Ameriški black metal dvojec Akhlys napoveduje peti album House of the Black Geminus, ki ga bo 5. julija izdal pri založbi Debemur Morti Productions. Album, o katerem je Alcameth več izdal v tretjem delu intervjuja za Bardo Methodology, obsega te naslove:

The Mask of Night-speaking
Maze of Phobetor
Through the Abyssal Door
Black Geminus
Sister Silence, Brother Sleep
Eye of the Daemon – Daemon I

Nu-metal/metalcore zasedba Coping Method je na YouTubu v obliki vizualizerja objavila svoj nov single Obliterate Me.

Zasedba Coping Method je na tej povezavi objavila svoj novi single Underground.

Avstralski folk/groove metalci Carthus so posneli besedilni videospot za komad Method in the Madness, ki je del prihajajočega ploščka Images of Tyranny, ki izide ta petek. Tracklista:

Fed to the Lions
Vindictive Retribution
Blood Crown
Method in the Madness
Warborne
Nightmare
Swamp Monster
Blind Supremacy
Ripples in Time

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!«

Misþyrming so v petek izdali tretji studijski album Með hamri, ki ga ponujajo v posluh na Bandcampu. Izid pri založbi Norma Evangelium Diaboli so pospremili z intervjujem na portalu Bardo Methodology.

Po nekajletnem premoru se Isladci vračajo tudi na odre. Že čez nekaj tednov se podajajo na turnejo z Ritual Death, Kringo in Nubivagant, med katero se bodo nam najbliže ustavili 10. januarja v klubu Randal Bratislavi in 11. januarja v klubu Kapu v Linzu. V začetku aprila igrajo na Dark Easter Metal Meetingu, poleti pa so zaenkrat potrjeni za festivala Rockstad Extreme Fest v Romuniji in Brutal Assault na Češkem.

Ameriška black metal zasedba Negative Plane po desetih letih končno predstavlja nekaj novega, in sicer bo konec aprila pri založbah Invictus Productions (Evropa) in The Ajna Offensive (ZDA) izdala svoj drugi studijski dolgometražec The Pact... Za pokušino je v intervjuju za Bardo Methodology že razkrila prvi komad A Work to Stand A Thousand Years z albuma, ki sicer prinaša naslednje komade:

A Work to Stand A Thousand Years
Poison and the Crucifix
Three Turns to the West
The Wailing of the Immured
Even The Devil Goes into the Church
The Other Door
And So It Came To Pass

Britanska zasedba Voices, grobo opredeljena kot progressive black death metal, predstavlja dražilnik za prihajajoči album. Breaking the Trauma Bond bo izšel 26. novembra pri založbi Church Road Records, na njem pa bo 16 pesmi.

A Field Without Crows
Breaking the Trauma Bond
An Audience of Mannequins
Lilacs In-Between
Ghost City
Petrograph
Methods of Madness
Running Away
Absent Equilibrium
Beckoning Shadows
My Sick Mind
Whispers
The Widower
Kaleidoscope of Thorns
She Speaks To Him in a Dream
Photographs of a Storm Passing Overhead

Ameriški black/death trio Gravesend bo februarja pri 20 Buck Spin izdal prvenec Methods Of Human Disposal. Zasedba je že predstavila naslovnico, naslove komadov in prvi single Needle Park.

Za češki festival Brutal Assault 2020 je potrjenih že približno 50 % nastopajočih. Kot zadnji so bili najavljeni kultni danski heavy metalci Mercyful Fate, ki bodo z organizatorjem in obiskovalci praznovali 25 let obstoja festivala.

V zadnjem paketu so bili potrjeni še Darkest Hour, Denial Of God, Exhumed, Fleshgod Apocalypse, M.O.D. (Method Of Destruction), Municipal Waste, Necrot, Pentagram, RED FANG, Soreption in Valkyrja.

Za nami je uspešen prvi dan festivala Winter Days of Metal. Kmalu bo prvi band otvoril drugi dan festivala. Danes bo ta čast pripadala edinemu slovenskemu bandu letošnje edicije, in sicer slovenskim death metal posebnežem Morywa. Razpored za današnji večer je takšen:

17.30 Morywa
18.30 Dyscarnate
19.35 Fleshgod Apocalypse
20.50 Whitechapel
22.20 Kataklysm
00.00 Kampfar

In še jutrišnji program:

17.30 Copia
18.35 Stam1na
19.45 Okilly Dokilly
21.00 The Black Dahlia Murder
22.30 Insomnium
00.00 MOD

Znan je dnevni razpored nastopajočih bandov, ki bodo od 28. do 30. novembra v Bohinjski Bistrici nastopili na letošnji izvedbi festivala Winter Days of Metal.

Četrtek, 28. 11. 2019:

Exciter, DHG/Dødheimsgard, Bölzer, Blaze of Perdition, Matterhorn.

Petek, 29. 11. 2019:

Kampfar, Kataklysm, Whitechapel, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Dyscarnate, Morywa.

Sobota, 30. 11. 2019:

MOD, Insomnium, The Black Dahlia Murder, Okilly Dokilly, Stam1na, Copia.

Vstopnice so na voljo v spletni trgovini MH Shop, preko sistema Eventim in na vseh bencinskih servisih Petrol po Sloveniji. Ponudbo nastanitev in prostočasnih paketov lahko preverite pri Turističnem društvu Bohinj, ki je partner festivala (vse informacije najdete na tej povezavi).

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Znani so še zadnji nastopajoči za festival Winter Days of Metal 2019, ki bo letos od 28. do 30. novembra v Bohinjski Bistrici. Organizatorji so potrdili Exciter, MOD, Morywa in Copia. Predhodno potrjeni so bili:

Blaze of Perdition
Bölzer
Dødheimsgard
Dyscarnate
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Insomnium
Kampfar
Kataklysm
Matterhorn
Okilly Dokilly
Stam1na
The Black Dahlia Murder
Whitechapel

Ameriški black metal band Vanum, ki je prerasel iz dueta v kvartet, je po Jaws of Rapture zdaj v intervjuju za Bardo Methodology objavil še skladbo Under The Banner Of Death. Obe skladbi bosta sredi februarja izšli na albumu Ageless Fire, ki ga bo izdala založba Profound Lore.

Ageless Fire sicer prinaša naslednje skaldbe:

War
Jaws Of Rapture
Eternity
Under The Banner Of Death
Ageless Fire
Erebus

Novo nastala zasedba Imonolith, v kateri so se združili Jon Howard (Threat Signal), Ryan Von Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project), Brian Waddell (Devin Townsend Project), Byron Stroud (Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory) ter Kai Huppunen (Methods Of Mayhen), predstavljajo prvi single Hollow.