Italijanska doom metal zasedba Doomraiser bo v prihajajočih mesecih izdala nov album, ki mu je nadela naslov Cold Grave Marble. Več informacij sledi.

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

Francoski ambient-drone projekt Eventide je tukaj v celoti objavil prvenec Waterline. Ta bo uradno izšel 11. aprila pri Aesthetic Death.

Nemški heavy metal/hard rockerji Kissin' Dynamite bodo 5. julija pri Napalm Records izdali album Back With A Bang, s katerega si lahko spodaj ogledate video za skladbo Raise Your Glass.

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

Oktobra so švedski melodični old school heavy metalci Six Foot Six in Snowy Shaw objavili video za pesem Raise The Dead, zdaj pa so skupaj posneli še video za pesem Tears, ki si ga lahko ogledate spodaj. Obe pesmi sta del prihajajočeha ploščka Beggar's Hill.

Italijanska založba Time To Kill Records bo izdala kompilacijo z naslovom Mesmerized - A Tribute to Celtic Frost. Ta bo vsebovala šest priredb kultne švicarske zasedbe:

Barbarian - A Kiss or a Whisper
Bunker 66 - Juices Like Wine
CO2 - I Won’t Dance
Doomraiser - Procreation of the Wicked
Kryptonomicon - Morbid Tales
Necrodeath - Necromantical Screams

Švedski melodični old school heavy metalci Six Foot Six so s komadom Raise the Dead najavili izid svojega tretjega dolgometražca z naslovom Beggar's Hill. Ta bo izšel 8. decembra preko Scarlet Records, pri omenjenem komadu pa je na bobnarskem stolčku sedel Snowy Shaw, ki je v preteklosti sodeloval z bandi, kot so King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame in Memento Mori.

Znana je tracklista samonaslovljenega ploščka grških death/doom metalcev On Thorns I Lay, ki bo izšel 13. oktobra pri Season of Mist. Nov album prinaša šest komadov:

Fallen From Grace
Newborn Skies
Crestfallen
Among The Wolves
Raise Empires
Thorns Of Fire

Po šestih letih studijskega zatišja bodo slovaški thrasherji Acid Force 3. novembra pri Jawbreaker Records izdali World Targets In Megadeaths, naslednika prvenca Atrocity for the Lust iz leta 2017. Prvi komad, ki ga s prihajajočega albuma delijo z nami, je Praise the Atom, katerega video lahko preverite spodaj. Poleg tega lahko naslovnico preverite na priloženi sliki, seznam pesmi je pa takšen:

Out of the Trench
Preachers of Mayhem
Fast Friday
Rebirth of the Sun
Praise the Atom
Lightning Cops
Beyond the Concrete Fields
World Targets In Megadeaths

Kanadski death metal mojstri Cryptopsy so posneli videospot za komad In Abeyance z albuma As Gomorrah Burns, ki izide 8. septembra pri založbi Nuclear Blast Records. Ta bo bandov osmi dolgometražec po vrsti in obsega naslednje komade:

Lascivious Undivine
In Abeyance
Godless Deceiver
Ill Ender
Flayed the Swine
The Righteous Lost
Obeisant
Praise the Filth

Mednarodna brutal death metal zasedba Tortured, katere člani prihajajo iz Španije, Rusije in Francije, bo ta petek pri Comatose Music izdala svoj prvenec z naslovom Genetically Engineered Monstrosity. Tracklista:

Bathing in Pus
Raised by Punishment
Human Bait
Mushed Up
Genetically Engineered Monstrosity
Barbaric Impalement
Boiled to Death
Devouring What's Left of You
Gruesome Chastisement

Danes bo uradno luč sveta ugledal Helvegr, šesti studijski album norveških black metalcev Tsjuder. Albumu lahko prisluhnete na YouTubu.

Limitirana različica tega albuma prinaša dodaten plošček, in sicer skupek petih priredb od Bathory z imenom Scandinavian Black Metal Attack - Ode to Bathory. Tudi tega lahko poslušate na YouTubu. Tracklista:

The Return of Darkness and Evil
Satan my Master
Born for Burning
Reaper
Raise the Dead

Organizatorji legendarnega festivala Bang Your Head sporočajo, da se je ta za vedno poslovil. Več podrobnosti lahko preberete v izjavi organizatorja:

THAT WAS IT! Hello friends, it is with a heavy heart that we are writing these lines. But there is no other way. We really gave and did everything we could to finally catch up with celebrating the big BANG YOU HEAD!!! anniversary in 2023, and eagerly anticipated this summer like no other. But: We alone, unfortunately, did not have control over creating the circumstances needed to set up an event of this caliber with the requirement to quality connected to the name BANG YOUR HEAD!!! and actually make it happen. A lot changed in the past three years and not a lot of it was and is good. All in all, it can and must be said: The whole scene changed, and the preconditions for organizing an open-air event in Balingen are completely different in 2023 than they were in 2019 – also from an economic perspective. All in all, we thus come to the conclusion, even if it is incredibly sad, that there are too many factors and forces working against us, and pushing through to organize an event at any cost would cause more losses for us and others involved than putting an end to it now. And this is how it is now: The BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 2023 can and will NOT take place. Due to the abovementioned reasons which we can’t describe in further detail due to reasons that are hopefully understandable, there is no viable path that we can take responsibility for aside from calling off the big anniversary party in Balingen. We hope for your understanding and thank everybody from the bottom of our hearts that supported us, believed in us, and kept their tickets or even bought new ones. Especially for you we tried everything to finally raise the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! flag again over the Swabian Alb, but it seems like it was not meant to be. And to make sure to avoid any potential misunderstandings: There will be no more BANG YOUR HEAD!!! festivals in the future. This was it. Because we know that many of you waited for the BYH!!! this year with immense anticipation, we intensely tried to come up with a way to marginally make up for the cancellation of the event. So, we had an idea for a ticket exchange to the ROCK OF AGES festival 2023 which you can read up on in the detailed statement on www.bang-your-head.de. Of course, we will also reimburse the purchasing price to everybody who would like to return their tickets – irrespective of which of the past years the tickets for 2023 were purchased. We will inform you about the detailed process shortly through our channels. We want to thank you once again for your support at all 24 festivals and we would be thrilled to greet you as part of the LOYAL ONES in Seebronn on 28th June! Stay heavy! Horst and the BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-Team

Ob 45. obletnici delovanja bodo Girlschool, kraljice britanskega hard rocka, izdale svoj novi studijski album WTFortyfive? Na ploščku, ki bo izšel 28. julija, bo 12. komadov:

It Is What It Is
Cold Dark Heart
Bump In The Night
Barmy Army
Invisible Killer
Believing In You
It's A Mess
Into The Night
Are You Ready?
Up To No Good
Party
Born To Raise Hell