Atrophy vocalist Brian Zimmermann recently gave Into The Pit - The Metal Channel an update on the band's long-awaited third album - their first since 1990's Violent By Nature - which has slowly been taking shape for over the last five years. However, things might change sooner, as Zimmermann confirmed that the band has spent much of the pandemic working on the new record, which he said is almost finished and expressed hope that it will finally be released this year.

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Dark Tranquillity vocalist Mikael Stanne revealed that the band's former guitarist, Fredrik Johansson (1993 - 1998), has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 48 years old. You can read full statement from Mikael down under.

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Garden-fresh trail-blazers from the UK, Famyne, drag doom kicking and screaming into the 21st century on upcoming new studio album - II: The Ground Below. Alongside unveiled details you can give a listen to the first single, "For My Sins", now on the Svart Records Youtube channel.

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Folk metal formation Týr will release new live album/DVD, titled A Night At The Nordic House, on March 18 2022 via Metal Blade Records. The band deliver a stunning show performed live with the Symphony Orchestra of the Faroe Islands. This special event was recorded at The Nordic House in Tórshavn, the Faroes on February 8th, 2020. This album will be available on Metal Blade Records on 2 LP (gatefold, with insert, poster, digital download), a 2 CD/DVD digi-book set with 12-page booklet, and everywhere digital music is sold.

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Meshuggah drop first single, "The Abysmal Eye", as the first taster from their forthcoming new full-length Immutable, set for a worldwide release on April 1st, 2022 via Atomic Fire Records. The album was recorded in Sweden's Sweetspot Studios.

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Ministry have released a brand new video for the song "Believe Me", which appears on the band's latest album Moral Hygiene. The video clip was a departure from the two previously released professional videos from the album and became a total DIY effort, with each of the band members (also including drummer Roy Mayora, guitarists Cesar Soto and Monte Pittman, bassist Paul D’Amour and keyboardist John Bechdel) gearing up for the upcoming tour at home and purchasing an inexpensive green screen to contribute their parts to the performance footage that was then melded together.

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On July 29th 2022, Arch Enemy will release their 11th studio album, Deceivers. The new music output comes 5 years after the release of Will To Power and encompasses 11 new tunes. Fans can expect the new single - "Handshake With Hell" - to drop next week (Friday, February 4th) along with the album pre-order start.

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German black metallers Dark Fortress announce that next weekend's performance at the California Deathfest will be the last one for drummer Seraph, with whom the band is parting ways after more than 20 years.

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Thrash metal legends Morbid Saint just announced via Facebook that they have hired three new members, who are joined by founding members Pat Lind and Jim Fergades. Under this new lineup, the band has commenced writing a new album that they plan to release later this year or next year, and it will serve as a proper follow-up to their classic 1988 debut album Spectrum Of Death.

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Embryonic Devourment premiere "Never Ending Human Misery", a brand new track off the forthcoming Heresy Of The Highest Order studio album. The latter comes out in one month, on February 25th to be exact.

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Official statement from the label: Suicide Silence has come full circle & returned to their original label home, Century Media Records. With nearly two decades of non-stop touring around the globe, hundreds of thousands of records sold and cementing themselves as a lynchpin band in modern extreme metal, the Riverside, California quintet has rejoined the label that released the highly acclaimed albums: The Cleansing (2007), No Time To Bleed (2009) and The Black Crown (2011).

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"Synchro Anarchy", the newest single from Voivod's soon-to-be-released self-titled record, has premiered online in the form of an official music video. The clip was directed by Syl Disjonk. Official album release date: February 11th, 2022.

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After Tommy Clufetos decided to step down, Australian rockers The Dead Daisies welcome drummer Brian Tichy back to the fold. Brian had already been part of the group in years between 2015 and 2017.

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Former Black Sabbath frontman Tony Martin recently stated in an interview on 'The Ron Keel Podcast' that a new record deal has been secured to reissue his recordings with the band. According to Martin, who was the voice of Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997, the box set is expected to arrive this year.

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Boris Pfeiffer, former bagpipes player of German folk outfit In Extremo allegedly died during an unannounced demonstration against covid-19 measures in Berlin, Germany on Monday.

The band writes on Facebook: "We were shocked and saddened to learn of the death of our long-time companion Boris.

24 years together on stage were more than just a moment.
Our thoughts are with his family!"

Pfeiffer left In Extremo in 2021 over undisclosed differences with the other members. He had been with the band from day one, recording 12 albums together.

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