Nemška vokalistka Elli Berlin iz alternativne metal zasedbe Null Positiv je posnela video za komad Aus der Asche. Komad bo na novem albumu, katerega izid je napovedan za 21. februar.

Znanih je pet novih bandov, ki bodo nastopili na češkem festivalu Basinfirefest 2024. To so: Cradle Of Filth, Destruction, Gutalax, Hulder in Panzerfaust.

Avstrijska enočlanska thrash metal, crossover, metalcore zasedba Austrian Death Machine je objavila video za komad Destroy The Machines s prihajajočega albuma Quad Brutal, ki izide 23. februarja pri Napalm Records.

Nemška zasedba Paradox se vrača z napovedjo novega albuma Mysterium. Album naj bi izšel še letos pri založbi AFM Records, točen datum izida pa še ni znan. Spodaj pa si lahko preberete izjavo Charlyja Steinhauerja:

»Friends and fans,
I had a dream. I wanted to start together with AXEL BLAHA, with whom I founded PARADOX in 1981, and end together again at some point. Unfortunately, that is no longer possible because he has said goodbye to this world.
In all these years, AXEL was the only musician who worked with me the way you have to, to achieve a goal. We never danced around at multiple weddings and were always loyal to one band. PARADOX! This was the only way the two classics “PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION” and “HERESY” were possible.
I miss him very much and it is very difficult for me to move on without him, but anyone who knows me knows that giving up is not an option for me.
Not even after 43 years and that's why I can tell you, that I have composed a new PARADOX album, which will hopefully be released worldwide this year via AFM RECORDS. The album will be called “MYSTERIUM” and will contain all the trademarks a Paradox fan wants.
The special thing about “MYSTERIUM” is that I composed all the songs and played all the instruments myself, because I will never again work with project-hungry musician whores who play a few notes on an album but otherwise have nothing to do with PARADOX, or none maintain contact with his colleagues. Unfortunately, this runs like a common thread through the entire career and is the main reason why PARADOX was never able to really get off the ground. To do this you need musicians who work together and pursue a common goal.
It should also be a warning to all young musicians and new bands who want to achieve something with their band. You can find out more about this in the numerous interviews for the new album. You should definitely read this!
I will also be responsible for the mix and the entire production.
The lyrics are written by ACHIM “DAXX” HOEMERLEIN (ex-Vendetta), who also wrote the lyrics for “TALES OF THE WEIRD” and “PANGEA”.
TRAVIS SMITH (Opeth/Nevermore etc) is currently working on the artwork.
“MYSTERIUM” is a very heavy album and contains 10 songs with a playing time of 51 minutes. Dedicated to AXEL BLAHA, my best friend and co-founder of PARADOX!
Cheerz!
Charly«

Bavarski gothic metal dvojec The Vision Bleak predstavlja besedilni video za skladbo Weird Tales Chapter IV & V s svojega sedmega albuma Weird Tales, ki ga bo izdal 12. aprila pri založbi Prophecy Productions. Album obsega te naslove:

Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
Chapter IV: Once I Was a Flower
Chapter V: The Premature Burial
Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
Chapter VIII: The Undying One
Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
Chapter XI: Canticle
Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe

Nemški black metalci Farsot so posneli videospot za skladbo Buoyant Flames s prihajajočega albuma Life Promised Death, ki izide 16. februarja pri založbi Lupus Lounge.

Avstralski depresivni black metalci Austere, ki so lansko leto po 14 letih zatišja izdali album Corrosion Of Hearts, ne počivajo. Že 5. aprila bi naj namreč luč sveta ugledal nov album Beneath The Threshold, ki ga bo izdala založba Prophecy Productions. Spodaj pa si lahko ogledate video za single Faded Ghost.

Poljska post metal zasedba Defying je razkrila Tempus Infaustum, prvi komad s prihajajočega tretjega albuma Wadera, ki bo izšel digitalno in na CD-ju s pomočjo italijanske založbe These Hands Melt. Tracklista:

Tempus Infaustum
...miast cichać szemrają...
The Fugue
Incomprehensibly Woken
The Acquaintance Shade
The Lurking Spectres
Cremaberis Igne AeternoI
Reluctant To The Grave
Misbegotten
Quietus

Znano je, da bo Häxan Sabaoth, šesti celovečerec čilske death metal zasedbe Unaussprechlichen Kulten, izšel 2. februarja pri Iron Bonehead Productions in prinesel sedem novih komadov:

Lamia Sucuba
Cuatro Velas de Cebo Infantil
Our Almighty Chthonic Lords
Hexennippel
Dho Hna Formula
Back to the Mother Hydra and Father Dagon
Die Teufelsbucher

Znani so vsi nastopajoči bandi za bavarski festival ekstremne glasbe Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2024, ki se bo odvijal 30. in 31. marca 2024. Na novo potrjeni so med drugim bili Endstille, Imha Tarikat, Mortem, Phantom Winter, Sur Austru in Sylvaine.

Celoten seznam zgleda tako: Sodom, Tiamat, Benediction, Kampfar, Taake, Bewitched, Cult Of Fire, Mortem, Endstille, Hellbutcher, Sylvaine, Thy Catafalque, Psychonaut, Mork, Chapel Of Disease, Grand Cadaver, Abysmal Grief, Nordjevel, Eïs, Nocte Obducta, Perchta, Theotoxin, Deathrite, Dymna Lotva, Imha Tarikat, Phantom Winter, Asphagor, Sur Austru, Angstskríg, Ciemra, Jesajah, Fair Of The Forgotten.

Poljski black metalci Behemoth so bili minuli petek napovedani kot glavni headliner na Tolminatorju 2024. Poleg njih je organizator najavil še legendarne Testament in druge zanimive zasedbe: Rise Of The Northstar, Asphyx, Misery Index, Stoned Jesus in Lik.

Celoten seznam nastopajočih je zdaj takšen: Behemoth, Testament, Exodus, Dark Tranquillity, Rise Of The Northstar, Primordial, Suffocation, Tankard, Asphyx, Gutalax, Toxic Holocaust, Misery Index, Harakiri for the Sky, Deströyer 666, Gaerea, Lik, Sinister, Stoned Jesus, Milking The Goatmachine, Dopelord, Devil Master, Necrot, Dark Insanity.

Frostmoon Eclipse so naslednji v naboru bandov za naslednjo edicijo Transcending Visions Festa, medtem ko naj bi organizatorji do konca leta razkrili še dva banda. 

Več o samem festivalu najdete v Napovedniku.

Po komadu No Pain No Gain je Tim Lambesis za svoj projekt Austrian Death Machine posnel še videospot za komad Don't Be Lazy, za katerega je vokal prispeval Craig Golias. Omenjena komada bosta izšla na albumu Quad Brutal, bandovemu četrtemu dolgometražcu in prvemu izidu po desetih letih zatišja. Album bo 23. februarja izdala založba Napalm Records, obsega pa naslednje naslove:

No Pain No Gain
Conquer
Hey Bro Can You Spot Me?
Judgement Day
Everybody Pities the Weak
Don't Be Lazy
Get Down
Destroy the Machines
MeatGrinder
I Never Quit

Moldavski moderni metal eksperti Infected Rain so posneli video za novi single Because I Let You, ki se bo nahajal na prihajajočem albumu Time, katerega izid je napovedan za 9. februar pri Napalm Records.

Organizatorji češkega festival Brutal Assault so najavili sedem ameriških thrash metal bandov, ki bodo nastopili na naslednji ediciji. To so: Testament, Exodus, Armored Saint, Sadus, Havok, Toxic Holocaust in Laid to Waste.