Nemški metalcorovci Any Given Day napovedujejo nov album Limitless. Album bo izšel 26. januarja preko Arising Empire, Nemci pa so posneli tudi video za komad Limitless, ki si ga lahko ogledate spodaj.

Švicarji Samael bodo 3. novembra pri Metal Scrap Records ponovno izdali svoj EP Rebellion iz leta 1995. Ta bo izšel na zgoščenki v limitirani luksuzni digipack izdaji, ki jo lahko naročite tukaj. Nova tracklista:

Rebellion
After the Sepulture (nova različica)
I Love the Dead (priredba Alice Cooper)
Static Journey
Into the Pentagram (nova različica)

Bonus:
I. Unnamed
II. Static Journey (nemška različica)

Avstrijci Serenity bodo 27. oktobra izdali nojnovejšo stvaritev z naslovom Nemesis AD. Že zdaj pa band predstavlja prvi single The Fall Of Man, pri katerem je sodeloval tudi Roy Khan (Conception, ex-Kamelot). Nemesis AD bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Memoriae Alberti Durer
The Fall Of Man (feat. Roy Khan)
Ritter, Tod Und Teufel (Knightfall)
Soldiers Under The Cross
Reflections (Of AD)
Sun Of Justice
Nemesis
The End Of Babylon
Crowned By An Angel
Just The Sky Is The Limit
The Fall Of Man (Orchestral Version, feat. Roy Khan)

Španski black metalci Dantalion so razkrili single Sound of Bells and Open Scissors s prihajajočega devetega albuma Fatum. Ta bo izšel 8. septembra pri Non Serviam Records na CD-ju, zelenem vinilu in digitalno ter prinesel osem novih komadov:

Great Funeral of Dawn
Abyss Eating Serpent
Qayin Dominor Tumulus
Novena Wake Begins
Hades Visions
Exu King of Souls Omulu
Mortuary Song
Sounds of Bells and Open Scissors

Prednaročite lahko Silent Script, drugi plošček ameriške hard rock/metal zasedbe Veritas. Album bo izšel 22. avgusta pri Sliptrick Records in bo zajemal 12 komadov:

Limit
Creation Groans
Grind Away
Buried
Unchained
None Enslaved
Betraying Sight
Oxygen
More Than I Can Say
One People
Somniloquy
Modulate

Danes bo uradno luč sveta ugledal Helvegr, šesti studijski album norveških black metalcev Tsjuder. Albumu lahko prisluhnete na YouTubu.

Limitirana različica tega albuma prinaša dodaten plošček, in sicer skupek petih priredb od Bathory z imenom Scandinavian Black Metal Attack - Ode to Bathory. Tudi tega lahko poslušate na YouTubu. Tracklista:

The Return of Darkness and Evil
Satan my Master
Born for Burning
Reaper
Raise the Dead

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!«

Death metalci Defiled bodo 28. aprila pri Season Of Mist izdali album The Highest Level. Zasedba je včeraj predstavila naslovnico, naslove komadov in videospot za single Off-Limits.

Off-Limits
Stealth
The Highest Level
Entrapped
The Status Quo
Warmonger
Demonization
Inquisition
Madness Accelerated
Delusion
Only the Strongest Survive
Red World
The Last Straw
Requiem
The Speech

Neoclassical darkwave veterani Autumn Tears so v obliki videospota premierno predstavili komad Of Wind, Water and Sand s prihajajočega dvojnega albuma Guardian of the Pale. Album bo izšel 24. marca pri The Circle Music, seznam pesmi pa je takšen:

CD1
Old Tree
Of Wind, Water and Sand
A Requiem For Each New Day
Daydreaming In Ash Fields
Lunatic Poetry
Still The Wonder Lingers
Lavender Mist
Sublimity
The Clairvoyant

CD2
The Sound of Withering
Radiant Blood
The Stain Beneath The Skin
The Pulse in the Sky
As If We Were Never There
And There Rises From Somewhere
Guardian of the Pale
The Widowtree (bonus)

Švedi Meshuggah so preko Atomic Fire Records na vinilu ponovno izdali albuma Nothing (2002) in Koloss (2012). Oba albuma sta na voljo v različnih barvah in vsak od njiju je limitiran na manj kot 1000 kosov.

Progresivci Parius, ki so podpisali z založbo Willowtip Records, napovedujejo izid albuma z naslovom The Signal Heard Throughout Space. Album naj bi izšel 7. oktobra in bo zajemal naslednje skladbe:

Angleška grindcore zasedba Human Cull je izdala svoj tretji album To Weep for Unconquered Worlds preko 7Degrees Records, 783 Punx, Circus of the Macabre Records, Psychocontrol Records in Loner Cult Records končno tudi na vinilu. Album, ki ga zdaj lahko tukaj naročite na črnem in limitiranem rdečem vinilu, je sicer izšel v začetku tega leta.

Enočlanska zasedba Silence Oath, black metal solo projekt Filippa Tezze (pevec in tekstopisec simfonične power metal skupine Chronosfear), je podpisala pogodbo z Elevate Records za izdajo novega/četrtega albuma z naslovom From the Womb of the Earth. Album bo izšel 16. septembra v digitalni obliki in limitirani izdaji na CD-ju. Tracklista:

Waterfalls
When the Pillars Come Down
An Irrational Mind's Ludicrous Dominion
The Calling
From the Womb of the Earth
Eradicate the Firmament

Basist Marco Mendoza, znan po sodelovanju z bandi, kot so Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Journey, Ted Nugent in The Dead Daisies, je posnel novi album z naslovom New Direction. Ta bo izšel 16. septembra pri Mighty Music, naslovi komadov pa so sledeči:

Take It To The Limit
I Just Can’t Get Over You
Light It Up
Walk Next To You
Shoot For The Stars
All That I’m Living For
Free Ride
Can’t Explain It
Scream And Shout
New Direction

Danski death metalci Wayward Dawn bodo 9. septembra izdali tretji studijski album, naslovljen All-Consuming Void. Na ploščku bo 7 komadov, izšel pa bo digitalno, na CD-ju in limitiranem vinilu (300 izvodov transparentno oranžnih vinilk) pri Emanzipation Productions. Tracklista je naslednja:

Disorienting Verminosity
Cage Of Resentment
Isolation
The Crushing Weight
Bottomless Pit
House Of Mirrors
Pull Of The Boulder