Uprising, solo projekt Jana van Berlekoma, ki je bolje poznan pod psevdonimom Winterherz (Waldgeflüster), je postal del »metal družine« založbe AOP Records. Prva dva albuma sta tako zdaj na voljo na vseh pretočnih platformah, tretji album pa je tudi že posnet in bo kmalu izšel pri novi založbi. Več informacij bo znanih kmalu.

Domači melodični thrasherji Uporabniki bodo poleg velikih Jungle Rot nastopili na Pannonian Rock Festival Warm Upu, ki se bo zgodilo 23. julija v zagrebškem klubu Hard Place. Na ogrevanju za Pannonian Rock Festival 2024 bodo nastopili še power metalci Sage iz Zagreba.

Black/death metalci Adversarial iz Toronta predstavljajo komad Hatred Kiln of Vengeance s svojega tretjega albuma Solitude with the Eternal..., ki izide konec maja pri Dark Descent Records.

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.

Italijanski stonerji Kayleth so z animiranim videospotom za pesem The Night napovedali svoj najnovejši album New Babylon. Ta bo izšel 24. maja pri Argonauta Records in bo prinesel vsega skupaj devet novih komadov:

The Throne
The Night
Giants’ March
Weak Heart
Megalodon
New Babylon’s Wall
We Are Aliens
Cyber Slaves
Pyramids

Predstavljamo novo melodični death metal skupino Cainites, ki jo sestavljajo člani zasedb Deathless Legacy in Motus Tenebrae. Zasedba bo 21. junija pri Scarlet Records izdala album Revenant, ki naj bi nagovoril ljubitelje zasedb, kot so Insomnium, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Tribulation, Septic Flesh in The Vision Bleak. Kot prvo pokušino njihove glasbe lahko spodaj preverite videospot za pesem Darkness Awaits.

V celoti na voljo za poslušanje je Demo 1989 legendarne death metal zasedbe Malevolent Creation. Tracklista:

stran A ali Demo 1989:
Injected Sufferage
Epileptic Seizure
Violent Offspring

stran B ali Live Demo '89 - Part II
Malevolent Creation
Remnants of Withered Decay
Darkness Within (The Human Corporation)

Over Müra Breka Fest V, ki bi se moral zgoditi v Tuzli (BiH), je zaradi tragičnega dogodka odpovedan.

Tako pravi ekipa Breka Festa: »Gone but never forgotten! Svet nikoli več ne bo isti brez tebe, prijatelj! Vedno si nas nasmejal, vedno bil pozitiven, luč v tem temnem svetu. Hvala za vse trenutke, ki smo jih preživeli skupaj. Počivaj v miru, Tivek!«

Španski thrasherji Holycide, ki jih vodi Dave Rotten od Avulsed, so razkrili prvi komad s prihajajočega albuma Towards Idiocracy. Gre za A.I. Supremacy, ki bo skupaj z ostalimi izšel 6. junija pri Xtreem Music. Tracklista:

A.I. Supremacy
Towards Idiocracy
Remote Control
Lie is the New Truth
Power Corrupts
Technophobia
Angry for Nothing
Chemical Dependency (Atrophy cover)
Pleased to Be Deceived
Flamethrower 'em All

Istrski black metal trio Ater Era predstavlja single Terra Rossa, za katerega je posnel videospot v sodelovanju z Mariom Karlovčecem.

Včeraj so skupaj z Britof in Srd začeli skupno turnejo v Orto Baru, v naslednjih dneh pa jih lahko v živo ujamete danes v Zagrebu in jutri v Mariboru, nato pa sledijo še nastopi v Dresdnu, Innsbrucku, Pragi, Varšavi, Kaunasu in Vilni.

… 8.511 EUR! Končno lahko z vami delimo vest, na katero smo pri Paranoidu izjemno ponosni. Iz srca se zahvaljujemo vsem, ki ste ob naši 25. obletnici podprli nas in društvo Rdeči noski, pomagali izpeljati dvodnevno praznovanje, poskrbeli za prodajo vstopnic, nastopili (nekateri tudi večkrat) in se z nami podružili na odličnih koncertih ter pokazali, da zna naša skupnost stopiti skupaj za dober namen.

Tukaj je še izjava društva Rdeči noski:

»Iz dna srca se zahvaljujemo Paranoid Metal Webzine, Veseli Dihurčki (Dirty Skunks) in vsem, ki ste z organizacijo, nastopi in udeležbo pripomogli k uspešnemu praznovanju 25. svečke Paranoida.

Z zbranimi sredstvi v višini 8.511 EUR ste nas podprli pri širitvi poslanstva rdečega nosu!

Vaša dobrodelnost bo otrokom v bolnišnici omogočila, da ne glede na to, kaj se dogaja z njimi in okoli njih, preživljajo dneve v veselju. Hvala vam za to!

Skupaj gradimo bolj zdravo in nasmejano družbo!«

Angleški black metalci Inconcessus Lux Lucis s komadom Temples Colliding in Fire napovedujejo tretji studijski album, ki bo nosil isti naslov. Album Temples Colliding In Fire bo izšel 7. junija pri I, Voidhanger Records in prinaša komade:

From the Forge Primordial and Timeless
I Am the Crooked Blade
Temples Colliding in Fire
Meditations upon Burning Breath
Revenge of the Other God
Eternal Descent (At the Speed of Death)
And His Wounds Shall Devour the Heavens

Iz tabora hrvaških doom metalcev Old Night sporočajo, da jih je zapustil vokalist in kitarist Matej Hanžek. Vrzel v zasedbi bo na vokalu tako zapolnil njegov brat Ivan, na kitari pa se je zasedbi pridružil Rafael Cvitković (Nekroza). Spodaj lahko preberete celotno izjavo banda:

»This is a post I write with a heavy heart, yet full of hope and with a bright look on the future. After eight years with us as our lead singer and frontman, earlier this year Matej decided to step down from his duties within Old Night. I know you are hoping for some gossip or a sassy story, but there was no drama involved. He just wants to focus on other things in life and at this point, music is not a priority for him. Having said that, I wish to thank him on our behalf for everything he has done for us, all the great times we shared on stage and backstage, but also for all the long hours he has put in working on our first three records. It was a privilege and you'll always be a part of our family. Obviously, this news has taken us aback and we had to figure out how best to proceed. We took some time to see what our options were, as this is an important role we needed to fill. After much deliberation we figured out we need not look outside our band for a perfect candidate as we have one in our midst. Ivan has been singing all the backing vocals from day one and from now on he will be handling all the lead vocals. No need to worry, he’ll remain our lead guitarist as well.

The only piece of the puzzle left to figure out was who’ll play the rhythm guitars? Without further ado, we welcome Rafael Cvitković, from the Croatian death metal machine Nekroza, as our new guitarist. If you attended our concerts, you might have already seen him filling in on sound checks or working on our merch booth. Nekroza just released their debut album on InsArt Records – you can check them out and show them your support.

With our line-up complete, we will continue working on our new record and we hope we’ll have some news in that regard soon. In a couple of weeks, we’ll have our first concert with the new line-up and we can’t wait to present you the New Old Night.«

Ameriška heavy metal zasedba Sunbomb sporoča, da bo junija izdala nov album z naslovom Light Up The Sky. Točen datum izida je 24. junij, izdala ga bo založba Frontiers Records, pred izidom pa prisluhnite komadu Unbreakable.

Poslušate lahko tudi Upharsin, šesti album poljskih black metalcev Blaze of Perdition.