Mednarodna power metal zasedba Serious Black je objavila besedilni video za skladbo As Long As I'm Alive s prihajajočega albuma z imenom Mirrorworld, ki bo izšel 9. septembra pri založbi AFM Records. Skupino sestavljajo sami veterani metal scene, kot so basist Mario Lochert (Emergency Gate, ex-Visions Of Atlantis), bobnar Thomen Stauch (Savage Circus, ex-Coldseed, ex-Blind Guardian, ex-Heavenward, ex-Iron Savior, ex-Lucifer's Heritage), kitarist Dominik Sebastian (Edenbridge, Shadows' Grey, Thirdmoon), klaviaturist Jan Vacik (ex-Dreamscape, ex-D-Lusion), vokalist Urban Breed (Project Arcadia, ex-Bloodbound, ex-Pyramaze, ex-Tad Morose, ex-Trail Of Murder, ex-Dark Empire) in kitarist Bob Katsionis (Firewind, Outloud, ex-Nightfall, ex-Retrospect, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Zion, ex-Mirage).
Serious Black lahko jeseni ujamete na evropski turneji, v okviru katere bodo med drugim nastopili tudi 22. 9. na Dunaju, 23. 9. v Gradcu in 5. 10. v Münchnu.
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Češki brutal death metalci Poppy Seed Grinder bodo danes pri Amputated Vein Records izdali svoj tretji studijski dolgometražec z naslovom Bleeding Civilization. Ta prinaša naslednje komade:
Dominant Class of Animals
Humans Are Dead
Variety X
Cesspit of Demagoguery
Going Through
Blindead
Disfigured Face of the Earth
Reign of Fear
Bleeding Civilization
Oppressed Reality
Francoska black metal skupina Insane Vesper je v začetku meseca pri založbi Art of Propaganda izdala album LayiL, ki mu lahko prisluhnete na Bandcampu. Tracklista je naslednja:
Blood of the Moon
Of Serpent's Embrace
Seed of Inanna
Scorned Ascension
Sink the Ark of Knowledge
The Circle
Na portalu mojekarte.si so že na voljo early bird vstopnice za glasbeni festival Hole of Metal, in sicer znaša do 31. maja dvodnevna vstopnica le 13 €. Na festivalu, ki se bo odvijal 2. in 3. septembra v Orehovljah, letos igrajo naslednji bandi: AngelSeed, Bad Blood, BattleX, Big Bad Wolf, Cordura, Cowboys From Hell, Devil's Bridge Band, From Ashes, HellMetAll, Metalsteel, Necrotik, Once Was Never, Pain Is, Pyroxene, Panikk, Reckless, Tomcat, ŽižolathTH, Within Destruction in Woli Wo.
Metalsteel, ŽižolathTH in Cowboys From Hell so še zadnje potrjene skupine, ki bodo 2. in 3. septembra v Orehovljah nastopile na glasbenem festivalu Hole of Metal. Poleg že omenjene trojice na festivalu letos igrajo še AngelSeed, Bad Blood, BattleX, Big Bad Wolf, Cordura, Devil's Bridge Band, From Ashes, HellMetAll, Necrotik, Once Was Never, Pain Is, Pyroxene, Panikk, Reckless, Tomcat, Within Destruction in Woli Wo.
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Kanadski Wake preko različnih medijev predstavljajo skladbe Burn Well, Low ter Wretched Tongues s prihajajočega tretjega albuma Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow, ki bo 26. februarja izšel pri založbah Sentinent Ruin Laboratiories (kaseta), Everyday Hate (CD) in 7 Degree Records (vinil).
Tracklista:
Burn Well
Wretched Tongues
Drones
Better Living Through Apathy
Low
Unrelenting Hate
Vultures
Endless Decay
Švedsko-britanski death metal/crust punk projekt Down Among The Dead Men, v katerem so moči združili Dennis Blomberg (Paganizer, ex-Those Who Bring The Torture), Rogga Johansson (Echelon, Paganizer, The Grotesquery, ex-Ribspreader) in Dave Ingram (Echelon, ex-Benediction, ex-Bolt Thrower, ex-Downlord), predstavlja naslovno skladbo z drugega ploščka Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!, ki izide danes pri založbi Cyclone Empire. Pri predelavi Anvil klasike Forged In Fire se jim je na vokalih pridružil legendarni Kam Lee (Bone Gnawer, The Grotesquery, ex-Death, ex-Massacre), pri priredbi Protest And Survive skupine Discharge pa sodelujeta tudi Bob Thunder (ex-Evil, ex-Ripe) in Donovan Spenceley, ki skupaj z Ingramom vodi radijsko oddajo Metal Breakfast Radio. Tracklista je sledeča:
Pyramids Of Mars
Warriors Of The Deep
The Oncoming Storm
The Ambassadors Of Death
Forged In Fire (priredba skladbe skupine Anvil)
Arc Of Infinity
Death Seed
War Machines
Unearthly Child
Tooth And Claw
Armageddon Factor
Protest And Survive (priredba skladbe skupine Discharge)
Deadly Assassin
Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!
Hatred from the Core: Tempus Incognito
Interpreting Signs for War: Aruspicine
Elysean Expectations, Earthly Deceptions
Rays of Lie: There will Be a Time You will Give Up
Atomos: Seed of the Quantic Gods
Renovatio Imperii
Credo Quia Absurdum
Hierarch: The Empire of Zero
/P.G./
Ukrajinski one-man black metal band Raventale bo v ponedeljek izdal sedmi album, ki nosi naslov Dark Substance of Dharma in prinaša naslednje komade:
Intra-Mantra
Destroying the Seeds of Karma
Dark Substance of Dharma
Kali's Hunger
Red Laugh's Walking
I Am the Black Tara
Last Moon Fermata
Pleasure, Pain, Disease
Slaves Beyond Death
Reaping Flesh
Seed Of Cain
Arc Of Violence
A Place Of Insane Brutality
Burning Hate
Chains Of The Afterlife
/Z.K./
Declaration Of Intent
On A Collision Course
Scars Of Creation
Affect Gravity
Means To An End
Ode To Extinction
Demon Seed
Power Surge
Ruptured Perpetually
Living Lies
Atavistic
Reborn
Radiation Sickness (Repulsion cover)
/T.U./