Ameriški deathcorovci Signs of the Swarm predstavljajo videospot za skladbo Borrowed Time s prihajajočega albuma Amongst the Low & Empty, ki ga bo 28. julija izdala založba Century Media. Album prinaša enajst skladb:

Amongst the Low & Empty
Tower of Torsos
Pray for Death
Borrowed Time
Between Fire & Stone
Shackles Like Talons
Dreamkiller
The Witch Beckons
Echelon
Faces Without Names
Malady

Band lahko v živo ujamete 8. novembra v Orto Baru skupaj z Veil Of Maya, Varials in To The Grave.

Švedsko-nizozemska black metal naveza In Aphelion predstavlja videospot za skladbo A Winter Moon's Gleam s prihajajočega albuma Reaperdawn, ki bo izšel 9. avgusta pri založbi Century Media. Tracklista:

The Fields in Nadir
A Winter Moon's Gleam
When All Stellar Light Is Lost
The Darkening
They Fell Under Blackened Skies
Further from the Sun
Reaperdawn
Aghori

Teksaški death/doom metalci Void Witch so razkrili naslovno pesem prihajajočega prvenca Horripilating Presence, ki ga bo 26. julija izdala založba Everlasting Spew Records. Tracklista:

Grave Mistake
Second Demon
Malevolent Demiurge
Supernova of Brain and Bone
Thousand-Eyed Stalactite
Horripilating Presence

Power metal ikone Hammerfall predstavljajo nov single s prihajajočega albuma Avenge The Fallen. Za komad The End Justifies je band posnel tudi video, ki ga najdete spodaj, album pa izide 9. avgusta pri založbi Nuclear Blast.

Belgijski doom/death metalci Marche Funèbre so podpisali za založbo Ardua Music, pri kateri so že tudi izdali single In a Haze, ki ga lahko preverite spodaj.

Grymheart so izdali videospot za komad Army from the Graves z aktualnega albuma Hellish Hunt.

Ameriški heavy progresivni power metalci Witherfall so prejšnji petek pri založbi DeathWave Records izdali četrti dolgometražec Sounds of the Forgotten. Za naslovni komad so posneli tudi video.

Kanadske heavy metalke Kittie bodo 21. junija pri Sumerian Records izdale nov album Fire. Z njega že ponujajo v posluh video za skladbo One Foot in the Grave.

Organizatorji letošnje edicije festivala Heretic Feast sporočajo, da se ta iz Kutine seli v Zagreb, natančneje v klub Boogaloo, kjer se bo 21. in 22. junija odvijal festival ekstremne glasbe. Poleg menjave lokacije pa je znan tudi razpored zasedb po dnevih:

PETEK:
Asagraum
Wayfarer
Kolac
Dreadnought
Bezdan
Zlobnik

SOBOTA:
Srd
Naurrakar
Infernal Tenebra
Attitudes to Human Extinction
Gore Thrower
Dickless Tracy
Malediction
Defiant

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Več kot leto dni so Švicarji Eluveitie potrebovali, da so našli zamenjavo za violinistko Nicole Ansperger, ki je band lani zapustila zaradi osebnih razlogov. Iskanja torej ni več, saj je nova violinistka postala Lea-Sophie Fischer.

»Hey everybody – we’re excited to finally lift the curtain! Ever since Nicole Ansperger decided to step short and leave Eluveitie for personal reasons and to shift her focus, more than a year ago, it obviously wasn't an easy task to find somebody to fill that gap.

And so we are really happy and thankful to finally announce Lea-Sophie Fischer as Eluveitie's new violinist! Please welcome her to the Elu family! Some of us have been friends with Sophie for many years already and over time our musical paths crossed quite a few times. After Nicole's departure Sophie helped us out on the stages of the festivals and open airs. And of course we were as glad as we were proud to get support from such an incredible musician. While we grew together as a group, things became very clear and the time's just the right one to join forces for good!«

Založba Debemur Morti Productions ponuja v posluh Raw Blood Singing, četrti album inštrumentalnega psihedeličnega doom/drone dvojca Insect Ark. Pod tem imenom ustvarja glasbo Dana Schechter (Swans), na tem albumu pa se ji je pridružil bobnar Tim Wyskida (Khanate, Bling Idiot God). Album bo sicer uradno izšel v petek 7. junija in obsega te komade:

Birth of a Black Diamond
The Frozen Lake
Youth Body Swayed
Cleaven Hearted
The Hands
Psychological Jackal
Inverted Whirlpool
Ascension

Power metal veterani Brainstorm se oglašajo iz studia, kjer pripravljajo material za 14. studijski album, ki bo nasledil leta 2021 izdani plošček Wall of Skulls.

»Hi Brainiacs, here comes your Sunday-evening-feel-good post with great news directly from the Brainstorm camp – we have started recordings for the new Brainstorm album! Mille and Todde are already totally in recording mood and send first greetings from the studio. Stay tuned for all the recording stories and of course more album details. We are on the road to Brainstorm album #14! Let's do this, start the madness – start the fire!«

Ameriški metalci SD17 so posneli videospot za single Defiance. SD17 so: Mike Solma, Tim Haverman, Melody Schoenfeld, Lanny Garcia in Mick Townsend.

Enočlanska finska melodična death metal zasedba Shade Of Sorrow, za katero v celoti skrbi Mika Kankainen, bo 28. junija pri M-Theory Audio izdala prvenec z naslovom Upon the Fields of Grief. Album prinaša deset pesmi:

No Return
Blackheart
Sorrowforger
Grave Digger
Blame
Fabricated Hope
Meteor
For the Pain I Belong
Fields of Grief
Teralehdet

Norveški black metalci Kirkebrann bodo 28. junija na vinilu, CD-ju in digitalno izdali album Mot trellenes forfall… To bo drugi dolgometražni album Norvežanov, ki pa prinaša te komade:

Offer
En slaves frihet
Englemaker
Manifest by Murder
Tårer av sand, et liv i grus
Malstrøm
Nattevred
Den som hater (CD version bonus track)
Parasittenes planet
Vandringa
Narkose psykose
Jakten på visdom
Vi går med stormskritt…