Soulseller Records have announced the signing of German black metallers Porta Nigra, accompanied by the release of their third full-length, Schöpfungswut, on January 17th, 2020. To present the lyrics in the necessary manner the band's core duo decided to work together with a new vocalist, Tongue, guitarist and creator of German black metal outfit Chaos Invocation. The album was produced by Markus Stock (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak). Check out the opening track, "Die Kosmiker", below.

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Canadian metalcore representatives Protest The Hero have finally finished the recording process of their fifth studio album and the follow-up to 2013's Volition. The yet-untitled effort is now ready for the mixing phase. Stay tuned for more details.

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Blackened rockers Cloak have announced a European tour supporting Bartłomiej Krysiuk's Batushka. The tour will kick off in London, on January 10th and sees the band promoting their recently released new album, The Burning Dawn, and playing in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Czech Republic. A full list of tour dates can be found on the flyer below.

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Death metal maniacs Defiled are now unveiling the first brand new track taken from their forthcoming new album, entitled Infinite Regress, due out on January 24th, 2020 via Season Of Mist. The video for "Tragedy" is available below and pre-orders have already started at this location.

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British heavy/power metal operatives Dark Forest (UK) have completed the recordings of Oak, Ash And Thorn effort at Hellfire Studios. The album is recorded, mixed and mastered, and is ready to be released in April, 2020. More album details will be unveiled soon.

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Ukraine-based metallers Rattenfänger share a second new track from their upcoming full-length, Geisslerlieder, due on December 6th via Dark Essence Records. Stream and listen to "Les Bons Hommes" track on YouTube player below.

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A massive touring cycle in support of their newest album, Heart Like A Grave, is ahead of Insomnium. With all the tour dates being confirmed so far and first part of European tour starting next week, Finland's melodic death metallers now announce a string of dates in Northern Europe with Omnium Gatherum. Trek will begin with the performance at Karmøygeddon Metal Festival in Kopervik, Norway.

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Children Of Bodom have announced that they will be playing their final show with the current line-up this coming December. 'A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom' will take place at the Black Box in Helsinki Ice hall on December 15th. Full statement from the band can be read below.

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According to the official statement on the band's facebook page, Saturnus' guitarists Rune Stiassny and Martin Steene have both left the band, effectively canceling all upcoming shows - two this coming weekend in Copenhagen, and one in Istanbul next weekend. Danish doomsters are now forced to find new members.

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It's been a long time since we last heard from Obsidian Tongue, the project of Brendan Hayter (also of Thrawsunblat fame). Now the project seems to have been resurrected, with Brendan joining forces with drummer Raymond Capizzo of Falls Of Rauros fame (both of them already being members of Shabti) in order to release Volume III.

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Children Of Bodom have just released an official animated video for the track "Hexed", the title track from their 10th studio release. The RMIT University in Australia spent the last 15 weeks working on the video, resulting in a black and white animated clip. Producers Aaron McLoughlin & Simon Norton spent around 3000 working hours with their team to create the video.

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Ironsword will put out their new, upcoming album, Servants Of Steel, on January 24th through Alma Mater Books & Records (trademark and property of Moonspell). Couple of tracks of this new album are now available for streaming and can be listened via Bandcamp widget.

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Swedish pychedelic rockers Blues Pills have shared the announcement that the work on their third studio record will be soon completed. The album is planned to be released sometime in 2020. Stay tuned for more album details and info.

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Symphonic metal oufit from Sweden The Murder Of My Sweet share details and first single off their forthcoming new studio record, Brave Tin World. The latter will be out on December 6th through Frontiers Music Srl. Along all the details, which can be found below, you can listen to the first official single and album's opening track "'Tin Soldiers", presented in a form of a lyric video.

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This Friday, November 1st, Novembers Doom will unleash their eleventh album, Nephilim Grove. Check out a brand new official video, for the song "What We Become", now available for streaming via YouTube below. The album will be released by Prophecy Productions and will contain nine tracks.

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