Metal veterani Metal Church se vračajo s 13. studijskim albumom Congregation Of Annihilation. Album bo izšel 26. maja pri založbah Rat Pak Records (ZDA) in Reaper Entertainment (Evropa). Tracklista albuma je takšna:

Another Judgement Day
Congregation Of Annihilation
Pick A God And Prey
Children Of The Lie
Me The Nothing
Making Monsters
Say A Prayer With 7 Bullets
These Violent Thrills
All That We Destroy
My Favorite Sin (bonus track)
Salvation (bonus track)

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!«

Organizatorji festivala MetalDays 2023 so včeraj objavili številne nove bande, ki bodo nastopili na letošnji prvi ediciji v Velenju. To so nemški thrash metal velikani Destruction ter Cryptosis, Blackoutt, Diamond Dust, Extreme Smoke 57, Goragorja, In Heaven, Kaoz in Spirits of Stygia.

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.

Dirty Skunks sporočajo časovnico za nedeljski koncert zasedb Deströyer 666, Bodyfarm in Helleruin v Orto Baru:

19.00 vrata
19.30 Helleruin
20.40 Bodyfarm
21.50 Deströyer 666

Več informacij o samem koncertu pa najdete v našem Napovedniku.

Švedski industrial/gothic metalci Deathstars so objavili video za drugi single Midnight Party, ki se bo nahajal na prihajajočem albumu Everything Destroys You, ki izide 5. maja pri Nuclear Blast.

Nizozemski black metalci Helleruin, ki bodo 12. marca z Deströyer 666 obiskali Orto Bar, so izdali single Hymn of Life and Death, ki je prvi znani komad s prihajajočega albuma. Več informacij sledi.

Nemški black/thrash metalci Lucifuge so pred nedavnim razkrili skladbo From Cosmos To Chaos s svojega petega studijskega albuma Monoliths of Wrath, ki bo 28. aprila izšel pri založbi Dying Victims Productions. Album prinaša naslednje komade:

From Cosmos to Chaos
The Cult of Infinity
Before the Altar of Famine and Desire
Visions of Death
Enemies of the Sun
Dissolving into God
The Art of Putrescence
Resources of Self Destruction
Physiognomy of Failure
The Path to Perdition
Delirium and Debauchery

Nizozemski death metalci Bodyfarm so obelodanili besedilni video za pesem The Wicked Red s petega dolgometražca Ultimate Abomination, ki bo izšel prihodnji petek pri založbi Edged Circle Productions.

Bodyfarm lahko že kmalu ujamete v živo, in sicer 12. marca v Orto Baru skupaj s Helleruin in Deströyer 666.

Knotfest je glasbeni festival, ki ga je leta 2012 ustanovila ameriška nu metal zasedba Slipknot. Knotfest je od takrat potekal kot potujoči festival in kot klasičen festival, dodatna značilnost tega pa je, da vsako leto spremeni lokacijo. Do zdaj je Knotfest potekal v več državah, med drugim v ZDA, Kanadi, Mehiki, Kolumbiji, Franciji, Čilu, na Japonskem in lani poleg izvedb v Severni in Južni Ameriki tudi v Nemčiji in na Finskem.

Za letos so predvidene tri izvedbe, in sicer na Japonskem, v Avstraliji in 25. junija v sosednji Italiji. Pri sosedih bodo nastopili Slipknot, Architects, Amon Amarth, I Prevail, Lorna Shore, Nothing More, Bleed From Within in Destrage.

Prevoz na koncert ponuja naš partner Koncerti.net.

Leta 2011 ustanovljeni francoski black metalci Ordalie bodo 17. marca končno izdali svoj debitantski dolgometražec, ki bo nosil naslov Mass of Perdition. Album bo izšel pri Paragon Records in bo vseboval sedem pesmi, ki se besedilno naslanjajo na literarna dela ameriškega pisatelja Howarda Phillipsa Lovecrafta. Seznam pesmi je takšen:

Projection
Monotony of the eternal void
Resurrection
Cyclopean wanderings
Destroyers
Mass of perdition
Endless

Dirty Skunks so objavili predskupini, ki bosta 12. marca nastopili skupaj z Deströyer 666 v Orto Baru. To so nizozemski death metalci Bodyfarm in black metalci Helleruin.

Švedski industrial metalci Deathstars napovedujejo album Everything Destroys You. Album bo izšel 5. maja pri Nuclear Blast. Zaenkrat v posluh ponujajo komad This Is.

Zahodni sosedje Infection Code predstavljajo video za skladbo The Great Destroyer z aktualnega albuma Alea Iacta Est.

Heresy se te dni predstavljajo z novim singlom Faith Destroyer, ki je del njihovega aktualnega splita z Exorcizphobia.