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

Švedsko-kanadski death metalci Darkened bodo 14. junija pri Edged Circle Productions na zgoščenki, vinilu, kaseti in digitalno izdali tretji album Defilers of the Light. Ta prinaša enajst komadov:

Waves of Desolation
Defilers of the Light
Those Who Dwell Below
In Praise of Shadows
Just Close Your Eyes
Echoes of Solitude
On We Slaughter
Dead Inside
Masses of Vain Observance
As Apocalypse Dawns
Final Sanctuary

Ameriška heavy metal zasedba Sunbomb sporoča, da bo junija izdala nov album z naslovom Light Up The Sky. Točen datum izida je 24. junij, izdala ga bo založba Frontiers Records, pred izidom pa prisluhnite komadu Unbreakable.

Floridski tehnični death metal veterani Nocturnus AD predstavljajo pesem Yesod, The Dark Side of the Moon s prihajajočega albuma Unicursal, ki ga bodo 17. maja izdali pri založbi Profound Lore Records. Tracklista:

Intro
The Ascension Throne of Osiris
CephaloGod
Mesolithic
Organism 46B
Mission Malkuth
Yesod, the Darkside of the Moon
Hod, the Stellar Light
Netzach, the Fire of Victory
Outro

Ameriški tehnični death metal band Vale Of Pnath, v katerem delujejo člani Abigail Williams, predstavlja komad Soul Offering, za katerega je posnel spodnji videospot. Omenjeni komad je že drugi single s tretjega albuma Between The Worlds Of Life And Death, ki bo 24. maja izšel pri Willowtip Records in obsega te naslove:

The Forgotten Path (Intro)
Silent Prayer
Soul Offering
Shadow
Uncertain Tomorrow
Beneath Ashen Skies
No Return, No Regret
Echoes of the Past (Interlude)
Burning Light

Madridska brutal death metal zasedba Christ Denied je objavila visualizer za komad A Blinding Light? s prihajajočega albuma Christopsy. To bo njen tretji dolgometražec po vrsti, izšel pa bo bo 21. maja pri založbi Xtreem Music.

Marca je odjeknila vest, da bodo Nemci Krater, ki ustvarjajo umazani black metal, maja izdali peti studijski album Phrenesis. Band zdaj predstavlja prvi single z naslovom Hopesmoker – Celestial Apex. Točni izid albuma je prek založbe Eisenwald napovedan za 31. maj, seznam komadov pa je tak:

Hopesmoker – Celestial Apex
Schattengeister
Withered Hands
Splitter
Enlightenment’s Grieving
Once – Into the Endless Void
Phrenesis

Belgijski psihedeličarji Wolvennest predstavljajo videospot za skladbo Adversaries z aktualnega albuma The Dark Path To The Light, ki so ga preteklo jesen izdali pri Ván Records.

Sullen Light of Expired Stars je naslov novega singla progresivnih death metalcev Swelling Repulsion, ki ga boste lahko našli za prihajajočem dolgometražcu Fatally Misguided. Ta izide 7. junija pri Transcending Obscurity Records.

Španski death/doom metalci Totengott so razkrili naslovnico in seznam pesmi prihajajočega albuma Beyond the Veil. Naslovnico najdete na sliki, tracklista pa je takšna:

Inner Flame
Sons of the Serpent
Marrow of the Soul
The Architect
Beyond the Veil Part I: Mirrors of Doom
Beyond the Veil Part II: Necromancer
The Golden Crest (The Ritual, The Curse, The Path, The Light)

Psihedelični doom/stoner rokerji/metalci Duel bodo 5. julija pri Heavy Psych Sounds izdali EP z naslovom Breakfast with Death. Tracklista:

Ancient Moonlight
Satan's Invention
Chaos Reigns
Fallacy
Pyro
Berserker
Tigers of Destruction
Greet the Dead
Burn the Earth

Švedska black metal zasedba In Aphelion bo 9. avgusta izdala drugi celovečerec z naslovom Reaperdawn. Za vse neučakane pa že zdaj objavljajo video za single When All Stellar Light Is Lost.

Založba Profound Lore na tej povezavi ponuja v posluh novi album ameriških eksperimentalnežev Locrian z naslovom End Terrain. Ta obsega te naslove:

Chronoscapes
Utopias
Umwelt
The World Is Gone, There Is No World
Excarnate Light
Black Prisims of Our Dead Age
Innenwelt
In the Throes of Petrification
After Extinction

Francoska založba Debemur Morti Productions bo 18. in 19. oktobra krstno izvedla festival Servants of Chaos 2024, na katerem bodo nastopili Dødheimsgard in bandi pod njenim okrlijem – Archgoat, Throane, Mütterlein, Aversio Humanitatis, Eitrin, Slidhr, Light of the Morning Star in Ulcerate.

Festival bo gostil klub ResonanzWerk v Oberhausnu v Nemčiji. Za več informacij lahko tukaj spremljate dogodek na Facebooku.

Kot smo januarja poročali, je v 78. letu starosti umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj britanskih veteranov Magnum. Že takrat se je šušljalo, da to pomeni tudi konec za zasedbo, ki je to zdaj tudi uradno potrdila. Izjava vokalista Boba Catleyja:

»Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.
I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future – you never know – but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.
So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic – the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.
So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.
I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye.«