Sporočamo, da je umrl Dennis Cornelius, vokalist in kitarist doom metalcev Memory Driven. Naj počiva v miru. Izjava banda:

»It is with indescribable melancholy that words cannot express in which I make this announcement. Dennis Cornelius, our long time musical brother, in this band, and in life, has passed away. We cannot begin to process this immense loss, as we just send love and prayers to his family and loved ones. Thank you for so many years of such passionate and inspirational music. It has been such an honor to be a part of this journey with you. Thank you sooooo much for sharing that with us all, Dennis. You and Jyme are together again. We love you, Dennis, our brother.«

Psihedelični temačneži Lares bodo 12. aprila pri Argonauta Records izdali drugi celovečerec z naslovom Et In Arcadia Ego. Kaj pravi zasedba o prihajajoči izdaji, pa lahko preberete spodaj:

»The album is an accidental concept born from the first session we managed to play together after a long and frustrating break necessitated by lockdowns, band members in high risk categories, and mental illness. Without looking for it we found death, isolation, boredom, uncertainty, rage, and an energy that we decided instantly to try to capture and preserve as it was. No additives, no major editing. In the uncertainty of the times, we began to collect recording equipment, slowly transforming our rehearsal space into a recording studio. We developed a ritual of playing and replaying, without click, the whole 27 minutes, until we got better than close to the original, to the perfect simulacra. There is a bonus track included in the album called '10 Hygiea' that is part of the soundtrack of 'Music Appreciation', a short horror movie we collaborated with.«

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!«

Veljak norveške black metal scene Abbath se letošnje poletje znova odpravlja na turnejo po Evropi. Turneja z imenom Return to the Raven Realms Tour bo nekaj posebnega zlasti zaradi tega, ker se bo Abbath z bandom sprehodil skozi cel katalog komadov, ki jih je kot član legendarnih Immortal soustvaril med 1992 in 2009. 1. avgusta se bo karavana ustavila tudi na Dunaju, in kot pravi Abbath, bo celotna turneja nekaj posebnega:

»I can’t wait to get back on stage this summer to perform some old favorites that I haven’t played for a long, long time. Mark my words – it’s going to be loud and epic!«

Nemška pagan folk zasedba Waldkauz je objavila video za skladbo Pagans of our Time.

Ameriški simfonični metalci AfterTime bodo 10. maja izdali drugi dolgometražec Arcane Horizons, v posluh pa že ponujajo video za skladbo Sons of Fenrir.

Legendarni ameriški death metalci Necrophagia bodo 10. maja pri Time to Kill Records izdali poslednji album Moribundis Grim. Spodaj lahko prisluhnete prvemu singlu njihovega zadnjega istoimenskega albuma Moribundis Grim.

Velenjski groove metalci Decage so objavili videospot za naslovno pesem novega EP-ja Digital World, ki so ga izdali danes. Na mini albumu, ki mu lahko prisluhnete tukaj, so naslednji komadi:

Bending Time
Awaken
Digital World
Invisible Hand

Švedi Dark Tranquillity so objavili vizualizer za novi single The Last Imagination, ki bo del novega dolgometražca Endtime Signals, katerega izid so napovedali za 16. avgust pri Century Media Records.

Lombardijski black/death metal band Hadit, ki se mu je lani pridružil Gabriele Gramaglia (Cosmic Putrefaction, Turris Eburnea, Vertebra Atlantis, The Clearing Path), predstavlja svež komad Screaming from the Throat of a Reversed Light Being z drugega albuma Metaphysical Engines Approaching the Event Horizon. Ta bo izšel 15. marca pri založbi I, Voidhanger Records, prinaša pa te komade:

Becoming the Light Eternally Driving on the Photon Sphere
Interstellar Medium's Rhapsody
Three Ways of Death After Gravitational Collapse
Screaming from the Throat of a Reversed Light Being
Find Your Death, Cosmic Wreckage
Blood and Gods Know Where Weakness Is
The Eternals' Dream Out of Time and Frames
Del tramonto sul nulla, dove fuoco diventa Cielo

Italijanski progresivni metalci Ghost On Mars bodo 3. maja pri Willowtip Records izdali dolgometražni prvenec z naslovom Out of Time and Space. Na svoj račun naj bi prišli ljubitelji zasedb, kot so Pain of Salvation, Leprous, Katatonia, Evergrey, The Contortionist in Soen. Seznam pesmi:

Beyond the Mist
Quarantine
They
Carbon Skin
Nocturnal
That Time I Saw the Moon
Under a Crescent Moon
Back from the Dead
Back to Life
Lost Signal

Kot smo nedavno že pisali, so Wintersun po dolgih letih čakanja razveselili poslušalce z najavo težko pričakovanega ploščka Time II. Včeraj pa so razkrili tudi datum izida z vsemi povezanimi informacijami. Time II in t. i. Time Package bosta izšla 30. avgusta pri Nuclear Blast Records. Tisti, ki bodo Time Package med 1. marcem in 30. aprilom naročili prek platforme Indiegogo, bodo na prej omenjeni datum album prejeli v digitalni obliki.

Če se sprašujete, po kateri različici poseči, zasedba priporoča nakup kar obeh, saj vsaka ponuja nekaj dodatnega. Time Package bo tako poleg komadov fizičnega albuma ponudil tudi knjižico albuma (v HQ), instrumetalne, master ter izolirane različice komadov in še mnogo več. Seveda pa z nakupom albuma prek Indiegogo zasedbo direktno finančno podprete, saj kot pravijo, pripravljajo kar štiri nove studijske albume.

Nemški heavy metalci Vulture so s komadom Unhallowed & Forgotten napovedali Sentinels, četrti dolgometražni album, ki bo izšel 12. aprila pri Metal Blade Records. Tracklista:

Screams from the Abattoir
Unhallowed & Forgotten
Transylvania
Realm of the Impaler
Draw Your Blades
Where There's a Whip (There Is a Way)
Der Tod Trägt Schwarzes Leder
Death Row
Gargoyles
Oathbreaker
Sentinels (Heavier Than Time)

Legendarni ameriški death metalci Necrophagia, ki se jim je pridružil John McEntee (Incantation), so podpisali za Time To Kill Records, kjer naj bi končno izšel bandov poslednji album z naslovom Moribundis Grim. Album je nastal in bil deloma posnet med letoma 2016 in 2018, sicer pa so pri njegovem nastanku sodelovali:

Killjoy Desade (glavni vokal)
Serge Streltsov (kitara, bas)
Shawn Slusarek (bobni)
Jake Arnette (bas)

Titta Tani (bobni, back vokal)
Mirai Kawashima (klaviature)
John McEntee (guest vokal)
Dee Commisso (klaviature)

Finski eksperimentalni hardcoraši Rats Will Feast so podpisali s Time To Kill Records, kjer bo izšel njihov tretji studijski album Hellhole.