German band Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock led by legendary guitarist Michael Schenker, and Scottish singer Doggie White, will bring us a new single titled "Rock City" b/w "Good Times" on Monday 11th January, to celebrate his nationwide UK tour that starts at Bilston The Robin 2, Bilston on Wednesday, January 20th, 2016.

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Martin Andres' prog/djent project Pomegranate Tiger has released a guitar playthrough video! They released the album Boundless last December, and if you still haven't listened to it, have a taste with the song "Manifesto". Also, if you are curious and want to hear the entire new album, check it out on their Bandcamp page as well.

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After we lost Lemmy at the end of 2015, 2016 is already giving us more bad news. Another musician has died from cancer. This time it was the Italian doom metal band Doomraiser who lost their former and original guitarist Valerio Dominici aka Molestius. He was in the band from 2003 up to 2009.

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The new year is already looking promising for fans of Schammasch. The black/death metal extremists just confirmed the release of a new album next year. They have completed work on their upcoming opus. According to their label Prosthetic Records, "it's a sprawling epic both sonically and aesthetically," including visual collaborations with acclaimed photographer Ester Segarra.

Here is the first photo from that session.

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If you like post-metal, you should listen to Latitudes. The British band's third album entitled Old Sunlight is being released next year, on the 22nd of January via Debemur Morti Productions. But you won't have to wait until January to explore the music, because today you can already hear the brilliant new song "Body Within A Body." Give it a spin over here.

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Progressive metal band Myrath has reached their goal of 10,000 Euro on their campaign to finance a new music video and revealed their upcoming album title and artwork. Their new album is to be titled Legacy and will be released in February 2016, exact date yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned for more on the follow-up to Tales Of The Sands and take a look at the intricate album cover here.

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Rob Zombie is releasing the follow-up to Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor in 2016. The new record continues the tradition of wacky titles and it's called The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser. The cover art is just as colourful as the last. Feast your eyes on it below and check out the album teaser as well. A new single is expected around January 11th. Mark your calendars!

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Those who waited eagerly for new Cypriot metal, wait no longer! Arrayan Path have just unleashed the first song of the upcoming album for consumption, and it is named "Solomon Seed". Chronicles Of Light is due to be released February 5th, 2016, via Pitch Black Records, and is going to be one of the two expected Arrayan Path albums to be released throughout 2016. You may have your first impressions of Chronicles Of Light below.

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Who wants to hear new material from Lycus? Here it is! The Oakland-based funeral doom metal outfit has recently unveiled another track from their newest musical offering, Chasms. The 12 minutes long monolith, "Obsidian Eyes", is available for consumption over here (courtesy of CVLT Nation) or below.

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The new band led by former Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, Almanac, will release its debut album, Tsar, on March 18th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. Victor Smolski himself was responsible for the production of the record. Mixing was done by Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann (Orden Ogan) and cover art was created by famous Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák (Wisdom, Annihilator, Destruction, Elvenking). Take a peek below to discover the first album details of Almanac's debut.

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Finnish newcomers Arion have a name for their upcoming single: "At The Break Of Dawn", as announced by the band's label Ranka Kustannus. The news come after the band have previously announced to be working on new songs three months ago, but the real surprise is the guest appearance of the prolific Amaranthe vocalist, Elize Ryd.

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There is another new song from Venomous Concept available for streaming today. After showing us the new track "Rise" before, the grind/hardcore punk unit now showcase "The Potters Ground" and you can now listen to the tune below. The band's 3rd studio album Kick Me Silly - VC III has been scheduled for a worldwide release through Season Of Mist on January 8th, 2016.

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Norway's Ragnarok have completed work on their eighth full-length album, which is set to be released in early 2016 on Agonia Records. Recorded, mixed and mastered at the Endarker Studio in Sweden by Marduk's Devo, the album will be titled Psychopathology and follow Malediction (2012). In other news, bassist DezeptiCunt is leaving the band to focus on other projects (Nordjevel).

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You thought Baard Koldstadt was Abbath's drummer under the name of Creature? Well he was not. Kevin Foley, Benighted's drummer, has just revealed he was the mighty Creature. He has been working with Abbath on their tour this year, and also performed on Abbath's new album. He was because he is now leaving Abbath for personal reasons. Surprisingly, he is also leaving Benighted after ten years, but will be touring with them for the last time on January/February.

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Canadian thrash metallers Threat Signal just announced that they signed a worldwide deal with Agonia Records. The other good news is that the band has finished recording its long-awaited fourth studio album, Disconnect, for an early 2016 release. More details will be revealed soon!

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