At the end of March, Black Space Riders started recording their 4th album after D:REI. The stoner group recorded again in Oldenburg, with dear friend Role Echolotse, who also took care of D:REI as well as both albums before. They are hoping to release the new album this summer (2015). Now Black Space Riders have revealed that Refugeeum is the title of new album which is about refugees, expulsion and escape.

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At last, some new music from Powerwolf! The power metal band just released the first single off their upcoming album Blessed & Possessed and it is the first song you get to enjoy after their latest opus Preachers Of The Night. It is called "Army Of The Night". You know what to do, enjoy it right here right now!

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Havok are in mourning. It is with deep regret that the thrashers informed fans, friends, and family of Havok that Shawn Tyler Chavez, the former lead guitarist of the group, passed away on April 30th, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He died very young at only 30 years old.

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Sunset In The 12th House, the side-project of several Dordeduh members, has released the first song from their debut album, Mozaic, on Prophecy Production's YouTube channel. The album, described as "psychedelic/prog/ethno rock", is to be released through Prophecy Productions on the 5th of June in Europe and a North American release is scheduled for the 9th of June. The song "Arctic Cascades" can be heard here if you are curious.

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Here is a new band to discover: Tau Cross. Have you heard of them? Well, they are a punk/metal supergroup, a quartet of musicians including Amebix vocalist/bassist Rob "The Baron" Miller, Voivod drummer Michel "Away" Langevin, Misery guitarist Jon Misery, and War//Plague guitarist Andy Lefton. Tau Cross formed in 2013 and recorded their debut album over several months in 2014 throughout three different countries. Now they just unveiled another new track from its upcoming Relapse Records debut, Tau Cross, and you can hear it here. Does it sound promising to you?

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Los Angeles-based metal powerhouse Holy Grail are forging their next record. The band will enter the studio this weekend with Grammy Award-winning producer John Spiker to begin tracking their third album, two years after they released Ride The Void. A fall release is expected. The group also expects to announce summer tour dates in the coming weeks. Get ready!

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Following a busy year of promotion and touring for his solo debut album I Am The Fire, Firewind guitarist Gus G. has now announced that the recordings for the follow-up release have been completed. His second solo album will be entitled Brand New Revolution and it is expected to be released in July via Century Media Records in Europe, Australia and South America, Dismanic/eOne in North America and King Records in Japan.

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The Aussie mad men King Parrot will release a new album called Dead Set later this month on May 15th in Europe via Agonia Records. As of now, you can pre-order it here. You can also stream the entire record if you please at this location. Alternatively, you can listen to it through the SoundCloud player below. Do you think it's a good record? Let us know.

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Cryptopsy need their fans to help them. The long-standing Canadian death metallers just launched a crowdfunding campaign. The group is releasing the first installment of The Book Of Suffering, and you can support this project on their Indiegogo Campaign filled with perks and goodies. The first part of the EP series is titled The Book Of Suffering Tome 1.

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According to Rotting Christ's Facebook page, the band has entered the studio to begin the recordings for a new album. The album is scheduled for release in "early 2016". This means that the follow-up to Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy is coming at last. All you have to do now is wait a little bit longer and start anticipating new music from the Greek melodic black metallers.

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After five years of bringing their whirlwind live shows across Europe and India, Bangalore metal band Inner Sanctum have released their much-awaited debut album Legions Awake. Apart from eight unrelenting heavy hitters such and their first single "Wake Of Destruction", Legions Awake features three legendary metal guitarists: Christopher Amott (Armageddon, ex-Arch Enemy), Daniel Mongrain (Voivod, Martyr, ex-Gorguts, ex-Cryptopsy, Capharnaum) and James Murphy (ex-Death, Testament, Obituary, Lazarus A.D.) providing solos on the track "Existence Denied".

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Nightwish have put on a new music video for the title track of their newest album Endless Forms Most Beautiful. This is their 2nd single off the album after "Élan" and is available as a limited edition MCD, 10" vinyl and as a download. You can grab it at this location. Make sure you watch the new video of the band below for "Endless Forms Most Beautiful".

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Viking black metal-tinged act King Of Asgard has announced their new line-up! The line-up of the Swedes is complete again with the addition of new guitarist Ted Sjulmark. Earlier this year, the group parted ways with both drummer Karsten Larsson and guitarist Lars Tängmark. New drummer Mathias Westman was announced then, now Ted Sjulmark joins and so the line-up is stable once again. And they are already working on new material!

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Japanese Babymetal have released a brand new video. The video clip is for the song "Road Of Resistance" and was filmed at Saitama Super Arena in Japan on a 20,000 people sold out show. This brand new track is a collaboration between Babymetal and guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman of British power metallers DragonForce. Check out the video for it here!

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The progressive/death metallers from Andorra, Persefone, have recently posted in their Facebook page that the band is currently working on a new album. This will be their fifth studio album, the follow-up to the excellent Spiritual Migration (nominated in Metal Storm Awards 2013) and the first with the new drummer Sergi "Bobby" Verdeguer.

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