Sludge/drone doom metallers Black Shape Of Nexus are working on their new album. Their last one, Negative Black, was released in 2012 but now the group is preparing their next musical offering as well as shows for this year. Now all you can do is wait and hope for the best!

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Today is a good day for Nightrage fans as the band just debuted a video for a new song and revealed all about their new album. Firstly, their new opus will be called The Puritan and drops on the 24th of April through Despotz Records. You can hear the first song below. What do you think of the new single "Kiss Of A Sycophant"?

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Today you can listen to another new song from Israel's Melechesh from Enki, that's their new album. You can enjoy the new track on the official lyric video for the song "Lost Tribes" featuring none other than Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Killer Be Killed) on guest vocals. Turn up the volume and listen to the track here!

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Folk metal superstars Korpiklaani have just announced that they have inked a new deal with Nuclear Blast for the release of their upcoming new album entitled Noita, which is set for a release in May 2015. The follow-up to Manala has been recorded at Petrax Studio with Aksu Hanttu handling production, recording and mixing again. It will also be the first album to feature new accordion player Sami Perttula, who has been playing a very active role in the folk arrangements along with fiddler Tuomas Rounakari. However, you will still have to wait a little more to listen to it.

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In March, the Finns Wintersun will co-headline Paganfest 2015 with Turisas. However, the drummer Kai Hahto will not be joining the band on their upcoming shows due to his gig with Nightwish. Timo Häkkinen (Sotajumala) will fill in for him during that time. The band still plans to do the crowdfunding campaign but that will take time to plan.

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Der Weg Einer Freiheit have a treat for their fans today. They just premiered the first track from their impending opus Stellar. You can now stream below the 8-minute tune "Requiem" from the German black metal visionaries. Furthermore, more album details were unveiled. Stellar will be out on March 23rd (Europe) and March 24th (US) via Season of Mist. Until then, you can spin the new song!

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Dutch death metallers The Monolith Deathcult are premiering the first new track taken from their forthcoming EP Bloodcults, which has been scheduled for release on the 23rd of March via Season Of Mist. They are now streaming a lyric video for the song "Reign Of Hell". You can enjoy it as much as you want below. Did you like that?

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After joining Century Media Records, the Finns Barren Earth have now shared the first track from their new record. The progressive death metal outfit, now reinforced by Faroese native lead singer Jón Aldará, launched the title track of their upcoming third full-length. The album will be entitled On Lonely Towers and will be released on March 30th, 2015 in Europe and March 24th in North America. Enjoy the 11-minute song below and share your impressions of the music.

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As Behemoth's frontman Nergal prepares to release his autobiography Confessions Of A Heretic in English, the band just announced the release of their official biography on Metal Blade Records. Behemoth: Devil's Conquistadors by Łukasz Dunaj serves as an in depth look at the history of the events that materially influenced the band and a definitive Behemoth biography. If you want to get your hands on this book, you can already pre-order it.

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Minsk fans rejoice because the band's new album is finally dropping in April! After a six-year slumber, the follow-up to 2009's With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone is called The Crash & The Draw and has been scheduled for release on April 7th 2015 in North America through Relapse Records. To build up the anticipation, you can check out the album's cover art as well as the tracklist below. Get ready!

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As they prepare to release a new album, Faith No More have announced their first North American tour dates as well. A special pre-sale begins on January 28th at 10:00 AM local time. The Americans will also perform at Heavy Montreal festival in August. You already had the opportunity to listen to the new track "Motherfucker" but Faith No More are also releasing a new single called "Superhero" soon. It will be released as a limited-edition 7" on March 17th and digitally on March 31st.

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Great news for fans of Klone and alternative/progressive metal. The French metallers just premiered a new song from their new album which will follow the excellent The Dreamer's Hideaway (2012). The first single from the new album, Here Comes The Sun, is called "Immersion" and you can enjoy it in all of its glory right here.

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Here is some more new music from Torche. The band has already shared a few songs from their new album Restarter and now you can listen to "Loose Men" through Soundcloud below. The Southeastern sludge quartet will be touring in March in North America and later in Europe in May. Tell us what you think about this song after you enjoy it.

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The Summer's Last Stand Tour has been announced! This Slipknot trek kicks off in July with special guests Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine, and Motionless In White. It will take Slipknot across the USA and Canada in the summer to promote their latest record .5: The Gray Chapter. See the dates below. You might get a chance to catch this bill in a town near you.

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The psychedelic blues rock group Blues Pills have announced the release of a special and very limited live album, entitled Blues Pills Live. The album was recorded during the band's headlining show at last year's Freak Valley Festival which marked a special event for the band. Take a look below at the stunning artwork by Marijke Koger-Dunham (The Beatles, Cream) who also created the cover for their successful self-titled debut album.

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