Nemški death/doom metalci Calliophis predstavljajo video za komad Trepak, ki ga boste našli na izdaji Dawn Of A Lifeless Age. Gre za split EP, ki so ga Nemci izdali skupaj z doom metal zasedbo Urza in bo izšel 3. maja. Na albumu bodo tako ti komadi:

Urza – Maunder Minimum
Urza – Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment
Calliophis – Trepak
Calliophis – Endure Your Depression

Sporočajo, da je umrl Horst Odermatt. Horst je bil na sceni dejaven že od zgodnjih devetdesetih, ko je deloval kot urednik revije Heavy oder was? Bolj znan pa je bil privržencem trših zvokov kot vodja ter ustanovitelj festivala Bang Your Head, od leta 2006 pa tudi festivala Rock Of Ages. Star je bil 60 let. Naj počiva v miru.

Angleški ekstremneži Cradle Of Filth se potikajo v studiu, kjer pripravljajo material za 14. dolgometražec. Novico je v svojem profilu Instagram razkrila vokalistka in klaviaturistka Zoë M. Federoff:

»I am beyond humbled to have been allowed to contribute vocals and/or keys to many of the songs on this album. Dani and the guys showed a lot of faith in me for my first album with the gang, and I went in extremely nervous and hellbent on making them all proud. Thank God Dani Filth and producer Scott Atkins are so good at calming my nerves! That was the most fun and relaxing studio session I've had in ages!

Fourteen will be something very special, a distinctly new chapter, and it quite satisfies both the musician and the long-time Cradle fan inside me. A piece of each of our souls lives audibly in it. Prepare yourselves, Filthy family!«

Srbski black metalci Kolac bodo deset let po albumu Zauvek crni 3. februarja pri Pest Records izdali samonaslovljen plošček, ki prinaša deset komadov:

Intro
Kolac
Monsieur de la nuit
Eppur si muove
Krvokolj
Burn
Signed with Black Blood
Silence of the Ages
Jeb'o te bog
Raskršten

Ameriško-švedski black metal band Ringarë predstavlja skladbo Of Mages And Mystics s tretjega studijskega albuma Of Momentous Endless Night, ki ga bo 15. decembra izdala založba Avantgarde Music. Album obsega naslednje naslove:

Usurping Dark Magicks
Shadow Coronation
Of Mages and Mystics
Blood Pact Vindication

Simfonični metalci Everdawn iz ZDA poročajo, da bodo 8. decembra preko založbe Frontiers Music Srl izdali nov album z naslovom Venera. Ta bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Cassiopeia
Century Black
Silver Lining
Karmic Partner
Northern Star
Justify The Means
The Promise
Crimson Dusk And Silver Dawn
Venera
Orion's Belt
Images Everlasting
Samsara
Truer Words Ever Spoken
Beneath The Well

Death metalci Cruciamentum iz VB in ZDA bodo 24. novembra pri založbi Profound Lore Records izdali svoj drugi studijski album Obsidian Refractions. Zasedba je že razkrila naslovnico, prvi single Abhorrence Evangelium in naslove komadov:

Charnel Passages
Abhorrence Evangelium
Necropolis Of Obsidian Mirrors
Scorn Manifestation
Interminable Rebirth Of Abomination
Drowned

Pri Relapse Records bodo 13. oktobra izdali prenovljeno različico kompilacije Fate: The Best of Death. Prednaročila so že možna.

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

Ameriški simfonični black metal trojček Ancestral Blood z besedilnim videospotom za komad Forgotten Myths & Legends napoveduje prihajajoči prvenec z naslovom Forgotten Myths and Legends - Chapter 1. Plošček bo izšel 21. julija pri WormHoleDeath Records. Tracklista:

Forged in the Fires of Hephaestos
Forgotten Myths and Legends
Sky Fortress of Wizardry
Crystallized Within the Caverns of Time
Through the Enchanted Forest of Illusions
Awaiting Where Calm Winds Blow at Nightfall
The Cronos Stone
Lost on a Boundless Journey (Voyage)
Sparks of Light Atop Towers Deserted for Ages

Japonski black metal solo projekt Deathroll sporoča, da je podpisal z založbo Wormholedeath Records. Preko nove založbo bo tako izšel najnovejši album Japanese Extreme Metal Art. Datum izida je napovedan za 7. julij, album bo pa zajemal naslednje komade:

Lady Banks
The Grey Life
Lost in Confusion
The Torture of Lying
False Images of Isolation and Depravity
The Lion's Den

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

Znana je časovnica za nedeljski koncert legendarnih W.A.S.P. v Kinu Šiška. Žal je nastop predvozačev Images Of Eden odpovedan. Spremenjena časovnica je takšna:

19.00 vrata
20.30 W.A.S.P.

Kot smo pa že poročali, je koncert razprodan.

Američani Garoted predstavljajo skladbo Rites of Sinister Defilement, ki se nahaja na prihajajočem četrtem albumu Bewitchment of the Dark Ages. Ta bo pri založbi Lavadome Productions izšel 26. maja.

Veseli Dihurčki sporočajo, da so pošle vstopnice za koncert legendarnih W.A.S.P., ki bodo 14. maja obiskali Kino Šiška skupaj z Images of Eden.