Ameriški black metal pankerji Spiter so obelodanili naslovni komad prihajajočega EP-ja Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell, ki ga bodo izdali 24. maja pri Hells Headbangers Records. Tracklista:

Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell
Drowning in Darkness
Tears of Blood
The Creeping Serpent Psychosis
666 on the Crucifix
Reflection of the Vampire

Kitarist/vokalist Shelby Lermo (Ulthar, Human Corpse Abuse, ex-Vastum) in bobnar Jason Bursese (Black Fucking Cancer) predstavljata nov projekt Thanatotherion, ki je nadaljevanje Shelbyjevega projekta Naughtskeid. Led sta prebila s komadom Nuclear Womb z albuma Alienation Manifesto, ki bo izšel 7. junija pri založbi I, Voidhanger Records in obsega komade:

Red Cathedral
The Raven and the Box of Stars
Orb
Wilczyca
Nuclear Womb
Lament
Codex Crepusculum

Doom stoner occult duo Saltpig je podpisal s Heavy Psych Sounds. Pri njih bo izšel duetov novi celovečerec, dodatne informacije in prvi single pa sledijo konec tega meseca.

Italijanska death grind zasedba Slug Gore je s komadom Demented Crickets napovedala prvenec They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill! Ta bo izšel 19. aprila pri Time to Kill Records. Tracklista:

Post Nuclear Big Smile
Demented Crickets
Overthrow the Surface
The Dust Says You’re Fucked
Necrophiliattitude
Salt
Wake Up Dead
Stuck in the Mud
The Deadly Spawn
50K
Primal Rules
Cut at Once

Ameriški black/death metal band Sulfuric Hatred predstavlja komad Foul Poison Insatiable s samonaslovljenega prvenca, ki bo sredi decembra izšel pri Sentient Ruin Laboratories. Album obsega naslednje naslove:

Merciless Subjugation (Upon Our Knives)
Stacked Remains in the Charnel Pits
World Fucking Collapsing
Foul Poison Insatiable
Forward Our Legions
Transmission I
Sanctioned Execution of Profaned Torture
Sulfuric Hatred
Fall Upon Lesser Armies
Prostrated Human Race
Transmission II

Poljska (post) black metal/dark ambient zasedba Ezekhamel je izdala svoj samonaslovljen debitantski EP leta 2021 in se lahko od takrat do danes ozre že na vsega skupaj pet izdaj:

Ezekhamel
Abortion Fucking
Ocean Depth
Dead On Arrival
Nazi Zombies

Zadnja Nazi Zombies je izšla minuli teden.

Ameriški tehnični/grove death metalci Torn the Fuck Apart so minuli teden izdali svoj peti album Kill. Bury. Repeat.

Založba Bitter Loss Records je s 1. septembrom nehala z delovanjem. Tukaj uradna izjava za javnost:

»Bitter Loss is Dead!

All open orders will be refunded. No social media including messenger will be monitored. Email (bitterloss.records@outlook.com) will remain open only until the last refund is processed. Support the bands direct, some will receive the remaining stock.

Thank you to those that contributed, even at the end. You know who you are. Please look after yourself and each other. We all need the support in this fucked up world!«

Death metal legende Autopsy predstavljajo napovednik za prihajajoči album Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts, ki bo 27. oktobra izšel pri Peaceville Records. To bo bandov deseti dogometražec in obsega naslednje naslove:

Rapid Funeral
Throatsaw
No Mortal Left Alive
Well of Entrails
Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts
Bones to the Wolves
Marrow Fiend
Toxic Death Fuck
Lobotomizing Gods
Death Is the Answer
Coagulation

Nemški progresivni death metalci Alkaloid so objavili besedilni video za naslovno skladbo prihajajočega albuma Numen, ki bo izšel 15. septembra pri Season of Mist. To bo njihov tretji studijski dolgometražec po vrsti, obsega pa naslednje naslove:

Qliphosis
The Cambrian Explosion
Clusterfuck
Shades of Shub-Niggurath
A Fool's Desire
The Fungi from Yuggoth
The Black Siren
Numen
Recursion
The Folding
Alpha Aur

Na obali pri naših zahodnih sosedih, natančneje v Trstu, je nastal projekt z udarnim imenom In Grind We Trst. Prvo dejanje tega projekta je koncertni večer Noise Wagon Vol. 1, ki se bo zgodil 1. septembra, nastopili pa bodo naslednji bandi:

Claustrum
Britof
Human Host Body
Razvalina
Shit Fucking Shit
Glista

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Žal je odpovedan še en letošnji festival. Tokrat je to doletelo festival Fuck the Commerce 2023, ki bi se moral odvijati 4. in 5. avgusta v Nemčiji. Spodaj lahko preberete uradno izjavo organizatorjev:

»A statement? No, we'll spare you that. We have not reached the necessary pre-sale target and therefore it is not possible to hold the FTC Festival. The time is therefore right to say goodbye. A big thank you goes to Falko, Jörg, Bogo, Jensen, Stephan, the many bands, fellow campaigners, supporters, employees and of course you, our guests, without which the many unforgettable moments would not have been possible.«

Ameriški black/death metal heretiki Profanatica so pred kratkim razkrili nov komad z naslovom Take Up the Cross. Gre za drugi komad s prihajajočega albuma Crux Simplex, ki bo 22. septembra  izšel pri Season of Mist Underground Activists. Prinaša naslednje komade:

Condemned to Unholy Death
Take Up the Cross
The First Fall
Meeting of a Whore
Compelled by Romans
Wipe the Fucking Face of Jesus
The Second Fall
Cunts of Jerusalem
The Third Fall
Division of Robes

Zasedba Alkaloid, v kateri delujejo nekdanji/trenutni člani zasedb Obscura, Dark Fortress in Tryptikon, je objavila nov single. Gre za komad Clusterfuck, ki napoveduje izid albuma Numen.

Brazilski thrasherji Phrenesy so podpisali za založbo Wormholedeath Records, pri kateri bodo ponovno izdali svoj lanski album Fears Apocalypse. Tracklista:

Fears Apocalypse
Bring It On
Fuck The Pain
Lost Generation
Mistakes
My Hate Is Gonna Speak For Me
Vultures
The Truth Is All There
The Party Won't Stop
War For Beer