Australia's Thy Art Is Murder will release their new album Dear Desolation this August 18th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The record was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, NJ. The artwork was created by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Iced Earth, Sodom). You can now enjoy the music video for the first single, "Slaves Beyond Death", here.

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The Greek metallers Septicflesh have finished working on the new album and are ready to share some details. The successor of Titan and the band's 10th studio effort will be entitled Codex Omega and is scheduled for a release on September 1st via Season Of Mist and Prosthetic Records. The symphonic metal masters have also presented the album cover and first track from the upcoming release, entitled "Dante's Inferno".

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A video tribute to former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza, who passed away a year ago, can be seen below. The eighteen-minute clip features remembrances from David Ellefson (Megadeth), Alex Skolnick (Testament), Jason Bittner (Overkill, Shadows Fall), Rob Cavestany (Death Angel) and Chris Ojeda (Byzantine), among others.

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Sepultura have their own documentary, "Sepultura Endurance", and it's finally going to premiere on Sunday, May 21st in Los Angeles at the Regent Theater beginning at 1 PM, PT, following a Q&A with members of the band. The documentary shares the band's evolution since the beginning as it showcases an in-depth look over the years including archival footage and interviews with Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Anthrax's Scott Ian, as well as younger artists influenced by the band, like Slipknot's Corey Taylor. You can watch the promotional video below.

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Swedish one-man black metal band Svartsyn has announced its first album in four years. To follow Black Testament, the band offers In Death, which is set to be released on the 9th of June via Agonia Records. The cover artwork was created by Chadwick St John (Arckanum, Horna, The Piper graphic novel), who already worked with the band on previous albums. Feast your eyes on it and enjoy the new track "Seven Headed Snake" as well.

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Greek black metallers Katavasia have a new album on the way, following 2015's debut Sacrilegious Testament and they are streaming a new song called "Requiem For The Nocturnal Lover". The artwork in the video is probably the album's cover and you can see the name "Daemonic Offering", though neither the record's title nor the cover have yet been officially announced. Watch the video below and share your impressions.

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Metal gods Judas Priest have officially started recording their new album. Mike Exeter, who produced 2014's well received Redeemer Of Souls and was involved in recent Black Sabbath releases, is in the studio with the band, along with Tom Allom, producer of every Judas Priest release from 1979's Unleashed In The East until 1988's Ram It Down. Last but not least, Andy Sneap, responsible for albums by Accept, Testament, Nevermore and Exodus (just to name a few) is also there to twiddle the knobs.

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It's been only five months since Testament released their last album Brotherhood Of The Snake, but in a recent interview with Japan's Roppongi Rocks, frontman Chuck Billy revealed that they are already working on new material for their next record.

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Dark Angel drummer Gene Hoglan spoke to KNAC.com earlier this week about their long-awaited new album, for which they have written five or six songs. The record will be the band's first since 1991's Time Does Not Heal, and will feature the Leave Scars lineup of Hoglan (drums), Eric Meyer (guitar), Jim Durkin (guitar), Ron Rinehart (vocals) and Michael Gonzalez (bass).

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Bay Area thrash icons Testament will celebrate the release of their new album, Brotherhood Of The Snake, with a tour of North America. The tour will kick off on April 6th in Albuquerque and will wrap up on May 20th in Las Vegas, and will come with support from Sepultura and Prong.

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The Finns Mors Principium Est have just revealed the cover that will grace their new album. Titled Embers Of A Dying World, the opus features artwork painted by the always busy Eliran Kantor (Testament, Iced Earth, Sodom). The album will be out on February 10th via AFM Records! Mark your calendars and check out the visuals below.

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The first bands have been announced for Bloodstock Open Air 2017! The organizers revealed a batch of Ronnie James Dio main stage bands for 2017, including their Friday night headliner! Amon Amarth will invade Catton Park shore as Friday night's headline band; landing the special guest slot on Friday are power metal kingpins Blind Guardian. Their set will be a UK exclusive for 2017. Other confirmed acts include Testament, Hatebreed, Whitechapel, Possessed and Hell.

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Following the split-up of Clairvoyants, the vocalist Gabriele Bernasconi focused all his energies on a new metal opera project called Art X, and releases now, by the Melville Records, its first record named Redemption Of Cain. The opera tells the biblical story of Cain and Abel from the point of view of Cain, and was partly inspired by Lord Byron's work "Cain - A Mystery" published in 1821. Find all the details about it below.

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It's Halloween and Testament are celebrating it with a new video! The thrash metallers recently released The Brotherhood Of The Snake, which is their first new album in four years. One of the new songs is "The Pale King" and this is the first official video for the album. Get thrashin' and watch it now.

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Bay Area thrashers Testament released the next song from their upcoming album, The Brotherhood Of The Snake, titled "Stronghold". This will be their 12th album, and is getting released on October 28th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. Watch the 360 artwork visualizer for the new hard-hitting song below. How good do you think the record will be?

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