It seems like 2016 will be a busy year for Germans Dark Suns. The band is finally releasing a new album to follow Orange (2011) on June 3rd via Prophecy Productions. Everchild is the name of the new record and its title track is already available. It can be explored below. The Leipzig-based progressive group revises thoughts and stylistic elements from their classic Existence album.

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Prepare for some gruesome death metal. Following their debut, Savage Land, U.S. unit Gruesome returns in 2016 with a new EP entitled Dimensions Of Horror. Produced by the band and co-produced and recorded by Jarrett Pritchard at New Constellation RMP Studios in Orlando, FL, the six-song EP is their salute to Death's iconic Scream Bloody Gore and once again features cover art by the legendary Ed Repka (Death, Atheist, Massacre). Feast your eyes on the cover and your ears on the music.

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Amon Amarth's Jomsviking arrives this Friday and there is another new song available online from the record. While the new album features special guest session drummer Tobias Gustafsson (Vomitory), on the live front, it will be Jocke Wallgren (Valkyrja, October Tide) accompanying the band, it has been announced. As for the new song, check out "On A Sea Of Blood" on the video below.

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Behemoth's frontman Nergal has been working on a solo album, but now he is focusing on new music for the Polish death metallers. According to a recent post on his Instagram account, the writing process for a new Behemoth record has begun, for the follow-up to The Satanist.

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Your daily dose of thrash metal is here, courtesy of Artillery. The veteran Danish band will release their new full-length, Penalty By Perception, this Friday (March 25th) via Metal Blade Records worldwide. To give fans a preview of the album, the band is now streaming the record in its entirety online over here. Enjoy!

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After two albums, the latest being 2013's Daggers, The Defiled are no more. The London metallers are disbanding as it is no longer financially possible to move on. They have also cancelled the upcoming headlining shows. If they can, they will record a few final songs and do a farewell tour.

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As Ambassadors for this year's Record Store Day celebrating independent retail, Metallica will have a special exclusive CD release, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Metallica!, live at Le Bataclan, Paris, France - June 11th, 2003. They will be donating all profits to the victims of the attacks in Paris in 2015. For now, check out a sneak peek of the cover art below and a preview of the music with "Fade To Black."

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Two years after their return with Redeemer Of Souls, iconic heavy metallers Judas Priest aren't resting anytime soon. The wheels keep on turning and the plan is to start working on new song ideas soon, according to guitarist Richie Faulkner. On March 25th, the band will release the concert film and live CD Battle Cry but they are already thinking about and preparing the band's next step.

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2007's Appointment With Death was Lizzy Borden's latest album but it seems like their next record is coming this year. Lizzy Borden has signed a worldwide solo artist deal with Metal Blade Records - the label that helped to launch him to commercial success over 30 years ago. The band plans to release a new album in 2016 and tour the world in support of it.

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Prepare for some sludge metal goodness courtesy of Sumac. The band led by Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom) is about to release the follow-up to the debut album, The Deal, already. Titled What One Becomes, the new release is due out on June 10th on Thrill Jockey Records. But you can already hear some of it. Check out the 10-minute track "Rigid Man" streaming below.

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DGM have a new label for a multi-album deal: Frontiers Music Srl. While the progressive metallers haven't released an album since Momentum, that is about to change. Fans can expect their new album this summer. Good news! You will probably hear more news regarding the album soon enough.

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Currently touring with Slayer and Testament in North America, Carcass vocalist/bassist Jeff Walker broke his foot, prior to the band's March 19th concert in Seattle, Washington. However, Jeff Walker is being a trooper and will complete the tour that wraps up on March 26th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hopefully, Jeff Walker will feel better soon.

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Former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is facing a lawsuit from the label Frontiers Music Srl, reports New York Post, over lack of promotion. According to the Italian label, he didn't promote Blackmore's Night's latest album, All Our Yesterdays, tanking sales in the process.

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The Greek metallers Rotting Christ continue to promote their newest creation, Rituals. Today, they have released their first official lyric video for the track "For A Voice Like Thunder". Interestingly, the animation was created by Manster Design and the video also features a special guest recitation by Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost). The song lyrics are based in English poet William Blake's "Poetical Sketches - Prologue, intended for a Dramatic Piece of King Edward the Fourth."

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Swedish melodic death/doom metal experts October Tide are back with a new album to present the world. After "Sleepless Sun", there is a second new song titled "Nursed By The Cold" available for your listening pleasure here. The track comes from the band's forthcoming album Winged Waltz, which is set to be released on April 22nd via Agonia Records. According to vocalist Alexander Högbom, this song "represents the album quite well and what October Tide is all about. It breathes the coldness of Grey Dawn and mixes it with the present."

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