočem albumu. Apocalyptica se tako res vrača h koreninam kot trio s poklonom Metallici. Jeseni bodo plošček predstavljali po Evropi in nam najbliže bosta koncerta na Dunaju (10. oktober) in v Budimpešti (25. november).

Ride the Lightning
St. Anger
The Unforgiven II
Blackened
The Call of Ktulu (in memory of Cliff Burton)
The Four Horsemen (ft. Rob Trujillo)
Holier Than Thou
To Live Is to Die
One
One (Instrumental)

Black metal band Satanic North iz Finske, pri katerem sodelujeta tudi Petri Lindroos in Janne Parviainen (oba Ensiferum), sporoča, da bo 19. aprila pri založbi Reaper Entertainment izdal samonaslovljeni prvenec. Album bo zajemal te komade:

War
Arise
Village
Hatred and Blasphemy
Four Demons
Behind the Inverted Cross
Vultures
Wolf
Kohti Kuolemaa
Satanic North

Pri Darkness Shall Rise Productions bodo 31. januarja na kaseti izdali celotno diskografijo nemške black metal zasedbe Katharsis. Komplet osmih kaset obsega te izdaje:

Terror, Storm and Darkest Arts
Into Endless Chaos
The Red Eye of Wrath
666
Kruzifixxion
VVorldVVithoutEnd
Fourth Reich
Watchtowers Of Darkness

Prednaročila so že na voljo.

Finski neoklasični melodični power metalci Warmen so objavili video za drugi single Hell On Four Wheels, ki je del prihajajočega albuma Here For None, katerega izid je napovedan za 18. avgust.

Ukrajinski black/death/doom metalci 1914 bodo 4. avgusta pri Napalm Records ponovno izdali svoj prvenec Eschatology of War. Ta bo izšel v štirih različnih izvedbah:

kot digisleeve na CD-ju,
kot dvojni LP (črno-zlate barve),
kot dvojni LP (sivo-črne barve),
kot dvojni LP (črne barve).

Svoje prednaročilo lahko oddate tukaj.

Avstrijski okultni rockerji Dusk bodo 6. oktobra izdali album Wheels Of Twilight. Zasedba je poleg naslovnice in seznama komadov predstavila tudi drugi single The Dagger.

Wheels of Twilight
Wendigo
The Dagger
Empress of the Emptiness
Shapeshifter / Driving My Love Away
Inquisitors of the Mountain Cult
The Wan Four

Nemški progresivni death metalci Alkaloid sporočajo, da so se razšli s kitaristom Dannyjem Tunkerjem. Spodaj lahko preberete celotno izjavo banda:

»We are sad to announce that Danny Tunker left Alkaloid almost 2 years ago. After going through some profound personal tragedies which had little to do with the band, he decided to adjust course and step away to focus on other endeavours. There was no drama and we all support his decision.

After some time for reflection, we decided to make this new album with the four of us. There was plenty of material as always, and we are delighted to have one of Danny's songs on the album at least. It's one of our more insane tracks, and we look forward to sharing it with you all soon!

Danny will be sorely missed. We remain good friends, wish him the best of luck in his new incarnation, and of course hope to work together again in the future in whatever form.«

Konec lanskega leta smo poročali, da Warmen pripravljajo material za nov album. Zdaj so na dan pricurljale sveže informacije. Najnovejši album bo nosil naslov Here For None in bo 18. avgusta izšel pri založbi Reaper Entertainment, obsegal pa bo naslednje komade:

Warmen Are Here For None
The Driving Force
A World Of Pain
Too Much, Too Late
Night Terrors
Hell On Four Wheels
The End Of The Line
Death's On Its Way
The Cold Unknown
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Finski stoner rokerji Heezer bodo 31. marca pri Argonauta Records izdali album Sungrinder. Tracklista:

Fourth Line
Spacegod
2009
Dream Machine
Sunshine
Red Giant
Mother Rain
Growing On
I The Sun

Princ teme Ozzy Osbourne sporoča, da je zaradi zdravstvenih težav primoran odpovedati evropsko turnejo. S tem se verjetno tudi za vedno poslavlja od koncertnih/festivalskih odrov. Več si lahko preberete v spodnjem sporočilu:

Finci Hanging Garden bodo v drugi polovici marca pri založbi Agonia Records izdali osmi studijski album. The Garden prinaša naslednje komade:

The Garden
The Four Winds
The Construct
The Song of Spring
The Fire at First Dawn
The Nightfall
The Stolen Fire
The Journey
The Derelict Bay
The Fireside
The Resolute

Finska black metal zasedba Satanic North sporoča, da bo jutri izdala nov besedilni video za pesem Four Demons. Fantje napovedujejo tudi izid prvenca, več informacij pa ni znanih.