Preko Clrvynt.com lahko premierno prisluhnete novi verziji skladbe Sodden Jackal (sedaj  imenovana Sodden Jackyl) kultne doom metal zasedbe The Obsessed, ki se v originalu sicer nahaja na njihovem 7" singlu iz leta 1983.

The Obsessed so letos podpisali za založbo Relapse Records, pri kateri bo tudi izšel njihov novi studijski album z naslovom Sacred.  Skupino po novem sestavljajo kitarist/vokalist Scott »Wino« Weinrich (Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Shrinebuilder, Probot, ex-Premonition 13, ex-Spirit Caravan, ex-The Hidden Hand, ex-Place Of Skulls), basist Bruce Falkinburg (ex-The Hidden Hand), bobnar Brian Costantino (ex-Spirit Caravan, ex-Insane) in kitaristka Sara Seraphim (Arsantiqva, ex-Armageddon, ex-Ghost Ship Octavius).

Vokalist Dennis Lee (Alesana) se je pridružil Kyleu Odellu (Bloodjinn), Justinu Reichu (Vanisher) in Scottu Sheltonu (Vanisher) v novem metal projektu, imenovanem Child Of The Jackyl, katerega debitantski EP Last Son Of Gaia naj bi pozimi izšel pri Revival Recordings. Na portalu Revolvermag.com lahko že ekskluzivno poslušate prvi single Chthonian Descent, ki bo na voljo 13. novembra. /B.B./

Jackyl so objavili videospot za skladbo Screwdriver, prvi single z novega albuma Best In Show, ki bo jutri izšel pri Mighty Loud Entertainment. /B.B./

Dark Tranquillity so tukaj objavili live video komada The Wonders at Your Feet in del komada Zodijackyl Light. /S.P./

31. maja bodo Dark Tranquillity ob svoji petnajsti obletnici delovanja izdali dvojni CD z redkim in prej neizdanim materialom, Exposures - In Retrospect And Denial. Track lista je naslednja: CD1 Static, The Poison Well, Misery In Me, Cornered, In Sight, No-One, Exposure, Yesterworld, Unfurled By Dawn, Midwinter/Beyond Enlightenment, Vernal Awakening, Void Of Tranquillity. CD2 (live) - The Wonders At Your Feet, The Treason Wall, Hedon, White Noise/Black Silence, Haven, Punish My Heaven, Monochromatic Stains, Indifferent Suns, Format C: For Cortex, Insanity's Crescendo, Hours Passed In Exile, The Sun Fired Blanks, Damage Done, Lethe, Not Built To Last, ThereIn, Zodijackyl Light, Final Resistance, Ex Nihilo. /M.P./

AC/DC pevec Brian Johnson bo z Jackyl frontmanom Jesse James Dupreejem posnel pesem Kill The Sunshine za prihajajoči Jackyl album. /M.P./