Legende nemškega power metala Freedom Call, ki so danes izdale nov celovečerec Silver Romance, predstavljajo video za komad Supernova. Včeraj so Nemci v Münchnu že začeli evropsko turnejo, konec oktobra pa bodo znova romali po Evropi, tokrat kot posebni gostje velikanov Rhapsody Of Fire.

Ameriški thrash/power metalci Idol Throne so posneli besedilni videospot za pesem Covenant of the Immortal s prihajajočega albuma A Clarion Call. Tracklista:

Ecliptykon
Covenant of the Immortal
King Among Jackals
Petrified
The Last Voyage
A Clarion Call
System Simulacrum
Falconer's Cry

Nemški stonerji Grand Massive so posneli videospot za pesem Those from the Shadows, ki je del prihajajočega EP-ja z naslovom Houses of the Unholy. Tracklista:

Those from the Shadows
Unwritten Prophecy
The Last Mountain
Call of Demons
Jump in the Fire

Nemški death/doom metalci Calliophis predstavljajo video za komad Trepak, ki ga boste našli na izdaji Dawn Of A Lifeless Age. Gre za split EP, ki so ga Nemci izdali skupaj z doom metal zasedbo Urza in bo izšel 3. maja. Na albumu bodo tako ti komadi:

Urza – Maunder Minimum
Urza – Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment
Calliophis – Trepak
Calliophis – Endure Your Depression

Nemški folk metalci Feuerschwanz so objavili nov video za komad Valhalla Calling. Komad bo na prihajajočem albumu Warriors, izid pa je napovedan za 19. april pri založbi Napalm Records.

Nemški power metal veljaki Freedom Call se odpravljajo na turnejo po Evropi. Družbo na evropskih odrih jim bodo delali glam metalci Night Laser. Kje jih boste lahko ujeli, pa preverite na sliki.

Avstralski progresivci Teramaze so napovedali enajsti album Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace. Ta je konceptualno nadaljevanje predhodnikov Her Halo (2015) in Sorella Minore (2021) in s tem tudi zaključek te trilogije. Tracklista:

A Place Called Halo
The Will of Eli
Step Right Up
I Mantissa
Madam Roma
Standing Ovation
Hands Are Tied
A Wonderful Fall From Grace

Thrash metal band Aoryst bo 2. maja izdal prvenec Relics Of Time. Pred izidom albuma pa se lahko o hitrih in razgibanih thrash ritmih prepričate s komadom Call of the Void, za katerega je band posnel tudi besedilni video. Komadi na ploščku so:

Deterministic Chaos
Call of the Void
ETNO
Hybrid Forms
Extractor of Death
Exogenesis (Instrumental)
Oceans Below
Anoxia

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.«

Španski brutalneži Christ Denied bodo po enajstih letih prekinili studijski molk in ponudili album številka tri. Ta bo nosil naslov Christopsy, izšel bo 21. maja pri Xtreem Music, vseboval pa bo deset komadov:

Scream Bloody Blasphemy
Fake Deity
A Blinding Light?
Take, Eat; This Is My Body
Why Call Him God?
Voracious Disciples
Starving Acolytes
Oozing Blood Nails
Liar's Meat Aftertaste
Mutant Christ (Cryptopsy cover)

Psihedelični temačneži Lares bodo 12. aprila pri Argonauta Records izdali drugi celovečerec z naslovom Et In Arcadia Ego. Kaj pravi zasedba o prihajajoči izdaji, pa lahko preberete spodaj:

»The album is an accidental concept born from the first session we managed to play together after a long and frustrating break necessitated by lockdowns, band members in high risk categories, and mental illness. Without looking for it we found death, isolation, boredom, uncertainty, rage, and an energy that we decided instantly to try to capture and preserve as it was. No additives, no major editing. In the uncertainty of the times, we began to collect recording equipment, slowly transforming our rehearsal space into a recording studio. We developed a ritual of playing and replaying, without click, the whole 27 minutes, until we got better than close to the original, to the perfect simulacra. There is a bonus track included in the album called '10 Hygiea' that is part of the soundtrack of 'Music Appreciation', a short horror movie we collaborated with.«

Ukrajinski moderni metalci Jinjer sporočajo, da bodo 17. maja pri Napalm Records izdali prvi live album s preprostim naslovom Live in Los Angeles. Pred izidom albuma band oboževalcem ponuja live video z dotične izdaje za komad Call Me a Symbol. Tracklista pa je taka:

Intro
Sit Stay Roll Over
Teacher, Teacher!
Copycat
Home Back
I Speak Astronomy
As I Boil Ice
Judgement (& Punishment)
Dead Hands Feel No Pain
Vortex
Who is Gonna be the One
Sleep of the Righteous
Call Me a Symbol
Perennial
Pisces
On the Top

 

Finski čelisti Apocalyptica se vračajo h koreninam, in to na čisti začetek v leto 1996 k izdaji debitanskega celovečerca Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos. 7. junija bo namreč izšel njegov naslednik – Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2. Gre za prelomno izdajo, in to iz dveh razlogov. Omenjeni plošček je nastajal praktično 20 let, pri prvem singlu The Four Horsemen pa je sodeloval Robert Trujillo (Metallica). Po malo manj kot 20 letih pa je zasedbo zapustil bobnar Mikko Sirén, ki je svoj zadnji pečat pustil na omenjenem prihajajočem albumu. Apocalyptica se tako res vrača h koreninam kot trio s poklonom Metallici. Jeseni bodo plošček predstavljali po Evropi in nam najbliže bosta koncerta na Dunaju (10. oktober) in v Budimpešti (25. november).

Ride the Lightning
St. Anger
The Unforgiven II
Blackened
The Call of Ktulu (in memory of Cliff Burton)
The Four Horsemen (ft. Rob Trujillo)
Holier Than Thou
To Live Is to Die
One
One (Instrumental)

Blaze Bayley predstavlja nov single Rage s prihajajočega albuma Circle of Stone. Tudi tokrat je Blaze izdajo singla podkrepil z videospotom, ki si ga lahko ogledate spodaj, album pa bo izšel 23. februarja. Znana pa je tudi že tracklista:

Mind Reader
Tears in Rain
Rage
The Year Beyond This Year
Ghost in the Bottle
The Broken Man
The Call of the Ancestors
Circle of Stone (feat. Niklas Stålvind)
Absence
A Day of Reckoning
The Path of the Righteous Man
Until We Meet Again

Northlane bodo 12. aprila izdali nov EP Mirror´s Edge. Ob najavi so objavili tudi nov single Miasma, pri katerem je sodeloval vokalist zasedbe Parkway Drive, Winston McCall.