Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie are working on their next album, the long-awaited second part of their acoustic concept effort Evocation. The band plans to start the studio recording at the end of the year and to release the album next spring.

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Lotus Thief's new musical experiment, their new album Gramarye, is currently streaming in its entirety online. The opus was meant to be released on the 16th of September via Prophecy Productions. However, something went amiss during the manufacturing of the record, which means that the release date must be pushed back one week to September 23rd. Hear it below or here.


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You can start your Sunday by listening to some sludge, courtesy of Take Over And Destroy. The Arizona based metallers have unveiled a new sampling of material from the upcoming self-titled album, due out via Prosthetic Records on October 7th. A visualized stream of the new jam, "Leave The Door", can be streamed via YouTube below.

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It's a sad day for fans of the UK sludge/doom metal quartet Undersmile. The promising band has unfortunately announced that they are breaking up, having only released two full-length albums until now. You might recall particularly Anhedonia, which was nominated for Best Doom Metal Album on Metal Storm Awards 2015.

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By now, you have probably heard about how Darkthrone's Fenriz was accidentally elected to local town council. The musician is now a backup representative for his local town council in Kolbotn, Norway. The funny part about it is that he was involuntarily elected to his new political position. His campaign was a picture of him holding his cat saying, 'Please don't vote for me.' He has now taken to Facebook to comment on the entertaining story.

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Just days after announcing their upcoming Euro tour, Fates Warning share their new video for ''Seven Stars''. The track appears on the band's most recent acclaimed album, Theories Of Flight. The progressive metal pioneers worked with David Brodsky on this video.

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Civil War are back with new anthems to share. On November 4th, the heavy metallers are releasing their third opus, The Last Full Measure. The quintet with former Sabaton-members present twin guitars, keyboard-fanfares and doublebass-marches. To begin with, see the song titles, cover art and hear the first new sounds here.

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Swedish metal band Narnia released its seventh studio album Narnia yesterday and at the same time the third single, "I Still Believe" is launched. The single is also released along with a music video, produced by Mats Vassfjord, which you can check out in the player below. The song is a powerful faith-statement from the band, and in reviews from all over the world has been selected as one of the album's highlights.

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Folk metallers Tengger Cavalry have just released a brand new song! Their new single is called "The Struggle" and you can give it a spin below. The song "The Struggle" was created by the band after releasing their Mountain Side EP this year. The single is also available on their Bandcamp page.

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As the legendary Black Sabbath near the conclusion of their triumphant final tour, the band releases their influential classic, Paranoid: super deluxe edition, out on November 11th. Including the 2012 remaster of the original album, in addition to a rare 1974 quad mix of the album in stereo, this edition also features the official debut of two concerts from 1970, from Montreux and Brussels.

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Pure, the new album from In The Woods... is out now. Debemur Morti Productions together with the Norwegian avantgarde metal outfit have made the album available for streaming. You can head over to Bandcamp and listen to the whole thing right now. The ten-song album is the band's comeback release.

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There is more post-black metal coming your way courtesy of Mord'A'Stigmata. The Polish band has recently announced Hope, their 4th full-length album which includes four tracks (45 minutes in total) and will be released in February 2017 via Pagan Records. The material is being recorded at Studio 67.

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Ghost are releasing a new EP today called Popestar. It includes four covers and also the new song "Square Hammer", premiered earlier this week. The EP is available on CD/vinyl in stores across the world plus digitally online. You can also grab the Meliora Deluxe Edition double disc on vinyl, CD, or digitally, which includes both Meliora and Popestar. To mark the release of the EP, Ghost also debuted a new music video for "Square Hammer". You can watch it now here.

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German thrash boozers Tankard are mixing new beer (aka new music) after they released their latest beer edition, the record, R.I.B. The currently untitled album is planned for a 2017 release via Nuclear Blast. The unit will enter Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf with producer Martin Buchwalter (Destruction, Accu§er, Perzonal War, Suidakra, etc.) in January 2017 to kick off the recordings of their 35-year-anniversary album.

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Hansen & Friends releases their debut album, XXX - Three Decades In Metal, today! This will be Kai Hansen's (ex-Helloween, Unisonic, Gamma Ray) first solo album. And to celebrate the occasion, you can hear samples from all the songs on the record. Enjoy!

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