Taake are releasing a new album! Three years after their latest Noregs Vaapen output, the Norwegian black metal band has announced the first details of what will be their sixth full-length album. Titled Stridens Hus, the seven-track album is set for release on the 8th of December worldwide, with the exception of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where the album will appear on the 12th of December via Dark Essence Records. And you can already listen to a new song right now. It's called "Det Fins En Prins". Go ahead and take the 8-minute journey right here.

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Good news for Wolfheart as the band just signed with Spinefarm Records. We already knew that Tuomas Saukkonen's new band was recording their next album. Now we know that the new opus, titled Shadow World, is due out in mid-2015 and Spinefarm Records will also re-release their 2013 debut, Winterborn, with two additional bonus tracks on February 3rd of next year.

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Heavy metallers Battle Beast have been working this year to release the successor of their self-titled album which was released in 2013. The new album, entitled Unholy Savior, will be out on January 9th, 2015 in Europe and January 15th, 2015 in the US via Nuclear Blast. So better mark your calendars folks! Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the cover below and find out more about this record.

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Thrash metallers Cavalera Conspiracy will soon drop their newest effort Pandemonium on October 31st (Europe) and November 4th in North America through Napalm Records. However, before getting your hands on their newest release, the band released a new video for the song "Babylonian Pandemonium," which is now available below for your viewing pleasure.

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As announced by their label EarMUSIC, Finnish power metal legends Stratovarius are going to reissue their 2003 albums Elements Part I and Elements Part II in a compilation, predictably named Elements Part I & II - Complete Edition, on December 5th, 2014.

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U.K. blackened grindcore giants Anaal Nathrakh are currently streaming their new album Desideratum online. You can get devastated by the whole thing at this location. Did this two-year gap bring something new to their sound? Find out now.

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As it turns out, Roadburn 2015 will have a great mix next year. The festival organizers continue to reveal more additions to their already interesting line-up and special sets that should make your mouth water. Recently, sludge legends Eyehategod have been announced. They will play two sets. Dutch prog rock legends Focus have been confirmed for Houses of the Holistic, Ivar Bjørnson's and Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik's curated Roadburn. Tombs and Black Anvil are also confirmed. Today, Thou, Acid Witch, The Tower, Golden Grass and The Picturebooks were announced.

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Event:	Roadburn 2015: 20th Anniversary

Featuring former members of Akercocke, the British metallers Voices are finally giving us the first snippet of their forthcoming sophomore full-length effort London. The song "The Fuck Trance" has been revealed and you can check it out via the Soundcloud player below. What did you think of this?

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In the beginning of 2014, the talented keyboardist of Dream Theater, Jordan Rudess, released two new solo albums: the successfully crowdfunded Explorations, recorded with the Sinfonietta Consonus symphonic orchestra, and All That Is Now which is generally a "piano album" (initially released in December 2013). And what's really surprising is the fact that both of them are up for consideration for Grammy nominations.

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Polish extremers Behemoth are touring hard all over the globe this year, where they present their latest product The Satanist, released back in February. To proceed this journey, the band confirmed another set of dates for the European Satanist Tour - Part II, to be executed in April 2015. This time, the main support on all dates will come from Swiss black/death metal duo Bölzer. The tour will mainly cover the Central and Balkan part of Europe.

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Event:	Behemoth: The European Satanist Tour 2015 - Part II

Tasmanian technical death metal maestros Psycroptic are seeing their first three albums hit vinyl for the first time in history in a box set collection, entitled The Early Years, produced by Finnish label Blood Music. The band has also been working on their new album which has already been recorded and mixed. So, you can expect new tunes soon.

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The Mexican deathgrind unit Brujeria are back and just announced a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment with plans to record a new album for 2015. So, it seems like the band is finally releasing the follow-up to 2000's Brujerizmo, their last record. Now you have to wait patiently to know more about the new album!

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Today you can listen to a new song from Bring Me The Horizon. The British band did a video for the new tune "Drown", the first bit of new music since the last album. The single will be out on the 7th of December and is available to pre-order on iTunes now here. You can watch the video for the new single below and tell us your impressions about it.

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You might know already that industrial black metallers Mysticum are releasing a new album this year. Planet Satan comes almost 20 years after their last album, their debut In The Streams Of Inferno. If you are curious about it, listen to a teaser from the upcoming album here below. Do you like what you hear?

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The seventh and final episode of the Noisey NOLA: Life, Death And Heavy Blues From The Bayou documentary has been released. Down frontman Philip H. Anselmo opens up his home for a crawfish boil with the Noisey crew. Meanwhile, despite tragedy and significant loss, the natives of New Orleans will not waiver in their fight to write the best riff, and song, in the history of their city. You can now watch all the episodes of the series. Did you find it interesting overall?

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