Nove potrjene skupine za festival Summer Breeze 2012, ki se bo od 16. do 18. avgusta dogajal v Dinkelsbühlu v Nemčiji, so Eluveitie, Within Temptation, Immortal, Behemoth, Paradise Lost, Iced Earth, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Architects, Crowbar, Terror, Norma Jean, Vallenfyre, Tankard, Shining, Nifelheim, Heidevolk, Menhir, Born From Pain, Ahab, Desaster, Helheim, Night In Gales, Roterfeld in While She Sleeps. /B.B./

V današnjem Metal detektorju poslušamo nove plošče zasedb Horisont, Accept, 3 Inches Of Blood, Halloween, Municipal Waste, Desaster, Enthroned, Naglfar, Secrets Of The Moon, Barren Earth, Hour Of Penance in Mencea. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3 MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

Desaster preko Rockhard.de predstavljajo drugi single Troops Of Heathens – Graves Of Saints s prihajajočega albuma The Arts Of Destruction, ki bo izšel 28. februarja. Tracklista je sledeča:
Intro
The Arts Of Destruction
Lacerate With Hands Of Doom
Splendour Of The Idols
Phantom Funeral
Queens Of Sodomy
At Hell's Horizon
Troops Of Heathens – Graves Of Saints
Possessed And Defiled
Beyond Your Grace
Outro
/B.B./

Desaster in Condemned sta novi potrjeni skupini za festival Extremefest 2012, ki se bo odvijal med 5. in 7. julijem v Nemčiji, Avstriji in Švici. /P.G./

Obscura nameravajo marca prihodnje leto samostojno izdati kolekcijo demo posnetkov in priredb z naslovom Illegimitation. Tracklista je sledeča:

Illegimitation (Demo, 2003):
...And All Will Come To An End
Crucified
Fear
Immanent Desaster
Cosmogenesis Pre-production (2006):
Incarnated
Open The Gates
Headworm
Recording Session (2011):
Flesh And The Power It Holds (Death cover)
Piece Of Time (Atheist cover)
How Could I (Cynic cover)
/B.B./

Nemški Desaster bodo s producentom Wallyjem Walldorfom pričeli s snemanjem sedmega studijskega izdelka The Arts of Destruction. Na novem albumu bo devet skladb, izid pa se pričakuje v začetku 2012. /B.B./

Znan je dnevni razpored nastopov na festivalu Bang Your Head, ki se bo odvijal 15. in 16. julija v nemškem kraju Balingen:

petek, 15. julij:
glavni oder:
Accept
Immortal
Overkill
Quiet Riot
Death Angel
Crimson Glory
Legion Of The Damned
Stormwarrior
Crashdiet
Crystal Viper
Portrait

dvorana:
Amorphis
Asphyx
Cripper


sobota, 16. julija:
glavni oder:
Slayer
Helloween
Sonata Arctica
Pretty Maids
Psychotic Waltz
Hardcore Superstar
D-A-D
Tygers Of Pan Tang
Astral Doors
Metal Inquisitor
Ivanhoe

dvorana:
Lordi
Jeff Scott Soto
Desaster

Na ogrevalnem večeru, ki bo v četrtek, 14. julija, pa bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin' Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Quiet Riot so zadnji potrjeni band za festival Bang Your Head. Seznam nastopajočih je torej sledeč: Accept, Amorphis, Asphyx, Astral Doors, Crashdiet, Crimson Glory, Cripper, Crystal Viper, D-A-D, Death Angel, Desaster, Hardcore Superstar, Helloween, Immortal, Ivanhoe, Jeff Scott Soto, Legion Of The Damned, Lordi, Metal Inquisitor, Overkill, Portrait, Pretty Maids, Psychotic Waltz, Quiet Riot, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Stormwarrior in Tygers Of Pan Tang. Na ogrevalnem večeru bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin' Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Legion Of The Damned, Desaster, Metal Inquisitor, Crystal Viper in Cripper so novi potrjeni bandi za festival Bang Your Head. /P.G./

Znana je tracklista novega Destruction live albuma z naslovom The Curse Of The Antichrist, ki bo izšel 31. avgusta pri AFM Records: The Butcher Strikes Back, Curse The Gods, Mad Butcher, The Alliance Of Hellhoundz, D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N., Eternal Ban, Urge The Greed Of Gain, Thrash Till Death, Metal Discharge, The Damned, Cracked Brain, Soulcollector, Death Trap, Unconscious Ruins, Life Without Sense, The 7 Deadly Sins, The Antichrist, Thrash Till Death, Reject Emotions (three drumkits Wacken Inferno version), Total Desaster, Bestial Invasion. /P.N./

Desaster bodo ob praznovanju 20 let obstoja izdali boxset, v katerem bodo štirje LPji. /P.G./

Rotting Christ so zadnji potrjen band za festival Kaltenbach Open Air. Seznam nastopajočih je: Seznam zaenkrat potrjenih bandov je sledeč: Necrophobic, Satyricon, Sinister, Gorefest, Samael, Grave, Hollenthon, Eluveitie, Graveworm, Urgehal, Dew-scented, Vreid, Negura Bunget, Desaster, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Fleshless, Casketgarden, Hatred, Mater Monstifera, Return To Innocence, Asathor, Bereavement, Bloodfeast, Brewed&Canned, Cremation, Folterkammer, Inzest, Low Chi, Samhayn, Suicide, Tyrants, Veritas Mentis in Rotting Christ. /P.G./

Marduk in Sinister sta novi potrjeni skupini za festival Kaltenbach Open Air. Seznam zaenkrat potrjenih bandov je sledeč: Necrophobic, Satyricon, Gorefest, Samael, Grave, Hollenthon, Eluveitie, Graveworm, Urgehal, Dew-scented, Vreid, Negura Bunget, Desaster, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Fleshless, Casketgarden, Hatred, Mater Monstifera, Return To Innocence, Asathor, Bereavement, Bloodfeast, Brewed&Canned, Cremation, Folterkammer, GFPM, Low Chi, Samhayn, Suicide, Tyrants in Veritas Mentis. /P.G./

Vreid, Desaster in Excrementory Grindfuckers so novi potrjeni bandi za Kaltenbach Open Air festival, ki bo 18. in 19. julija. /M.P./

V današnjem Metal detektorju bomo poslušali novi album zasedbe Arch Enemy, z novo pevko in novim albumom se vračajo Nightwish, Fleshcrawl pa ponovno dokazujejo, da so neustavljiva death metal mašina. V black metal sekciji tokrat Desaster, Malfeitor in Endstille. Whitechapel so brutalni novinci na sceni, svoj prvenec so izdali avstrijski thrasherji Wolfpack Unleashed, pri heavy metalu ostajajo Primal Fear, Astral Doors pa plujejo nekje med hard rockom in metalom. V minutah za progresivno glasbo tokrat norveški zasedbi Circus Maximus in Winds. Metal detektor je na sporedu ob 22:00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3 MHz ali http://www.radiostudent.si /M.P.C./