Marca smo že poročali, da se death metal simfoniki Fleshgod Apocalypse vračajo z novim singlom Pendulum. Zdaj pa je band razkril, da bodo 23. avgusta pri Nuclear Blast izdali nov album Opera. Ta bo zajemal te komade:

Ode to Art (De' Sepolcri)
I Can Never Die
Pendulum
Bloodclock
At War with My Soul
Morphine Waltz
Matricide 8.21
Per aspera ad astra
Till Death Do Us Part
Opera

Death metal zasedbi Disentomb in Stillbirth si bosta avgusta delili oder, in sicer na skupni evropski turneji z imenom Slamocalypse 2024. Turneja se bo začela 9. avgusta v nemškem mestu Schlotheim in se zaključila 22. avgusta prav tako v Nemčiji, in sicer v mestu Andernach. Nam najbliže se bo karavana ustavila 19. avgusta na Dunaju.

Švedi Stillborn so objavili videospot za novi single Katharsis.

Thrasherji Duskwalker so tukaj predstavili nov komad City on a Cemetery. Novi album Underground Forever bo izšel 26. julija pri Black Lion Records, celoten seznam komadov pa je:

Crippled At The Core
The Loss
Never Going Back
Underground Forever
City on a Cemetery
Posing Corpses
Artillery Communion
Vanquisher
Blasted Past Extinction
Inhaling the Dust of Bone

Trelldom, kultna norveška black metal zasedba, ki je letos vstala od mrtvih in bo tudi prvič nastopila v živo, je sklenila dogovor o izdaji več dolgometražcev z založbo Prophecy Productions. Prav tako je band okoli kontroverznega frontmana Gaahla (Kristian Eivind Espedal) naznanil, da bo že konec letošnjega leta izšel četrti album, ki bo nasledil zadnjo izdajo Till minne... iz leta 2007.

»It is important to find the right collaboration partners as well as someone who respects and partly understands what we want to convey at all times, which Martin and the people in his company do – art must always come first! Therefore as Trelldom we are very much looking forward to continuing our journey with Prophecy Productions.«

Danska black metal zasedba Solbrud je po 15 letih delovanja in štirih albumih prenehala delovati. Vzrok naj bi bil pomanjkanje motivacije, spodaj pa lahko preberete izjavo banda v celoti.

»Time for some sad news everyone: We have decided to end all activities with Solbrud and are disbanding now. Sorry to disappoint you all but it's the end of the road for us.

The reasons are many - in short we just can't really find the spirit and motivation required to keep this ship running the way it's supposed to. Until recently we had big plans for an upcoming album with David showing the rest of the world what a good match he was with Solbrud. But eventually we couldn’t find the energy to go through with it. We know that David at the moment is working on a solo project and hope y’all will give it a spin when it comes out.

"Alas, there will be no more touring, shows or farewell concerts this time around. We are hosting a big sale at our bandcamp shop to clear out our storage - Come make a good deal while the stock still lasts.

Solbrud has been a 15-year long journey with many profound experiences, highs and lows for us all. Can't really think of anything we would trade it for. We want to extend our gratitude to all you who have listened to the music and supported us through the years. Can't describe in words what it means to us. A special thank you goes to Stefan Klose / Vendetta Records, Peter Mesnickow / Moondrop and Anders Wind / Bullet booking. Feel free to share with us your best Solbrud related moments and add to the nostalgia. All the best.«

Purtugalski death/blackened thrash pankerji Spitgod so z videospotom za komad You Know It's Coming napovedali EP z naslovom Through Life 'till Death. Seznam pesmi:

Unwillingly Brought Into this World
March of the Dead
Nothing But the Will
Embrace Yourself
You Know It's Coming
Vile Evils

Disonantna/ekstremna pank zasedba Slugpit iz Ljubljane bo 15. maja izdala debitantski EP Mentally Unengaged, za katerega je produkcijo, miks in mastering opravil Anže Čanžek, naslovnico EP-ja pa je naslikal Sant V. Schreiber. Bandov logo je oblikoval Chris Kiesling (Misanthropic-Art).

Band bo prvi komad razkril v sredo ob 23. uri v oddaji Desadovnjak na Radiu Študent. EP Mentally Unengaged prinaša komade:

Goat Obliteration Machine
Scum
Sonic Eradication
Machete Carnage
Phantasmal Fist
Sentient Gas

Avtorica fotografije: Ronja Matijevec Jerman

Nemški simfoničarji Xandria predstavljajo najnovejši video za komad Universal. Gre za popolnoma svežo stvaritev, ki je na nek način tudi posledica dobrega odziva oboževalcev na prejšnjo ploščo The Wonders Still Awaiting, ki je izšla pred enim letom.

Hrvaška stoner/doom/sludge metal zasedba A Gram Trip je napovedala EP z naslovom If We Leaf Tomorrow. Ta bo izšel 23. aprila in bo prinesel tri komade:

Dead Air
Quiet Nights
Seven Leaf Artillery

Perujski heavy metalci Ladrón del Fuego in bobnar Klemen Markelj so posneli pesem Miedo. Sodelovali so še: Jorge Revoredo (komponist), Airin Chávez Zárate (vokal), Sebastián Palma Castillo (vokal), John Peña (kitara), Gianmarco Magnani (ilustracija) in Armando Alva (mastering in animacija).

Kanadska heavy metal zasedba Withering Scorn, katere člana sta tudi brata Shawn in Glen Drover, pripravlja material za drugi celovečerec, ki bo nasledil prvenec Prophets Of Demise iz leta 2023. Shawn Drover o novem materialu:

»At this point, this is where we're at. I've got three songs done for drums completed, and we started working on song four today; Glen and I started working on this intro piece to song four, where it's got this whole intro thing and stuff. And so we worked that out. And that's where we're at in terms of music as well. We just started song four. Glen still has a couple of songs to do for keeper guitars and so does Joe for bass. We haven't even approached the lyric process or the singing yet. Once we get far enough ahead, that's when we'll start to tackle that. Once I hear keeper guitars, then I start to assemble lyrics. I need to kind of hear the finished product of certainly the drums and guitars, if not bass as well, so I get inspired to write lyrics. That's kind of how I work with that.«

Italijanske simfonične death metalce Fleshgod Apocalypse, ki so nedolgo nazaj nastopili v Ljubljani, je zapustil ustanovni član/basist Paolo Rossi. Paolo je bil kot mnogi drugi glasbeniki v času koronavirusne pandemije namreč primoran poiskati službo zunaj glasbenega sektorja. Ko pa je življenje počasi stopalo v normalne tirnice, je Paolo skušal usklajevati novo službo z bandom, kar pa se je žal izkazalo za nemogoče. Prevladala je nova kariera, in Rossi se je odločil zapustiti zasedbo. Fleshgod Apocalypse bodo nadaljevali kot kvintet, Francesco Paoli, trenutni kitarist zasedbe, bo prevzel dolžnosti basista, Veronica Bordacchini (klaviaturistka in back vokalistka), pa bo prevzela še clean vokale. Pripeta fotografija je zadnje darilo oboževalcem zasedbe, gre pa za delo vizionarskega fotografa Francesca Esposita.

Italijani Neid so priredili komad Rebels Today…, ki ga v originalu izvajajo Comrades. Priredba je del prihajajočega EP-ja Still Offensive.

Znana je časovnica jutrišnjega koncerta Kataklysm, Fleshgod Apocalypse in Stillbirth v Kinu Šiška. Ta zgleda takole:

19.00 vrata/blagajna
19.45 Stillbirth
20.40 Fleshgod Apocalypse
21.45 Kataklysm