Mojstri stoner metala Orange Goblin predstavljajo drugi single Cemetary Rats s prihajajočega albuma Science, Not Fiction. Izid albuma je napovedan za 19. julij, izdala pa ga bo založba Peaceville Records. Komentar frontmana Bena Warda o novem singlu:

»You want Metal? You've got Metal! "Cemetery Rats" is an anthem for all the metalheads and rockers, the kids that society deems the 'weirdos and freaks'! Fuck society! This is a song for everyone that likes to hang out in the graveyard, listening to metal and loving life as the underdog! This is doom, thrash and punk all rolled into one, like the mighty Black Sabbath colliding with classic era-Celtic Frost and Discharge! We are the heavy metal underground, we are the CEMETARY RATS!«

Groove/death metalci Abyss Of Hel z videospotom za naslovni komad spominjajo na lanski prvenec Into the Abyss.

Purtugalski death/blackened thrash pankerji Spitgod so z videospotom za komad You Know It's Coming napovedali EP z naslovom Through Life 'till Death. Seznam pesmi:

Unwillingly Brought Into this World
March of the Dead
Nothing But the Will
Embrace Yourself
You Know It's Coming
Vile Evils

Nemška metalcore zasedba Neaera je z videospotom za pesem Pacifier napovedala svoj osmi dolgometražec All Is Dust. Ta bo izšel 28. junija pri Metal Blade Records, tracklista pa je taka:

Antidote to Faith
Pacifier
All Is Dust
Swords Unsheathed
Per Aspera
Edifier
In Vain
Render Fear Powerless
Dividers
Into the Hollow

Norveški power metalci Release The Titans bodo junija (natančen datum izdaje še ni znan) izdali prvenec z naslovom Odyssey. Pri tem gre za konceptualni album, ki bo prinesel deset pesmi:

Dawning of Man
World Ablaze
Exodus
Sole Survivor
God of War
Sea of Tranquility
Horizons Beyond
Cryosleep
Cygnys X1
Into the Unknown

Na izbrani spletni platformi lahko poslušate Into the Silence, tretji album italijanskih power metalcev Perseus.

Marca je odjeknila vest, da bodo Nemci Krater, ki ustvarjajo umazani black metal, maja izdali peti studijski album Phrenesis. Band zdaj predstavlja prvi single z naslovom Hopesmoker – Celestial Apex. Točni izid albuma je prek založbe Eisenwald napovedan za 31. maj, seznam komadov pa je tak:

Hopesmoker – Celestial Apex
Schattengeister
Withered Hands
Splitter
Enlightenment’s Grieving
Once – Into the Endless Void
Phrenesis

Kanadski black/death metalci Adversarial predstavljajo komad Merging Within the Destroyer, s katerim najavljajo tretji studijski album z naslovom Solitude with the Eternal. Ta bo izšel 31. maja pri založbi Dark Descent Records in obsega naslednje naslove:

Beware the Howling Darkness on Thine Left Shoulder
Hatred Kiln of Vengeance
Witness to the Eternal Light
Death is an Advisor in the Woods of the Devil
Crushed into the Kingdom of Darkness
Merging Within the Destroyer
Fanes at the Engur
Endless Maze of Blackest Dominion

Nemške heavy metal legende Accept niti približno ne počivajo. Tokrat predstavljajo videospot za skladbo The Reckoning s prihajajočega albuma Humanoid, ki izide 26. aprila pri Napalm Records. To bo njihov 18. studijski album po vrsti, obsega pa te naslove:

Diving into Sin
Humanoid
Frankenstein
Man Up
The Reckoning
Nobody Gets out Alive
Ravages of Time
Unbreakable
Mind Games
Straight up Jack
Southside of Hell

Psihedelični temačneži Lares bodo 12. aprila pri Argonauta Records izdali drugi celovečerec z naslovom Et In Arcadia Ego. Kaj pravi zasedba o prihajajoči izdaji, pa lahko preberete spodaj:

»The album is an accidental concept born from the first session we managed to play together after a long and frustrating break necessitated by lockdowns, band members in high risk categories, and mental illness. Without looking for it we found death, isolation, boredom, uncertainty, rage, and an energy that we decided instantly to try to capture and preserve as it was. No additives, no major editing. In the uncertainty of the times, we began to collect recording equipment, slowly transforming our rehearsal space into a recording studio. We developed a ritual of playing and replaying, without click, the whole 27 minutes, until we got better than close to the original, to the perfect simulacra. There is a bonus track included in the album called '10 Hygiea' that is part of the soundtrack of 'Music Appreciation', a short horror movie we collaborated with.«

Assimilator bodo 21. junija pri Horror Pain Gore Death Productions izdali nov EP Expelled Into Suffering. Na ploščku bodo ti štirje komadi:

Expelled into Suffering
Nocturnal Forge
Changeling
I Am

Po 13 letih se na sceno vračajo progresivni death metalci DÅÅTH. 3. maja bo pri Metal Blade Records izšel njihov novi studijski album The Deceiver. Zasedba je že objavila videospot za prvi single Hex Unending, na ploščku pa se bodo našli še ti naslovi:

No Rest No End
Hex Unending
Ascension
With Ill Desire
The Silent Foray
Unwelcome Return
Purified by Vengeance
Deserving of the Grave
Into Forgotten Dirt

Blackened death metalci Miruthan bodo 26. aprila izdali EP Cult Of The Dead. Na albumu bodo ti komadi:

Survived the Blast
At the Barricades
Into the Abyss
Land of the Damned

Ameriški ekstremni progresivni metalci Vintersea so objavili nov video za komad Devil's Churn. Komad je del aktualnega albuma Woven Into Ashes iz lanskega leta.

Gothic/doom metalci Drift Into Black, pri katerih bobna Klemen Markelj, bodo 28. junija izdali peti album Voices Beneath the Rubble. Ta bo izšel pri Black Lion Records in prinesel deset komadov:

The Horns of Despair
In Turmoil
The Great Machine
Voices Beneath the Rubble
Last Hope
Forever King
Blood Storm
What’s Left in the Fire
Turning of the Tide
December