Tilen Hudrap je zapustil nemško zasedbo U.D.O. Tukaj je njegova izjava, ki jo je minuli petek objavil na svojem Facebook profilu:

»I want to inform you that I decided to leave the U. D. O band on my own accord. This is completely my decision, I came to it after weeks of careful consideration. After 4 albums (2 studio albums and 1 live album/DVD and studio compilation) and worldwide live tours and performances with both U. D. O and Dirkschneider I decided that it's time for me to pursue other interests in the metal world. Thanks to all the fans all over the world for the massive support and good luck to the band on all future endeavors! There is SO much more to come!«

Venomous Concept bodo konec februarja prihodnje leto izdali album z naslovom The Good Ship Lollipop, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

The Good Ship Lollipop
Timeline
Slack Jaw
Pig
Clinical
Fractured
Voices
So Sick
Flowers Bloom
The Humble Crow
Can’t Lose
Everything is Endlessness
Life’s Winter

The Erinyes predstavlajo besedilni video za skladbo My Kiss Goodbye s svežega samonaslovljenega prvenca.

Tovarna umetnih bandovZaložba Frontiers Music bo sredi septembra izdala samonaslovljeni debitantski album skupine The Erinyes, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

Life Needs Love
Drown The Flame
On My Way To Love
Betrayed
Death By A Broken Heart
Where Do We Go
It’s Time
Someday
My Kiss Goodbye
Paradise
Take Me
You And Me Against The World

Band sestavljajo tri vokalistke - Justine Daaé (Elyose), Nicoletta Rosellini (Kalidia, Walk in Darkness) in Mizuho Lin (Semblant), kitarist Aldo Lonobile (Sacret Sphere), basist Andrea Buratto (Sacred Sphere), bobnar Michele Sanna (Sunstorm, Coma) in klaviaturist Antonio Agate (ex-Secret Sphere).

Madrost bodo oktobra izdali koncertni album z naslovom Lost Lives Vol. 1, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

Desecrator
Aggressive Nihilism
Crypt Keeper
Good Ol' Fashioned Violence
Zombie Grinder
Under the Hammer

Floridski sludge metalci Ether Coven so pretekli petek pri založbi Good Fight Music izdali četrti studijski album The Relationship Between the Hammer and the Nail, ki ga lahko preverite na Bandcampu.

Gotičarji Moonspell pripravljajo live album z naslovom From Down Below - Live 80 Meters Deep, ki bo izšel 30. septembra pri Napalm Records. Tracklista:

The Greater Good
Common Prayers
All or Nothing
Hermitage
Entitlement
Solitarian
The Hermit Saints
Apophthegmata
Without Rule
The Great Leap Forward

Ameriški glam metalci Wildstreet in Todd Long (Ghosts of Sunset) so objavili besedilni video za single Say Goodbye.

Švedski death metalci Ribspreader bodo konec meseca izdali svoj deveti album z naslovom Crypt World. Ta bo izšel na CD-ju, vinilu (100 oranžnih in 150 črnih kopij) in kaseti (50 kopij) ter bo obsegal devet komadov:

The Dead and the Rotten
Cold Skeletal Grip
Plague Apocalypse
The Bone Church
Slasher's Night Out
Into the Morbid Pits
Good Hatchet Fun
Maggot Storm
Nocturnal Sanguinator

Prednaročila so možna tukaj.

All star projekt Cleanbreak bo 8. julija pri založbi Frontiers Music izdal prvenec z naslovom Coming Home, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

Coming Home
Before The Fall
Dying Breed
We Are The Warriors
Dream Forever
The Man Of Older Soul
Still Fighting
The Pain Of Goodbye
Cleanbreak
Find My Way
No Other Hearts

James Durbin (ex-Quet Riot), kitarist Mike Flyntz (Riot V), basist Perry Richardson (Stryper) in bobnar Robert Sweet (Perry Richardson) so že objavili video za naslovni komad.

Veterani Def Leppard pred izidom najnoveše plošče predstavljajo še drugi single Take What You Want, ki mu lahko prisluhnete spodaj. Album Diamond Star Halos bo izšel 27. maja pri založbi UMe in bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Take What You Want
Kick
Fire It Up
This Guitar (feat. Alison Krauss]
Sos Emergency
Liquid Dust
U Rok Mi
Goodbye For Good This Time
All We Need
Open Your Eyes
Gimme A Kiss
Angels (Can't Help You Now)
Lifeless (feat. Alison Krauss)
Unbreakable
From Here To Eternity

Nemški heavy metalci Böllverk predstavljajo besedilni video za skladbo The 7th No (IS A K.O.). Komad boste našli na njihovem prvencu Heading For The Crown, ki bo izšel 22. aprila v samozaložbi in bo vseboval naslednje skladbe:

Ask The Angel, Listen To The Devil
Let's Ride Till Dawn
Good Morning Rock'n'Roll
Heading For The Crown
The 7th No (IS A KO)
Master Of Thunder
Live Fast
Next Level Of Service
Someday We Will Die

Enočlanska atmospheric doom/death metal zasedba Rise to the Sky napoveduje album Every Day, a Funeral. Ta bo izšel 6. maja pri Meuse Music Records, sedem pesmi pa naj bi nagovorilo ljubitelje zasedb, kot so Officium Triste, Shape Of Despair, Saturnus ali Novembers Doom:

Every Day, a Funeral
It's the End
Just Say Goodbye
Abandoned
Sadness Cries in the Silent Sky
I Can See You When I Dream
Epilogue

Bobne za ta album je posnel Emidio Alexandre Ramos (Adamantine, Colosso, Dark Oath).

Založba Global Rock Records bo 6. maja izdala antologijo skupine Lillian Axe z naslovom Psalms For Eternity, ki na treh CD-jih prinaša naslednje komade:

CD1:
Death Comes Tomorrow
47 Ways To Die
Jesus Wept
Waters Rising
Death Valley Daze
Crucified
True Believer
Show A Little Love
Misery Loves Company
Angel Among Us

CD2:
The Great Divine
Under The Same Moon
Nocturnal Symphony
I Have To Die, Goodbye
Twilight In Hell
Stop The Hate
Living In The Grey
All’s Fair In Love And War
Waiting In The Dark
Perfect Blue

CD3:
Bow Your Head
Deep Red Shadows
Sad Day On Planet Earth
Fields Of Yesterday
When It Rains
The Needle Of Your Pain
See You Someday
Ghost Of Winter
Nobody Knows
The Weeping Moon

Vokalist Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Lords Of Black, Sunstorm, The Ferrymen) bo 15. aprila pri založbi Frontiers Records izdal album priredb z naslovom Raised On Radio, ki prinaša naslednje skladbe:

Sin's A Good Man's Brother (Grand Funk Railroad)
Backstreet Love Affair (Survivor)
No Smoke Without a Fire (Bad Company)
I Was Born To Love You (Queen)
Play The Game Tonight (Kansas)
Carolina County Ball (Elf)
Girl On The Moon (Foreigner)
Gypsy (Uriah Heep)
Voices (Russ Ballard)
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)

Band dopolnjujejo kitarist Srđan Branković (Alogia, Psychoparadox ...), basist Javi Garcia, bobnar Andy C. (ex-Lords of Black, ex-Dark Moor ...) in klaviaturist Alessandro Del Vecchio (Jorn, Edge of Forever ...), ki je poskrbel tudi za produkcijo, miks in mastering. Spodaj si že lahko ogledate video za komad No Smoke Without a Fire (v originalu Bad Company).