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.

Znani so še zadnji nastopajoči na letošnji izvedbi festivala Tolminator, ki se bo odvijal med 24. in 28. julijem v Tolminu. Kot četrti in zadnji headliner so potrjeni Electric Wizard! Na glavnem odru bodo nastopili Jungle Rot in Dödsrit, na underground odru pa Stillbirth, Dust Bolt, Monochromatic Black, Mezzrow, Nemesis, Infest, Dusk in Dezaztre.

Poleg že omenjenih na festivalu igrajo še zasedbe Natural, Battlesword, Public Grave, False Crown, Carrion, Patroness, Behind Bars, Astral Paralysis, Chronic Hate, Nekrodeus, Total Annihilation, Contractkiller, Slave To Sirens, Thy Legion in Eternal Struggle, od domačih bandov pa Kamra, Samperium, Dethrone The Corrupted in Sovrag.

Znan je tudi že razpored nastopajočih po dnevih in naslednji teden gre v prodajo omejeno število dnevnih vstopnic. Festivalske vstopnice so na voljo na tej povezavi.

Black metal dvojec Inquisition se naslednje leto vrača z novim dolgometražcem. Album z naslovom Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence naj bi izšel 26. januarja in bo zajemal naslednje komade:

Witchcraft Within A Gothic Tomb
Crown Of Light And Constellations
A Hidden Ceremony Of Blood And Flesh
Force Of Death Is The Force Of Life
Memories Within An Empty Castle In Ruins
Primordial Philosophy And Pure Spirit
Infinity Is The Aeon of Satan
Pathway Of Light Is A Pathway To Fire
Light Of My Dark Essence
Secrets From The Wizard Forest Of Forbidden Knowledge
Sorcery Through Crystal Eyes In Search Of The Devil
Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence
Lord Of Absolute Darkness And Infinite Light

Francoski black metal veterani Merrimack so posneli videospot za skladbo Sulphurean Synods. Gre za prvi single s prihajajočega albuma Of Grace and Gravity, ki bo 8. marca izšel pri založbi Season of Mist Underground Activists. Izid obsega naslednje naslove:

Sulphurean Synods
Sublunar Despondenc
Dead and Distant Clamors
Wounds that Heal
Starving Crowns
Under the Aimless Spheres

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.

Ameriški black/death trio Gravesend bo 27. oktobra pri 20 Buck Spin izdal svoj drugi album Gowanus Death Stomp. Zasedba je že predstavila naslovnico, dva komada in tracklisto:

Deranged
11414
Even a Worm Will Turn
Festering in Squalor
Code of Silence
Gowanus Death Stomp
Streets of Destitution
Make (One's) Bones
Crown of Tar
Thirty Caliber Pesticide
The Third Rail
Mortsafe (Resurrection Men)
Lupara Bianca
Carried by Six
Vermin Victory
Enraged

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

Ameriški deathcorovci Carnifex z novim videospotom predstavljajo naslovni komad albuma Necromanteum, ki bo izšel 6. oktobra pri Nuclear Blast in prinaša vsega deset komadov:

Torn in Two
Death's Forgotten Children
Necromanteum
Crowned in Everblack
The Pathless Forest
How the Knife Gets Twisted
Architect of Misanthropy
Infinite Night Terror
Bleed More
Heaven and Hell All at Once

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!«

Nemški black metalci Servant z videospotom za komad To Crown A Beast napovedujejo svoj drugi album Aetas Ascensus, ki bo izšel 7. julija. Tracklista:

Aetas Ascensus
Of Asceticism And Ecstasy
To Crown A Beast
Empire Of Madness
Mater Hominis
A Spell To Dethrone
Prayer
Seven Sins To End The World
Licht