Progresivni death metal duet Iapetus sporoča, da je podpisal pogodbo z založbo Willowtip Records. Band je trenutno v fazi priprave materiala za tretji album, spodaj pa lahko preberete izjavo banda ob začetku sodelovanja z novo založbo:

»We are honored, humbled, and thrilled to announce our partnership with Willowtip Records - to join their incomparable roster, both past and present, and to stand alongside so many incredible bands that we have long admired both as fans and peers.Willowtip is and has always been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of metal - to championing the off-beat and the unfamiliar - and so we feel resolutely at home beneath their legendary, ever-innovative banner. This partnership is, for us - and in so many ways - a perfect fit. We could not be more excited for the endeavors ahead.

Writing for our next album has been ongoing for years, and is still well underway - while it's still too far-off for specific details, we can promise that it will be our darkest record yet - an 80+ minute conceptual rumination on hopelessness, mortality, and meaning in an uncaring cosmos. More news will become available as the album progresses.

And, as always, our unending gratitude for the continual support of our fans across the globe - if you haven't already, check out some of our new, outstanding labelmates - An Abstract Illusion, Countless Skies, Hath, Slugdge, The Anchoret, and more!

Cheers, and Happy New Year!«

Avstralski strokovnjaki za plesnobo, temo in gnev Impetuous Ritual predstavljajo prvi single s prihajajočega albuma Iniquitous Barbarik Synthesis, ki bo izšel 12. maja pri založbi Profound Lore. Single Lecherous Molestation si lahko zavrtite na tej povezavi, po poslušanju pa si misli izperete z čistilom za tla. Tracklista:

Sanguinary Abstraction
Lecherous Molestation
Rite of Impalement
Necromantic Esurience
Grail of Enmity
Intramural Axiom
Psychic Necrosis
Sacreligious Penance
Metempsychosis

Industrial metal projekt Isolant po sedmih letih predstavlja nekaj novega – skladbo Inner Tomb s prihajajočega EP-ja Drain, ki bo 24. februarja izšel pri založbi Sentient Ruin Laboratories. EP prinaša naslednje komade:

The End Begins Me
Drown In Ash
Death Pulse
Lamentation
Inner Tomb
Drain

Člani Isolant so Max Furst (ex-Morne, The Watcher, Malleus), M. Alagna (Abstracter, Somnolent, Atrament, Ash Prison) in M. Souto (Suspiral, S.E.K.H., ex-Bodybag, Arkaik Exekution, Excurse, Sepelio).

Nemški death metalci Abstractyss v obliki videospota predstavljajo svoj najnovejši single Nyctophilia.

Ameriški death metalci Nothingness so objavili single Catapulted Into Hyperspace s prihajajočega albuma Supraliminal, ki bo 20. januarja izšel pri založbi Everlasting Spew. To bo bandov drugi studijski izid in obsega naslednje komade:

Curse of Creation
Horrendous Incantation
Catapulted Into Hyperspace
Temple of Broken Swords
Festering Abstraction
Inviolate Viscera
Beacon of Loss
The Anvil
Decimation Mechanism

Francoski black metalci Wolok za 8. december pri Brucia Records napovedujejo svoj četrti dolgometražni album The Bilious Hues of Gloom. Na svoj račun naj bi prišli ljubitelji zasedb, kot so P.H.O.B.O.S., Abstracter, The Axis of Perdition, Red Harvest. Tracklist:

The Slough Of Despond
Yellow Bile
Gospel Truth
Opalescent
Blotches
Downfallen

Tudi progresivno/atmosferični death/black metalci An Abstract Illusion so se odločili, da svoj novi album Woe predčasno pošljejo na medmrežje. Brezplačno mu lahko prisluhnete tukaj, uradno pa bo izšel v petek pri Willowtip Records.

Švedski progressive/atmospheric death/black metalci An Abstract Illusion bodo 9. septembra pri Willowtip Records izdali svoj drugi album z naslovom Woe. To bo prvi studijski izdelek po šestih letih. Tracklista:

The Behemoth That Lies Asleep
Slaves
Tear Down This Holy Mountain
Prosperity
Blomsterkrans
In The Heavens Above, You Will Become A Monster
This Torment Has No End, Only New Beginnings

Kanadčani The Design Abstract so objavili videospot za komad The Hybrid Awakening. S spotom so ovekovečili njihovo prvo srečanje oziroma prve vaje v živo z novim članom.

Brazilski progresivci Abstracted so se pridružili ekipi M-Theory Audio, pri kateri bo konec leta izšel njihov dolgometražni album. Prvi komad Decree Of Sunlight lahko slišite tukaj.

Švedski melodični death metalci At The Gates bodo 2. julija izdali album The Nightmare Of Being. Zaenkrat so razkrili naslovnico in naslove komadov:

Spectre of Extinction
The Paradox
The Nightmare of Being
Garden of Cyrus
Touched by the White Hands of Death
The Fall into Time
Cult of Salvation
The Abstract Enthroned
Cosmic Pessimism
Eternal Winter of Reason

Ameriški progresivni tehnični death metal trio Baring Teeth je objavil naslovno skladbo prihajajočega albuma Transitive Savagery, ki bo izšel 16. novembra pri založbi Translation Loss Records.

Transitive Savagery prinaša naslednje skladbe:
The Quiescent Mass
Abstracted Mind
Perikaryon
Aqueous
Transitive Savagery
Vertiginous Noise
Impressions Left Behind

Bay Area black metal/crust punk zasedba Atrament je objavila napovednik za drugi studijski album Scum Sect, ki bo izšel 28. septembra v sodelovanju z založbami Sentient Ruin Laboratories, Caligari Records in Blood Harvest Records.

Skupino sestavljajo nekateri sedanji oziroma bivši člani Vastum, Necrot, Mortuous, Abstracter, Moral Void in Black September.

Abstracter so konec prejšnega tedna pri založbi Sentient Ruin Laboratories izdali novi studijski album Cinereus Incarnate, ki ga lahko v celoti preverite spodaj.

Preko Decibelmagazine.com lahko premierno prisluhnete skladbi Wings Of Annihilation z novega albuma kalifornijske blackened crust/sludge/doom metal zasedbe Abstracter, ki nosi naslov Cinereus Incarnate in bo izšel 8. junija pri založbi Sentient Ruin Laboratories.