Znane so nove potrditve za Rock Hard Festival 2013, ki se bo odvijal med 17. in 19. majem prihodnje leto: King Diamond, Naglfar, Crowbar in Gospel Of The Horns. /P.G./

Za ExtremeFest 2013, ki se bo odvijal od 23. do 25.5. prihodnje leto, so zaenkrat potrjeni naslednji izvajalci: Behemoth, Kataklysm, Legion Of The Damned, Tankard, Decapitated, Broken Hope, Hail Of Bullets, Milking The Goatmachine, Grave, Necrophobic, Dark Fortress, Hypnos, Nocte Obducta, Hate, Gospel Of Horns, Helrunar, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Katalepsy, Cliteater, Holocausto Canibal, Svarttjern, Antropomorphia, Gutalax, Zombie Inc., Deserted Fear, Scornage, Mass Infection, Wound in Viscera Trail. Kot kaže, bo festival tokrat potekal le na eni lokaciji, in sicer v Hünxu v Nemčiji. /B.B./

Spodaj lahko poslušate novo skladbo francoske black metal zasedbe Merrimack z naslovom Beati Estis Cum Maledixerint Vobis. Skladba se nahaja na njihovem četrtem albumu The Acausal Mass, ki 22. junija izide pri založbi AFM Records. Tracklista je sledeča:
Vestals Of Descending Light
Arousing Wombs In Nine Angels Pleroma
Gospel Of The Void
Beati Estis Cum Maledixirint Vobis
Hypophanie
Obstetrics Of Devourment
Worms In The Divine Intestine
Abortion Light
Liminal Matter Corruption
/B.B./

Francoski black metalci Merrimack so objavili skladbo Arousing Wombs In Nine Angles Pleroma s prihajajočega albuma The Acausal Mass, ki 22. junija izide pri AFM Records. Tracklista je sledeča:
Vestals Of Descending Light
Arousing Wombs In Nine Angels Pleroma
Gospel Of The Void
Beati Estis Cum Maledixirint Vobis
Hypophanie
Obstetrics Of Devourment
Worms In The Divine Intestine
Abortion Light
Liminal Matter Corruption
/B.B./

Necrophagia so objavili trailer za prihajajoči DVD The Gospel Of Gore. Skupina dela tudi na novem albumu z naslovom Whiteworm Cathedral, ki naj bi kmalu izšel pri Season Of Mist Records. /B.B./

Marduk so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto albuma z naslovom Serpent Sermon, ki bo izšel konec maja:
Serpent Sermon
Messianic Pestilence
Souls For Belial
Into Second Death
Temple Of Decay
Damnation´s Gold
Hail Mary (Piss-Soaked Genuflexion)
M.A.M.M.O.N.
Gospel Of The Worm
World Of Blades
/P.G./

Nove potrjene skupine za Party.San Open Air 2012, ki bo od 9. do 11. avgusta potekal v Schlotheimu pri Mühlhausnu v Nemčiji, so Nile, Sargeist, Sodom, Necros Christos in Gospel Of Horns. Poleg njih so zaenkrat potrjeni še Bolt Thrower, Tankard, Immortal, Cattle Decapitation, Warbringer, Ghost Brigade, Incantation, Toxic Holocaust, Skálmöld, Nocte Obducta, Archgoat, Iron Lamb in Rompeprop. /B.B./

Creations so preko Stereokiller.com objavili skladbo The Tongue, The Sword z novega albuma The Gospel, ki 30. avgusta izide pri Rite Of Passage/Mediaskare Records. /B.B./

Creations so objavili videospot za skladbo The Wolf The Clothes z novega albuma The Gospel, ki 16. avgusta izide pri Rite Of Passage/Mediaskare Records. /B.B./

Francozi Nightmare bodo 25. februarja izdali live DVD z naslovom One Night Insurrection, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi:
Intro
Eternal Winter (video)
White Wicked Demon
Heretic
Legions Of The Rising Sun
Secret Rules
Queen Of Love And Pain
Three Miles Island
Hallucinations
The Wind Of Sin
Target For Revenge
The Gospel Of Judas
Mind Matrix Schizophrenia
The Watchtower
Power Of The Universe
Lord Of The Sky
Trust A Crowd

Seznam skladb na priloženem CDju pa je sledeč:
Intro
Eternal Winter (video)
White Wicked Demon
Heretic
Legions Of The Rising Sun
Secret Rules
Queen Of Love And Pain
Three Miles Island
Cosmovision
The Wind Of Sin
Target For Revenge
The Gospel Of Judas
The Watchtower
Band se bo v okviru evropske turneje s Sabaton 14. marca ustavil tudi v Ljubljani. /P.G./

Magnisphyricon je naslov novega albuma zasedbe Sons Of Seasons, ki jo vodi klaviaturist in kitarist Oliver Palotai (Kamelot, Doro). Poleg njega so v zasedbi še Track lista: Magnisphyricon: Temperance, Bubonic Waltz, Soul Symmetry, Sanctuary, Casus Belli I: Guilt's Mirror, Magnisphyricon: Adjustement, Into the Void, A Nightbird's Gospel, Tales of Greed, Lilith, Casus Belli II: Necrologue to the Unborn, Magnisphyricon: The Aeon, 1413, Yesteryears. /A.J./

Necrophagia so na svoji MySpace strani objavili nov komad Naturan Demonto s prihajajočega albuma Deathtrip 69. Sledil bo še DVD z naslovom The Gospel Of Gore. /A.J./

Ta teden novo v trgovini Haliaetum Syndicate: Devastator, Ruins, Gospel Of The Horns, Nunslaughter, Destruktor, Wolf's Hunger, Amputator, Bestial Mockery, Empty, Sanctus Nex, Dissection, Bathory, Infest, Inquisitors. Naročila se sprejemajo na ta e-mail.

V zadnjih dveh tednih so izšli naslednji albumi: DARK TRANQUILLITY – Yesterworlds, DEATH ANGEL – Sonic Beatdown Live In Germany, DEVIN TOWNSEND – Ki, EISREGEN – Bühnenblut – Live in Leipzig, EPICA – The Classical Conspiracy, ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW – Children Of The Dark Waters, HATEBREED – For The Lions, HEAVEN SHALL BURN – Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance) (DVD), IQ – Frequency, LAY DOWN ROTTEN – Gospel Of The Wretched, MADDER MORTEM – Eight Ways, OLD MAN'S CHILD – Slaves Of The World, MYSTIC PROPHECY – Fireangel, PARADISE LOST – Drown In Darkness – The Early Demos, SILENT MEMORIAL – Retrospective, STORMHAMMER – Signs Of Revolution, STRATOVARIUS – Polaris, WARBRINGER – Waking Into Nightmares. /A.J./

Lay Down Rotten bodo maja izdali album z naslovom Gospel Of The Wretched, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Gospel Of The Wretched, Thy Won't Be Done, Hours Of Infinity, Altering The Whore, Conditioning The Weak, He Who Sows Hate, Beyond Damnation, When All Becomes Nothing in Where Spirits Lie Dead. Na CDju, ki ga je miksal Dan Swanö, gostujeta Martin van Drunen (Hail Of Bullets, Asphyx) in Marc Grewe (Morgoth). /P.G./