Nemški progresivni death metalci Alkaloid sporočajo, da so se razšli s kitaristom Dannyjem Tunkerjem. Spodaj lahko preberete celotno izjavo banda:

»We are sad to announce that Danny Tunker left Alkaloid almost 2 years ago. After going through some profound personal tragedies which had little to do with the band, he decided to adjust course and step away to focus on other endeavours. There was no drama and we all support his decision.

After some time for reflection, we decided to make this new album with the four of us. There was plenty of material as always, and we are delighted to have one of Danny's songs on the album at least. It's one of our more insane tracks, and we look forward to sharing it with you all soon!

Danny will be sorely missed. We remain good friends, wish him the best of luck in his new incarnation, and of course hope to work together again in the future in whatever form.«

Ekstremneži Pestilence sporočajo, da jih je zapustil basist Joost van der Graaf. Zasedba trenutno še išče njegovo zamenjavo, spodaj pa si lahko preberete celotno izjavo banda in Joosta.

»First off: family comes first, always!! Too bad this day had to come, because we were a very solid team and we will surely miss our good friend Joost van der Graaf. We respect his decision to spend more time with his family. Awesome he is offering to fill in from time to time, if needed.

Angleški metal band Our Last Goodbye iz Walesa je objavil video za single Narcissist s prihajajočega EP-ja Aftershock.

Organizatorji legendarnega festivala Bang Your Head sporočajo, da se je ta za vedno poslovil. Več podrobnosti lahko preberete v izjavi organizatorja:

THAT WAS IT! Hello friends, it is with a heavy heart that we are writing these lines. But there is no other way. We really gave and did everything we could to finally catch up with celebrating the big BANG YOU HEAD!!! anniversary in 2023, and eagerly anticipated this summer like no other. But: We alone, unfortunately, did not have control over creating the circumstances needed to set up an event of this caliber with the requirement to quality connected to the name BANG YOUR HEAD!!! and actually make it happen. A lot changed in the past three years and not a lot of it was and is good. All in all, it can and must be said: The whole scene changed, and the preconditions for organizing an open-air event in Balingen are completely different in 2023 than they were in 2019 – also from an economic perspective. All in all, we thus come to the conclusion, even if it is incredibly sad, that there are too many factors and forces working against us, and pushing through to organize an event at any cost would cause more losses for us and others involved than putting an end to it now. And this is how it is now: The BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 2023 can and will NOT take place. Due to the abovementioned reasons which we can’t describe in further detail due to reasons that are hopefully understandable, there is no viable path that we can take responsibility for aside from calling off the big anniversary party in Balingen. We hope for your understanding and thank everybody from the bottom of our hearts that supported us, believed in us, and kept their tickets or even bought new ones. Especially for you we tried everything to finally raise the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! flag again over the Swabian Alb, but it seems like it was not meant to be. And to make sure to avoid any potential misunderstandings: There will be no more BANG YOUR HEAD!!! festivals in the future. This was it. Because we know that many of you waited for the BYH!!! this year with immense anticipation, we intensely tried to come up with a way to marginally make up for the cancellation of the event. So, we had an idea for a ticket exchange to the ROCK OF AGES festival 2023 which you can read up on in the detailed statement on www.bang-your-head.de. Of course, we will also reimburse the purchasing price to everybody who would like to return their tickets – irrespective of which of the past years the tickets for 2023 were purchased. We will inform you about the detailed process shortly through our channels. We want to thank you once again for your support at all 24 festivals and we would be thrilled to greet you as part of the LOYAL ONES in Seebronn on 28th June! Stay heavy! Horst and the BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-Team

Ob 45. obletnici delovanja bodo Girlschool, kraljice britanskega hard rocka, izdale svoj novi studijski album WTFortyfive? Na ploščku, ki bo izšel 28. julija, bo 12. komadov:

It Is What It Is
Cold Dark Heart
Bump In The Night
Barmy Army
Invisible Killer
Believing In You
It's A Mess
Into The Night
Are You Ready?
Up To No Good
Party
Born To Raise Hell

Hard rock/heavy metal zasedba Danava je tik pred izidom novega albuma Nothing But Nothing predstavila še videospot za single Let The Good Times Kill. Omenjeni plošček bo izšel 28. aprila.

Blaze Bayley, nekdanji vokalist zasedbe Iron Maiden, je prejšnjo soboto doživel srčni infarkt in bil zaradi tega hospitaliziran. Njegovo stanje je že stabilno, žal pa je zaradi tega moral odpovedati turnejo. Več lahko preberete v uradni izjavi:

»We sincerely regret to announce that Blaze had a heart attack at home yesterday evening & is now in hospital in a stable condition, awaiting news of further surgery/treatment. He is in good spirits in the circumstances but utterly disappointed to have to postpone our imminent shows due in March & April. Ticket refunds will be available at source but we truly hope you will keep your tickets & make it to the new dates which we will be announcing as soon as they are scheduled.

Regarding shows already booked for June-November this year, we understandably have to wait a short while to see how quick Blaze’s recovery will be, so please stay tuned & meanwhile most importantly we're sure you will join us in wishing him a complete & speedy recovery.

Blaze misses you, cannot wait to regain full health & see you all again.

Every Storm Ends… ‘your heart will heal’

Thank you so much everyone for your understanding & support.

Mark Appleton & Christopher Appleton (management / bookings)«

Ameriški rockerji Buckcherry iz Kalifornije bodo 2. junija pri Roundhill Records/Earache Records izdali nov album z naslovom Vol.10. Trenutno v posluh ponujajo nov komad Good Time, ki mu lahko prisluhnete spodaj.

Ameriški sludge/doom metalci Radian so posneli videospot za pesem They Look Like Good Strong Hands, ki je na aktualnem EP-ju Discordian.

Hard rock/heavy metal band Danava predstavlja single Let The Good Times Kill s prihajajočega albuma Nothing but Nothing, ki bo izšel 28. aprila pri založbah Tee Pee Records in Headsplit Records.

Megadeth so tudi uradno predstavili priredbo komada Delivering The Goods od Judas Priest. Komad je namreč izšel že novembra lani, vendar ekskluzivno samo na Amazonu.

Nemški brutalni death metalci Bloodjob so razkrili komad Nano Based Inconsistency s prihajajočega EP-ja z naslovom Metastasis, ki bo izšel 10. marca pri Lethal Scissor Records. Celoten seznam pesmi je takšen:

Cancerous Growth
Nano-based Inconsistency
All for the Good
Basement Breed
Drowning in Defecation

Tygers Of Pan Tang bodo 5. maja izdali album Bloodlines, ki bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Edge Of The World
In My Blood
Fire On The Horizon
Light Of Hope
Back For Good
Taste Of Love
Kiss The Sky
Believe
A New Heartbeat
Making All The Rules

Ameriški heavy metalci Mortalus so razkrili single The FiXX, s čimer sta znana že dva komada s prihajajočega drugega albuma We Are Human. Oba lahko preverite spodaj. Mortalus so:

Michelle Gann – vokal in kitara
Bryan Bedgood – bas in kitara
Patrick Mahoney – bobni

Princ teme Ozzy Osbourne sporoča, da je zaradi zdravstvenih težav primoran odpovedati evropsko turnejo. S tem se verjetno tudi za vedno poslavlja od koncertnih/festivalskih odrov. Več si lahko preberete v spodnjem sporočilu: