Na uradni skupine Closure lahko ta konec tedna v celoti slišite album z naslovom The Silent Witness March. Za produkcijo je poskrbel Mikey Doling (Channel Zero, Snot, Soulfly), miks in mastering pa je opravil Logan Mader (Machine Head, Devildriver, Gojira,...). /P.G./

Asking Alexandria bodo 21. novembra pri Sumerian Records izdali album z remiksi, naslovljen Stepped Up And Scratched. Tracklista je sledeča:
A Single Moment Of Sincerity (KC Blitz Remix)
Another Bottle Down (Tomba Remix)
Reckless And Relentless (Document One Remix)
I Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps A Cowboy King (Robotsonic Remix)
To The Stage (Bare Remix)
A Lesson Never Learned (Celldweller Remix)
Final Episode (Let’s Change The Channel) (Borgore Remix)
A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta (Run DMT Remix)
If You Can’t Ride Two Horses At Once…You Should Get Out Of The Circus (Noah D Remix)
I Used To Have A Best Friend (But Then He Gave Me An STD) (Big Chocolate Remix)
Dear Insanity (Revaleso Remix)
Not The American Average (J. Rabbit Remix)
Morte et Dabo (Sol Invicto Remix)
Closure (Mecha Remix)
A Prophecy (Big Chocolate Remix)
A Lesson Never Learned (Sol Invicto Remix).
Spodaj pa si lahko ogledate trailer za snemanje prihajajočega DVD, na katerem naj bi med drugim gostoval tudi Steven Adler (ex-Guns N’ Roses). /B.B./

Belgijski alternative metalci Closure so na svojem Bandcamp profilu objavili novo skladbo Revolution s prvenca The Silent Witness March. Album je produciral Mikey Doling (Channel Zero, Snot, Soulfly), za miks in mastering pa je poskrbel Logan Mader (DevilDriver, Gojira, Soulfly). /B.B./

Asking Alexandria so pred kratkim nastopili v TV showu Jimmy Kimmel Live, posnetka skladb Someone, Somewhere in Closure pa si lahko ogledate spodaj. /B.B./

Nizozemski gothic metalci Autumn bodo 2. marca izdali nov album Altitude, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Paradise Nox, Liquid Under Film Noir, Skydancer, Synchro-Minds, The Heart Demands, A Minor Dance, Cascade (For A Day), Horizon Line, Sulphur Rodents, Answers Never Questioned, Altitude, Closure (Bonus track). Album je bil posnet v studiu Graveland Studio, miks in mastering je naredil Jochem Jacobs (Textures). /P.N./

Rage kitarist Victor Smolski je končal z delom za kompilacijo ob 20-ti obletnici Nuclear Blast založbe, Into the Light. Smolski je napisal, posnel in produciral deset skladb, ki so jih odpeli izvajalci, ki so ali so bili pri Nuclear Blast. Kot bonus CD bo izidu dodan še CD z redkimi ali novimi skladbami Nuclear Blast zgodovine. Track lista je naslednja: Dirty Wings (feat. Tobias Sammet), Terrified (feat. Peter Peavy Wagner), Ruling The World (feat. Tony Kakko), Death Is Alive (feat. Mats Leven), Bloodsucker (feat. Marcel Schmier Schirmer), Slaves To The Desert (feat. Hansi Kürsch), A Perfect Day (feat. Andi Deris), Eternally (feat. Oddleif Stensland), Inner Sanctuary (feat. Marco Hietala), In The Picture (feat. Tarja Turunen).
Bonus CD: HAMMERFALL - Hearts on Fire, HELLOWEEN - The Madness Of The Crowds, GOTTHARD - El Traidor, AFTER FOREVER - Sweet Enclosure, RIDE THE SKY - New Protection, THUNDERSTONE – Forevermore, THRESHOLD – Slipstream, AMORPHIS - The Smoke, CANDLEMASS - Devil Seed, SIRENIA - The Other Side. Poleg vokalistov je zasedba naslednja: Victor Smolski – kitara, bass, klaviature; Andre Hilgers, Volker Schultz – bobni; Jan-Michael Keller – bass, Andreas Dirksmeier – klaviature, Mario LeMole, Jen Majura – back vokali. /M.P./

Danski power metalci Manticora so objavili track listo svojega šestega albuma The Black Circus Part 2 – Disclosure, ki izide maja/junija pri Locomotive Music: Entrance, Beauty Will Fade, Gypsies' Dance Part 2, Intuneric V, Haita Di Lupi, When The Soulreapers Cry, Intuneric VI, All That Remain, Intuneric VII, Of Madness In Its Purity. Kot gostje so pri snemanju sodelovali Jacob Hansen, Teddy Möller, Finn Zierler in Andreas Lindahl. /M.P./

Finci Fall Of The Leafe so končali z delom za svoj šesti album Aerolithe. Na njem bo enajst skladb: Opening, All the Good Faith, Drawing Worry, Lithe, At a Breath's Pace, Graceful Retreat, Sink Teeth Here, Minor Nuisance, Especially By Stealth, Look into Me, Closure. /M.P./

29. januarja izide nov Impious album Holy Murder Masquerade. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: The Confession, Bound To Bleed (For A Sacred Need), T.P.S., Bloodcraft, Holy Murder Masquerade, Death On Floor 44, Slaughtertown Report, Three Of One, Everlasting Punishment, Purified By Fire, Dark Closure. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Opeth albuma Damnation, ki izide marca ali aprila: Windowpane, In My Time Of Need, Death Whispered A Lullaby, Closure, Hope Leaves, To Rid The Disease, Ending Credits, Weakness. Opeth se februarja/marca odpravljajo na evropsko turnejo, po vse verjetnosti kot headlinerji. Interese za skupno igranje naj bi že pokazali Nile in Madder Mortem. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: STRATOVARIUS: Intermission, JACOBS DREAM: Theatre Of War, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Closure:Live, DARKTHRONE: Soulside Journey, DERANGED: Deranged, ANCIENT RITES: Dim Carcosa, AMERICAN STEEL: Jagged Thoughts, LOSS: Verdict Of Posterity, STORMLORD: The Curse Of Medusa, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Synopsis, ENTHORNED: Armoured Bastial Hell, IMMEMOREAL: Temple Of Retribution, THY INFERNAL: Warlords Of Hell, CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN: The Genocide Machine ter single JUDAS PRIEST: Demolition Man.