Organizatorji češkega festival Brutal Assault 2024 so sporočili, da so ob napovedi prvih potrjenih bandov (Architects, Behemoth, Motionless in White, Emperor, Left to Die, Brutus, Legion of the Damned, Bodysnatcher, Ufomammut) razprodali prvi paket vstopnic, ki se je prodajal po ceni 169 EUR. Trenutno so vstopnice na voljo za 189 EUR.

Portugalska black metal zasedba Gaerea je objavila najnovejši video za komad Dormant. Tokrat gre za poseben video, ki ga je posnel Claudio Marino. Komentar banda:

»Complementing the song's aural journey, the video art installation accompanying "Dormant" delves into the anguish and struggle for survival. The visuals depict the main character, trapped and enclosed in a tormenting world, as water relentlessly pours over his body, simulating drowning and suffocation. This immersive and visceral experience offers a harrowing glimpse into the protagonist's fight for life, evoking a range of emotions and challenging viewers to confront their own mortality.«

Po abecednem vrstnem redu objavljamo resnično bogat seznam koncertov, ki se bodo zgodili v naslednjih dveh dneh na slovenskih tleh:

petek, 8. 9. 2023:
Britof, Eyeceeou (Slovenj Gradec)
Black Camo, Night Crawler, Ghastly Ashes (Grosuplje) – dobrodelni koncert
Cowboys From Hell, Paranoise (Izola)
Đornata, Human Host Body (Ljubljana)
Natt, Sranje, S.O.R., Paragraf 11 (Ljubljana)
Obduction, Pelhan (Ljubljana)

sobota, 9. 9. 2023:
Devangelic, Olkoth (Maribor)
Jolted, Bregove dere (Bistrica ob Sotli)
festival MetalWitch (Ljubljana)
Repetitor, Nancy, Mart (Postojna)
U$IŁ, Challenger, Night Crawler (Ljubljana)

Organizatorji festivala Vienna Metal Meeting sporočajo, da je pošlo že 50 % vstopnic za letošnjo izvedbo, ki jo 7. oktobra gosti dvorana Arena Wien. Vstopnice so na voljo tukaj, med nastopajočimi pa so letos:

Paradise Lost
Katatonia
Primordial
Harakiri For The Sky
Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench
Thy Light
Omnium Gatherum
Stallion
Bodyfarm
Kanonenfieber
Los Males Del Mundo
Vinsta
Küenring
Dusk

Na obali pri naših zahodnih sosedih, natančneje v Trstu, je nastal projekt z udarnim imenom In Grind We Trst. Prvo dejanje tega projekta je koncertni večer Noise Wagon Vol. 1, ki se bo zgodil 1. septembra, nastopili pa bodo naslednji bandi:

Claustrum
Britof
Human Host Body
Razvalina
Shit Fucking Shit
Glista

Več o samem dogodku pa najdete tukaj.

Indijski brutalni death metalci Gutslit bodo 7. julija izdali svoj tretji album Carnal. Seznam komadov je takšen:

Son of Sam
Matriarch
Bind Torture Kill (feat. Julien Truchan of Benighted)
The Killing Joke
Insidious
Body Snatcher
Altar of Putridity
Primeval

Organizatorji festivala Vienna Metal Meeting sporočajo končni seznam zasedb, ki je sledeč:

Paradise Lost
Katatonia
Primordial
Harakiri For The Sky
Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench
Thy Light
Omnium Gatherum
Stallion
Bodyfarm
Kanonenfieber
Los Males Del Mundo
Vinsta
Küenring
Dusk

Norveški black metalci 1349 so svoj nastop na festivalu odpovedali. Več informacij o festivalu najdete v našem Napovedniku.

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

Znanih je devet novih bandov za Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2023, in sicer: Wrang, Massive Assault, Cryptosis, Helleruin, Koldbrann, ki bodo na kaseti ponovno izdali svoj prvenec Nekrotisk Inkvisition, Mentors, Bodyfarm, Overkill in Misþyrming. Vse nastopajoče lahko preverite v našem Napovedniku.

Organizator District 19 je vzporedno s to napovedjo namignil, da seznam nastopajočih morebiti še ni dokončen.

Body Count so končno zaključili s snemanjem albuma Merciless, ki so ga najavili že pred dobrim letom. Band zdaj navaja, da so se snemanja zaključila in da je album zdaj v fazi miksanja. Izšel naj bi konec leta pri založbi Century Media Records.

Švedski death metalci Demonical so prejšnji teden izdali nov EP z naslovom Into Victory, ob tem pa s to izdajo predstavljajo tudi novega vokalista. Ta je postal Charlie Fryksell. EP zajema zgolj naslednja dva komada:

Into Victory
Somebody Put Something In My Drink (priredba Ramones)

Italijanski death metalci Vision Deprived so razkrili že tretji single s svojega prihajajočega prvenca Self Elevating, Deep Inside The Void. Tokrat gre za komad Mind Eraser Body, ki ga lahko preverite ne YouTubu, pred tem pa so že razkrili komada I Am in Deeper.

Dirty Skunks sporočajo časovnico za nedeljski koncert zasedb Deströyer 666, Bodyfarm in Helleruin v Orto Baru:

19.00 vrata
19.30 Helleruin
20.40 Bodyfarm
21.50 Deströyer 666

Več informacij o samem koncertu pa najdete v našem Napovedniku.

Deathcore zasedba Bodysnatcher iz ZDA je objavila videospot za komad Dead Rabbit, ki je posvečen preminulemu bobnarju Adamu.