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Arises, groove metal band iz sosednje Hrvaške, predstavlja live posnetek komada Release the Floods, ki je nastal v studiu Twenty Twenty. Komad lahko najdete na bandovem zadnjem EP-ju Sessions Under A Pale Sun. Posnetek je nastal v sklopu priprave na snemanje novega EP-ja, v živo pa boste Arises lahko ujeli poleti na festivalu Cahn Fest.
Six Feet Under so v novem besedilnem videu razkrili komad Ascension s prihajajočega albuma Killing for Revenge, ki ga bodo 10. maja izdali pri založbi Metal Blade.
Ameriška heavy/speed metal zasedba BAT je objavila nalezljiv video za novi single Streetbanger. Komad bo na prihajajočem albumu Under the Crooked Claw, ki izide 17. maja pri Nuclear Blast Records.
Nemški death/doom metalci Calliophis predstavljajo video za komad Trepak, ki ga boste našli na izdaji Dawn Of A Lifeless Age. Gre za split EP, ki so ga Nemci izdali skupaj z doom metal zasedbo Urza in bo izšel 3. maja. Na albumu bodo tako ti komadi:
Urza – Maunder Minimum
Urza – Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment
Calliophis – Trepak
Calliophis – Endure Your Depression
Kot smo januarja poročali, je v 78. letu starosti umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj britanskih veteranov Magnum. Že takrat se je šušljalo, da to pomeni tudi konec za zasedbo, ki je to zdaj tudi uradno potrdila. Izjava vokalista Boba Catleyja:
»Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.
I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future – you never know – but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.
So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic – the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.
So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.
I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye.«
Organizator Sindian Underground sporoča, da je koncert skupin Ektomorf, Tag My Heart, The Broken Horizon in Inmate, ki bi se moral 5. aprila odviti v klubu MC Pekarna v Mariboru, zaradi slabe prodaje vstopnic odpovedan. Izjava organizatorja:
»Spoštovani, predprodaja kart za koncert ni dosegla pričakovanj in smo se skupaj z nastopajočimi odločili, da dogodek še pravočasno odpovemo. Zelo nam je žal, da je prišlo do tega, saj smo si dalj časa prizadevali, da po dolgem času pripeljemo ta odličen line-up v Slovenijo. Denar za karte boste seveda dobili povrnjen na prodajnem mestu – mojekarte.si ali MC Pekarna.«
Black metal band Mythraeum predstavljajo single Skies Torn Asunder, za katerega so posneli tudi besedilni video.
Ameriška heavy/speed metal zasedba BAT iz Virginie bo 17. maja pri Nuclear Blast Records izdala drugi celovečerec Under the Crooked Claw. S tega albuma že ponuja v posluh komad Rite for Exorcism, in sicer v obliki videospota.
Avstrijski gusarji Visions Of Atlantis napovedujejo izid albuma Pirates II – Armada. Ta naj bi izšel 5. julija pri založbi Napalm Records. Tracklista:
To Those Who Choose to Fight
The Land of the Free
Monsters
Tonight I'm Alive
Armada
The Dead of the Sea
Ashes to the Sea
Hellfire
Collide
Magic of the Night
Underwater
Where the Sky and Ocean Blend
Spodaj si lahko že pred izidom albuma ogledate video za komad Armada, oktobra pa se band odpravlja tudi na evropsko turnejo.
Finska melodična death metal zasedba Wolfheart sporoča, da je združila moči z založbo Reigning Phoenix Music. Izjava kitarista in vokalista Tuomasa Saukkonena:
»I am confident that signing to Reigning Phoenix Music is an exciting game changer for us and RPM is nothing but the right place to continue conquering the world with our art. The future looks brighter than ever and excitement is an understatement for what we feel about the forthcoming co-operation and adventures.«
Brutaličarji Terminal Nation bodo 3. maja pri 20 Buck Spin izdali prvenec Echoes Of The Devil's Den. Zasedba je že predstavila naslove komadov, pa tudi videospot za enega izmed njih, in sicer Written by the Victor.
Echoes of the Devil's Den
Written by the Victor
The Spikes Under the Bridge
No Reform (New Age Slave Patrol)
Empire in Decay
Embers of Humanity
Merchants of Bloodshed
Bullet for a Stone
Dying Alive
Cemetery of Imposters
Immolation (Of Mother Earth)
Release the Serpents
Gothminister so objavili video za novi single One Dark Happy Nation s prihajajočega albuma Pandemonium II: The Battle of the Underworlds, ki naj bi izšel 3. maja pri založbi AFM Records.
Six Feet Under bodo 10. maja pri Metal Blade Records izdali že 18. studijski album Killing for Revenge. Spodaj že lahko prisluhnete naslovnemu komadu Know-Nothing Ingrate.
Včeraj je Paranoid upihnil 25. svečko, danes pa se začenja dvodnevno praznovanje in dobrodelno rajanje. Vstopnice oziroma zapestnice, če vstopnico že imate, lahko dvignete pri zabojniku nasproti Gala hale. Blagajna se odpre ob 19. uri. Enodnevna vstopnina na dan dogodka znaša 20 EUR, cena dvodnevne vstopnice pa 30 EUR. Izkupiček od prodanih vstopnic bomo namenili društvu Rdečki noski.
Naš portal lahko podprete z nakupom majic ali šalčk, ki jih bomo oba dneva prodajali v Menzi pri koritu. S seboj bomo imeli majice in šalčke z novim motivom ob 25. obletnici ter omejeno število majic in šalčk s starimi motivi.
Na žalost so morali Metalsteel zaradi poškodbe člana odpovedati nastop, zamenjavo pa bomo objavili takoj, ko bo mogoče!
Skupaj z ekipo Dirty Skunks in Earspliter smo za vas pripravili naslednji program:
DANES:
CHANNEL ZERO
23.00–00.00 – Space Unicorn on Fire (60 min)
21.55–22.40 – Kamra (45 min)
21.00–21.35 – Vulvathrone (35 min)
20.10–20.40 – Nefarious Vermin (30 min)
GROMKA
23.30–00.30 – Dekadent (60 min)
22.30–23.10 – Morost (40 min)
21.30–22.10 – Terminal Disease (40 min)
20.30–21.10 – Classified (40 min)
MENZA PRI KORITU
23.00–00.00 – Root A' Balluta (60 min)
21.40–22.40 – Metalsteel ??? (60 min)
20.20–21.20 – Chains (60 min)
JUTRI:
CHANNEL ZERO
23.20–00.20 – Cvinger (60 min)
22.20–23.00 – Mist (40 min)
21.20–22.00 – Sovrag (40 min)
20.20–21.00 – Woygn (40 min)
19.20–20.00 – Divine Illusion (40 min)
GROMKA
23.30–00.15 – Extreme Smoke 57 (45 min)
22.25–23.10 – Sarcasm (45 min)
21.25–22.05 – Einschlog (40 min)
20.30–21.05 – Shanti Nilaya (35 min)
19.30–20.10 – Brutart (40 min)
MENZA PRI KORITU
23.00–00.00 – SkyEye (60 min)
22.00–22.40 – Penitenziagite (40 min)
21.00–21.40 – Hellcrawler (40 min)
20.00–20.40 – Challenger (40 min)
19.00–19.40 – Smrt (40 min)
Ameriški death metalci Mutilation Barbecue so na portalu Metal Injection premierno predstavili komad Xenomorphic Organ Rearrangement s prihajajočega dolgometražnega prvenca Amalgamations of Gore. Album prinaša devet komadov:
Amalgamations of Gore/Skin Display
Hive Mind Homicide
Abortion Ambulance
Auto Anthropophagy
Xenomorphic Organ Rearrangement
Carcass Compost
Trampled Under 18 Wheels
Lady Next Door
Spontaneous Human Combustion