A new Deafheaven song is upon us. The San Francisco quintet has premiered a 9-minute track today called "Brought To The Water" that will appear on New Bermuda, their impending new opus. It's the track that opens the album and according to frontman George Clarke "it gives a good idea of the overall sonic tone of the record." Enjoy it via SoundCloud now here!

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Helloween will embark on a European tour next year. As you know, the band has recently released their new opus, My God-Given Right. With this album, the veterans reached high chart positions worldwide and played tons of successful festival shows over the summer. Now the power metallers announce the first shows of the European My God-Given Right tour 2016. Their label mates Rage as well as Crimes Of Passion are confirmed as support acts. Are they playing anywhere near you? Check out the dates below.

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Metalcore act Underøath have confirmed that two years after their farewell tour, they've reunited. So far, the group has only announced one show at the Self Help Music Festival in San Bernardino, CA, next year. The show takes place on March 19th. It's unclear whether or not Underøath will perform any other reunion shows but on a video message, they did say they have plans for the band in 2016, leaving open that possibility.

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Your daily dose of technical death metal is here and it comes courtesy of Rivers Of Nihil. This Friday sees the release of the American band's second album titled Monarchy via Metal Blade Records. Right now the record is streaming in its entirety over here. Be sure to check out this album and let us know your impressions of it. Words like "dynamic," "atmospheric," "technical," and "progressive" have been used to describe Monarchy.

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The Winery Dogs (Richie Kotzen - lead vocals/guitar, Mike Portnoy - drums, Billy Sheehan - bass) have recently announced their second appropriately titled, self-produced studio album, Hot Streak. The record is set for release on October 2nd on earMUSIC in collaboration with Loud & Proud Records. The successor to their self-titled debut will have 13 songs.

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It has been a while since Rage Against The Machine released a live album (or any album for that matter) but that is about to change. On September 11th, 2015, Eagle Rock Entertainment releases Live At Finsbury Park by Rage Against The Machine. This is a simultaneous release on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats. For now, you can watch the anthem "Killing In The Name" taken from the show below and bang your head.

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Rammstein have announced a new release. The industrial metallers will issue In Amerika worldwide on September 25th on DVD and Blu-Ray, and it contains three new exclusive films: concert film Live From Madison Square Garden (101 minutes) in HD and 5.1 Surround Sound, the documentary Rammstein In Amerika (122 minutes) / Director's Cut and the making-of the 2009 album Liebe Ist Für Alle Da (21 minutes). You can have a taste of what to expect by watching the band's performance of the track "Rammlied" right here.

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Chthe'ilist will be releasing their debut album next year, it has been announced. The Canadian death metallers will finally release a follow-up to their demo Amechth'ntaas'm'rriachth. Their debut full-length, Le Dernier Crépuscule, will be mixed by Greg Chandler of Esoteric in the coming weeks, and will be mastered by Brad Boatright at the end of the month. The release date, tracklist and painting by Paolo Girardi will be revealed later. The album will have about 50 minutes of music and will be released by Profound Lore Records (CD/digital), Dark Descent Records (vinyl) and Graceless Recordings (cassette).

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Luctus is a black metal band from Lithuania and they are about to release a new album. In June, two years after the release of the album Stotis, the band entered the recording studio again. Once again, all the sound engineering was carried out by Gints Lundbergs. The studio sessions in Lapės studio lasted about a week and the new album consists of 7 tracks. Ry?ys (Connection) is a conceptual album - it's like a journey into the depths of the subconscious. You can begin that journey now by listening to "Kvantinis ?uolis" here.

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A few days ago, UK's Temples Festival has announced the first batch of bands that will perform in Bristol next year for the annual fest. As usual, you can expect a number of much anticipated exclusives, reformations - and of course, a diverse selection of artists within the spectrums of underground heavy music. With three main-stage headliners still to be announced, some of the acts already confirmed are Esoteric, Urfaust, Mgła, Gnaw Their Tongues, Dragged Into Sunlight and All Pigs Must Die. See the rest below.

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And now for something a bit different but also familiar. Photojournalist Jacob Ehrbahn has captured people headbanging at several European metal outings, including Copenhell, Wacken Open Air and Metaltown. The result is Headbangers which "is a collection of Danish photographer Jacob Ehrbahn's intimate portraits of the beauty and chaos of heavy metal rockers in the throes of musical ecstasy."

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The first names that will perform at Roadburn 2016 have been announced. Fans of Paradise Lost rejoice because the band will headline Roadburn Festival 2016 on the 14th of April 2016 playing their influential second album, Gothic, in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The band will play their masterpiece from start to finish, alongside tracks from their latest album, The Plague Within. But there is more to be expected as Cathedral's Lee Dorrian will curate Roadburn 2016 with his Rituals Of The Blind Dead Parts 1 & 2 and futhermore, Roadburn 2016 will host Neurosis' 30th anniversary celebrations.

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The organizers of Maryland Deathfest are expanding to Europe, more specifically The Netherlands and the result is the first annual Netherlands Deathfest. The first 23 bands have now been announced for the festival coming in February 26th-28th, 2016 at the recently upgraded and renovated 013 venue in Tilburg. Check out the first confirmations which include Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Autopsy, Gruesome and Pig Destroyer, among many others.

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New music alert! There is a new song from TesseracT to be enjoyed now. Ahead of the release of the brand new studio album Polaris from the U.K.'s progressive act, the band is giving fans worldwide a chance to hear a new album track "Messenger". This release sees the return of vocalist Daniel Tompkins. How was that as a first taste of the record?

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Have you already heard the new Cattle Decapitation album? If not, here is your chance. The San Diego brutal deathgrinders are currently streaming online their entire new offering, The Anthropocene Extinction. Don't miss the record and give it a spin at this location. Furthermore, the band has announced a new headlinin tour with King Parrot, Black Crown Initiate and Dark Sermon. The trek will commence on September 19th and run through October 7th with additional dates to be announced in the coming weeks.

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