Crust punk/heavy metal act Tau Cross have recently completed recording their sophomore full-length tentatively titled A Pillar Of Fire. Good news for the fans who enjoyed their self-titled debut released in 2015. A summer 2017 release via Relapse Records is expected.

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The Swedish industrial metal force Pain, led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Lindemann), just revealed a new video clip for the title track "Coming Home", out of their current record. The clip includes filmed material from Pain's latest word tour, directed by Zoran Bihac. Check it out!

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Aussies Nocturnal Graves have joined the Season of Mist family! The Australian old school death metal/thrash metal crew will release their next album on the label to follow ...From The Bloodline Of Cain (2013). Expect more news soon!

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Finnish death doom bringers Hooded Menace have announced the release of a new split album with the Canadian sludge/doom metallers Algoma. The 12'' split will be released by Doomentia Records. No specific date has been set for the album release yet. But you can check out the cover art below and a sample of some new music here.

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At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg just announced a new death metal project called The Lurking Fear. The birth of the group has been announced in a statement posted on At The Gates' Facebook profile and it reads: "The Lurking Fear is bringing sheer, natural weirdness and horror back to the scene, as we want our death metal ugly, twisted and possessed. Riffs should stir up real feelings of repulsion, and disgust deep down in your soul, and vocals should sounds like hounds of hell howling at the moon."

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Dutch one man avant-garde black metallers De Magia Veterum are back with a follow up to their 2012 record The Deification, the fifth full length album Naked Swords Into The Wombs Of The Enemy, to be released on the 2nd of February 2017. The news was revealed by band's frontman and sole member Maurice De Jong on his Facebook page. A new track is also streaming on his official Bandcamp page which you can check out here.

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As bands usually do at the end of each year, Children Of Bodom have looked back at what happened, but through the eyes of drummer Jaska Raatikainen. He has given a year wrap-up where he talks about his severe back pain and also the Finns next record to follow I Worship Chaos. Their plan is to start writing it next year and then recorded it in the fall.

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It's been quite a busy year for Valerinne, having three releases under their name just this year, but it seems that they are already working on the follow-up to Monumenta. The new album will be called Desire and will be released in 2018. You can watch the teaser below.

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The Finns Unshine have finally completed the work on their new album. The symphonic metallers have been recording and mixing the follow to 2013's Dark Half Rising. If you are curious about the music, the band recently shared three short clips from the forthcoming album.

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Australian one-man atmospheric black metallers Midnight Odyssey have announced a new compilation of previously unreleased material titled Silhouettes Of Stars to celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2017. There's also a new track streaming from the compilation.

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After releasing the Never Machine EP earlier in 2016, the Swedish doom act The Doomsday Kingdom have finally announced their self-titled debut album. The Doomsday Kingdom will be released worldwide on March 31st via Nuclear Blast. The all-star group, consisting of members and ex-members of such bands as Wolf, Candlemass, Avatarium, Soen, Evergrey and Narnia have recorded 8 "epic doom tracks, including a pinch of NWOBHM and haunting catchy melodies."

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Another new Sepultura song? Sure thing! The Brazilian metallers will unleash their upcoming studio album, Machine Messiah, on January 13th through Nuclear Blast. With their new music video "Phantom Self", they provide another look into their 14th studio release and deliver haunting images and sociocultural criticism in this clip directed by Mauricio Eça. See it for yourself here.

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What happened to Nervecell and that new album they have been working on for a few years? The last album the death metallers released was 2011's Psychogenocide. In a brand new update, the band now signed to Unique Leader Records confirmed that their new album is finally hitting stores next year! The album is completed, mixed and mastered.

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Norwegian black metal icons Mayhem are commemorating the release of their 1994 landmark debut album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. In order to do that, the band has self-released De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive. Captured live in Norrköping, Sweden last year during the band's headlining set at the Black Christmass Festival, the show marked Mayhem's first time ever playing the album in full. You can now stream the entire De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive release here.

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UK post/black metal outfit Fen will release a new album this spring. If that isn't enough to get you excited, you can always watch the album's teaser right now below. This still untitled album should be released somewhere in March 2017. It's their first new release since 2014's Carrion Skies. Are you ready?

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