Brazilski black metal veterani Amen Corner predstavljajo pesem The War of the Antichrist s sedmega studijskega celovečerca Written by the Devil, ki ga bosta 7. junija izdali založbi Hammerheart Records in Metal Army. Seznam pesmi je tak:

Intro
The War of the Antichrist
The Protectors
Fall and Ascension
Signal from Beyond
Inferno
Written by the Devil
The Splendor of Your Presence
Lúcifer, a Suprema Luz da Manhã

Z EP-jem We Are, We Remain... se po 12-letnem studijskem zatišju vračajo poljski black/death metalci North. EP bo izšel 29. aprila pri Pagan Records in bo prinesel pet komadov:

Czas by powstali
Stulecia we krwi
Horda duchów
Hymn to Winter
A Fine Day to Die (Bathory cover)

Deathcoraši Chelsea Grin so prekinili delovanje z uradnim bobnarjem Pablom Viverosom in tudi s t. i. live session bobnarjem Nathanom Pearsonom. Na mesto bobnarja prihaja Josh »Baby J« Miller (ex-Emmure, Spite, Darko), ki bo prevzel tako studijske kot koncertne dolžnosti.

Death metalci House By The Cemetary bodo 31. maja izdali nov album The Mortuary Hauntings. Naslovi komadov z albuma pa so:

Cadavers Emerge
Beware of the Woods
The Realm of the Cursed
Beyond Oblivion
Infested
The Book of Eibon
Tortured Severe
Opening the Gates of Hell
Crypts of Torment

Poslušate lahko Supersonic Megafauna Collision, četrti album grških stonerjev Acid Mammoth.

Nizozemski enočlanski black metal band Verwoed je tik pred velikonočnimi prazniki izdal tretji studijski album The Mother, ki mu lahko prisluhnete spodaj. Na vseh fizičnih nosilcih je na voljo pri založbi Wolves of Hades, v živo pa ga bo Erik B. s koncertnimi člani prvič predstavil 21. aprila na festivalu Roadburn.

Ameriški black metal dvojec Akhlys napoveduje peti album House of the Black Geminus, ki ga bo 5. julija izdal pri založbi Debemur Morti Productions. Album, o katerem je Alcameth več izdal v tretjem delu intervjuja za Bardo Methodology, obsega te naslove:

The Mask of Night-speaking
Maze of Phobetor
Through the Abyssal Door
Black Geminus
Sister Silence, Brother Sleep
Eye of the Daemon – Daemon I

Konec marca je black/death metal band Verberis pri založbi Norma Evangelium Diaboli izdal tretji studijski album The Apophatic Wilderness.

Band Pelhan iz Ajdovščine je po malo več kot desetih letih danes izdal nov album Zgrabi me. Ploščku lahko trenutno prisluhnete v digitalni obliki v YouTubovem kanalu in na strani Bandcamp, v fizični obliki pa bo na voljo od 20. aprila, ki je tudi datum koncerta ob izdaji nove plošče.

Kot smo januarja poročali, je v 78. letu starosti umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj britanskih veteranov Magnum. Že takrat se je šušljalo, da to pomeni tudi konec za zasedbo, ki je to zdaj tudi uradno potrdila. Izjava vokalista Boba Catleyja:

»Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.
I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future – you never know – but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.
So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic – the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.
So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.
I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye.«

Poslušate lahko Best Before: Death, četrti album nemških power metalcev Stormhunter.

Irski metal veljaki Primordial so posneli videospot za skladbo Death Holy Death z aktualnega albuma How It Ends, ki so ga izdali konec septembra lani pri založbi Metal Blade.

Za omenjeni videospot so uporabili kadre iz filma La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928).

Ameriški progresivni thrash/death metalci Nuclear Tomb so premierno predstavili komad Fatal Visions s prihajajočega prvenca Terror Labyrinthian.

Losangeleški black/death metalci Civerous so izdali drugi studijski album Maze Envy, ki ga založba 20 Buck Spin tukaj ponuja v posluh.

Poslušate lahko Immortal, drugi EP francoske heavy/stoner metal/rock zasedbe Redstone.