Danski doom/gothic metalci Blazing Eternity so po več kot 20 letih presenetili z novo glasbo. Izdali so single One Thousand Lights, s katerim napovedujejo prihajajoči dolgometražec z naslovom A Certain End Of Everything, ki bo izšel 19. aprila pri Mighty Music.

Blazing Eternity so:
Peter Mesnickow – vokal
Morten Kroll Lybecker – kitara, bas, klaviature
Lars Riis Korsholm – bobni

In Flames predstavljajo besedilni video za komad Everything's Gone z enajstega studijskega albuma Siren Charms iz leta 2014.

Angleška gothic rock/metal zasedba Lesbian Bed Death je podpisala za založbo Wormholedeath Records, kjer bo 1. marca izdala album Midnight Lust. Tracklista:

Maria
Roadkill
Satanic Suicide Sex Cult
Your Love Makes Everything Worse
The Antichrist
She Loves Lilith
The Mummy's Tomb
Reykjavik Nights
Feral Eyes
The Woman Who Drinks Tears
Rhythm Of The Kill
Art Of Terror
Horrors of the Crown Hotel

Atlas : Empire so za svoj nov videospot izbrali komad God Is In The Rain, ki se nahaja na njihovem svežem albumu Everything is Temporary.

Gothic rock/doom metal/folk glasbenica Chelsea Wolfe je v obliki videospota razkrila pesem Tunnel Lights, drugi single s prihajajočega ploščka She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, ki 9. februarja preko Loma Vista Recordings prinaša deset komadov:

Whispers In The Echo Chamber
House Of Self-Undoing
Everything Turns Blue
Tunnel Lights
The Liminal
Eyes Like Nightshade
Salt
Unseen World
Place In The Sun
Dusk

Finski veljaki power metala Sonata Arctica bodo naslednje leto pri založbi Atomic Fire Records izdali nov dolgometražec z naslovom Clear Cold Beyond. Album izide 8. marca, seznam komadov pa je sledeč:

First In Line
California
Shah Mat
Dark Empath
Cure For Everything
A Monster Only You Can't See
Teardrops
Angel Defiled
The Best Things
Clear Cold Beyond

Kalifornijska post hardcore zasedba Ex Everything je objavila videospot za svoj nov komad Detonation in the Public Sphere. Ta je del njihovega prihajajočega ploščka Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart, ki bo izšel 10. novembra pri Neurot Records.

Progresivni sludgerji Lord Dying, ki jih bomo sredi tega meseca skupaj s Conan v živo lahko ujeli tudi pri nas, za naslednje leto napovedujejo izid četrtega albuma Clandestine Transcendence. Izšel naj bi 19. januarja, že zdaj pa je na voljo ogled videospota za prvi single I Am Nothing I Am Everything.

Norveški heavy psych/doom metalci Superlynx so v obliki videospota razkrili single Into the Sun in druge podrobnosti svojega prihajajočega četrtega albuma z naslovom 4 10. Ta bo izšel 29. septembra pri Argonauta Records na vinilu, zgoščenki ter digitalno in bo vseboval osem komadov:

Into the Sun
Cycle
Havier than Me
Sphinx
The Unknown
Nothing to Everything
Away
Under Its Spell

Ameriška metalcore zasedba In This Moment za oktober napoveduje izid novega albuma z naslovom Godmode. Natančneje naj bi album izšel 27. oktobra pri založbi BMG in bo zajemal deset komadov:

Godmode
The Purge
Army Of Me
Sacrifice
Skyburner
Sanctify Me
Everything Starts And Ends With You
Damaged (feat. Spencer Charnas)
Fate Bringer
I Would Die For You

Crown Magnetar so objavili videospot za single Prismatic Tomb. Njihov nov album Everything Bleeds bo izšel 14. julija.

Kitarist Jason Ashcraft (Helion Prime, Dire Peril, Planeswalker, Of Romulus) je združil moči z vokalistom Stujem Blockom (Into Eternity, ex-Iced Earth). Plod njunega sodelovanja je EP z naslovom My Vengeance Is Everything, ki mu lahko prisluhnete spodaj.

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

Sevendust predstavljajo video za skladbo Everything, ki se bo nahajala na njihovem naslednjem albumu Truth Killer. Ta bo izšel 28. julija, vendar ga že lahko prednaročite.

Švedski industrial/gothic metalci Deathstars so izdali album Everything Destroys You, prav tako pa tudi objavili video za naslovni komad tega albuma.