Ameriški brutalni death metal veterani Dying Fetus bodo v Tolminu na festivalu Tolminator začeli svojo poletno turnejo. Tukaj so vsi datumi turneje:

25.07.23 Slovenija, Tolmin @ Tolminator
26.07.23 Italija, Rim @ Traffic Club
27.07.23 Italija,Milano @ Legend Club
28.07.23 Avstrija, Gradec @ Explosiv *
29.07.23 Avstrija, Dunaj @ Szene Wien *
31.07.23 Poljska, Katowice @ P23 *
01.08.23 Poljska, Warsaw @ Proxima *
02.08.23 Nemčija, Berlin @ Hole 44 *
04.08.23 Nemčija, Wacken @ Wacken Open Air
06.08.23 Romunija, Rasnov @ Rockstadt Extreme
10.08.23 Češka, Jaromer @ Brutal Assault
11.08.23 Nemčija, Schlotheim @ Party San
12.08.23 Nemčija, Bremen @ Tivoli **
13.08.23 Belgija Kortrijk @ Alcatraz
14.08.23 Nemčija, Schweinfurt @ Stattbahnhof ***
15.08.23 Nemčija, Bochum @ Matrix ***
16.08.23 Nizozemska, Tilburg @ 013 ****
18.08.23 Nemčija, Dinkelsbühl @ Summer Breeze
20.08.23 Francija, Carhaix @ Motocultor

Američane bodo na različnih lokacijah spremljale različne predskupine:
* Frozen Soul
** Converge, Archspire
*** Archspire
**** Converge, Archspire, Frontierer

Organizatorji legendarnega festivala Bang Your Head sporočajo, da se je ta za vedno poslovil. Več podrobnosti lahko preberete v izjavi organizatorja:

THAT WAS IT! Hello friends, it is with a heavy heart that we are writing these lines. But there is no other way. We really gave and did everything we could to finally catch up with celebrating the big BANG YOU HEAD!!! anniversary in 2023, and eagerly anticipated this summer like no other. But: We alone, unfortunately, did not have control over creating the circumstances needed to set up an event of this caliber with the requirement to quality connected to the name BANG YOUR HEAD!!! and actually make it happen. A lot changed in the past three years and not a lot of it was and is good. All in all, it can and must be said: The whole scene changed, and the preconditions for organizing an open-air event in Balingen are completely different in 2023 than they were in 2019 – also from an economic perspective. All in all, we thus come to the conclusion, even if it is incredibly sad, that there are too many factors and forces working against us, and pushing through to organize an event at any cost would cause more losses for us and others involved than putting an end to it now. And this is how it is now: The BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 2023 can and will NOT take place. Due to the abovementioned reasons which we can’t describe in further detail due to reasons that are hopefully understandable, there is no viable path that we can take responsibility for aside from calling off the big anniversary party in Balingen. We hope for your understanding and thank everybody from the bottom of our hearts that supported us, believed in us, and kept their tickets or even bought new ones. Especially for you we tried everything to finally raise the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! flag again over the Swabian Alb, but it seems like it was not meant to be. And to make sure to avoid any potential misunderstandings: There will be no more BANG YOUR HEAD!!! festivals in the future. This was it. Because we know that many of you waited for the BYH!!! this year with immense anticipation, we intensely tried to come up with a way to marginally make up for the cancellation of the event. So, we had an idea for a ticket exchange to the ROCK OF AGES festival 2023 which you can read up on in the detailed statement on www.bang-your-head.de. Of course, we will also reimburse the purchasing price to everybody who would like to return their tickets – irrespective of which of the past years the tickets for 2023 were purchased. We will inform you about the detailed process shortly through our channels. We want to thank you once again for your support at all 24 festivals and we would be thrilled to greet you as part of the LOYAL ONES in Seebronn on 28th June! Stay heavy! Horst and the BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-Team

Ob 45. obletnici delovanja bodo Girlschool, kraljice britanskega hard rocka, izdale svoj novi studijski album WTFortyfive? Na ploščku, ki bo izšel 28. julija, bo 12. komadov:

It Is What It Is
Cold Dark Heart
Bump In The Night
Barmy Army
Invisible Killer
Believing In You
It's A Mess
Into The Night
Are You Ready?
Up To No Good
Party
Born To Raise Hell

Nemški brutal surf death metalci Stillbirth so danes povili nov, po vrsti že osmi album z naslovom Homo Deus. Spodaj si lahko ogledate video za komad Tribunal of Penance.

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

Nemški slammerji Stillbirth imajo nov videospot. Tokrat so izbrali komad Rising from the Ashes s prihajajočega osmega albuma Homo Deus.

Angleški nu metal dvojec Lake Malice je objavil videospot za komad Stop the Party.

Deathcorovci Veil Of Maya napovedujejo izid sedmega dolgometražca z zanimivim naslovom [m]other. Album naj bi izšel 12. maja pri založbi Sumerian Records, zajemal pa bo naslednje komade:

Tokyo Chainsaw
Artificial Dose
Godhead
[re]connect
Red Fur
Disco Kill Party
Mother Pt. 4
Synthwave Vegan
Lost Creator
Death Runner

Švedski industrial/gothic metalci Deathstars so objavili video za drugi single Midnight Party, ki se bo nahajal na prihajajočem albumu Everything Destroys You, ki izide 5. maja pri Nuclear Blast.

Nemški slammerji Stillbirth z videospotom za single Autonomous Eradication napovedujejo svoj osmi album Homo Deus. Animirani videospot boste našli pod tracklisto:

The Hunt
Disgraced
Proclaim the Anarchy
Homo Deus
Slaughtered and Disemboweled
Rising From The Ashes
Autonomous Eradication
Seed of Judgement
Descending
Tribunal of Penance
Get Out

Avstrijska melodična death metal zasedba Altar Of I bo ta petek, 3. marca, pri založbi Art Gates Records izdala svoj studijski prvenec Human Resources, ki ga je možno prednaročiti na tej povezavi. Na isti dan se bo v njihovem domačem Celovcu v klubu LiveTime odvil release party, kjer bodo album v celoti predstavili tudi v živo. Več podrobnosti najdete tukaj.

Tracklista je sledeča:
Wiindigookaanzhimowin
Spreading The Disease
The Creation Of Godzilla
Scelus
Arkanus
Beauty / Beast
The Sourcerer
Conquista
Subjekt
Warriors
AI
Into The Abyss
Ex Umbra In Solem
Apple Tree
Wendigod
Goyaałé (Death Before Dehumanization)

Spodaj si še lahko ogledate videospot za najnovejši single Ex Umbra In Solem.

Društvo Brutal Partysan bo v sodelovanju z društvom IndiJanez konec marca priredilo gothic rock večer Danse Macabre VI. V okviru tega bodo v mariborski MC Pekarna ponovno pripotovali hrvaški dark rokerji Phantasmagoria, ki bodo poleg treh DJ-jev edini nastopajoči band večera. Več informacij najdete v našem Napovedniku.

MetalDays »warm-up party«, ki je napovedan za petek, 24. februarja, se bo odvil brez četrtega banda. Organizator je na Facebooku objavil novo časovnico:

18.00 vrata
19.00–19.45 Wilderun
20.05–21.20 Soilwork
21.45–23.00 Kataklysm

Poleg tega še zmeraj potekata obe nagradni igri. Z eno lahko osvojite različne vstopnice, z drugo pa festivalsko dobroimetje (»festival credit«).

Russkaja so posneli videospot za pesem Paschli s prihajajočega albuma Turbo Polka Party. Band se kmalu odpravlja na evropsko turnejo, katere datume lahko preverite tukaj.

Organizatorji festivala MetalDays sporočajo časovnico za tako imenovami »warm-up party«, ki se bo zgodil 24. februarja v Kinu Šiška. Še vedno pa ni znano, katera zasedba bo zavzela mesto četrtega nastopajočega. Časovnica je sledeča: