Irsko-islandska black metal zasedba Slidhr se je vrnila k založbi Debemur Morti Productions, kjer je točno pred desetimi leti, se pravi 24. maja 2013, izdala prvenec Deluge. Nov plošček bo nosil naslov White Hart! in bo nasledil drugi album The Futile Fires of Man iz leta 2018. Več informacij sledi.

Zasedba The Dead Daisies je sodeč po nedavni objavi na družbenih omrežjih ponovno rahlo prevetrila svojo postavo. Ustanovnemu članu/kitaristu Davidu Lowyu, kitaristu Dougu Aldrichu in bobnarju Brianu Tichyu se je pridružil nekdanji basist zasedbe Whitesnake Michael Devin, h gospodom pa se očitno vrača tudi vokalist John Corabi. Ta je bil del zasedbe med letoma 2015 in 2019.

Avstrijski progresivni post metal rockerji Hills Like White Lions bodo 2. junija izdali svoj drugi dolgometražec Meander. Tracklista:

Meander, Pt. I: Coral
Meander, Pt. II: Maelstrom
Meander, Pt. III: Acedia
Meander, Pt. IV: Black Tide
Meander, Pt. V: Cataract
Meander, Pt. VI: Nihil
0Meander, Pt. VII: Mondgrau

Italijansko simfonični power metalci Winterage napovedujejo izid tretjega dolgometražca Nekyia. Album naj bi izšel 7. julija pri založbi Scarlet Records in bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Apertio Ad Profundum
Simurgh The Firebird
The Cult Of Hecate
Numen
Nekyia
La Fonte d’Essenza
Dark Enchantment
White Leviathan
Metamorphosis, A Macabre Ritual
Resurrectio Ad Mundum

Ameriški deathcorovci Whitechapel so objavili video za komad I Will Find You z aktualnega albuma Kin.

Italijanski heavy metalci Tarchon Fist bodo 28. aprila izdali peti studijski album. The Flame Still Burns prinaša naslednje komade:

The Flame Still Burns
Lens of Life
Wolfpack
Soldiers in White
9/11
Ireland Rebels
Always Alone
Escape
The Man
So, Thank You All
The Legend of Rainbow Warriors

Po tem, ko so pred kratkim turnejo odpovedali White Ward, je ista usoda doletela blackened death metalce 1914 iz Ukrajine. Upamo, da se stvari umirijo in nas bo zasedba lahko obiskala letos poleti na festivalu Črna Loka. Sledi bandova izjava za medije:

»Many of you could have been noticing a recent wave of European tours cancellations by UA bands. Unfortunately, 1914 is not an exception here. With heavy hearts we must inform you that we cannot play for our fans this April and have to cancel our upcoming tour.

Just to make it clear, it is still a 'wartime' on the territory of our land, and this specific time makes it impossible to leave the borders by the men of a conscript age. How could we travel last year? It was possible to get a special permission from the state authorities for the artists to leave the country and do shows and other activities in order to aid the country and spead the truth about unprovoked and brutal war started by russia. There were some irresponsible people who used such permissions to leave the country and never come back, and after it became public and went through a media - the state authorities stopped granting the special permissions for the artists by artificially overcomplicating the process of getting all the necessary documents, by enlarging the list of the documents and making it impossible for bands to obtain what is needed. This affected a lot of different bands in UA.

Last couple of weeks for us were in a constant fight with that new stupid system trying to show that we had a positive experience of returning back home after foreign tours, trying to display the value of such tours for our country benefit, but no matter how hard we tried - we couldn't break that system and it made impossible for us to go and play this time. We want to apologize to our fans, other bands, promoters, but currently we are powerless here. We will work hard to be able to get to our other shows this year, maybe the ice will melt and we will see some easement in the future, but currently we just did everything we could.

Міністерство культури та інформаційної політики України - Thank you for nothing!«

Pretekli petek so finski doom/death metalci Marianas Rest izdali svoj četrti studijski album Auer, ki so ga malo pred izidom pospremili z videospotom za skladbo Light Reveals Our Wounds. Auer obsega naslednje naslove:

Auer
Diseased
Light Reveals Our Wounds
White Cradle
The Ground Still Burns
Fear Travels Fast
The Hanging Blade
Sirens

Ukrajinska post/black metal zasedba White Ward je bila zaradi situacije v Ukrajini žal primorana odpovedati vse načrtovane nastope in turneje. Spodaj lahko preberete izjavo banda:

»Dear friends,

With a heavy heart, we need to inform you that our April tour is canceled. Last 2 weeks we fought for the fate of the tour. We tried all the possible ways, but the system proved to be stronger.

So, let's make it clear about what happened and about the reasons for the cancellation.

Right now “wartime” restrictions are applied in Ukraine, and they include limitations for men in ages 18-60 to cross the border, because it is a range when men are available for military service. So, there is a need to get special permission from state authorities to travel out of Ukraine. During the year 2022 the Ministry Of Culture helped Ukrainian musicians and different artists and assisted in acquiring such permits (for a limited time) and that is why we, and many other bands, were able to play in Europe last year.

But a working algorithm that allows to control the “way back” was not created and responsibilities related to the violations of the permission terms - were nowhere written. And that is why some impudent people just used this opportunity to run out of Ukraine and decided not to come back. Very few cases are known, but after the last one, which raised a lot of noise and dissatisfaction in the media, the Ministry Of Culture decided to implement immediate changes and new rules, even for artists who have already sent a request for permit weeks before an accident - we have sent such request on February, 20th. That is the reason why many Ukrainian bands like Schizogen, Bezlad, The Hypnotunez, Kazka, and many more have already canceled or almost canceled their tours. Some bands were affected when they were already at the border and shows should take place the next day, but due to new rules, they were not allowed to leave Ukraine!

The new rules suppose some additional documents to a request. In our case, every member of the band has his own difficulties in acquiring that, even with an immediate start - there is no guarantee that the process will be successful and accomplished in time. Also, that is anyway not a guarantee that the request will be approved - our colleagues` request was refused even with all the requested documents. So, we just can't get this permission and it is over.

We have tried everything, and the media noise was our last hope. But it hasn’t worked, unfortunately. Months of work, preparations, money - all this is now in vain.
We sincerely apologize to our fans, promoters, and everyone who helped us with this tour. We hope that one day we will make this tour real, and you will wait for us. We will still try to figure something out before Hellfest and August festivals, but no new tour announcements till the end of the war will be made.

But, the one and only responsible for this is russia. They broke everything by invading our country, killing our children, bombing our cities, destroying our culture, and applying all fascist methods to destroy us and we will never forget what they DID and are still DOING!«

Galicijski black metal dvojec Ara Solis predstavlja samonaslovljeni komad s prihajajočega prvenca Ashvatta, ki bo 19. maja izšel pri Iron BoneHead Productions.

Drugače kot napovedano je darkjazz/eksperimentalni black metal projekt The Lovecraft Sextet komaj minuli teden izdal svoj najnovejši EP z naslovom Black†White. Plošček lahko poslušate spodaj, naročite pa tukaj.

Nemci Heretoir sporočajo, da bodo 16. maja preko založbe AOP Records izdali nov mini album z naslovom Wastelands. Album bo obsegal tri nove komade in tri komade s prejšnje izdaje, posnete v živo:

Anima
At Dusk (feat. Emily Highfield of Suldusk)
Wastelands
Golden Dust (live)
Exhale (live)
The White (live)

Italijanski death metalci Sepolcral so minuli teden objavili videospot za komad White Venom Temple z aktualnega albuma Scourge, ki je prav tako izšel prejšnji teden.

Italijanski doom metal veterani Abysmal Grief so podpisali s kultno založbo Avantgarde Music, pri kateri bodo konec marca izdali kompilacijo Despise The Living, Desecrate The Dead. Ta obsega neizdan material, ki je nastal med letoma 2016 in 2021:

White Coffins (2021)
Mortician (2020)
A Forest Mass (2019)
Missa Est (2018)
March Macabre (2018)
The Curse Of The Toad (2018)
Estremo Dolore (2017)
Arcanum Magisterium (2017)
Ancient Obituaries (2016)

Italijanski death metalci Sepolcral so razkrili nove podrobnosti o prihajajočem albumu, ki bo nosil naslov Scourge in izšel 17. februarja pri Time To Kill Records. Poleg naslovnice in videospota za komad White Venom Temple je znan tudi celoten seznam komadov:

Suicider
Svartur Skit
Bastard Tongue
Interred Species
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Post Traumatic Martyr
Purity
Flagello
Broken Armour
White Venom Temple
The Miserable Choice
Ludmilla