Norveška black metal zasedba Mork, katere ustanovitelj in vodja je Thomas Eriksen, sporoča, da je ostala brez basista Roba Saxa. Zamenjava še ni znana, spodaj pa si lahko preberete izjavo banda:

Po treh letih se na sceno vrača black metal zasedba Dödsrit. 22. marca bodo namreč izdali nov studijski album Nocturnal Will, prvi single Nocturnal Fire pa že lahko poslušate tukaj.

Progresivni death metal duet Iapetus sporoča, da je podpisal pogodbo z založbo Willowtip Records. Band je trenutno v fazi priprave materiala za tretji album, spodaj pa lahko preberete izjavo banda ob začetku sodelovanja z novo založbo:

»We are honored, humbled, and thrilled to announce our partnership with Willowtip Records - to join their incomparable roster, both past and present, and to stand alongside so many incredible bands that we have long admired both as fans and peers.Willowtip is and has always been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of metal - to championing the off-beat and the unfamiliar - and so we feel resolutely at home beneath their legendary, ever-innovative banner. This partnership is, for us - and in so many ways - a perfect fit. We could not be more excited for the endeavors ahead.

Writing for our next album has been ongoing for years, and is still well underway - while it's still too far-off for specific details, we can promise that it will be our darkest record yet - an 80+ minute conceptual rumination on hopelessness, mortality, and meaning in an uncaring cosmos. More news will become available as the album progresses.

And, as always, our unending gratitude for the continual support of our fans across the globe - if you haven't already, check out some of our new, outstanding labelmates - An Abstract Illusion, Countless Skies, Hath, Slugdge, The Anchoret, and more!

Cheers, and Happy New Year!«

Ukrajinski death metalci Schizogen bodo prihodnje leto pri Willowtip Records izdali nov, zaenkrat še neimenovan studijski album. Te dni so predstavili prvi nov single Out Of The Light.

Tehnična melodeath metal zasedba Cognizance iz Leedsa je posnela videospot za skladbo Shadowgraph. Gre za drugi single s prihajajočega albuma Phantazein, ki izide 21. januarja pri Willowtip Records.

Švedska progresivna death metal zasedba Carnosus sporoča, da je sklenila sodelovanje z Willowtip Records. Poleg naznanitve nove založbe band še sporoča, da bo kmalu začel z delom na tretjem albumu:

»As the year ends we are buckling up and getting ready to record our third album. We are happy to announce that this time we are working with Willowtip Records and joining their roster of amazing bands!

Expect more ‘Visions’ as we venture into our third installment, with tales of the vicious majesty and the world it lives in. This project comes with some of our finest riffs to date and is a bit more progressive than our last album. We will, once again, team up with the trustworthy and excellent producer Robert Kukla at Obsidian Recording Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. We are beyond stoked to let this material come to life, and we hit the studio early 2024! Giddy up!«

Brazilske legende Sepultura so konec prejšnjega tedna nepričakovano sporočile, da se po 40 letih delovanja poslavljajo. Pred upokojitvijo se bo band odpravil še na daljšo turnejo okrog sveta. V Evropo naj bi se podali konec oktobra, datume turneje pa najdete na priloženi sliki. Krajšo izjavo banda lahko preberete spodaj:

»Sepultura has reached the end of the road and has chosen to depart via a conscious and planned death.

Throughout the next 18 months we will celebrate 40 years of existence together along with our loyal fans on a farewell tour across the entire globe.

It will be a celebration of the past and the present for one final time.«

Nemški alternativni metalci Emil Bulls so predstavili naslovni komad svojega prihajajočega albuma Love Will Fix It, ki bo pri Arising Empire izšel 12. januarja.

Ameriški avantgardneži Theophonos so pripravili videospot za komad No Reprieve s svojega drugega studijskega albuma Ashes in the Huron River, ki ga bodo 9. februarja naslednje leto izdali pri založbi Profound Lore. Tracklista:

The Built World
No Reprieve
Curse Envy
Willing Power
Grid of Sorrows
An Elegy
Ashes in the Huron River
Empty Gardens
Still You Haunt Me
As Long as Forever

Witherfall iz Los Angelesa po nedavno objavljenem komadu Insidious zdaj predstavljajo že drugi single Ceremony Of Fire s prihajajočega albuma Sounds Of The Forgotten. Izšel bo 31. maja, tracklista pa je sledeča:

They Will Let You Down
Where Do I Begin
A Lonely Path
Insidious
Ceremony Of Fire
Sounds Of The Forgotten
Aftermath
When It All Falls Away
Opulent
What Have You Done?

Rusko-norveški tehnični death metalci Defect Designer predstavljajo komad We Will Need Your Chitin s prihajajočega albuma Chitin, ki naj bi ga kmalu izdala založba Transcending Obscurity Records. Naslovnico je tudi tokrat naslikal Ian Miller (Ulthar).

Člani Defect Designer so:

Dmitry Sukhinin (Diskord): kitara, vokal, glasba, besedila
Martin Storm-Olsen: bas, vokal, besedila, zvočna produkcija
Eugene Ryabchenko (Fleshgod Apocalypse): bobni

Ameriška deathcore zasedba Whitechapel bo naslednje leto izdala live plošček z naslovom Live in the Valley. Tracklista:

When a Demon Defiles a Witch
Forgiveness Is Weakness
Brimstone
Hickory Creek
Black Bear
Doom Woods
I Will Find You
A Bloodsoaked Symphony
Anticure
Lost Boy
Orphan
This Is Exile
The Saw Is the Law

Nemški power metal veljaki Freedom Call se trenutno nahajajo v Soundart Recording Studio, kjer poteka snemanje njihovega enajstega studijskega albuma. Več podrobnosti sledi kmalu, spodaj pa lahko preberete izjavo banda iz studia:

»Hello to everyone from Freedom Call and big cheers from the Soundart Recording Studio. The recordings for their new studio album have started. Fantastic work of Ramy Ali - drums - (artist page) on the drums & Alexander Lysiakov on the sound machine. More infos will be revealed soon!«

Ameriški death metalci Vitriol so objavili videospot za komad The Flowers of Sadism s svojega drugega albuma Suffer & Become, ki bo izšel 26. januarja naslednje leto pri založbi Century Media Records in obsega naslednje naslove:

Shame and Its Afterbirth
The Flowers of Sadism
Nursing from the Mother Wound
The Isolating Lie of Learning Another
Survival’s Careening Inertia
Weaponized Loss
Flood of Predation
Locked in Thine Frothing Wisdom
I Am Every Enemy
He Will Fight Savagely

Angleški tehnični death metalci Cognizance bodo 21. januarja pri Willowtip Records izdali svoj tretji dolgometražni album Phantazein. Tracklista:

Ceremonial Vigour
A Brain Dead Memoir
Chiselled in Stone
Introspection
Futureless Horizon
The Towering Monument
Alferov
Shock Heuristics
Broadcast of the Gods
In Verses Unspoken
Shadowgraph