Ukrajinski moderni metalci Jinjer sporočajo, da bodo 17. maja pri Napalm Records izdali prvi live album s preprostim naslovom Live in Los Angeles. Pred izidom albuma band oboževalcem ponuja live video z dotične izdaje za komad Call Me a Symbol. Tracklista pa je taka:

Intro
Sit Stay Roll Over
Teacher, Teacher!
Copycat
Home Back
I Speak Astronomy
As I Boil Ice
Judgement (& Punishment)
Dead Hands Feel No Pain
Vortex
Who is Gonna be the One
Sleep of the Righteous
Call Me a Symbol
Perennial
Pisces
On the Top

 

Alexey Polyansky se je po desetih letih vrnil k domačim progresivcem Seventh Station. Tako pravi band: »Please give a warm welcome-back shout-out to Alexey for coming back to the band after 10 years of absence. Alexey is a very gifted musician and he will fill up the missing gap in the band in the bass guitar role. Alexey was also the co-founder of Seventh Station and we are so happy to see him come home.«

Avtor fotografije je Valeriy Lapshov.

Grška black metal zasedba Dødsferd sporoča, da bo maja izdala nov celovečerec Wrath. Natančneje naj bi album izšel 10. maja pri Hypnotic Dirge Records in bo zajemal te skladbe:

Restoration of Justice
Decay of Sanity
Raging Lust of Creation
Spiritual Lethargy
Heaven Drops with Human Filth
Failure Ablaze in Your Existence
Back to My Homeland… A Beast in Calm (vinyl only)

Švedi Six Foot Six predstavljajo najnovejši besedilni video za komad The Homecoming (A Templar's Tale pt. 3). Tega najdete na zadnji izdaji banda z naslovom Beggar's Hill.

Progresivni death metal duet Iapetus sporoča, da je podpisal pogodbo z založbo Willowtip Records. Band je trenutno v fazi priprave materiala za tretji album, spodaj pa lahko preberete izjavo banda ob začetku sodelovanja z novo založbo:

»We are honored, humbled, and thrilled to announce our partnership with Willowtip Records - to join their incomparable roster, both past and present, and to stand alongside so many incredible bands that we have long admired both as fans and peers.Willowtip is and has always been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of metal - to championing the off-beat and the unfamiliar - and so we feel resolutely at home beneath their legendary, ever-innovative banner. This partnership is, for us - and in so many ways - a perfect fit. We could not be more excited for the endeavors ahead.

Writing for our next album has been ongoing for years, and is still well underway - while it's still too far-off for specific details, we can promise that it will be our darkest record yet - an 80+ minute conceptual rumination on hopelessness, mortality, and meaning in an uncaring cosmos. More news will become available as the album progresses.

And, as always, our unending gratitude for the continual support of our fans across the globe - if you haven't already, check out some of our new, outstanding labelmates - An Abstract Illusion, Countless Skies, Hath, Slugdge, The Anchoret, and more!

Cheers, and Happy New Year!«

Na predvečer Prešernovega dne se bo nad kranjski TrainStation Subart zgrnil black/death metal prepad, ki sliši na ime Abyssal. Britansko zasedbo, ki poredko nastopa v živo in je letos izdala split z Ellorsith, bodo spremljali italijanski kolegi Aphotic, ki so spomladi izdali prvenec Abyssgazer. Gre za projekt članov bivših Ekypirosis in Fuoco Fatuo. Večer bo odprla domača death metal zasedba Siderean, ki trenutno snema naslednika prvenca Lost on Void's Horizon.

Vabljeni torej 7. februarja v TrainStation SubArt na verjetno black/death metal koncert leta. Za več informacij lahko spremljate dogodek na Facebooku.

Progresivni sludge metalci Lord Dying so posneli videospot za komad The Endless Road Home s svojega četrtega albuma Clandestine Transcendence, ki bo izšel 19. januarja.

Poljski moderni metalci Killsorrow so objavili video za komad Home Sweet Home z zadnjega dolgometražca Wasteland Chronicles, ki je izšel 3. novembra.

Poljski moderni metalci Killsorrow so razkrili prve podrobnosti svojega drugega albuma, ki so mu nadeli naslov Wasteland Chronicles. Ta bo izšel 3. novembra in bo prinesel dvanajst novih komadov:

Keep Out!
Lost in The Dark
Parasite Symphony
Prototype
Eyes
Shelter
Straight to Hell
Finest Day to Die
Play with Me
Endless Fry
Wasteland
Home Sweet Home

Album naj bi nagovoril ljubitelje zasedb, kot so In Flames, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Sabaton, Dimmu Borgir, Architects in Septicflesh.

Rot je bila ameriška death metal zasedba iz Atlante, ki je leta 1990 izdala demo z naslovom Diabolus (The Unholy Rot). Tega bo ta petek, 6. oktobra, ponovno izdala založba Boris Records, in sicer digitalno in na vinilu. Namesto prvotnih štirih komadov jih bo remasterizirana različica vsebovala kar dvanajst:

Mutilation of the Christians
Pray to Death
Parasitic Withdrawal
Diabolus (The Unholy Rot)
Baphomet (unreleased track)
Violent Beast (unreleasd rehearsal track)
Resurrected (live)
Bludgeoned (live)
Rip the Chapel (live)
Power to Suffer (live)
No Dimension (live)
Imminent Hell (live)

Pri live komadih gre za posnetek nastopa iz leta 1991.

Švedski enočlanski band Grift kot drugi single s prihajajočega albuma Dolt land v obliki videospota predstavlja skladbo Nattens pilgrim, ki jo je pospremil z videospotom. Tracklista:

Silverne stig (Silver pathway)
Nattens pilgrim (Pilgrim of the night)
På vingar slumrande (On wings in slumber)
Evas backe (Eva’s hill)
En hemskog (A home forest)
Gyllene sal (Golden hall)

Švedski metalci In Flames so objavili dokumentarec z naslovom The Journey Home. Dokumentarec prikazuje band na zadnji evropski turneji in med snemanjem štirinajstega studijskega albuma Foregone. Dokumentarec si lahko ogledate spodaj.

Finski psihedelični rokerji Hexvessel so posneli videospot za skladbo Ring s prihajajočega albuma Polar Veil, ki izide 22. septembra pri Svart Records in obsega naslednje naslove:

The Tundra Is Awake
Older Than The Gods
Listen To The River
A Cabin In Montana
Eternal Meadow
Crepuscular Creatures
Ring
Homeward Polar Spirit

Heavy metal band Firstborne je objavil nov single Home. Gre za naslovni komad prihajajočega prvenca.

Marco Hietala in Tarja Turunen bosta ponovno stala skupaj na odru, in sicer bosta 8. julija v sklopu festivala Z7 Summer Nights v švicarskem mestu Pratteln nastopila kot duet s posebnimi gosti. Svoj nastop oglašujeta kot »symphonic metal dreams«. Ali je to morebitni začetek novega projekta, pa je zaenkrat vprašanje, zavito v tančico skrivnosti.