Nemške heavy metal legende Accept niti približno ne počivajo. Tokrat predstavljajo videospot za skladbo The Reckoning s prihajajočega albuma Humanoid, ki izide 26. aprila pri Napalm Records. To bo njihov 18. studijski album po vrsti, obsega pa te naslove:

Diving into Sin
Humanoid
Frankenstein
Man Up
The Reckoning
Nobody Gets out Alive
Ravages of Time
Unbreakable
Mind Games
Straight up Jack
Southside of Hell

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.«

Assimilator bodo 21. junija pri Horror Pain Gore Death Productions izdali nov EP Expelled Into Suffering. Na ploščku bodo ti štirje komadi:

Expelled into Suffering
Nocturnal Forge
Changeling
I Am

Po 13 letih se na sceno vračajo progresivni death metalci DÅÅTH. 3. maja bo pri Metal Blade Records izšel njihov novi studijski album The Deceiver. Zasedba je že objavila videospot za prvi single Hex Unending, na ploščku pa se bodo našli še ti naslovi:

No Rest No End
Hex Unending
Ascension
With Ill Desire
The Silent Foray
Unwelcome Return
Purified by Vengeance
Deserving of the Grave
Into Forgotten Dirt

Blackened death metalci Miruthan bodo 26. aprila izdali EP Cult Of The Dead. Na albumu bodo ti komadi:

Survived the Blast
At the Barricades
Into the Abyss
Land of the Damned

Ameriški ekstremni progresivni metalci Vintersea so objavili nov video za komad Devil's Churn. Komad je del aktualnega albuma Woven Into Ashes iz lanskega leta.

Gothic/doom metalci Drift Into Black, pri katerih bobna Klemen Markelj, bodo 28. junija izdali peti album Voices Beneath the Rubble. Ta bo izšel pri Black Lion Records in prinesel deset komadov:

The Horns of Despair
In Turmoil
The Great Machine
Voices Beneath the Rubble
Last Hope
Forever King
Blood Storm
What’s Left in the Fire
Turning of the Tide
December

Norveški hardcore stonerji Bokassa so se minuli petek odpravili na turnejo po Norveški, kjer bodo promovirali aktualni album All Out of Dreams. Poleg omenjene turneje je zasedba razkrila tudi imena in datume poletnih festivalov, na katerih bo nastopila letos:

26. 6. 2024 – Resurrection Fest, ES
29. 6. 2024 – Tons Of Rock, NO
26. 7. 2024 – SørøyRocken, NO
3. 8. 2024 – Wacken Open Air, DE
10. 8. 2024 – Elbriot Festival, DE
15. 8. 2024 – Reload Festival, DE
17. 8. 2024 – Summer Breeze Festival DE

Vse zaenkrat znane koncerte najdete tukaj.

Thomas Eriksen, ki stoji za imenom Mork, je pred kratkim razkril, da se v njem skriva tudi Udåd. Na to ime sliši njegov najnovejši black metal projekt, ki bo z istoimenskim albumom razkril drugo plat Eriksena. Izid je napovedan za 15. marec pri Peaceville Records. Kako zveni Udåd, pa lahko preverite prvi singel Avgudsdyrker, ki ga najdete spodaj.

»It is satisfying to unveil the first track from the first Udåd creation. It was both painful and rewarding to get this out of my being and onto tape. Pure atmospheric darkness straight into your soul. "Avgudsdyrker" was chosen as the first single as it represents the different elements of the album well. Take some minutes out of your everyday life, light a candle, cover the windows, turn off the lights and just take it in.«

Grški black metalci Septuagint so podpisali za založbo Underground Kvlt Records, kjer bo po desetih letih delovanja izšel bandov dolgometražni prvenec z naslovom Acosmic Conflagration. Ta bo na CD-ju prinesel pet komadov:

Spirituus Luna Nox
The Cauterizing Sulphur
Restoration of Apophis
Cainite Bloodtrails
Into the Furnace of Moloch

Transatlantska heavy metal zasedba Veil of the Serpent in izraelski pevec Moran Magal so združili moči za ponovno izdajo bandovega singla Into the Moon iz leta 2022. Tokrat je to v obliki EP-ja, na katerem delata singlu družbo alternativna in instrumentalna različica.

V petek je mednarodni black metal band LVME izdal drugi studijski album Of Sinful Nature pri založbi Norma Evangelium Diaboli, ki ga tukaj ponuja v posluh. Tracklista:

The Venomous Fire
Strix rêverie
Without Light nor Guide
Into Ashen Stone
Obenaus und Nirgends an!

Nemški blackened speed metal pankerji Knife so posneli videospot za komad With Torches They March z aktualnega albuma Heaven Into Dust, ki so ga lani poleti izdali pri Napalm Records.

Ameriški progresivni thrash/death metalci Nuclear Tomb predstavljajo naslovni komad prihajajočega prvenca Terror Labyrinthian, ki ga bodo 19. aprila izdali pri Everlasting Spew Records. Na albumu bodo naslednji komadi:

Obsoletion
Terror Labyrinthian
Fatal Visions
Dominance & Persecution
Vile Humanity
Manufacturing Consent
Parasitic (Live a Lie)
Born Into Torment
Ashen Lamb

Domači deathcore projekt Ash, ki ga sestavljajo Maj Deželak, Arne Ščetinin, Domen Sekirnik, Illja Furst, bivši in sedanji člani Decatholicize in Black Camo, so v YouTubu izdali EP z naslovom Khaos. EP ponuja tri komade:

Descent into Madness
The Advent
The Collapse