Britanski blackened sludge trio Tigguo Cobauc je objavil nov single The Darkest Emperor. Njihov novi album A Fountain Of Anguish Is Done bo izšel 26. aprila pri Fetzner Death Records.

Kalifornijski tehnični death metalci The Last of Lucy so posneli videospot za komad Empyreal Banisher s tretjega studijskega albuma Godform, ki ga bo 17. maja izdala založba Transcending Obscurity Records. Album obsega naslednje naslove:

Wormhole
Empyreal Banisher
Twin Flame
Shedim Seance
Sanguinary Solace
Sentinel Codex
Darkest Night of the Soul
Angelic Gateway
Anima Flux
Godform

Black metal zasedba Darkestrah iz Kirgizistana predstavlja najnovejši komad Nomad s prihajajočega istoimenskega albuma. Izid albuma je napovedan za 29. marec, izdala pa ga bo založba Osmose Productions.

Nemška heavy metal zasedba Attic je objavila videospot za pesem Darkest Rites s prihajajočega albuma Return of the Witchfinder, ki izide 21. marca pri Ván Records in prinaša te komade:

The Covenant
Darkest Rites
Hailstorm and Tempest
The Thief's Candle
Return of the Witchfinder
Offerings to Baalberith
Azrael
Up in the Castle
The Baleful Baron
Synodus Horrenda

Ameriški melodični deathcore death metalci Darkest Hour so objavili video za komad Societal Bile s prihajajočega albuma Perpetual Terminal, katerega izid je napovedan za 23. februar pri MNRK Heavy.

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!«

Finski melodični death metalci Beyond The Hate predstavljajo komad Alone I Die, ki je drugi single s prihajajočega prvenca Darkest Times. Za komad je band posnel tudi video, album pa izide 4. marca naslednje leto pri Inverse Records in bo zajemal naslednje skladbe:

Sign Of Weakness
Alone I Die
The Lighthouse
Black Within (feat. Katri Hiovain-Asikainen)
The Plague Upon Us
Left Behind
Dark Is The Sky
Dead Ones
Stranger in Me
Times of Misery
The Last Moments
In Memoriam (feat. Jaakko Mäntymaa)

Pri Darkness Shall Rise Productions bodo 31. januarja na kaseti izdali celotno diskografijo nemške black metal zasedbe Katharsis. Komplet osmih kaset obsega te izdaje:

Terror, Storm and Darkest Arts
Into Endless Chaos
The Red Eye of Wrath
666
Kruzifixxion
VVorldVVithoutEnd
Fourth Reich
Watchtowers Of Darkness

Prednaročila so že na voljo.

Kot smo že poročali, so to poletje melodičarji Darkest Hour podpisali z MNRK Heavy, zdaj pa so znane tudi podrobnosti izida desetega studijskega albuma. Ta bo izšel 23. februarja in bo nosil naslov Perpetual Terminal. Video za naslovno skladbo si lahko ogledate spodaj.

Norveški black metal veljaki Satyricon so nova večja potrditev festivala Brutal Assault 2024.

Poleg Norvežanov je organizator najavil še The Black Dahlia Murder, Broken Hope, Party Cannon, Skeletal Remains, Lik, Snet, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Mental Cruelty, Guilt Trip, Čad, Evil Invaders in Kampfar.

Nemški atmosferični temačneži Sarlic Bliss in Gogo Melone so posneli video za Departed Grace s prihajajočega prvenca Brægn Hæft, ki izide 2. novembra pri MDD Records. Tracklista:

Darkest Desire
Lust
Flotian Swefn
The Truth Within
Invidia
Departed Grace (feat. Gogo Melone)

Ameriški melodičarji Darkest Hour so se pridružili ekipi MNRK Heavy, pri kateri bo prihodnje leto izšel njihov deseti studijski album.

Španski speed/black/thrash metalci Körgull The Exterminator bodo 1. avgusta pri Xtreem Music izdali svoj novi studijski album Built To Kill. Gre za njihovo šesto izdajo, na kateri bodo sledeči komadi:

The Devil's Sea
Existential Risk
The Nine Circles of Hell
Built to Kill
In the Darkest of Times
Exterminator
Night of the Devil
Death to Human Race
Ritual Suicide
Count Estruch

Melanholični doom metalci Shores of Null so posneli videospot za pesem My Darkest Years s svojega prihajajočega četrtega albuma The Loss of Beauty.

Nizozemski melodični progresivci Myth Of Origin bodo 27. januarja v samozaložbi izdali svoj debitantski album Sane Asylum. Tracklista:

Sane Asylum
Black Horizon
In My Darkest Hour
Gravity Of This Matter
Over The Edge
The Hunt
Screams in my Castle
Claim the Firstborn
The Void