Ameriški melodični death metal duet Dawn Of Existence sporoča, da je podpisal pogodbo o sodelovanju z Black Lion Records. Založba bo tako jeseni znova izdala bandov prvenec Ancient Arts. Izjavo banda lahko preberete spodaj:

»Hail! It is with great exultation and pride that Dawn Of Existence announces a pact with venerable Swedish label Black Lion Records. We’re honored to join ranks under their banner alongside their incredible roster of bands, which we encourage all to explore. As we move forward into the future, we’re grateful and excited for what’s on the horizon. Our debut album Ancient Arts is set to be unleashed on digipak this summer with another special EP release to follow. Stay tuned and stay metal!«

Švicarji Illumishade predstavljajo še zadnji single pred izidom najnovejšega albuma Another Side Of You, ki izide 16. februarja pri Napalm Records. Skladbi Riptide je band dodal tudi vizualno podobo v obliki videospota.

Ameriški hard rockerji Another Day Dawns so objavili video za komad On And On. Najdete ga na aktualnem albumu Finding Peace Through All The Noise iz lanskega leta.

Švicarska zasedba Illumishade predstavlja video za komad Cloudreader. Gre za nov single s prihajajočega albuma Another Side of You, ki naj bi izšel 16. februarja pri založbi Napalm Records.

Francoska grindcore/death metal zasedba Corpsevore je podpisala pogodbo z založbo Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, pri kateri bo izšel tudi njihov prvenec Feed The Plague. Album naj bi izšel 2. februarja in bo zajemal te komade:

If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls…
Feed The Plague
Cognitive Dissonance
Fur Bitch
Horn Impaled
Meat Is Murder, Milk Is Rape
Greedhouse Effect
A.H.A.B. (All Hunters Are Bastards)
Just Another Stun Gun Failure
Science Without Conscience

70s occult hard rock/heavy metal zasedba The Wizards bo 22. marca pri High Roller Records izdala četrti studijski album The Exit Garden. Naslovi komadov so zapisani spodaj, zasedba pa je prav tako že objavila naslovni komad.

The Exit Garden
Full Moon in Scorpio
Oniros
Holy Mountain Mind
Equinox of Fire
Questions
Crawling Knights
Dawn of Another Life

Hard rock zasedba The OddEven z novim singlom Another Nail napoveduje nov album Darkness. Album izide 5. januarja, spodaj pa si lahko ogledate video za omenjeni single.

Ameriški death metalci Vitriol so objavili videospot za komad The Flowers of Sadism s svojega drugega albuma Suffer & Become, ki bo izšel 26. januarja naslednje leto pri založbi Century Media Records in obsega naslednje naslove:

Shame and Its Afterbirth
The Flowers of Sadism
Nursing from the Mother Wound
The Isolating Lie of Learning Another
Survival’s Careening Inertia
Weaponized Loss
Flood of Predation
Locked in Thine Frothing Wisdom
I Am Every Enemy
He Will Fight Savagely

Grški depresivni black metalci Sorry... so razkrili, da bo njihov tretji studijski album z naslovom Self Inflicted Razor Cutting izšel 20. oktobra pri založbi Tragedy Productions. Plošček prinaša teh devet komadov:

Self Inflicted Razor Cutting
Lying in a Pool of Blood
Complete Isolation
Days of Uselessness
Broken Promises
Never Reached Dreams (Hanging Garden Cover)
Window to Another Pointless Sunset
A Tortured Sight and The Final Breath
Path of Nothingness

Konec junija smo poročali, da so Primorci Omega Sun s singlom The One napovedali nov album. Včeraj pa smo izvedeli, da bo drugi single z naslovom Doomer izdan 1. septembra, medtem ko bo plošček Roadkill v digitalni obliki ugledal luč sveta 8. septembra pri No Profit Recordings. Sredi decembra naj bi sledila izdaja na vinilu, in sicer v omejeni nakladi 300 kosov, od katerih bo 50 izdelanih s posebnim dizajnom, za katerega je v celoti poskrbel Jan Taitl.

In še: album sta posnela Žan »Cigo« Brešan in Teo Orlando lansko leto v Ostudio6 v Novi Gorici. Miks in mastering je uredil Igor Kukanja. Tracklista:

The One
Black Dust
Survive
Another You
Early Morning
Doomer

Francoski black metalci Seth sporočajo, da se vračajo h koreninam, saj so ponovno združili moči z založbo Season of Mist. Plod tega sodelovanja bo sedmi dolgometražec zasedbe, ki naj bi izšel naslednje leto. Spodaj lahko preberete izjavo banda:

»We are part of the very first bands to have signed SOM. While the genesis of our parntership dates back to 1997, we’ve yet inked another deal 23 years later that shall unleash the true heir of La Morsure de Christ. Now, we’ve been recording opus # 7 in Paris for nearly a month. The full-length is soon to be complete and sent to the label!«

Francoze boste lahko letos ujeli tudi pri nas, saj bodo 12. septembra skupaj z Attic in ...And Oceans nastopili v kranjskem TrainStationu.

Poljski heavy/speed metalci Vengeance predstavljajo komad Another Fukkin Day s prihajajočega prvenca Sewer Surge, ki bo izšel 22. septembra pri Dying Victims Productions s takšno tracklisto:

Attack from the Gutter
Vengeance...
Brain Damage
Disappointing Parking Lot Sex
Another Fukkin' Day
Dregs of Society
U.G.H.

Thrash metalci Annihilator sporočajo, da so do konca posneli prihajajoči dolgometražec. Snemali so ga v Watersound Studios v Združenem kraljestvu, več informacij pa bo znanih kmalu. Spodaj si lahko preberete še izjavo vodje zasedbe Jeffa Watersa:

»Deep, deep into the lush, tropical forests of Durham, UK, lies a studio that... well, basically makes fkn music! I just finished another record yesterday... man, the last 4 years have seen me make 4 records! Yesss... Can't wait for you to hear the 3 you haven't heard. AND 1 more record to do, as well, making it 5 records in 5 years... on a roll, I must say! Then, time to tour and enjoy my latter years! Haha! Work is fun as heck but I will have done my time in HEAVEN/HELL by the end of 2024!

Btw., Annihilator was started Dec 1984... 2024 would be 40 years since I wrote "Crystal Ann" and John Bates and I wrote the first version of 'Alison Hell'.«

Avtor fotografije: Blaž Grünfeld.

Iz tabora britanskih modernih metalcev Asking Alexandria sporočajo, da so bili zaradi zloma noge bobnarja Jamesa Cassellsa primorani odpovedati preostale nastope v sklopu njihove evropske turneje. Na tem mestu Jamesu želimo čim hitrejše okrevanje, spodaj pa si lahko preberete tudi izjavo banda v celoti.

»After seeing another specialist here in Estonia it has been advised that James rests his broken foot. Playing drums is just not an option for him at this current time.

Nemški speed/power metalci Primal Fear z videospotom za pesem Another Hero najavljajo svoj 14. album, ki bo nosil naslov Code Red. Plošča, ki bo izšla 1. septembra pri Atomic Fire Records, bo obsegala enajst komadov:

Another Hero
Bring That Noise
Deep In The Night
Cancel Culture
Play A Song
The World Is On Fire
Their Gods Have Failed
Steelmelter
Raged By Pain
Forever
Fearless

Na dan izdaje novega ploščka se bo zasedba odpravila na prvi del svoje evropske turneje, ki bo omejen na koncerte v Nemčiji in Švici:

9/01/2023 Im Wizemann (Halle) - Stuttgart, DE
9/02/2023 Kaminwerk - Memmingen, DE
9/03/2023 Frankenhalle - Naila , DE
9/05/2023 Backstage (Werk) – Munich, DE
9/06/2023 Zeche – Bochum, DE
9/07/2023 Batschkapp – Frankfurt, DE
9/09/2023 Le Port Franc – Sion, CH
9/10/2023 Z7 - Pratteln, CH