Thomas Eriksen, ki stoji za imenom Mork, je pred kratkim razkril, da se v njem skriva tudi Udåd. Na to ime sliši njegov najnovejši black metal projekt, ki bo z istoimenskim albumom razkril drugo plat Eriksena. Izid je napovedan za 15. marec pri Peaceville Records. Kako zveni Udåd, pa lahko preverite prvi singel Avgudsdyrker, ki ga najdete spodaj.

»It is satisfying to unveil the first track from the first Udåd creation. It was both painful and rewarding to get this out of my being and onto tape. Pure atmospheric darkness straight into your soul. "Avgudsdyrker" was chosen as the first single as it represents the different elements of the album well. Take some minutes out of your everyday life, light a candle, cover the windows, turn off the lights and just take it in.«

Perujski heavy metalci Ladrón del Fuego in bobnar Klemen Markelj so posneli pesem Miedo. Sodelovali so še: Jorge Revoredo (komponist), Airin Chávez Zárate (vokal), Sebastián Palma Castillo (vokal), John Peña (kitara), Gianmarco Magnani (ilustracija) in Armando Alva (mastering in animacija).

Kanadska heavy metal zasedba Withering Scorn, katere člana sta tudi brata Shawn in Glen Drover, pripravlja material za drugi celovečerec, ki bo nasledil prvenec Prophets Of Demise iz leta 2023. Shawn Drover o novem materialu:

»At this point, this is where we're at. I've got three songs done for drums completed, and we started working on song four today; Glen and I started working on this intro piece to song four, where it's got this whole intro thing and stuff. And so we worked that out. And that's where we're at in terms of music as well. We just started song four. Glen still has a couple of songs to do for keeper guitars and so does Joe for bass. We haven't even approached the lyric process or the singing yet. Once we get far enough ahead, that's when we'll start to tackle that. Once I hear keeper guitars, then I start to assemble lyrics. I need to kind of hear the finished product of certainly the drums and guitars, if not bass as well, so I get inspired to write lyrics. That's kind of how I work with that.«

Folk metalci TrollfesT so posneli videospot za pesem Smoldering Failure, ki je del prihajajoče kompilacije z naslovom 20 Years in The Wrong Lane.

Avstrijski black metal šamani Anomalie sporočajo, da so zaključili snemanje novega celovečerca. Kdaj bo album ugledal luč sveta, še ni znano. Izjava banda:

»A few minutes ago we tracked the very last vocal takes for the new Anomalie album which is now ready to get mixed by V. Santura during the upcoming months.
We gave our absolute all and can't wait to share some music with the world later this year!«

Ameriški black/death metal dvojec Antichrist Siege Machine predstavlja nov komad Sisera kot prvi single s prihajajočega albuma Vengeance of Eternal Fire, ki ga bo izdal 19. aprila pri založbi Profound Lore. Tracklista:

Son of Man
Only Evil
Piled Swine
Sisera
Cowering Lamb
Prey Upon Them
Vanquishing Spirit
Scalding Emnity
Lysergic War Psychosis
Abyssal Hate

Ameriški progresivni thrash/death metalci Nuclear Tomb predstavljajo naslovni komad prihajajočega prvenca Terror Labyrinthian, ki ga bodo 19. aprila izdali pri Everlasting Spew Records. Na albumu bodo naslednji komadi:

Obsoletion
Terror Labyrinthian
Fatal Visions
Dominance & Persecution
Vile Humanity
Manufacturing Consent
Parasitic (Live a Lie)
Born Into Torment
Ashen Lamb

Rodil se je nov darkened death metal projekt, ki sliši na ime Obsidian Sun. Za tem stojita Obscura, ki je pri Asagraum zadolžena za kitaro in vokal, na bobnarskem stolčku pa sedi Averse Moon. Debitantski izdelek bo nosil ime Burning Obsidian Sun, izdan bo 29. marca pri Edged Circle Productions in bo prinesel štiri komade:

Burning Obsidian Sun
Serpents of the Whispering Moon
Triangle of Crawling Flames
Streams from the Dark Temple

Belgijski death metalci Aborted in Ben Duerr (Shadow Of Intent) so posneli vizualizer za komad Dreadbringer z albuma Vault Of Horrors, ki izide 15. marca pri Nuclear Blast Records.

Kanadski melodični power/black metalci The Lightbringer so z besedilnim videospotom za pesem Astral Crown napovedali album Seven Thrones. Ta bo izšel 21. marca in ponudil osem komadov:

Embodiment
Worlds Beyond
Aether Rivers
Elementalians
Pillar of Creation
Astral Crown
Efflorescence
Mystic Places of Dawn (Septic Flesh cover)

Sulphur And Mercury je nova heavy/doom metal zasedba, ki jo sestavljajo Jason Netherton (Misery Index), Francesco Conte (Spiritual Front), Marco Mastrobuono (Hour Of Penance) in Dario Casabona (Griefbringer). Fantje so podpisali s Time To Kill Records, pri katerih bo 12. aprila izšel prvi EP Alchemia Prophetica. Prvi single Lightless Slumber so predstavili včeraj.

Italijanska epic/viking metal zasedba Apocalypse bo znova izdala prvenec Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. Ta bo izšel 24. marca s pomočjo Earth and Sky Productions na vinilu, medtem ko lahko v YouTubu preverite prenovljeno različico komada Gloria et Mortem, ki bo del te izdaje. Mastering je opravil Micke Moberg, ki je sodeloval tudi pri zadnjih albumih Bathory.

Ameriški tehnični death metalci Replicant so objavili besedilni video za komad Orgasm of Bereavement s tretjega studijskega albuma Infinite Mortality, ki bo izšel 12. aprila pri Transcending Obscurity Records in obsega te naslove:

Acid Mirror
Shrine to the Incomprehensible
Orgasm of Bereavement
Reciprocal Abandonment
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Pain Enduring
Nekrotunnel
Dwelling on the Threshold
Planet of Skin

Nemška heavy metal zasedba Attic je objavila videospot za pesem Darkest Rites s prihajajočega albuma Return of the Witchfinder, ki izide 21. marca pri Ván Records in prinaša te komade:

The Covenant
Darkest Rites
Hailstorm and Tempest
The Thief's Candle
Return of the Witchfinder
Offerings to Baalberith
Azrael
Up in the Castle
The Baleful Baron
Synodus Horrenda

Blaze Bayley predstavlja nov single Rage s prihajajočega albuma Circle of Stone. Tudi tokrat je Blaze izdajo singla podkrepil z videospotom, ki si ga lahko ogledate spodaj, album pa bo izšel 23. februarja. Znana pa je tudi že tracklista:

Mind Reader
Tears in Rain
Rage
The Year Beyond This Year
Ghost in the Bottle
The Broken Man
The Call of the Ancestors
Circle of Stone (feat. Niklas Stålvind)
Absence
A Day of Reckoning
The Path of the Righteous Man
Until We Meet Again