Legendarni švedski black metalci Nifelheim bodo 4. julija pri založbi Darkness Shall Rise Productions izdali kompilacijo z naslovom Unholy Death. Pri tem gre za ponovno izdajo dema Unholy Death iz leta 1993 in druge komade, ki so nastali v tistem času. Tracklista:

Intro
Black Curse
Unholy Death
Satanic Sacrifice
Dawn of the Dark Millenium
Witchfuck
Sodomizer
Possessed by Evil
The Devastation
Fuck Off
Mean Machine (Motörhead cover)
Reaper (Bathory cover)

Poslušate lahko Towards Idiocracy, tretji dolgometražec španskih thrasherjev Holycide.

Španski thrasherji Holycide so objavili animirani videospot za nov, tretji single Lie Is the New Truth. Prihajajoči studijski plošček Towards Idiocracy bo izšel 6. junija pri Xtreem Music.

Kontroverzni black metalec Gaylord bo 31. maja pri Blackened Death Records izdal nov studijski album Baseball Bats and Butterfly Knives. Na ploščku bodo ti komadi:

O Joyous Existence
Where Slaughtered Children Weep Ghost Tears on Bullet Shredded Corpses
Leechlord
Baseball Bats and Butterfly Knives
Nefarious
The Grey Alleys Where Abortion Reigns with a Blood Smeared Paper Crown
Unholy Christianity
Neon Light Execution
Gaylord
Culture War
Our Home is Nothing More than a Burning Grave in Space
O Joyous Extinction

Nemški thrasherji Rezet so razkrili, da bodo 30. avgusta izdali istoimenski šesti album. Že zdaj pa predstavljajo single Unholy Grail, za katerega so posneli tudi video. Celoten seznam komadov je tak:

Opus 1984.2
Time to Die
Unholy Grail
Duck & Cover
Burning Prophets
Together Apart
Prisoner of Fate
Killing Spree
Atmosfear
True as Lies (feat. Lips)
World War Z
Into the Abyss

Italijanski brutalneži Brainsore so podpisali za založbo Time To Kill Records, kjer bodo letos izdali prvenec. Več informacij sledi.

Brainsore so:
Don Gulag (bobni),
Holy Father (kitara),
Horcrux Urethra (vokal).

Španski thrasherji Holycide so v obliki besedilnega videospota razkrili drugi komad s prihajajočega albuma Towards Idiocracy. Tokrat gre za pesem Remote Control.

Španski black metal/pank band Hässlig predstavlja naslovni komad prihajajočega prvenca Apex Predator, ki ga bo 3. maja izdal pri Sentient Ruin Laboratories. Tracklista:

Yellow Bile
Slaves
Flesh and Bone
Body Snatcher
Apex Predator
Abgrund
Watch Them Hang
Siege
Raping the Exoskeleton of Life
Shattered
Psychopathic Triumph
Unholy and Rotten (priredba Midnight)

Ameriška tehnična death metal/deathcore zasedba Cognitive je z videospotom za pesem A Pact Unholy napovedala peti album Abhorrence. Ta bo izšel 17. maja pri Metal Blade Records in bo prinesel deset komadov:

Abhorrence
Insidious
A Pact Unholy
Ivory Tower
As the Light Fades
Savor the Suffering
Containment Breach
Rorschach
Lunar Psychopathy
Cold Dead Hands

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

Španski thrasherji Holycide, ki jih vodi Dave Rotten od Avulsed, so razkrili prvi komad s prihajajočega albuma Towards Idiocracy. Gre za A.I. Supremacy, ki bo skupaj z ostalimi izšel 6. junija pri Xtreem Music. Tracklista:

A.I. Supremacy
Towards Idiocracy
Remote Control
Lie is the New Truth
Power Corrupts
Technophobia
Angry for Nothing
Chemical Dependency (Atrophy cover)
Pleased to Be Deceived
Flamethrower 'em All

Indonezijski brutalneži Anthropophagus Depravity so s komadom Obliterate the Sanctified napovedali drugi dolgometražec Demonic Paradise. Plošček, ki bo izšel 21. junija pri Comatose Music, prinaša vsega skupaj deset komadov:

The Obscure Realm
Dogma Weakened Souls
Malicious Catastrophe
Obliterate the Sanctified
Preaching Above Depravity
Demonic Paradise
When the Darkthrone Reigns
Pseudo Salvation
...of Condemnation
Delusions of the Unholy

Novonastala zasedba Ortolan, v kateri delujejo Dan Gargiulo in Oleg Zalman (Artificial Brain), Jeremy Salvo (Xoth) in Andy Horn (Crossspitter), predstavlja svojo prvo skladbo Holy to Whom?. Z njo napovedujejo samonaslovljeni demo Ortolan, ki bo izšel 15. aprila na kaseti in prinaša naslednje skladbe:

Sudden Loss
Holy to Whom?
Drowned in Armagnac
Multiple Hidden Magicians
Early Departure

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).

Sporočamo, da je umrl Dennis Cornelius, vokalist in kitarist doom metalcev Memory Driven. Naj počiva v miru. Izjava banda:

»It is with indescribable melancholy that words cannot express in which I make this announcement. Dennis Cornelius, our long time musical brother, in this band, and in life, has passed away. We cannot begin to process this immense loss, as we just send love and prayers to his family and loved ones. Thank you for so many years of such passionate and inspirational music. It has been such an honor to be a part of this journey with you. Thank you sooooo much for sharing that with us all, Dennis. You and Jyme are together again. We love you, Dennis, our brother.«