Matt Harvey (Exhumed) je izdal nov ambientalni album Toward The Cold Light. Izdaji lahko brezplačno prisluhnete na tej povezavi.

Kot smo že poročali, je Kiko Loureiro zaradi osebnih zadel bil primoran izpustiti del turneje z Megadeth. Sedaj pa iz tabora velikanov thrash metala sporočajo, da bodo zaradi nastale situacije glasbeno pot nadaljevali z Teemujem Mäntysaarijem, ki je na pretekli turneji zamenjal Kika. Uradno izjavo Davea Mustaina lahko preberete tukaj.

Avtorica fotografije je Dominika Torkar.

Na Tolminator Warmup Showu v Murski Soboti oziroma na open air Vulva Feast Festu to soboto, 15. julija, bodo Vulvathrone praznovali 20 let delovanja, medtem ko bo Tolminator delil nagrade. Ali kot pravi Herman: »Med menjavami bandov bo potekala tudi podelitev kart za Tolminator Fest. Kako? Pustite se presenetiti! Med katerimi menjavami? Pustite se presenetiti!« Časovnica bo takšna:

19.00 Nefarious Vermin
20.00 Vile Disgust
21.00 Sperm of Mankind
22.00 Vaginal Penetration of an Amelus with a Musty Carrot
23.00 Vulvathrone
00.00 Carnal Diafragma

Thrash metalci Annihilator sporočajo, da so do konca posneli prihajajoči dolgometražec. Snemali so ga v Watersound Studios v Združenem kraljestvu, več informacij pa bo znanih kmalu. Spodaj si lahko preberete še izjavo vodje zasedbe Jeffa Watersa:

»Deep, deep into the lush, tropical forests of Durham, UK, lies a studio that... well, basically makes fkn music! I just finished another record yesterday... man, the last 4 years have seen me make 4 records! Yesss... Can't wait for you to hear the 3 you haven't heard. AND 1 more record to do, as well, making it 5 records in 5 years... on a roll, I must say! Then, time to tour and enjoy my latter years! Haha! Work is fun as heck but I will have done my time in HEAVEN/HELL by the end of 2024!

Btw., Annihilator was started Dec 1984... 2024 would be 40 years since I wrote "Crystal Ann" and John Bates and I wrote the first version of 'Alison Hell'.«

Avtor fotografije: Blaž Grünfeld.

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

Pomlad bo v znamenju ogrevanja za poletni festival Tolminator, saj so Dirty Skunks objavili kar 6 warm-up koncertov na različnih koncih Slovenije. Na vsakem dogodku se bo podelila tudi ena festivalska vstopnica za Tolminator, ki bo izveden letos prvič v Tolminu med 25. in 29. julijem. Datumi koncertov z izvajalci so sledeči:

TrainStation SubArt - Kranj
21. in 22. april 2023          
Kamra
Sarcasm
Siderean
Dickless Tracy
Ater Era
Smrt
Vulvathrone
Sovrag
Black Camo
Damnation

MC Pekarna - Maribor
13. maj 2023
Kaoz
Reach A.D.
Smrt
Ghost of Veronica
Čarne Marjetice

Figa Rock Bar - Koper
20. maj 2023
Kamra
Britof
Reach A.D.
Agan
Ghastly Ashes

Mostovna - Nova Gorica
9. junij 2023
Hellcrawler
Britof
Black Reaper
Once Was Never
Sovrag

Orto Bar - Ljubljana
20. junij 2023
HEADLINER TBA
Armaroth
Reach A.D.
Morywa
Once Was Never

MIKK - Murska Sobota (OPEN AIR)
15. julij 2023
Carnal Diafragma
Vulvathrone
Vaginal Penetration of an Amelus with a Musty Carrot
Sperm Of Mankind
Vile Disgust
Nefarious Vermin

Po tem, ko so pred kratkim turnejo odpovedali White Ward, je ista usoda doletela blackened death metalce 1914 iz Ukrajine. Upamo, da se stvari umirijo in nas bo zasedba lahko obiskala letos poleti na festivalu Črna Loka. Sledi bandova izjava za medije:

»Many of you could have been noticing a recent wave of European tours cancellations by UA bands. Unfortunately, 1914 is not an exception here. With heavy hearts we must inform you that we cannot play for our fans this April and have to cancel our upcoming tour.

Just to make it clear, it is still a 'wartime' on the territory of our land, and this specific time makes it impossible to leave the borders by the men of a conscript age. How could we travel last year? It was possible to get a special permission from the state authorities for the artists to leave the country and do shows and other activities in order to aid the country and spead the truth about unprovoked and brutal war started by russia. There were some irresponsible people who used such permissions to leave the country and never come back, and after it became public and went through a media - the state authorities stopped granting the special permissions for the artists by artificially overcomplicating the process of getting all the necessary documents, by enlarging the list of the documents and making it impossible for bands to obtain what is needed. This affected a lot of different bands in UA.

Last couple of weeks for us were in a constant fight with that new stupid system trying to show that we had a positive experience of returning back home after foreign tours, trying to display the value of such tours for our country benefit, but no matter how hard we tried - we couldn't break that system and it made impossible for us to go and play this time. We want to apologize to our fans, other bands, promoters, but currently we are powerless here. We will work hard to be able to get to our other shows this year, maybe the ice will melt and we will see some easement in the future, but currently we just did everything we could.

Міністерство культури та інформаційної політики України - Thank you for nothing!«

Finski pionirji ekstremnega metala Mustan Kuun Lapset z izdajo EP-ja Suruaika praznujejo 30 let. Zasedba je bila ustanovljena leta 1993 pod imenom Häiriö, tega spremenila leta 1995 v današnjega in z manjšo vmesno prekinitvijo delovanja do danes med drugim izdala sedem LP-jev in tri EP-je. Zadnji po vrsti je Suruaika.

Koncert zasedb Loudness, Grey Attack in Thola, ki bi se moral zgoditi 15. aprila v ljubljanskem Orto Baru, je odpovedan. Dejansko je odpovedana celotna evropska turneja. Tukaj pojasnilo banda:

»We are very sorry that we must announce, the European Tour of Loudness is cancelled. We discussed multiple options back and forth in order to find a solution.

However, we can’t perform the tour under the circumstances given.

We are very sorry for everyone, who looked forward to these shows and hope to be back as soon as possible.«

Organizator koncerta pa še dodaja: »Kupnina vstopnic bo povrnjena na mestu nakupa.«

Suicide Silence so pripravili besedilni video za komad Fucked For Life z aktualnega albuma Remember... You Must Die, ki je pred nedavnim izšel pri založbi Century Media.

Black metal projekt Zørormr bo 24. marca izdal svoj četrti album, ki bo nosil naslov The Monolith in obsegal osem komadov:

The Monolith
Downward Spiral
Hollow
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
The Pentagram
Return to Nothingness
Per aspera, ad astra
Enter the Void

Škotski tehnični metalci Man Must Die so minuli teden izdajo svojega petega albuma pospremili z izdajo besedilnega vidospota za komad In The Hour Before Your Death. Tracklista albuma The Pain Behind It All:

O.C.D.
Patterns In The Chaos
The Pain Behind It All
In The Hour Before Your Death
Clickhate
Enabler
Bring Me The Head Of The King
War Is My Will
Alone In A Crowded Room
Who Goes There?/I.F.F.

Kalifornijski deathcorovci Suicide Silence predstavljajo video za komad Dying Life s prihajajočega albuma Remember... You Must Die, ki izide 10. marca.

Suicide Silence so včeraj objavili videospot za komad Alter Of Self. Njihov nov album Remember...You Must Die bo izšel 10. marca pri Century Media, seznam komadov pa je sledeč:

Remember...
You Must Die
Capable Of Violence (N.F.W.)
Fucked For Life
Kill Forever
God Be Damned
Alter Of Self
Endless Dark
The Third Death
Be Deceived
Dying Life
Full Void

Finski black metalci Azaghal so razkrili drugi komad s prihajajočega dvanajstega albuma Alttarimme on luista tehty. Gre za komad Kuolemanmarssi, ki ga lahko preverite na YouTubu. Tracklista:

Alttarini on luista tehty
Kuolemanmarssi
Kultti
Paholaisen musta kieli
Myrkkyä
Kaaos
Syöpäläinen
Syvyydestä liekkien takaa
Verivirta
Ei valoa tuonelassa
Seitsemän ihmisen irvikuvaa