Avstralci Parkway Drive so razkrili detajle prihajajočega albuma Atlas, ki bo izšel 30. oktobra pri Epitath Records. Album bo na voljo tudi v t.i. deluxe verziji, ki bo vključevala še DVD, na katerem bo dokumentarec o turneji po Kolumbiji, Kitajski in Indiji. Na albumu, ki ga je produciral Matt Hyde, ki je sodeloval tudi s Slayer in Hatebreed, bodo naslednji komadi:
Sparks
Old Ghosts / New Regrets
Dream Run
Wild Eyes
Dark Days
The River
Swing
The Slow Surrender
Atlas
Sleight Of Hand
Snake Oil And Holy Water
Blue And The Grey
/T.U./

Rival Sons so objavili videospot za skladbo Keep On Swinging s prihajajočega drugega studijskega albuma z naslovom Head Down, ki bo 17. septembra izšel pri založbi Earache Records. /B.B./

Avstralska folk/progressive metal zasedba Troldhaugen je objavila skladbo Beast Wagon z novega albuma Ramshackle, ki bo izšel v petek. Tracklista je sledeča:
Beneath The Festering Marsh
The Circus Of Misery
Beast Wagon
Slaughterhouse Swing
Corpsefed Cauldron
Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin Cover)
The Accursed Passing Of The Monstrous Fiend
Swampstomper
Trollbrawl
Ven
A Soul For The Takin
/B.B./

V tokratni oddaji Metal detektor bomo ostali na tekočem z novimi izdajami. Preverili bomo, kaj ponujajo novi izdelki zasedb Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, Diabulus In Musica, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Ihsahn, Cripper, Miseration, Nile, Pandemonium, Deathspell Omega, Merrimack, Ereb Altor in Ahab. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak torek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3Mhz ali www.radiostudent.si.

Švedska avantgardna zasedba Diablo Swing Orchestra je objavila novi single Voodoo Mon Amour s prihajajočega albuma Pandora's Piñata, ki izide 22. maja pri Candlelight Records. /B.B./

Ameriški glamerji Swingin' Thing s v sodelovanju z Demon Doll Records izdali split CD z naslovom 5 & 5. Gre za pet remasteriziranih skladb, ki niso bile še nikoli prej objavljene, ter za njihovih zadnjih pet skladb, ki so jih posneli pod imenom The Things. /B.B./

V bližini Milana, v kraju Segrate, bodo 5. julija v okviru festivala Magnolia Open Air 2011 nastopili Church Of Misery, EyeHateGod, Boris, Kylesa, Russian Circles, The Secret, Civil Civic, Valerian Swing, Saade, Midryasi, Hungry Like Rakovitz, Derma, Devoggol, Dogs For Breakfast in Nashwuah. /B.B./

Do sedaj potrjeni bandi za Brutal Assault 2010, ki bo od 12. do 14. avgusta, so: Arsis, Bleed From Within, Candlemass, Cannibal Corpse, Catamenia, Children Of Bodom, Converge, Demonic Resurrection, Despised Icon, Devin Townsend, Devourment, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dying Fetus, Fear Factory, Gojira, Gorgoroth, Graveworm, Gwar, Hypnos, Hypocrisy, Ihsahn, Ill Nino, Kylesa, Kypck, Lock Up, Mnemic, Monstrosity, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Napalm Death, Necrophagist, Origin, Ragnarok, Rotten Sound, Sarke, Sepultura, Sigh, Sybreed, The Black Dahlia Murder, Trail Of Tears. /A.J./

Ta teden poleg čisto svežih albumov bandov Abigor, Dark Funeral, Fear Factory, Ihsahn in Insomnium v On Parole trgovini novo tudi (CD in/ali vinil): Agent Steel, Anaal Nathrakh, Anthrax, Bathory, Black Sabbath, Blaze Bayley, Bleeding Fist, Burzum, Candlemass, Crimson Glory, Cynic, Death, Defiance, Devin Townsend, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dissection, Dying Fetus, Flotsam And Jetsam, Immolation, IXXI, Judas Priest, Keep Of Kalessin, Kreator, Lividity, Mayhem, Morbid Angel, Mortal Sin, Mötley Crüe, Necrophagia, Nifelheim, Novembers Doom, Obituary, Onslaught, Overkill, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Pentagram, Pestilence, S.O.D., Sadus, Saxon, Slayer, Storm, Testament, Venom, Watain in Xentrix. /M.P.C./

Gojira, Catamenia in Monstrosity so novi potrjeni bandi za festival Brutal Assault. Ostali potrjeni bandi: Cannibal Corpse, Children Of Bodom, Converge, Demonic Resurrection, Despised Icon, Devin Townsend, Devourment, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dying Fetus, Gojira, Graveworm, Gwar, Hypnos, Ihsahn Ill Niño, Kylesa, Kypck, Mnemic, My Dying Bride, Napalm Death, Necrophagist, Origin, Rotten Sound, Sarke, Sepultura, Sigh, Sybreed, The Black Dahlia Murder, Trail Of Tears. /A.J./

Petter Karlsson (ex Therion) je nov bobnar v skupini Diablo Swing Orchestra. /P.G./

Cannibal Corpse, Devin Townsend, Diablo Swing Orchestra in Graveworm so prvi potrjeni bandi za 15. festival Brutal Assault. /A.J./

Quiet Riot bodo 18. januarja izdali live album Quiet Riot Live & Rare - Vol. 1. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Let's Get Crazy, Condition Critical, Run For Cover, Swinging Lumber, Winners Take All, Cum On Feel The Noize, Metal Health (Bang Your Head), Danger Zone, Gonna Have A Riot, Thunderbird, Love's A Bitch, Let's Get Crazy. /M.P./

Agonia Records v sodelovanju z bivšim Possessed fontmanom Jeffom Beccero pripravljajo izid 10” mini Lpja, na katerem bo legendarni Possessed demo Death Metal. Poleg tega bodo na njem še do sedaj neizdane verzije skladb Pentagram, Swing Of The Axe, Twisted Minds in Fallen Angel ter nova pesem Jeffovega projekta Side Effect. LP bo izšel v nakladi 500 izvodov, picture LP pa bo omejen na 100 izvodov. /M.P./