Tando Ashanti, the new album from the Danish Hexis, has been officially posted online for streaming ahead of its release and can be enjoyed in its entirety in the SoundCloud player here. Three years have passed since their latest opus Abalam. How is the group sounding on this new offering? Start your weekend with Hexis, blast it out loud and tell us your impressions about it.

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Paradise Lost have officially announced on their Facebook page that they are currently in the studio recording their new album, following 2015's highly acclaimed The Plague Within. According to their status update, they are working with Jaime Gomez Arellano (producer of The Plague Within, as well as Ghost's Opus Eponymous, Cathedral's The Last Spire and Fen's Winter, just to name a few) at the freshly revamped Orgone Studios.

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Tankard's new album One Foot In The Grave cover art has been unveiled. This 35th anniversary album will be released on June 2nd, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. And the iconic band mascot, the Tankard-Alien, celebrates his return after about 13 years of absence. The alien was born in 1989 with the Alien EP and has already graced five album covers. The Tankard fan club "Maniac Aliens" is named after it also. Feast your eyes on it below.

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Remember Cirith Ungol? The heavy doomsters from the U.S. have some news to share. In conjunction with their first ever live show on European soil at the Keep It True festival in Lauda-Konigshofen, Germany, Metal Blade Records will release the Ultimate Edition of Cirith Ungol's King Of The Dead album on the weekend of the fest, April 28th!

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Something's cooking in the Dark Sarah camp. Heidi Parviainen, most noticeable as Dark Sarah's creative force and singer, had recently started a crowdfunding project that will help with the production of her upcoming third album, that will continue the story between the fictional characters Dark Sarah and The Dargon, which Heidi began illustrating in the song Dance With The Dragon. It is now also clear to say that Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (ex-Charon, ex-Poisonblack), who brought life to The Dragon in Dance With The Dragon, will join the Dark Sarah lineup ahead for their third studio album, which will complete the Dark Sarah Trilogy.

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Swedish heavy metallers Trial have just premiered the third new song "Juxtaposed" from their upcoming studio album, Motherless, which is due for release on April 7th, 2017 via Metal Blade Records. Check out the track below.

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Turkish black metal horde The Sarcophagus are about to release their new album worldwide, on April 4th via Satanath Records (Russia) / Death Portal Studio (USA) / Fila Sophiae (Sweden) / Sphera Noctis Records (Brazil). It's called Beyond This World's Illusion and is the band's second album after Towards The Eternal Chaos (2009). Enjoy the entire piece at this location.

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Today, Anathema has shared two big news. Apart from premiering the first song off of their impending new album, The Optimist, they also announced a European tour in support of the record with special guests Alcest. The new track is entitled "Springfield" and you can give it a few spins below. Just how optimistic are you after hearing this song?

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Finnish melodic metal band Amorphis has released a new live video for the song "Bad Blood" off of their latest studio album, Under The Red Cloud. The band is still on tour in North America and shared a small taste of their shows in Philadelphia, Quebec city, Montreal, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Cleveland! See the final result below.

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Swedish doom metallers Avatarium are set to release their third studio album, Hurricanes And Halos, on May 26th via Nuclear Blast. It's time to get a first impression of it by listening to their new song "Into The Fire/Into The Storm", which opens the record.

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Shortly after releasing their latest offering, Mogontiacum (Nachdem Die Nacht Herabgesunken...), the German avantgarde black metallers Nocte Obducta just announced their new album to be titled Totholz (Ein Raunen Aus Dem Klammwald). It shall be available on May 26th, 2017 and before that at the band's concerts. See the cover below as well as the tracklist..

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American neofolk and black metal worshipers Falls Of Rauros just shared their upcoming album, Vigilance Perennial, online in its entirety. You can stream it in all its glory over here and then share your impressions. You can also grab the record on March 31st via Bindrune Recordings and Nordvis.

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Persian melodic death metal band Arsames has announced their new guitarist by sharing a new video. He is Amirhosein Nafarie, who now joins the band. He seems skilled when it comes to playing Persian traditional's musical Instruments like the Tar.

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With their new album Nightmare Logic freshly released via Southern Lord Records, Power Trip also debuted a new video for the track "Executioner's Tax (Swing Of The Axe)". You can watch the video right here. It was directed by Andy Capper. Nightmare Logic is the thrash metallers' second album.

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Reformed Warning have announced a special performance at home turf. Their UK-exclusive performance will happen at Damnation Festival, in Leeds on November 4th 2017. The doom metallers are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their classic record Watching From A Distance this year and will be performing it in its entirety.

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