Ameriški thrasherji Quiescent Mantis so objavili videospot za komad Primal Form of Aggression s prihajajočega prvenca Here Comes the Swarm, ki bo izšel 19. julija pri Exitus Stratagem Records. Tracklista:

Open the Gates
Here Comes the Swarm
Apex Predator
P.R.E.Y.
Shake the Cage
Breed. Feed. Repeat.
Primal Form of Aggression
Killer Bee, Killed
Fight!
This Is the End!

Švedski progresivni power metalci Evergrey so 7. junija pri založbi Napalm Records izdali novi dolgometražec Theories of Emptiness, ki mu v celoti lahko prisluhnete tukaj. Album zajema te komade:

Falling from the Sun
Misfortune
To Become Someone Else
Say
Ghost of My Hero
We Are The North
One Heart
The Night Within
Cold Dreams[feat. Jonas Renkse & Salina Englund]
Our Way Through Silence
A Theory of Emptiness

Ameriški thrash/heavy metalci Verni, kjer deluje D. D. Verni od Overkill, so podpisali za M-Theory Audio in za 26. julij napovedali drugi celovečerec Dreadful Company. Seznam pesmi:

Lunkhead
Cemetery Safari
All You Need to Know
The Whore with the See Thru Shoes
Red Flag
Wild Horses
Thanks for the Memories
Call of the Highway
Tears on My Heart
Takin’ Care of Business
Victoria

Avstrijska heavy metal/hard rock zasedba Ebony Archways bo ta petek izdala tretji album, ki bo nosil naslov Misanthropia. S tega lahko v obliki besedilnega videospota že preverite pesem Eternal Sleep. Tracklista:  

Drowning For a Breath
Misanthropia
Nothing
Eternal Sleep
Demon on My Trail
Lost My Anchor
Embers
Our Palace
Thorny Crown
Venom Calls

1. junija v ljubljansko Cvetličarno prihaja izjemna rock zasedba Palaye Royale! Pred nastopom ameriškega rock tria bo publiko ogrela domača kontroverzna bodoča superzvezdnica July Jones. Da se boste laže odločili za obisk koncerta, prisluhnite novemu singlu Just My Type.

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Avstralski tehnični black/death metalci Werewolves bodo 12. julija izdali že peti album v petih letih delovanja. Ta bo nosil naslov Die for Us in bo prinesel devet komadov:

Die for Us
Beaten Back to Life
Fuck You Got Mine
My Hate Is Strong
The Company Wolves
Spittle-Flecked Rant
We All Deserve to Be Slaves
Under a Urinal Moon
Stay Down

Ameriški gotičarji Unto Others, ki so se nedavno potikali po studiu, predstavljajo nov single Butterfly. Za komad so posneli tudi video, več informacij o novem ploščku pa band še ni razkril.

Simfonična metal zasedba Elvellon v obliki besedilnega videa predstavlja drugi single My Forever Endeavour s prihajajočega drugega albuma Ascending in Synergy. Izid albuma je napovedan za 17. maj, izšel pa bo pri založbi Napalm Records.

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.«

Angleški power metalci Dragonforce so prejšnji petek pri Napalm Records izdali album Warp Speed Warriors. S tega albuma so objavili tudi svež videospot za skladbo Burning Heart.

Angleški ekstremneži Cradle Of Filth se potikajo v studiu, kjer pripravljajo material za 14. dolgometražec. Novico je v svojem profilu Instagram razkrila vokalistka in klaviaturistka Zoë M. Federoff:

»I am beyond humbled to have been allowed to contribute vocals and/or keys to many of the songs on this album. Dani and the guys showed a lot of faith in me for my first album with the gang, and I went in extremely nervous and hellbent on making them all proud. Thank God Dani Filth and producer Scott Atkins are so good at calming my nerves! That was the most fun and relaxing studio session I've had in ages!

Fourteen will be something very special, a distinctly new chapter, and it quite satisfies both the musician and the long-time Cradle fan inside me. A piece of each of our souls lives audibly in it. Prepare yourselves, Filthy family!«

Veljak norveške black metal scene Abbath se letošnje poletje znova odpravlja na turnejo po Evropi. Turneja z imenom Return to the Raven Realms Tour bo nekaj posebnega zlasti zaradi tega, ker se bo Abbath z bandom sprehodil skozi cel katalog komadov, ki jih je kot član legendarnih Immortal soustvaril med 1992 in 2009. 1. avgusta se bo karavana ustavila tudi na Dunaju, in kot pravi Abbath, bo celotna turneja nekaj posebnega:

»I can’t wait to get back on stage this summer to perform some old favorites that I haven’t played for a long, long time. Mark my words – it’s going to be loud and epic!«

Angleška rock zasedba Grand Slam iz Londona bo 7. junija izdala album Wheel of Fortune, objavila pa je že video za skladbo There Goes My Heart.

Francoski black metal okultneži Corpus Diavolis bodo marca izdali tretji celovečerec Elixiria Ekstasis. Izšel naj bi 15. marca pri založbi Les Acteurs De L'Ombre Productions. Tracklista:

His Wine Be Death
Key to Luciferian Joy
Carnal Hymnody
Cyclopean Adoration
Vessel of Abysmal Luxury
The Golden Chamber
Menstruum Congressus
Enfleshed in Silence
Chalice of Fornication

Spodaj pa si lahko ogledate video za drugi single s prihajajočega albuma Chalice of Fornication.

Kalifornijski black/death metalci Civerous predstavljajo videospot za komad Labyrinth Charm, ki so ga posneli z Derekom Rydquistom (The Zenith Passage). Z omenjenim komadom napovedujejo album Maze Envy, ki ga bo 22. marca izdali pri založbi 20 Buck Spin. Labyrinth Charm obsega te naslove:

The Azure Eye
Shrouded in Crystals
Endless Symmetry
Labyrinth Charm
Leviatation Tomb
Maze Envy
Geryon (The Plummet)