Kanadski melodični power/black metalci The Lightbringer so z besedilnim videospotom za pesem Astral Crown napovedali album Seven Thrones. Ta bo izšel 21. marca in ponudil osem komadov:

Embodiment
Worlds Beyond
Aether Rivers
Elementalians
Pillar of Creation
Astral Crown
Efflorescence
Mystic Places of Dawn (Septic Flesh cover)

Simfonični black metalci Vesperian Sorrow bodo 26. aprila pri Black Lion Records izdali šesti album Awaken the Greylight. Tracklista:

As the Pillars Were Raised
Antediluvian – Proceeding the Unshaping
An Epistle to the Prime Vivified
Traverse the Vorthonian Passage
A Dire Flight for the Black Fragment
Seek the Last Priestess of Tyyk
They Beheld the Chainbreaker's Crowning Defiance
Who Dwells Whithin the Blight Moon
The Excillion Ontogenesis
Awaken the Greylight

Finski melodični death metalci Decrowned so posneli vizualizer za single Stonewing s prihajajočega dolgometražnega prvenca Persona Non Grata, ki bo izšel 23. februarja pri Rockshots Records.

Norveški progresivci Madder Mortem so predstavili Unity, tretji single s prihajajočega albuma Old Eyes, New Heart, ki bo izšel 26. januarja pri založbi Dark Essence Records. Tracklista:

Coming from the Dark
On Guard
Master Tongue
The Head that Wears the Crown
Cold Hard Rain
Unity
Towers
Here and Now
Things I’ll Never Do
Long Road

Angleška gothic rock/metal zasedba Lesbian Bed Death je podpisala za založbo Wormholedeath Records, kjer bo 1. marca izdala album Midnight Lust. Tracklista:

Maria
Roadkill
Satanic Suicide Sex Cult
Your Love Makes Everything Worse
The Antichrist
She Loves Lilith
The Mummy's Tomb
Reykjavik Nights
Feral Eyes
The Woman Who Drinks Tears
Rhythm Of The Kill
Art Of Terror
Horrors of the Crown Hotel

Norveški progresivci Madder Mortem predstavljajo nov single s prihajajočega albuma Old Eyes, New Heart. To pot gre za komad The Head That Wears The Crown, izid albuma pa je napovedan za 26. januar, in sicer pri založbi Dark Essence Records.

Finci Decrowned bodo februarja izdali album Persona Non Grata, na katerem bodo ti komadi:

Folklore pt.1 (intro)
Mouth Leaks Black
Rainworld
Stonewing
Mindparasite
Scarred
Awaken
Faceless
The Bird and The Tree
The Vigorian Man
Persona Non Grata
Folklore pt.2 (outro)

Nemška hard rock/alternativna metal zasedba Surrender The Crown je objavila video za četrti in končni single Armor Down z najnovejšega albuma IV - The Healing, ki je izšel konec prejšnjega meseca. Na svoj račun bodo prišli ljubitelji bandov, kot so Disturbed, Sevendust, Godsmack in In Flames.

Nemški blackened death metalci Sulphur Aeon predstavljajo komad Usurper Of The Earth And Sea s prihajajočega albuma Seven Crowns and Seven Seals, ki izide 13. oktobra pri Ván Records. To bo njihov četrti studijski celovečerec in obsega naslednje naslove:

Sombre Tidings
Hammer from the Howling Void
Usurper of the Earth and Sea
The Yearning Abyss Devours Us
Arcane Cambrian Sorcery
Seven Crowns and Seven Seals
Beneath the Ziqqurats

Avstrijci Serenity bodo 27. oktobra izdali nojnovejšo stvaritev z naslovom Nemesis AD. Že zdaj pa band predstavlja prvi single The Fall Of Man, pri katerem je sodeloval tudi Roy Khan (Conception, ex-Kamelot). Nemesis AD bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Memoriae Alberti Durer
The Fall Of Man (feat. Roy Khan)
Ritter, Tod Und Teufel (Knightfall)
Soldiers Under The Cross
Reflections (Of AD)
Sun Of Justice
Nemesis
The End Of Babylon
Crowned By An Angel
Just The Sky Is The Limit
The Fall Of Man (Orchestral Version, feat. Roy Khan)

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

Italijanski power metalci Frozen Crown, ki so marca letos izdali šesti dolgometražec Call Of The North, sporočajo, da so podpisali z založbo Napalm Records. 

»We're happy and honored to join the Napalm Records family and we're ready for our next big step together! Since we founded this band in 2018 we worked hard incessantly, day after day, not only trying to put our best in our studio albums and live, but also managing the band all by ourselves, conquering every single little accomplishment with our DIY attitude, always keeping loyal to our (extremely) small entourage. Thanks to the support of our lovely fans, Frozen Crown eventually grew bigger, and got to a point where we were not able to handle it all by ourselves anymore. At the same time, we knew we needed more firepower to push the band further and bring it to the next level. And speaking of firepower, Napalm Records was just the best record label to start this new chapter with!!! We're excited beyond words to be part of the best metal label in the world, and we can't wait to start working together on our new album, joining forces with this huge team of professionals!«

Francoski black metal posebneži Blut aus Nord so razkrili prve podrobnosti prihajajočega 15. albuma. Kot drugi del serije albumov z imenom Disharmonium bo nasledil lanski plošček Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (po mnenju skrbnikov Metal Arhivov eden izmed desetih najboljši albumov leta 2022) in tako nosil naslov Disharmonium - Nahab. Plošček bo izšel 25. avgusta pri Debemur Morti Productions in bo prinesel enajst komadov:

Hideous Dream Opus #1
Mental Paralysis
The Endless Multitude
Hideous Dream Opus #2
The Crowning Horror
Queen Of The Dead Dimension
The Black Vortex
Nameless Rites
Hideous Dream Opus #3
The Ultimate Void Of Chaos
Forgotten Aeon

Grški heavy metalci Sacred Outcry so objavili besedilni video za skladbo The Voyage (Towards Immortality). Gre za komad s prihajajočega albuma Towers of Gold, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

Through Lands Forgotten (At the Crossroads of Fate)
The Flame Rekindled (Lurid Lights and Drunken Revelry)
The Voyage (Towards Immortality)
Into the Storm (Beyond the Lost Horizon)
Symphony of the Night (The Curse of the Blind)
A Midnight Reverie (Whispers in the Wind)
The Sweet Wine of Betrayal (The Perennial Sin)
The City of Stone (The Burden of the Crownless Kings)
Towers of Gold (Tempus Edax Rerum)
Where Crimson Shadows Dwell (And Ouroboros Dreamt)

Italijanski power metalci Frozen Crown so posneli videospot za pesem Fire In The Sky z aktualnega albuma Call of the North.