Mojstri stoner metala Orange Goblin predstavljajo drugi single Cemetary Rats s prihajajočega albuma Science, Not Fiction. Izid albuma je napovedan za 19. julij, izdala pa ga bo založba Peaceville Records. Komentar frontmana Bena Warda o novem singlu:

»You want Metal? You've got Metal! "Cemetery Rats" is an anthem for all the metalheads and rockers, the kids that society deems the 'weirdos and freaks'! Fuck society! This is a song for everyone that likes to hang out in the graveyard, listening to metal and loving life as the underdog! This is doom, thrash and punk all rolled into one, like the mighty Black Sabbath colliding with classic era-Celtic Frost and Discharge! We are the heavy metal underground, we are the CEMETARY RATS!«

Avstralski tehnični black/death metalci Werewolves bodo 12. julija izdali že peti album v petih letih delovanja. Ta bo nosil naslov Die for Us in bo prinesel devet komadov:

Die for Us
Beaten Back to Life
Fuck You Got Mine
My Hate Is Strong
The Company Wolves
Spittle-Flecked Rant
We All Deserve to Be Slaves
Under a Urinal Moon
Stay Down

Švedski black metalci Marduk bodo 6. septembra pri Back on Black izdali live album Beast of Prey: Brutal Assault. Gre za posnetek, ki je nastal med nastopom leta 2015, ko je band odigral album Panzer Division Marduk v celoti. Plošček bo izšel na vinilu, CD-ju in DVD-ju. Tracklista:

Panzer Division Marduk
Baptism by Fire
Christraping Black Metal
Scorched Earth
Beast of Prey
Blooddawn
502
Fistfucking God's Planet
Wartheland
The Blond Beast
Frontschwein
The Black...

Ameriški black metal pankerji Spiter so obelodanili naslovni komad prihajajočega EP-ja Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell, ki ga bodo izdali 24. maja pri Hells Headbangers Records. Tracklista:

Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell
Drowning in Darkness
Tears of Blood
The Creeping Serpent Psychosis
666 on the Crucifix
Reflection of the Vampire

Kitarist/vokalist Shelby Lermo (Ulthar, Human Corpse Abuse, ex-Vastum) in bobnar Jason Bursese (Black Fucking Cancer) predstavljata nov projekt Thanatotherion, ki je nadaljevanje Shelbyjevega projekta Naughtskeid. Led sta prebila s komadom Nuclear Womb z albuma Alienation Manifesto, ki bo izšel 7. junija pri založbi I, Voidhanger Records in obsega komade:

Red Cathedral
The Raven and the Box of Stars
Orb
Wilczyca
Nuclear Womb
Lament
Codex Crepusculum

Italijanska death grind zasedba Slug Gore je s komadom Demented Crickets napovedala prvenec They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill! Ta bo izšel 19. aprila pri Time to Kill Records. Tracklista:

Post Nuclear Big Smile
Demented Crickets
Overthrow the Surface
The Dust Says You’re Fucked
Necrophiliattitude
Salt
Wake Up Dead
Stuck in the Mud
The Deadly Spawn
50K
Primal Rules
Cut at Once

Ameriški tehnični/grove death metalci Torn the Fuck Apart so minuli teden izdali svoj peti album Kill. Bury. Repeat.

Death metal legende Autopsy predstavljajo napovednik za prihajajoči album Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts, ki bo 27. oktobra izšel pri Peaceville Records. To bo bandov deseti dogometražec in obsega naslednje naslove:

Rapid Funeral
Throatsaw
No Mortal Left Alive
Well of Entrails
Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts
Bones to the Wolves
Marrow Fiend
Toxic Death Fuck
Lobotomizing Gods
Death Is the Answer
Coagulation

Nemški progresivni death metalci Alkaloid so objavili besedilni video za naslovno skladbo prihajajočega albuma Numen, ki bo izšel 15. septembra pri Season of Mist. To bo njihov tretji studijski dolgometražec po vrsti, obsega pa naslednje naslove:

Qliphosis
The Cambrian Explosion
Clusterfuck
Shades of Shub-Niggurath
A Fool's Desire
The Fungi from Yuggoth
The Black Siren
Numen
Recursion
The Folding
Alpha Aur

Žal je odpovedan še en letošnji festival. Tokrat je to doletelo festival Fuck the Commerce 2023, ki bi se moral odvijati 4. in 5. avgusta v Nemčiji. Spodaj lahko preberete uradno izjavo organizatorjev:

»A statement? No, we'll spare you that. We have not reached the necessary pre-sale target and therefore it is not possible to hold the FTC Festival. The time is therefore right to say goodbye. A big thank you goes to Falko, Jörg, Bogo, Jensen, Stephan, the many bands, fellow campaigners, supporters, employees and of course you, our guests, without which the many unforgettable moments would not have been possible.«

Ameriški black/death metal heretiki Profanatica so pred kratkim razkrili nov komad z naslovom Take Up the Cross. Gre za drugi komad s prihajajočega albuma Crux Simplex, ki bo 22. septembra  izšel pri Season of Mist Underground Activists. Prinaša naslednje komade:

Condemned to Unholy Death
Take Up the Cross
The First Fall
Meeting of a Whore
Compelled by Romans
Wipe the Fucking Face of Jesus
The Second Fall
Cunts of Jerusalem
The Third Fall
Division of Robes

Brazilski thrasherji Phrenesy so podpisali za založbo Wormholedeath Records, pri kateri bodo ponovno izdali svoj lanski album Fears Apocalypse. Tracklista:

Fears Apocalypse
Bring It On
Fuck The Pain
Lost Generation
Mistakes
My Hate Is Gonna Speak For Me
Vultures
The Truth Is All There
The Party Won't Stop
War For Beer

Ameriški death/doom metalci Larvae bodo 7. aprila pri Fucking Kill Records izdali svoj drugi album, ki bo nosil naslov Entitled to Death. Seznam pesmi bo takšen:

Entitled to Death
Obscure Unknown
Of Power and Loss
Open Tomb of Nightmares
The Last of Living
The Stars Spelled Death

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:

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