Ameriška tehnična death metal/deathcore zasedba Cognitive je z videospotom za pesem A Pact Unholy napovedala peti album Abhorrence. Ta bo izšel 17. maja pri Metal Blade Records in bo prinesel deset komadov:

Abhorrence
Insidious
A Pact Unholy
Ivory Tower
As the Light Fades
Savor the Suffering
Containment Breach
Rorschach
Lunar Psychopathy
Cold Dead Hands

Organizatorji dogodkov Hangtime Agency sporočajo, da je nedeljski koncert zasedb Grima in Ultar v zagrebškem klubu Močvara odpovedan. Odpovedana sta tudi koncerta v Beogradu in Novem Sadu ter tudi 40 drugih nastopov skupin po Evropi. Zapletlo se je namreč pri vizah. Izjava banda:

»Dear followers of the Grima cult, sometimes even the biggest and oldest spruce tree can't withstand (in)human acts. There is a point where we have to bow down and accept what cannot be changed.
After 4 months of non-stop efforts from everyone involved behind the scenes, the best we got is a 30 days stay in the Schengen area. We have applied for a 90 days arts science visa, which we have been granted in past years, but not this time, the reasons have not been communicated to us.
We did everything we could do, Asgaardian Events and even Les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions helped us as much as possible, but all we got are these 30 days for now, which we shall use to the fullest.
Our first show will be on the April 25 in Switzerland and the last one will be on the May 22 in Paris. Any other show will be cancelled. There will be no further rescheduling. We will be happy to see each one of our cultists at these shows. We won't have any other Central European tours in the near future, except a few festivals next year, which we are already negotiating with.«

Norveški gotični elektroničarji The Kovenant bodo nastopili na nizozemskem festivalu Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2024. Poleg njih je bilo napovedanih še šest zasedb, celoten seznam nastopajočih pa trenutno zgleda tako:

DARK FUNERAL (petkov headliner) | ASPHYX | THE KOVENANT | AGENT STEEL | M.O.D. | ANAAL NATHRAKH | IMPALED NAZARENE | CARPATHIAN FOREST | REVEL IN FLESH | HOUR OF PENANCE | EMPYRIUM | SCHAMMASCH | CHAPEL OF DISEASE | AKHYLS | ALFAHANNE | SVARTTJERN | SOULBURN | SAVAGE GRACE | THY ANTICHRIST | MALPHAS | FRACTURED INSANITY | VIOLENTHOR | THREE EYES OF THE VOID.

Kanadski black/death metal metalci Fractal Generator so obelodanili komad Askesis s tretjega studijskega albuma Convergence, ki ga bodo 7. junija izdali pri Everlasting Spew Records. Tracklista:

Cryogenian
Convergence
Askesis
Ancient Civilizations
Obelisk
Ciphertext
Xiphoid
Algorithmic Pathways
Encephalon

Slam/brutal death metal/deathcore band Ingested iz Manchestra je danes izdal album The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams pri založbi Metal Blade, ki ga tukaj ponuja celega v posluh.

Thrash metal band Aoryst bo 2. maja izdal prvenec Relics Of Time. Pred izidom albuma pa se lahko o hitrih in razgibanih thrash ritmih prepričate s komadom Call of the Void, za katerega je band posnel tudi besedilni video. Komadi na ploščku so:

Deterministic Chaos
Call of the Void
ETNO
Hybrid Forms
Extractor of Death
Exogenesis (Instrumental)
Oceans Below
Anoxia

Kot smo že poročali, bodo Francozi Fractal Gates aprila izdali nov album One With Dawn. Zdaj pa so se na dan prikradle nove informacije o izidu albuma. Ta bo izšel 20. aprila, že pred izidom le tega pa lahko prisluhnete singlu When The Distance Paints Us.

Koncert Mr. Big, ki se bo odvil 4. aprila v Kino Šiška, je razprodan. Kot predskupina bo nastopil Jared James Nichols.

V sredo smo poročali, da se bo danes v mariborskem Gustafu zgodil dogodek Weekend Toretoure Vol. 1. Zdaj pa je znano, v kakšnem časovnem zaporedju bodo nastopili bandi:

20.00 vrata
21.00 Marjetice
21.45 Athiria
22.40 Macabre Demise
23.30 Hailstone

V mariborskem Gustafu se bo v petek odvil dogodek Weekend Toretoure Vol. 1. Nastopili bodo nemški brutaličarji Macabre Demise, avstrijski death metalci Athiria, nemški black/death metalci Hailstone, ter domači death/thrash metalci Marjetice. Za vstopnino boste odšteli 12 EUR.

Francoski black metalci Corpus Diavolis so prejšnji petek pri založbi Les Acteurs De L'Ombre Productions izdali peti dolgometražec Elixiria Ekstasis, ki ga lahko v celoti poslušate v YouTubovem kanalu Black Metal Promotion.

Češki heavy/power metal hard rockerji Metal Factory so objavili video za komad Burning Dignity.

Lombardijski black/death metal band Hadit, ki se mu je lani pridružil Gabriele Gramaglia (Cosmic Putrefaction, Turris Eburnea, Vertebra Atlantis, The Clearing Path), predstavlja svež komad Screaming from the Throat of a Reversed Light Being z drugega albuma Metaphysical Engines Approaching the Event Horizon. Ta bo izšel 15. marca pri založbi I, Voidhanger Records, prinaša pa te komade:

Becoming the Light Eternally Driving on the Photon Sphere
Interstellar Medium's Rhapsody
Three Ways of Death After Gravitational Collapse
Screaming from the Throat of a Reversed Light Being
Find Your Death, Cosmic Wreckage
Blood and Gods Know Where Weakness Is
The Eternals' Dream Out of Time and Frames
Del tramonto sul nulla, dove fuoco diventa Cielo

Znani so trije novi bandi, ki bodo nastopili na češkem festivalu Basinfirefest 2024. To so: Battle Beast, Fleshgod Apocalypse in Rotting Christ.

Seznam vseh zaenkrat potrjenih bandov: Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Brand Of Sacrifice, Cradle Of Filth, Destruction, Fear Factory, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Gutalax, Hulder, Insomnium, Kataklysm, Halocene, Panzerfaust, Rotting Christ, Skalmöld, Suffocation, Suicidal Angels.

Švedski melodični black metalci Wormwood napovedujejo izid četrtega albuma The Star. Ta naj bi izšel 31. maja in bo zajemal te komade:

Stjärnfall
A Distant Glow
Liminal
Galactic Blood
Thousand Doorless Rooms
Suffer Existence
Ro

Band pa tudi sporoča, da se je nedavno razšel z bobnarjem Tatujem Kerttulo, ki je z njim sodeloval zadnja tri leta.