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!«

Švedski black metal projekt Saiva, za katerim stoji A. Petterson (Armagedda, Stilla, De Arma), predstavlja videospot za skladbo Snövals över Rajvoheden. Video je nastal kot plod sodelovanja z Ludvigom Swärdom (Forndom), ki poleg tega v skladbi igra na estonske citre (kannel). Gre za eno od dveh skladb z aktualnega EP-ja Inlandsvinter, ki je v petek izšel pri založbi Nordvis.

Pretekli petek so finski doom/death metalci Marianas Rest izdali svoj četrti studijski album Auer, ki so ga malo pred izidom pospremili z videospotom za skladbo Light Reveals Our Wounds. Auer obsega naslednje naslove:

Auer
Diseased
Light Reveals Our Wounds
White Cradle
The Ground Still Burns
Fear Travels Fast
The Hanging Blade
Sirens

Nemški slammerji Stillbirth imajo nov videospot. Tokrat so izbrali komad Rising from the Ashes s prihajajočega osmega albuma Homo Deus.

Italijanski death metalci Crownshard sporočajo, da bodo 14. aprila izdali EP z naslovom Awareness. EP naj bi zajemal naslednje komade:

There Is Nothing Left
Feeling Still Cursed
Mankind Has Failed
Eternal Timeless Fall
Healed By The Hell

Društvo Železni Aktivizem sporoča, da se bo tudi letos odvil znameniti Mosh Till You Drop. Sedma edicija bo letos služila kot ogrevanje za festival MetalDays, ki se bo letos prvič odvijal v Velenju. Na Mosh Till You Drop bodo nastopili portugalski deathcoraši Downfall Of Mankind, Omega Diatribe iz sosednje Madžarske in domači death metalci Penitenziagite. 

Vstopnice so že na voljo. Cena v predprodaji znaša 12 EUR, na dan koncerta pa 15 EUR.

Stoner fuzz rockerji Black Rainbows bodo 9. junija izdali album z naslovom Superskull. Zasedba je že predstavila prvi single Superhero Dopeproof, naslove komadov, ki so našli svoje mesto na ploščku, in naslovnico. Tracklista:

Apocalypse March
Superhero Dopeproof
Children Of Fire And Sacrifices
Cosmic Ride Of The Crystal Skull
The Pilgrim Son
Till The Outerspace
Lone Wolf
King Snake
Desert Sun
All The Chaos In Mine
Megalomania
Fire In The Sky

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!«

Iz tabora danskih thrash legend Artillery sporočajo žalostno vest, da je v prometni nesreči umrl njihov bobnar Josua Madsen. Naj počiva v miru.

Danski old school death metalci Bloodgutter bodo 5. maja izdali prvenec, ki bo slišal na ime Death Mountain in bo vseboval enajst komadov:

Katabatic Death Wind
Rot Awaits
Artillery Supremacy
Torture Sacrifice
Down The Gutter
For The Empire
Unternehmen Gericht
Fill The Graves
Whirlwind Of Doom
Jaws Of Death
Our Final Conflict

Za ljubitelje bandov, kot sta Entombed in Obituary.

Angleški slam/brutal death metal/deathcore zasedba Ingested je objavila videospot za komad Echoes of Hate, ki se nahaja na aktualnem albumu Ashes Lie Still iz lanskega leta.

Nemški slammerji Stillbirth z videospotom za single Autonomous Eradication napovedujejo svoj osmi album Homo Deus. Animirani videospot boste našli pod tracklisto:

The Hunt
Disgraced
Proclaim the Anarchy
Homo Deus
Slaughtered and Disemboweled
Rising From The Ashes
Autonomous Eradication
Seed of Judgement
Descending
Tribunal of Penance
Get Out

Ekipa festivala Metaldays, ki bo letos prvič v Velenju, je objavila sveženj nastopajočih na letošnjem festivalu. Kot headlinerji bodo nastopili Killswitch Engage, potrdili pa so še zasedbe Brand Of Sacrifice, Cro-Mags, Urne, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Helleruin, Blođ, Lizzard, Messa, OvO, Caronte, Stillbirth, Temperance, Hierophant, Cartagods, Chemicide, Souls Of Diotima ter kupček zasedb, ki naj bi igrale na odpovedanem festivalu New Metal Fest: Hats Barn, When Plagues Collide, Dethrone The Corrupted, Beyond God, Scardust, Arises, Infinitas, Black Sonic Pearls, Scarlean, Insolvency in Siderean.

Včeraj so organizatorji prav tako objavili ponudbo prenočišč v glamping hiškah v neposredni bližini prizorišča. V ceno je vključena hiška s 4 ležišči, več informacij pa je na voljo tukaj.

Princ teme Ozzy Osbourne sporoča, da je zaradi zdravstvenih težav primoran odpovedati evropsko turnejo. S tem se verjetno tudi za vedno poslavlja od koncertnih/festivalskih odrov. Več si lahko preberete v spodnjem sporočilu:

Nemški simfonični metalci Xandria so posneli videospot za pesem Two Worlds z osmega albuma The Wonders Still Awaiting, ki izide pojutrišnjem.