Nemški melodični death metalci Kambrium so se razšli s kitaristom Maximilianom Wernerjem. Zasedba je trenutno v fazi snemanja novega albuma. Spodaj lahko preberete izjavo banda v celoti:

»Dear Kambrium fans, today we would like to contact you with an important announcement. Maxi and Kambrium will now go their separate ways. It was a difficult decision for all of us, but we strongly believe that this is the right step for us to continue to grow and explore new musical paths.

Maxi was a constant part of Kambrium. His talent, commitment, and energy have shaped our music and shows in a significant way and accompanied us on many memorable journeys. We are grateful for the years we spent together and will carry the memories we made together forever in our hearts.

Although Maxi will no longer be part of the band, we want to emphasize that our friendship remains and remains strong. We've been through so much together and been through so many highs and lows together that we're sure our connection goes beyond music. We will continue to stay in touch, support each other and look for new adventures in our respective musical projects. Maybe you'll even see Maxi at our merch stand.

For Kambrium, this change is also a chance to reinvent ourselves. We are already working on the next album and are looking forward to enthralling you with our music in the near future. We are very grateful for your support and hope you’ll join us on this new chapter of our journey.

At this point we would like to thank Maxi again from the bottom of our hearts. You'll always be a part of the Kambrium family and we wish you all the best on your journey ahead.«

Nemški speed/power metalci Iron Savior so objavili besedilni video za Firestar, prvi single in naslovni komad prihajajočega albuma Firestar, ki bo ugledal luč sveta 6. oktobra pri AFM Records. Tracklista:

The Titan
Curse of the Machinery
In the Realm of Heavy Metal
Demise of the Tyrant
Firestar
Through the Fires of Hell
Mask, Cloak and Sword
Across the Wastelands
Rising from Ashes
Nothing Is Forever
Together as One

Ameriški black metalci Uada, ki smo jih lahko v začetku leta videli tudi na odru ljubljanskega Orto Bara, bodo septembra izdali četrti dolgometražec Crepuscule Natura. Album naj bi izšel 8. septembra pri založbah Eisenwald Records in Obsidian Spells, obsegal pa bo naslednje komade:

The Abyss Gazing Back
Crepuscule Natura
The Dark (Winter)
Retraversing the Void
Through the Wax and Through the Wane

Že zdaj zasedba v posluh ponuja prvi single Retraversing the Void.

Leta 1991 ustanovljena ameriška metalcore/thrash metal zasedba Ringworm z videospotom za komad No Solace, No Quarter, No Mercy napoveduje deveti album Seeing Through Fire. Ta bo izšel 18. avgusta pri Nuclear Blast. Tracklista:

Seeing Through Fire
Carved in Stone
No Solace, No Quarter, No Mercy
Death Hoax
Thought Crimes
Unavoidable Truth
House of Flies
You Want It To
Mental Decontrol
Power and Blood
Playing God

Nemški melodični black/death metalci Thulcandra so objavili guitar playthrough video za pesem As I Walk Through The Gateway z aktualnega albuma Hail The Abyss, ki je izšel danes pri Napalm Records.

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

The Winery Dogs predstavljajo najnovejši video za komad Breakthrough. Skladbo lahko najdete na bandovem zadnjem albumu III, ki je izšel februarja, v živo pa boste lahko The Winery Dogs jeseni ulovili tudi pri nas, natančneje 29. oktobra v Kinu Šiška.

Nizozemski melodični death metalci Layers Of Devotion so posneli guitar playthrough video za svoj lanski single From Forge To Fire, ki ga lahko preverite spdoaj.

Avstralski melodic blackened deathcore band Mélancolia z videospotom predstavlja komad God Tongue s prvenca HissThroughRottenTeeth, ki ga je v petek izdal pri založbah Greyscale Records in Nuclear Blast.

Born Through Fire je projekt vokalista Tima Lambesisa (As I Lay Dying) in kitarista Joeyja Alarcona (Wolfes at the Gates). Predstavljajo se kot sodoben heavy metal napad epskih razsežnosti. Prav danes so izdali svoj debitantski album Purify and Refine, spodaj pa si lahko ogledate video za komad Trapped Inside.

Grški heavy metalci Sacred Outcry so objavili besedilni video za skladbo The Voyage (Towards Immortality). Gre za komad s prihajajočega albuma Towers of Gold, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

Through Lands Forgotten (At the Crossroads of Fate)
The Flame Rekindled (Lurid Lights and Drunken Revelry)
The Voyage (Towards Immortality)
Into the Storm (Beyond the Lost Horizon)
Symphony of the Night (The Curse of the Blind)
A Midnight Reverie (Whispers in the Wind)
The Sweet Wine of Betrayal (The Perennial Sin)
The City of Stone (The Burden of the Crownless Kings)
Towers of Gold (Tempus Edax Rerum)
Where Crimson Shadows Dwell (And Ouroboros Dreamt)

Po tem, ko so pred kratkim turnejo odpovedali White Ward, je ista usoda doletela blackened death metalce 1914 iz Ukrajine. Upamo, da se stvari umirijo in nas bo zasedba lahko obiskala letos poleti na festivalu Črna Loka. Sledi bandova izjava za medije:

»Many of you could have been noticing a recent wave of European tours cancellations by UA bands. Unfortunately, 1914 is not an exception here. With heavy hearts we must inform you that we cannot play for our fans this April and have to cancel our upcoming tour.

Just to make it clear, it is still a 'wartime' on the territory of our land, and this specific time makes it impossible to leave the borders by the men of a conscript age. How could we travel last year? It was possible to get a special permission from the state authorities for the artists to leave the country and do shows and other activities in order to aid the country and spead the truth about unprovoked and brutal war started by russia. There were some irresponsible people who used such permissions to leave the country and never come back, and after it became public and went through a media - the state authorities stopped granting the special permissions for the artists by artificially overcomplicating the process of getting all the necessary documents, by enlarging the list of the documents and making it impossible for bands to obtain what is needed. This affected a lot of different bands in UA.

Last couple of weeks for us were in a constant fight with that new stupid system trying to show that we had a positive experience of returning back home after foreign tours, trying to display the value of such tours for our country benefit, but no matter how hard we tried - we couldn't break that system and it made impossible for us to go and play this time. We want to apologize to our fans, other bands, promoters, but currently we are powerless here. We will work hard to be able to get to our other shows this year, maybe the ice will melt and we will see some easement in the future, but currently we just did everything we could.

Міністерство культури та інформаційної політики України - Thank you for nothing!«

Švedski simfonični metalci Eleine z videom za pesem We Are Legion napovedujejo svoj četrti dolgometražni album We Shall Remain, ki bo izšel 14. julija pri Atomic Fire Records. Tracklista:

Never Forget
Stand By The Flame
We Are Legion
Promise Of Apocalypse
Blood In Their Eyes
Vemod
Through The Mist
Suffering
War Das Alles
We Shall Remain

Ameriški simfonični melodičarji Vesuvian so posneli guitar playthrough videospot za pesem On Cursed Sands s prihajajočega prvenca, ki bo nosil naslov Emergence.

Nemški melodični black/death metalci Thulcandra so posneli videospot za naslovno skladbo prihajajočega albuma Hail The Abyss, ki bo izšel 19. maja pri Napalm Records. Bandov peti studijski celovečerec sicer prinaša naslednje skladbe:

In the Eye of Heaven
Hail the Abyss
At Night
Velvet Damnation
On the Wings of Cosmic Fire
Acheronian Cult
As I Walk Through the Gateway
Blood of Slaves
In Darkness We Descend
The Final Closure
The Second Fall (live)
Deliverance in Sin and Death (live)