Kitaristka Nita Strauss in ameriška rock zasedba Dorothy so objavili videospot za skladbo Victorious, ki je del prihajajočega albuma The Call of the Void.

Francoski moderni power metalci Asylum Pyre so posneli videospot za pesem Underneath Heartskin z aktualnega albuma Call Me Inhuman (The Sun - The Fight - part 5).

Založba Sentient Ruin Laboratories s komadom Fractal: Void nudi vpogled v skupni projekt ameriškega noise/black metal banda Sutekh Hexen in noise projekta Funerary Call, za katerim stoji Harlow MacFarlane. Skupni album P​:​R​:​I​:​S​:​M bo izšel 14. julija in obsega naslednje naslove:

Meridian غ
Infernal Folly
Perilous Shade
Towards the Eastern Gate
Fractal: Void
Æscend Obsidia
Pangæa Ultima² (Dread)
Shores of Purgatory

Češko-nemški simfonični power metalci Induction so v četrtek izdali single A Call Beyond pri Atomic Fire Records.

Melodični death/black metalci Carving iz Nemčije, ki so 19. maja pri Massacre Records izdali četrti album Call Of The Sirens, predstavljajo najnovejši video za komad Blood Ov Franconia. Ogledate si ga lahko spodaj.

Finski psihedelični dommerji Orbiter imajo nov video, in sicer za single Beneath, ki je del prihajajočega albuma Hollow World. Na ploščku bo osem pesmi:

Silence Breaks
Beneath
Kolibri
Hollow World
Raven Bones
Transmissions
Under Your Spell
Last Call

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

Bostonski metalcorovci Unearth so posneli videospot za komad Dawn of the Militant z aktualnega albuma The Wretched; The Ruinous, ki je v petek izšel pri založbi Cenutry Media. Bandov že osmi studijski celovečerec po vrsti obsega naslednje komade:

The Wretched; The Ruinous
Cremation of the Living
Eradicator
Mother Betrayal
Invictus
Call of Existence
Dawn of the Militant
Aniara
Into the Abyss
Broken Arrow
Theaters of War

Hrvaški black metal projekt Tryglav je razkril imena glasbenikov, ki bodo z njim nastopali v živo. Zasedba ima trenutno napovedana dva koncerta na Nizozemskem. Idejnemu vodji in kitaristu Borisu Behari, ki sicer že nekaj mesecev živi na Norveškem, so se pridružili:

Uroš Apat – bas kitara (ex-Melechesh (live), ex-Vulvathrone, ex-Cordura)
Callum Wright – vokal (tudi na aktualnem ploščku The Ritual)
Remy Vassli – kitara (Valar Dohaeris)
Tobias Püschner – bobni (Daidalos, ex-Revolt, ex-Sariel)

Čilenski melodični doom metalci Wooden Veins za 23. junij napovedujejo album Imploding Waves. Tracklista:

Dreamside Death
Tearing Seas
The Dreamer
L´apell du Vide
Skies
Ganymede
Kaimerah
Broken World
Vuelavá
Calling

Nemški melodični death/black metalci Craving so objavili video za drugi single Death March. Kot smo že poročali, bodo 19. maja pri Massacre Records izdali svoj četrti studijski album Call of the Sirens.

Italijanski power metalci Frozen Crown so posneli videospot za pesem Fire In The Sky z aktualnega albuma Call of the North.

NWOBHM zasedba Raven bo 30. junija pri Silver Lining Music izdala svoj že petnajsti studijski album. Naslovnili so ga All Hell's Breaking Loose ter predstavili že njegovo naslovnico, naslove komadov in prvi single Go for the Gold.

Medieval
Surf The Tsunami
Turn Of The Screw
All Hell's Breaking Loose
The Far Side
Desperate Measures
Victory's Call
Edge of a Nightmare
Invasion
Go for the Gold

Francoski moderni power metalci Asylum Pyre so posneli še zadnji videospot pred izdajo prihajajočega petega ploščka Call Me Inhuman (The Sun - The Fight - part 5). Tokrat so izbrali pesem There, I could Die.

Ameriški black metalci Nefrocier bodo 2. junija pri Season Of Mist Underground Activists izdali svoj drugi studijski album z naslovom Burning Shadows In The Southern Night.  Na albumu je svoje mesto dobilo spodnjih 10 komadov:

The Fall from Heaven
Total Southern Darkness
To the Wolves
Forbidden Light of the Black Moon
Destroying Angels
Whispers That Burn in the Dark
The All Seeing shadows
On Wings of Death We Burn the Sky
Call to the Beyond
Burnt by the Sacred Flame

Fantje so včeraj predstavili že prvi single Burnt by the Sacred Flame, za katerega so posneli videospot.