Stratovarius has premiered a brand new track off their upcoming album Nemesis. You can listen to the new song called "Halcyon Days" right here. The new album will see the light of day on February 26th in North America through Eagle Rock's Armoury Records and February 22nd in Europe via earMUSIC. There will be a regular 11 track long standard version and a special edition with two bonus tracks.

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Black metal legends Darkthrone have a new song streaming online from their upcoming February 25th release, The Underground Resistance, due out via Peaceville Records. This is the sixth and last track of the album, "Leave No Cross Unturned." You can listen to the song on the player below. More album details here.

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Protest The Hero have finally released some news about the plans for a new album. Having completed all of their obligations to record labels, the band has started a campaign to raise money for the production of the new record. Protest The Hero expect to start recording in March or April and have a new album out in the summer.

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American metallers Dark Empire have recently welcomed a new member to the band: guitarist Christian Colabelli. He will replace Andrew Atwood, who split with the band just prior to the recording of last year's album, From Refuge To Ruin. You can watch a video of Matt Moliti and new guitarist Christian Colabelli going through some new material for 2013.

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Sludge metallers Mouth Of The Architect have announced that they are almost ending the tracking phase for their new album Dawning, to be release in June of 2013 via Translation Loss. This record will follow 2008's Quietly.

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Firewind have announced that Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter of Adagio, Beyond Twilight fame will be the band's new vocalist for their upcoming North American touring activities, after long term vocalist Apollo Papathanasio parted ways with the band.

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Quebec-based avantgarde metallers Voivod are currently streaming their entire 13th studio album Target Earth over at CBC Music. The album is set to be released on January 21st in Europe and January 22nd in North America via Century Media Records but you are lucky enough to be able to listen to it now.

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Former Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis will join forces with Portland musician Keith Merrow to record a new album.

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The new Holy Grail album, Ride The Void is 3 days away from release. For those of you who can't wait, the band has offered up the entire album for streaming at Metal Hammer UK. Head over to that location and let us know what you think.

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Danish hard-rock/heavy metal band Volbeat are currently in the studio with a tentative album release scheduled for this spring. Producer Rob Caggiano will be joining producer and mixing veteran Jacob Hansen to helm the forthcoming Volbeat record, entitled Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies.

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Official Metal Blade statement:

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of Slough Feg, who's style is an eclectic mix of Celtic Folk and Traditional Metal peppered with buckets of energy and lyrical depth. On February 5 the label will also be releasing three of the band's early releases that, until now, were only available as imports.

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Suffocation are currently streaming another new track off their upcoming album Pinnacle Of Bedlam. This time around, you can listen to the album opener "Cycles Of Suffering" on the Soundcloud player below. Don't forget that the record will be released on February 15th in Europe and February 19th in North America through Nuclear Blast Records.

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Despite spending most of 2012 on the road in support of their 2011 release Forever Abomination, American metallers Skeletonwitch are not slowing down as the group has announced plans to record their fifth album in April with none other than Kurt Ballou (Converge, Kvelertak, Black Breath) at GodCity Studios in Salem, Massachusetts. Their new album is tentatively scheduled for a late summer/early fall release under Prosthetic Records.

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After revealing the title and release date of their upcoming new album, To Beast Or Not To Beast, Finnish group Lordi has now unveiled the rest of the details about it, including cover and tracklist. Mr. Lordi created the album cover which can be seen below. Also, you can expect the first single of the album, "The Riff", to be released on February 8th, 2013.

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Within The Ruins has announced the first details about their new album entitled Elite. The band made this announcement in a short video clip which is available for viewing below. The upcoming album has been penned for a February 26th release via eOne Music. Elite is the band's third album and follow up to Invade which was released back in 2010.

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