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!«

Kanadčani Unleash The Archers dan pred izidom najnovejšega albuma Phantoma predstavljajo še zadnji single Blood Empress. Album tako torej izide v petek, 10. maja, izdala pa ga bo založba Napalm Records. Spodaj si lahko ogledate video za prej omenjeni single.

17. maja bo pri Scarlet Records izšel debitanski plošček od Duft. Za novi single Only Dead Fish Follow the Stream so posneli tudi videospot, na omenjenem ploščku Altar Of Instant Gratification pa bo skupno spodaj zapisanih enajst komadov.

Intro
Caved In
Dragged Across Concrete
Instant Gratification
Waste from Birth
Scarfaced Blues
Doctrine
20th Century Doom
Anomic Suicide
Open Casket
Only Dead Fish Follow the Stream

Včeraj so velikani švedskega melodeath metala Dark Tranquillity izdali single Unforgivable, za katerega so posneli spodnji videospot. Omenjeni single je že drugi komad s prihajajočega albuma Endtime Signals, ki ga lahko pričakujemo 16. avgusta in ga bo izdala založba Century Media.

Novinci na norveški black metal sceni Odio Deus so se pridružili ekipi Wormholedeath Records. Pri tej bo 7. junija izšel zasedbin debitanski plošček Spiritual Syphilis.

Grški veljaki ekstremnega metala Rotting Christ predstavljajo novi single The Apostate s prihajajočega albuma Pro Xristou. Ta izide 24. maja pri Season Of Mist, spodaj pa si lahko ogledate tudi animirani video za zgoraj omenjeni single.

Rotting Christ boste letos lahko v živo ujeli tudi pri nas, in sicer 5. julija na festivalu Metaljot Raspaljot v Laškem.

Ameriški tehnični death metal band Vale Of Pnath, v katerem delujejo člani Abigail Williams, predstavlja komad Soul Offering, za katerega je posnel spodnji videospot. Omenjeni komad je že drugi single s tretjega albuma Between The Worlds Of Life And Death, ki bo 24. maja izšel pri Willowtip Records in obsega te naslove:

The Forgotten Path (Intro)
Silent Prayer
Soul Offering
Shadow
Uncertain Tomorrow
Beneath Ashen Skies
No Return, No Regret
Echoes of the Past (Interlude)
Burning Light

Simfoniki Within Temptation predstavljajo najnovejši single A Fool’s Parade, pri katerem je sodeloval Alex Yarmak. Video za omenjeni single najdete spodaj.

Norveški dvojec Darkthrone je objavil videospot za komad Black Dawn Affiliation s prihajajočega albuma It Beckons Us All, ki ga bo 26. aprila izdal pri založbi Peaceville Records. Album obsega te naslove:

Howling Primitive Colonies
Eon 3
Black Dawn Affiliation
And in That Moment I Knew the Answer
The Bird People of Nordland
The Heavy Hand
The Lone Pines of the Lost Planet

Ameriški death metal/hardcorovci Terminal Nation predstavljajo komad Merchants of Bloodshed, pri katerem je sodeloval vokalist Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage). Omenjeni komad je že drugi single z bandovega drugega albuma Echoes Of The Devil's Den, ki izide 3. maja pri založbi 20 Buck Spin.

Metalcorovci SetYøurSails, ki bodo jutri izdali nov album Bad Blood, predstavljajo nov single z naslovom Bad Company. Album bo poleg omenjenega singla zajemal te komade:

Bad Blood
Best of Me
T.F.M.F.
Halo
Lately
Dangerous
Bad Company
In My Head
Heart Attack
Eternally

Srbsko-švicarska simfonična metal zasedba Evolucija predstavlja single Storm s prihajajočega albuma The World Is Full of Wrath. Album naj bi pri založbi 7Hard Records izšel to pomlad, spodaj pa si lahko ogledate video za zgoraj omenjeni single Storm.

Kot smo januarja poročali, je v 78. letu starosti umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj britanskih veteranov Magnum. Že takrat se je šušljalo, da to pomeni tudi konec za zasedbo, ki je to zdaj tudi uradno potrdila. Izjava vokalista Boba Catleyja:

»Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.
I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future – you never know – but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.
So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic – the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.
So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.
I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye.«

Irski metal veljaki Primordial so posneli videospot za skladbo Death Holy Death z aktualnega albuma How It Ends, ki so ga izdali konec septembra lani pri založbi Metal Blade.

Za omenjeni videospot so uporabili kadre iz filma La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928).

17. maja bo pri Dark Descent Records izšel novi album od Strychnos. Nosil bo naslov Armageddon Patronage, tukaj pa že lahko prisluhnete komadu Winds Warning the Final Storm. Na omenjeni izdaji bodo ti naslovi:

Winds Warning the Final Storm
Armageddon Patronage
Choking Salvation
Endless Void Dimension
Pale Black Birds
Stanken af Dyd
Sweeping Storm of Suicide
Nattevandrerinden