Hail Spirit Noir have released a video. Their second album Oi Magoi is still fresh as it was only released this January and now you have a visual partner for the song "Oi Magoi", its title track. If you still haven't listened to this progressive black metal trio, you can check out the video right here. If you have, enjoy it just the same!

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"Lonesome Rider" is the new Plastickid-directed video from hard rock act Volbeat. The song is taken from the band's latest album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, which was re-released in a special "tour edition" on November 4th, 2013. The band will be performing in Japan and Australia this month and then head out to the States in April. Watch their new video below.

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Austrian Death Machine's crowdfunded new album Triple Brutal will receive an April 1st release through Artery Recordings. The project is led by As I Lay Dying's frontman Tim Lambesis, who is currently facing a charge of solicitation of another to commit murder. That charge stems from him allegedly attempting to hire an undercover detective posing as a hitman to murder his estranged wife. The band has released a new track for streaming: "I'll Be Back", which is ironic given the situation.

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Back from the dead, Massacre have recently released a new song called "As We Wait To Die" from their forthcoming album Back From Beyond. Get your fix of death metal by listening to the track below. The record will be released on March 24th, 2014 in Europe and April 1st, 2014 in North America via Century Media Records.

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Icelandic death metallers Beneath have finally revealed the details about their second album. The follow-up to Enslaved By Fear is titled The Barren Throne and will be released on Unique Leader Records on April 29th. You can take a look at the album cover and tracklist below. Also, a lyric video for the song "Chalice" will premiere very soon.

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Appalachian Winter, the atmospheric black metal act from the US, has posted online a new song called "Laurentia". This track is taken from their new album The Epochs That Built The Mountains, which will be released on the 9th of June 2014. You can listen to the song here.

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Scorpion Child have added a new face to their lineup: drummer Jon "Charn" Rice, formerly of death metallers Job For A Cowboy. He replaces Shawn Paul Alvear. Guitarist Tom Frank is also no longer in the band.

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Several musicians joined forces to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio with covers of his greatest songs from Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio. This tribute will feature newly recorded tracks from Anthrax, Halestorm, Rob Halford, Metallica, Motörhead, Scorpions, Corey Taylor, and Tenacious D, among others, to benefit the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund.

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You don't have to wait another minute to listen to Cynic's Kindly Bent To Free Us. The proggers new album is streaming in its entirety at this location or over here in advance. Sit back, relax and enjoy the music. What is your impression of the group's third album?

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Doom metallers Kypck have recently revealed the cover artwork that will grace their new album. The band's third album Imena Na Stene (which translates to "The Names On The Wall") will be released on March 21st, 2014 via Ranka Kustannus as a luxurious 6-panel digipak, including a 16-page booklet with Cyrillic Russian lyrics and English translations. The cover art is based on Petri Laurell's photographs shot in the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine next to what used to be the nuclear power plant of Chernobyl. Check it out below where you also find two new songs to stream: "Imya Na Stene" and "Deti Birkenau".

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With a new album coming out this year, the first new At The Gates album in almost 20 years, this seems like the perfect time to revisit their albums and old songs. This is probably why the legendary Swedish band has made all of their old promo videos available in better quality. You can go back in time and watch below the videos for "Blinded By Fear", "Terminal Spirit Disease", "The Burning Darkness" and "Kingdom Gone", all released in the 1990s.

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Soundwave Touring have confirmed that at the request of Megadeth, Newsted will not be performing at the Melbourne and Sydney sidewaves. Every year, bands are recruited to tour throughout Australia for the Soundwave Festival. Many bands take the opportunity to play extra 'Sidewave' shows while they're traveling around the country, but Jason Newsted's solo band has been booted from two Megadeth side shows "at the request" of the band.

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Groove thrashers Machine Head have revealed the artwork for a new single featuring the demo for new track "Killers And Kings". The single will be released on Record Store Day (April 19th) on a 10" vinyl with the B-side containing an Ignite cover "Our Darkest Days / Bleeding." For now, there is no news on their upcoming new album release date.

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"Left For Dead", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers Death Angel, has been unveiled. The clip was directed by Tommy Jones, who has previously worked with Soilwork and Testament, among others. The song is taken from the band's recently released seventh studio album The Dream Calls For Blood, and comes on the verge of their upcoming tour with Children Of Bodom. Enjoy the video below and let us know if you like it.

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Threshold have issued an update from the studio. The progressive metal band is currently recording their tenth album at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey, England. All the drum and bass parts have been recorded and work is now underway on guitars and keyboards. The as yet untitled album is due for release on Nuclear Blast Records later this year.

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