The time has come to get a first taste from Dephosphorus's forthcoming new album, Impossible Orbits, to be released on June 15th via the Polish grindcore label, Selfmadegod Records. The new track is called "Rational Reappraisal" and can be heard below.

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Possessed have big news to share today! They are finally releasing a new album in 2018, via their new label Nuclear Blast. Nuclear Blast has announced the worldwide signing and the return of the legendary death metallers. Fans can expect Possessed's first a full-length release in 31 years, sometime next year. Watch a teaser video announcing the signing that includes a short snippet of demo of a new song here.

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After finishing strong of tour dates with Meshuggah in the UK and Arch Enemy in Central Europe, Swedish metallers The Haunted have been busy these last few weeks with the recording and mixing process of their upcoming, 9th studio album effort. Recorded at Parlour Studios in the UK with producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, The Exploited), the album is entitled Strength In Numbers and will be released worldwide via Century Media Records on August 25th, 2017. A video teaser from recording sessions can be seen below.

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Drummer Yoshiki of X Japan will undergo an emergency cervical artificial disc replacement surgery on Tuesday, May 16th in Los Angeles. As a result of Yoshiki's intense drumming style and the impact it has had on his physical health, he was diagnosed with cervical foraminal stenosis in July 2009, and then underwent a cervical laminectomy and a cervical foraminotomy.

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Cormorant just revealed the first details of their new album, Diaspora, which will be self-released on August 11th with US and European distribution through War Crime Recordings. The California progressive death metal collective will reveal the artwork and preorder details in the coming weeks. For now, check out the tracklist, teaser as well as the guests that will be featured on the album.

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On August 25th, 2017, French metal force Dagoba will release its seventh studio album, Black Nova, as a cooperation between Jive Epic France for France and Century Media Records for the rest of the world. The first single "Inner Sun" premieres on Rock Hard France's sampler CD out this week and it will be available everywhere on May 19th.

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Paganizer are offering you some Swedish death metal today. Having been around for nearly two decades, the band is about to release a new album, their 10th full length, called Land Of Weeping Souls on Transcending Obscurity Records this August 5th, 2017. You can check out if it's worth your time now. The first song released for streaming is "Dehumanized". Listen to it below.

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Enslaved will release their eight-track live album entitled Roadburn Live next Friday, May 19th via By Norse Records, which is the recording of their 2015 performance at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Less than two weeks away, the band shared the tune "Isa" which will be included on the live release and you can hear it below.

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Brazilian death metallers Krisiun and their tourmates NervoChaos were arrested in the early morning of Tuesday May 9th at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh after being approached by police while they were collecting their luggage. They were supposed to play on Tuesday night, but unfortunately had to cancel the sold out concert after hours of detainment at the airport. The Brazilian bands are in an international tour together, and before going to Bangladesh, they had performed at Hammersonic Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia. It looks like their shows in Mongolia, China, Vietnam and Malaysia may also be cancelled.

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Masterplan just announced that they will release a new album titled PumpKings on June 30th via AFM Records. It consists of re-recorded versions of legendary German power metal band Helloween songs from albums that guitarist Roland Grapow played on. Included are three songs from Pink Bupples Go Ape (1991), two from Chameleon (1993), two from Master Of The Rings (1994), one from The Time Of The Oath and two from The Dark Ride (2000).

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Vicious Rumors have announced a couple of changes in their line-up. More noticeably, the return of lead singer Brian Allen, who left the band back in 2013 for family reasons to be replaced by Nick Holleman. Singer Nick Holleman left the band now to pursue other projects. Brian is back and they also have a new guitarist: 18 year old guitar virtuoso Gunnar DüGrey from Portland, Oregon.

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A new Dødsengel song has arrived! "Rubedo", a brand new track taken from their anticipated new album, Interequinox, is available here for consumption. Later this month, on May 19th, 2017, the album will be released by Debemur Morti Productions. Do you like the new song from the Norwegian black metal duo?

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Norwegian death metallers Execration have released today a teaser for the upcoming album, which already has a release date. Mark your calendars for July 14th, 2017. It will be out via Metal Blade Records. You can have a little preview of the album on the trailer below. Did it whet your appetite?

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A new Merrimack track has arrived, which means you can enjoy some black goodness. "Cesspool Coronation" is the name of their brand new tune, which will be featured on the group's upcoming album Omegaphilia. Check it out below while you wait and grab the album on June 9th via Season Of Mist. If you wish, you can pre-order your copy at this location.

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Less than two weeks to go until Loss (USA) release their new album and "Horizonless", a brand new song from the extreme doomsters, has now been released. It can be streamed over here. The track is taken from the band's second album Horizonless, which will be released on May 19th through Profound Lore Records.

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