Mechina made an update on their Facebook some days ago announcing the release of their upcoming album, Cenotaph, which of course will be released on January 1 following their tradition of always releasing a new album on New Year's Day. A first taste has been made available through the lyric video to the song "The Grand Hunt".

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Jake 'Mettle' Ettle-Iles, the guitarist/vocalist of Bristol-based death metal band Body Harvest, has recently passed away at the age of 31. His former band (also from Bristol), Blasfeme, shared the news via social media.

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German genre-fusing visionaries Lord Of The Lost are ending 2022 with a big surprise, releasing their eighth studio album, Blood & Glitter, virtually overnight on December 30th. Details as well as an official video for the title track can be found below. Check it out.

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Black metal duo Elysia put out a new official video for "Numinous", the song taken from the same-titled debut album which was released earlier this year. The clip was directed by Nontas Garafas nd edited by Katerina Karp.

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International Nordic black metal force Høstsol and Avantgarde Music label announce the release of debut full length opus and share first advance track. Entitled L​ä​nge Leve Dö​den, it will see the light on January 13, 2023.

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March 24th, 2023 has been set as the official release of the Keep Of Kalessin's long-awaited seventh studio album, titled Katharsis. Norwegians also disclosed other album details, which can be found below.

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Channeling occult energies from the most sinister depths, composer B. (Aara) has birthed a new unholy entity. Taubrą ('sorcery') first darkened the skies in early 2022 and is a collaboration between artists from Norway and Switzerland. The band's first volume of demonic evocations has already been written and will be unleashed via Debemur Morti Productions in the first half of 2023. Further info about the first release will be unveiled in due time.

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Hard rockers Stryper have launched an official lyric video (created by Wayne Joyner) for the song "Near". The latter appears on the group's latest record, The Final Battle.

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17 years after the release of the last studio album, Farewell - The Last Dawn, one-man black metal project from Austria Rivendell now returns with a brand new song called "Grey Havens".

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Erik Nijkamp, who fronted Burning Hatred between 2004 and 2006, has passed away. His current band SkaldGrim, of which he was part since 2009, shared the news on passing.

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Life Of Agony and hardcore legends Sick Of It All will join forces for a co-headlining North American tour (eastern part) next March. Life Of Agony will perform the classic debut album River Runs Red in its entirety.

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German metallers Nothgard announce the release of their new 3-song EP, Symphonia Deorum. Due on 17 February 2023, it will be released through Apostasy Records.

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Slovene noise bringers The Canyon Observer will be soon releasing their third full length offering, titled Figura. Due on January 9th via Kapa Records, it's comprised of 6 new tracks. Check out two of them now via Bandcamp player down under.

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Swedish metal institution Meshuggah announce a string of shows in their homeland as well as close neighbour Norway. On all these shows, The Halo Effect will provide main support. Scar Symmetry and Orbit Culture will be joining the bill on Swedish dates (except Stockholm). Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 23rd.

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After releasing their fourth studio album - Pilgrimage - earlier this year, Aethyrick now present a brand new EP called The Seventh. A 3-track music effort can now be streamed in its entirety via Bandcamp widget.

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