Absent Distance bodo 10. novembra izdali novi album Common Ghost Of The Lifelines, za katerega je naslovnico oblikoval Bryan Shepard (Raining Brains). Tracklista je sledeča:
Inhale
Goliath's Brow
Hyperwill Crisis
Petrichor
Traces
Downstream
Asteroid
Through The Vast
The Specialist
It's Sulfur
Circus
Áramlás (Bonus Track)
/B.B./

Skupina Vehement Serenade, ki jo sestavljajo sami veterani hardcore scene, kot so Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis, Freya, Path Of Resistance), Mike Couls (Cro-Mags, Skarhead, Agents Of Man), Jamin Hunt (ex-Sworn Enemy, Hatework), Eddie Ortiez (Sub-Zero, Cattle Press, Candiria) in Pauly Antignani (ex-Sworn Enemy), bo 25. septembra pri Fast Break Records izdala samonaslovljeni debitantski 7" single. Skladbi Refuse The Lie in Scratch Off The Map sta bili posneti v Method Of Groove Studios v Brooklynu, kjer je za mešalno mizo sedel Joey Z, sicer kitarist skupine Life Of Agony. /B.B./

Preko Hate5six.com si lahko v celoti ogledate posnetke skupin Earth Crisis, Terror in Ringworm z nastopa na This Is Hardcore Festu v Philadelphiji začetek tega meseca. /B.B./

Nonpoint so objavili tracklisto prihajajočega samonaslovljenega studijskega albuma, ki 9. oktobra izide pri založbi Razor & Tie:
Lights, Camera, Action
The Way I See Things
I Said It
Left For You
International Crisis
Another Mistake
That Day
Pandora's Box
Go Time
Independence Day
Temper
Ashes.
Skupina trenutno pripravlja tudi videospota za pesmi Left For You in I Said It. /B.B./

Ponovno združeni ameriški power metalci Heretic so razkrili naslovnico comeback albuma A Time Of Crisis, ki bo 26. julija izšel pri založbi Metal On Metal Records. Gre za njihov prvi studijski izdelek po letu 1988. Tracklista je sledeča:
The Divine Inquisition
Tomorrow's Plague
Betrayed
Remains
A Time Of Crisis
For Your Faith
Raise Your Fist
Heretic
Child Of War
Police State
The End Of The World
Let Me Begin Again.
Tukaj je za pokušino že na voljo nekaj skladb s prihajajočega albuma. /B.B./

V počastitev kanadskega državnega praznika so pri H.M.M.A.C. (Heavy Metal Music Association Of Canada) v sodelovanju s LoudTrax.com sestavili kompilacijo z naslovom Canuck Metal Vol. 2, ki jo lahko brezplačno downloadate na tej lokaciji, za download pa je potrebno vnesti naslednjo kodo: HMMAC. Tracklista je sledeča:
Arapacis - End Of The Line
Crisis Kings - Glutton
Forbidden Sin - Man Down
Hollow - Sunriser
Hymnosis - How Dare You
Makaria - Spire
Nephelium - Merciless Annihilation
Project Mars - Don't Hold Back
Sanktuary - Raise The Flag
The New Jacobin Club - My Smile
The Void - If We Can't Beat 'Em (Detour 'Em!)
Trainwreck Architect - Dream Pariah
Tribune - The Succubus
Wolven Ancestry - The Animistic Awakening
/B.B./

Omen so ponovno prestavili izide prihajajočega albuma Hammer Damage, ki bo na voljo preko Pure Steel Records. Tokratni razlog je posledica razdejanja, ki ga je povzročilo nedavno hudo neurje v hiši kitarista Kennyja Powella, kjer se nahaja tudi njihov snemalni studio. Novi album prinaša naslednje skladbe:
Hammer Damage
Knights Of The Cross
Era Of Crisis
Epitaph For A Warrior
The Canyon
Demons
Caligula
Hellas
A.F.U.
/B.B./

Francozi Trepalium so objavili skladbo S(l)ave The World s prihajajočega studijskega izdelka H.N.P., ki bo izšel 8. junija. Na novem albumu se nahajajo naslednje skladbe:
Heic Noenum Pax
Prescription Of Crisis
Slave The World
Order The Labyrinth
Insane Architect
Let The Clown Rise
I Was
The Worst Fiend
Raining Past
I’m Broken (Pantera cover)
/B.B./

Preko Lambgoat.com lahko premierno poslušate novo skladbo Ephel Duath z naslovom Black Prism, ki se nahaja na prihajajočem EPju z naslovom On Death And Cosmos, ki naj bi izšel 21. junija pri založbi Agonia Records. Skupino sestavljajo kitarist Davide Tiso (Manuscripts Don't Burn), bobnar Marco Minnemann (ex-Necrophagist, Painstyle), basist Steve DiGiorgio (Anatomy Of I, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Sadus, ex-Control Denied, ex-Testament, ex-Death) in pevka Karyn Crisis (ex-Crisis). /B.B./

Reformirana ameriška power metal zasedba Heretic je objavila novo skladbo imenovano Remains s prihajajočega albuma A Time Of Crisis, ki 26. julija izide pri Metal On Metal Records. Skupina je najbolj poznana po albumu Breaking Point iz leta 1988, na katerem je sodeloval vokalist Mike Howe (ex-Metal Church). Sedaj je na vokalu originalni pevec Julian Mendez, s katerim so posneli tudi debitantski EP Torture Knows No Boundary (oziroma Don't Turn Your Back). /B.B./

Cyanide Crisis so na svojem Reverbnation profilu objavili novo skladbo z naslovom Choking On Razors s prihajajočega EPja, ki naj bi izšel letos jeseni. /B.B./

Tango Down so objavili prvi single Blame s prihajajočega albuma Identity Crisis, ki aprila izide pri založbi Kivel Records. To je tudi njihov prvi album z novim vokalistom Davidom Reeceom (Bangalore Choir, ex-Accept). /B.B./

Tukaj lahko brezplačno downloadate digitalno kompilacijo priredb z naslovom Casa de Diversion: Covers Vol. 1, na kateri sodelujejo Full Of Hell, Black Sheep Wall, Territory, Heartless in mnogi drugi. Tracklista je sledeča:
Twitching Tongues - Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 X 10^-8 Cm^3 Gm^-1 Sec^-2 (Type O Negative)
Masakari - Fight Back EP (Discharge)
Heartless - Anthem For The Undesirables (His Hero Is Gone)
Wreck - Civilized (Rollins Band)
Colony - Loss Leader (Codeine)
Apart - Arcarsenal (At The Drive-In)
Merciless - Watching You Die (Buried Alive)
Outlast - No Choice (Outburst)
Ruckus - Mountain Of Power (Grimlock)
Plagues - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (The Beatles)
Full Of Hell - Atmosphere (Joy Division)
Caulfield - Dive (Nirvana)
The Love Below - Mr. Suit (Wire)
Vestiges - Zombie (The Cranberries)
Withdrawal - Burning Inside (Ministry)
Sojourner - Beheaded (The Offspring)
Homewrecker - Bear No Shame (In Cold Blood)
Headwind - Girl Problems (SOA)
Ill Intent - Watch Your Back (Cock Sparrer)
Black Sheep Wall - Little Dipper (Hum)
Ancient Shores - Prayer to God (Shellac)
Doubledealer - Left Hand Black (Danzig)
Incendiary - Sabotage (Beastie Boys)
Skinfather - Casket Garden (Dismember)
Casting Curses - Sex Type Thing (Stone Temple Pilots)
Territory - Buried Dreams (Carcass)
Oblivion - Rio Bravo (Cky)
Losing Skin - Like Rats (Godflesh)
Beartrap - Wave of Mutilation (The Pixies)
Vanish - Wolverine Blues (Entombed)
Low Places - Deathcrush (Mayhem)
Raindance - In The Meantime (Helmet)
Old Wounds - White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
Villain - Fist Fight (Crisis Of Conformity)
/B.B./

Kalifornijski thrasherji HeXen so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto dolgo pričakovanega drugega albuma Being And Nothingness, ki letos izide pri založbi Pulverized Records. Naslovnico je oblikoval Kristian Wåhlin alias Necrolord (King Diamond, Dissection, Emperor). Tracklista novega albuma je naslednja:
Macrocosm
Grave New World
Defcon Rising
Private Hell
Walk As Many, Stand As One
Stream Of Unconsciousness
Indefinite Archetype
The Nescient
Nocturne: (i. Opus 55 No. 1 in F Minor; ii. Out of Reach; iii. Existential Crisis; iv. Entrance of the Absurd; v. The Unbearable Lightness of Being; vi. With Salvation I Persist; vii. Elegy of the Night; viii. End In Purplexity)
/B.B./

Bangalore Choir trenutno končujejo novo ploščo Metaphor, ki naj bi kmalu izšla pri Metal Heaven Records. Skupino se je na sceno vrnila leta 2010 z albumom Cadence, sedanjo zasedbo pa sestavljajo pevec David Reece, kitarista Andy Susemihl in Curt Mitchell, basist Danny Greenberg ter novi član, Mike Johnson na bobnih. Reece je istočasno tudi frontman zasedbe Tango Down, ki bo 3. marca izdala novi album z naslovom Identity Crisis. /B.B./