Another departure confirmed today. Flotsam & Jetsam have announced that drummer Kelly Smith will be stepping out from behind the drums to focus on caring for his family. The veteran thrashers wish nothing but the best for Smith. You can expect details on the upcoming album and the new drummer soon enough.

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Venom are back! The influential British trio has just confirmed the release of their new studio album, which will be titled From The Very Depths, for January 27th via Spinefarm Records. You don't have to wait much longer to hear the band's new offering. Furthermore, the legendary band will play an exclusive live world premiere of their forthcoming album as one of their two shows on board 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015.

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UK black/death metallers Lvcifyre have revealed today the official music video for the title track from their second full-length album Svn Eater, released earlier this year by Dark Descent Records. You can watch the devilish clip, shot and edited by Blackout Multimedia Studio/A Thousand Lost Civilizations, via the player below. Do the visuals work well with the music? Tell us what you think.

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Evergrey have a new video out! The Swedish band worked with Patric Ullaeus once again and this time they used the track "The Grand Collapse". This video seems connected to their first one for the single "King Of Errors". If you are curious about the video or simply want to hear that epic song once again, check out the clip now.

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This was sudden. As they prepare to enter the studio in January, Megadeth lose two of its members. Long-time drummer Shawn Drover, who has been in the band for the last ten years, and guitarist Christopher "Chris" Broderick, in the band since 2008, have both announced their departures from the group today in quick succession. Broderick cited "artistic and musical differences" and Drover will be pursuing his own musical interests. It's just founding members Mustaine and Ellefson in the band now.

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Good news for Heidevolk fans. Their new album is one step closer to completion as they have finished the recordings. The folk metal unit is preparing the successor to 2012's Batavi album that will drop via Napalm Records. What are your expectations for the new record?

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As you might now, heavy metallers Raven will release a covers album entitled Party Killers as well as a new album with original material. Now, we have new details of both releases. First, you can hear three samples of the covers "Cockroach", "Take Me Bak 'Ome" and "Fireball" from the covers album below. The band has also revealed the cover of ExtermiNation that will drop through SPV Records in 2015.

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Hardcore punk purveyors Agnostic Front will enter Buzzbomb Sound Labs on December 5th to begin recording their 11th studio album. The session will be handled by Paul Miner who will be engineering, mixing and mastering the release. The artwork and layout will be handled by artist Todd Huber, who also works with vocalist Roger Miret's clothing-line American Made Kustom. The follow-up to 2011's My Life My Way is finally coming.

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If you like some sludge metal, you should check out Lord Dying's brand new song. The Portland metallers will release their new album entitled Poisoned Altars, on January 27th, 2015 (1/26 for UK/World and 1/24 for Germany/Benelux/Finland) via Relapse Records. Today the first song from the album called "A Wound Outside Of Time" has been made available to the public. Go ahead and enjoy it below.

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Soundgarden have officially released their rarities collection Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path. Included in the release is a brand new recording, the track "Storm," recorded in May this year with producer Jack Endino in Seattle. Now you can watch the new music video by the band's creative director Josh Graham below. It is rather hypnotic. See it for yourself here!

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The details of the 2015 Hatefest Tour have been announced. The unholy billing will be headlined by Six Feet Under together with Marduk, Vader and Hate. Special guests on all weekend-dates will be Eisregen and Debauchery. Tickets for this exceptional death/black metal feast will be available at this location. This trek will stop by Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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US blackened sludge doomsters Primitive Man have just premiered the first single off their upcoming split album with their compatriots Fister online. The song is entitled "4330" and you can give it a listen at the band's Bandcamp page. Don't forget to tell us about your impressions.

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Quebec's progressive black/death metal band Moonlyght has officially announced its line-up for 2015, as well as the release of their third album titled Return To Desolation that will come out via the Canadian label Blast Head Records in 2015. They will release a brand new song in December from their comeback album.

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Symphonic/djent metallers Xerath decided to premiere a new video today. The British band just debuted online a video for the groovy song "Bleed This Body Clean" taken from III, their latest opus, released in September on Candlelight Records. The video features footage of the band performing live.

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Lock Up have some good and bad news to share. First of all, they announced an important line-up change. Their vocalist since 2002, Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg of At The Gates fame, has left the band due to "schedule/logistic issues". However, the band has recruited Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth, Primate, Venomous Concept). The good news is that they will enter the studio in the coming months to record the follow-up album to Necropolis Transparent. The band is currently busy in writing mode and currently seeking a new label home and hope for an early summer release of the as yet untitled new album.

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