Češki festival Brutal Assault 2026, ki se bo odvil ta teden od 5. do 8. avgusta, je objavil osveženo in končno časovnico, ki jo lahko preverite na sliki ali tukaj.

Tradicionalni nemški festival Dark Easter Metal Meeting, ki vsakoletno poteka v Münchnu v času velikonočnih praznikov, se bo naslednje leto odvil 27. in 28. marca. In to je zaenkrat tudi edina informacija, ki jo je organizatorska ekipa razkrila, kajti informacij o prvih nastopajočih, s katerimi še potekajo pogajanja, še nima. Kot navaja organizator v Facebooku, kljub vsestransko naraščajočim stroškom ne želi znova višati cene festivalske vstopnice, zaradi tega so se pogajanja zavlekla. Celotna izjava za javnost je taka:

»We already promised you that we will do everything we can to ensure that we will only offer one price level for 2027. In addition, we are trying to ensure that there will be no further increase in the ticket price. Maybe even a reduction by a few euros is possible. To ensure this, however, we won't be able to fulfill every single wish when it comes to booking acts. On one hand, there is enormous general cost pressure and on the other, the availability of well-known acts is limited. And securing these acts at reasonably affordable prices is becoming increasingly difficult. Unfortunately, quite a few bands or rather their agencies refuse to negotiate or consider factors such as the fact that we don't have a major investor backing us or receive subsidies like some others do, nor can we simply expand our limited capacity just by shifting a construction fence to enlarge the grounds. For these reasons, too, we will only work with bands and agencies where we don't feel – or actually get – ripped off. And believe us, you run into plenty of those. Especially those who completely overestimate their own market value and refuse to discuss playing in a comparatively smaller setting – even though it means performing for you, an enthusiastic, international audience. Ultimately, it has to work for both sides. We realize that bands are also suffering under the general cost pressure, but if they soon lose the foundation for live gigs because more festivals fold or giv…

Španski death metalci Avulsed bodo za kompilacijski album priredb z naslovom Nordic Embryogenesis priredili tudi komad kultnih Crematory, in sicer The Exordium.

Švedski heavy metalci Black Steam so izdali single Higher.

Ameriški death metalci Lord Gryphus so objavili animirani videospot za priredbo Troops of Doom, ki so jo v originalu napisali Sepultura. Pri priredbi sta kot gosta sodelovala še vokalist Reese Alavi (Creeping Death) in kitarist Mike de Leon (Flesh Hoarder, Soulfly). Komad je sicer del bandovega celovečernega prvenca Summoning the King of Death, ki je izšel sredi julija.

Po lanskih singlih The Enemy Within in Act of Insurrection so finski melodic heavy/power metalci Invincia izdali prvi single letošnjega leta. Gre za pesem Unite, katere videospot lahko preverite spodaj in ki je del prihajajočega dolgometražnega prvenca Echoes from the Past, ki bo izšel 25. septembra s pomočjo založbe Escape Music. Na albumu bodo te pesmi:

Prelude
Unite
Tonight We Ride
Echoes from the Past
Darkness in Us All
Awakening
Call of the Wild
Edge of the Universe
Time Flies
Zeal
A Wayfarers Toast
After the Final War

Avstrijski black metalci Draugr so minuli četrtek premierno predstavili Surturs Zorn, prvi single s prihajajočega drugega albuma z naslovom Ahnenfeuer – Ginnungagap Chaos Pt. I, ki bo izšel 25. septembra pri založbi Immortal Frost Productions. Tracklista:

Loki Galdr – Loka Daun
Surturs Zorn
Sols Richter
Der Kenazfeuer Pfad
Flammenmeer
Chaossplitter

Grški dark symphonic metalci Elysion so v obliki besedilnega videospota razkrili Phoenix, drugi single s prihajajočega četrtega albuma Identity, ki bo izšel 16. oktobra pri založbi Massacre Records.

Ameriška heavy rock zasedba Scorpion Child bo prek založbe Heavy Psych Sounds Records na vinilu znova izdala samonaslovljeni album in celovečerec Acid Roulette.

Švedski simfonični power metalci Dragonland so napovedali Prophecies, sedmi studijski album, ki ga bodo izdali 23. oktobra pri založbi Scarlet Records. Tracklista:

The Prophecy Unfolds
Rolling Waves
Survival of Mankind
The Perfumed Jungles of Chrysantion
Dragonland
Light of the Sunset
Glory and Gold
Making Darkened Nights So Bright
A Distant Memory
The Call of the Wild
Cries of Anguish
Running in the Night (FM-84 cover)

Hard rock/metal veterani Crucial Velocity in Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth) so izdali tretji single The Harvest. S tem je zaključena napovedana trilogija singlov, single Hollow je band izdal lani, single Mortal Fallacy pa pred tremi meseci.

Portugalski groove metal/rock band Elderstag z videospotom za pesem Hell and Back spominja na lanski samonaslovljeni prvenec.

Avstrijski glam rockerji Black Mode Revival, pri katerih bobna naš Klemen Markelj, so posneli videospot za single Time Is on My Side.

Angleška metalcore zasedba Iridium je včeraj premierno predstavila videospot za najnovejši single Endgame. Ta je nasledil bandov letošnji EP z naslovom Hell Is Just a Halfway House.

Poljski death metalci Godslut so objavili prve podrobnosti prihajajočega albuma The Art of Deconstruction. Ta bo izšel septembra pri založbi Selfmadegod Records in bo med drugim zajemal komad Stifled. Godslut trenutno so:

Krzysiek Śniadecki (kitara in vokal),
Daniel Kozyra (bakitara in vokal),
Jakub Maciuk (bobni).

Poljska death metal/grindcore zasedba F.A.M. je razkrila Perverse Devotion, drugi single s prihajajočega četrtega albuma Pleasure of Torture, ki bo izšel 7. avgusta pri založbi Selfmadegod Records.