S pomočjo založbe Selfmadegod Records pa bodo legendarni belgijski grinderji Agathocles znova izdali album Thanks for Your Hostility, ki letos praznuje 30 let. Naročila so možna tukaj.

Mednarodni heavy metalci Veil Of The Serpent so prestavili izid novega albuma oziroma prekinili delo na tem zaradi nedavnih političnih dogodkov v zvezi z vokalistom. JD Stafford, ki trenutno živi na Japonskem, je delo na albumu ustavil. Taka je uradna izjava banda:

»Brothers and Sisters, We want to give you an honest update regarding our new album Born to Burn. As many of you know, the album was already delayed once. Unfortunately, we have to announce that its release will be postponed again until further notice. The reason is the situation our vocalist, JD Stafford, is currently facing in Japan. Ongoing political developments and growing uncertainty surrounding the future of foreign residents have forced him to focus on making major decisions about his future and personal safety. As a result, the work on Born to Burn could not be completed as planned. We stand behind JD and fully support him during this difficult transition. The album is not canceled, and we remain committed to finishing and releasing it as soon as circumstances allow. Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support. The following message comes directly from JD.

Hi, this is JD from VEIL OF THE SERPENT. If you listened to our first album Gallery of Sin, it's clear that autocracies and dictatorships are heavily referenced and criticized in the album's lyrics. Unfortunately, the country that I immigrated to and planned to be my forever home has shifted so quickly towards authoritarianism since October 2025, that I must make an exit plan as soon as possible. Whether it's plans to re-write the constitution for the first time to give the Prime Minister more power and re-militarize, make scapegoats of all foreign residents and visitors, or create a new centralized intelligence agency for spying on all residents directly controlled by the Prime Minister herself, the writing is on the wall that I should leave. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probab…

Progresivni heavy metalci Crystal Throne so posneli besedilni videospot za pesem Children of the Ruins, ki je del prihajajočega albuma Chantry of Sacrifice. Ta bo izšel 2. oktobra in prinesel devet novih komadov:

A Hero's Call
Children of the Ruins
Tides of Ages
Electrical Savior
Walls of Silent Mourn
Antagonists
Insurgent Outcry
Chantry of Sacrifice
Sleeping in the Void

Švedski speed thrasherji Xion so s komadom Zero Light napovedali drugi album When Stars Collide. Album bo izšel 11. septembra pri založbi Fireflash Records, tracklista pa je taka:

Hands Will Be Cut
Burned Onto You
Phantom of Blood
Total Euphoria
Granted Wings (Let Me Fly)
Dead by the Night
Mirror Shield
Zero Light

Romunski black metalci WarHymn bodo letošnjo jesen izdali Founder, drugi celovečerec, ki bo nasledil prvenec Gnosis iz leta 2020. Novi album v sodelovanju z založbo Loud Rage Music prinaša šest novih komadov:

Sumer
As Babylon Rises
A Dance of Flames
Founder
Pyres in the Sands
As Babylon Crumbles

Grški simfonični metalci Mystfall z videospotom za pesem Remnants of Tomorrow spominjajo na marčevski album Embers of a Dying World.

Tehnična brutal death metal zasedba Omnitrocy bo po sedmih letih obstoja izdala dolgometražni prvenec. Naslovljen bo States of Conscious Matter in naj bi izšel še poleti letos pri založbi Loud Rage Music. Naslovnico, ki jo je izdelala Anna Vixie Art, lahko preverite na sliki, medtem ko o prihajajočem albumu zaenkrat ni znanega več kot to, da bo na njemu tudi komad Waste of Life.

Italijanski industrial metalci Aborym, ki so v začetku leta podpisali za Avantgarde Music, so razkrili gostujoče glasbenike, s katerimi so sodelovali pri nastajanju prihajajočega albuma Metachaos. To so: Patrick Mameli (Pestilence), Chris Cannella (Malevolent Creation, Autumn’s End, Bloodmoon Ritual, ex-Deicide), Tommy Talamanca (Sadist), Noralf Venås (Helheim, ex-Syrach, ex-War Pigs), Tapio Wilska (Survivors Zero, Sörnäinen, ex-Finntroll) in Brisen (ex-Dungeon).

Poslušate lahko The Tarot Of The Bohemians – Part II, šesti album portugalskega enočlanskega gothic metal banda Heavenwood.

Mednarodna black/death metal zasedba Nirriti, katere člani prihajajo iz Indije in Kanade, bo danes pri založbi Iron BoneHead Productions izdala drugi album, ki nosi naslov Dhrupad Anutpada: Apophatic Ragas of Non-Origination. Pri tem gre za naslednika leta 2020 izdanega debitantskega EP-ja z naslovom Asuryasparsha. Tracklista:

Mandukya, the Primordial Toad Croaks at the Outer Edge of Sushupti
In the Hallways of Pure Existence, Freewill and Determinism Play Their Futile Game of Chess
One Foot on Samsara and the Other on Nirvana
Glissando of Ever-Fleeting Moments as the Ephemeral Wheels That Carrieth the Chariot of Perpetuity
Golden Yolk of a Black Egg of a Multicolored Peacock
Vilambit Laya of Vitanda Mridangam Forewarns a Pan-Philosophical Defeat (Symphony No. 0 in Doom Minor)

Doom/gothic/sludge metal dvojec The Medea Project bo naslednji teden v petek, 26. junija, izdal single Komēn: Facets, ki prinaša dve novi pesmi:

Purgatory Release
In Purgatory Trapped

Švedski progresivni ekstremneži Moloken bodo 25. septembra izdali samonaslovljeni album, ki prinaša sedem pesmi:

The Burden of Our Awareness
Eternal Sleep
21.12.21
Fault Line
Fragments of Dark Matter
En lek med döden
A Night Vision Revelead (Asterion, Pt. I)

Tako kot lansko leto bo letošnji rock dogodek, ki bo začinjen tudi s ščepcem metala, na sporedu konec junija. Rock Griže 2026 se bo odvil 27. junija, nastopili pa bodo Guilty Of Joy, Radio Jam, Vampir, Kazai in Ring.