Periphery close the year by sharing a new song with their fans. The new track "Graveless" is streaming now online. Click on the clip below to get the first listen. This song will appear on Juggernaut: Omega, one side of their impending dual album Juggernaut. Previously, the band has released the songs "The Scourge" and "22 Faces" as well. Give us your thoughts on this new track.

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Chthonic, the Taiwanese melodic black metal band, has released its acoustic version music video for "Defenders Of Bú-Tik Palace", while officially releasing its acoustic album Timeless Sentence. The metal band's first attempt in unplugged folk music was joined by award-winning Japanese singer Chitome Hajime, who took the Taiwanese audience by surprise with her "East Asian island way of singing". You can give the song a listen down here.

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A YouTube clip containing audio samples of the forthcoming debut album from The Sanity Days, the project featuring four former members of Bristol thrash metallers Onslaught, is now available below. The album was recorded at Doghouse Studio in Bristol for a 2015 release via Candlelight Records. Below, you can have a taste of want you can expect.

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Doom metallers Doomas have recently released a brand new video. After releasing their debut Seven Sins in 2008, the band will now finally release their new opus LaMuerte in January 2015 on Gothoom Productions. To whet your appetite, check out the video for the new tune "Forlorn" below. It was directed by Randy Cold. Do you like it?

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A few months ago, the French technical death metal quintet Gorod revealed they're working on a new album, to be released in 2015. Now the band released a guitar playthrough of a new song, entitled "Celestial Nature", which you can behold below. Does it sound (and look) promising to you?

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As previously announced, the Australian one-man atmospheric Black Metal band Midnight Odyssey are set to release its new double album Shards Of Silver Fade in Spring of 2015 through I, Voidhanger Records. You can now hear the 14-minute long epic "Hunter Of The Celestial Sea" below and read the lyrics in the YouTube description. How's that for an ending of the year?

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As the year ends, 2015 is already looking promising for sludge metal fans. The Barcelona band Tort will release their new album at the beginning of next year. II will be available digitally through Discos Macarras' Bandcamp on January 1st and in CD format from January 26th. For now, you can check out the album cover art below. Hint: there are some horns present.

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The Finnish symphonic/fantasy metal band Kivimetsän Druidi have signed a deal on domestic bookings with the Finnish booking agency Northern Solitude Entertainment. The female-fronted sextet shall play a few selected shows during spring of 2015. Kivimetsän Druidi are known for their full-length albums Shadowheart (Century Media, 2008) and Betrayal, Justice, Revenge (Century Media, 2010). After 4 years of anticipation, the band is finally breaking the silence with a new EP release.

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2015 is shaping up to be a year of heavy touring for Marduk to promote the new album Frontschwein. The Swedish black metal horde is being joined by Belphegor on a batch of European tour dates in February/March 2015. The first tour dates have been revealed for their Frontschwein 2015 - Europa Part 1 tour. Check them out below.

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Event:	Marduk: Frontschwein European Tour 2015 - Part I

You will do well to remember that a few months ago, both guitarists Tchort and Blood Pervertor have launched a new project called The 3rd Attempt, after they left black metallers Carpathian Forest. They were also searching for a vocalist for the band and now they have found one! As expected, the flood of applications was sizeable. Former Midnattsvrede and Necrocave vocalist Kaahrl Ødemark was the chosen one. Hear the demo track for "The Beast Within" below which also features Carpathian Forest's Daniel Vrangsinn on bass and Anders Kobro on drums. Do you find it promising?

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Recently, death metallers Hackneyed released the first taste of their new album. Today, you can hear the crushing new song right here right now. Their new album is coming in 2015 and you can watch the video by Philipp Uhlmann for "The Flaw Of Flesh" below. Give us your impressions of the music and the visuals. Enjoy!

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Italian power metallers Wind Rose will release their new and second album Wardens Of The West Wind on February 3rd through Scarlet Records (see the album preview on the YouTube player below). Apart from that, they will tour together with Eluveitie and Skálmöld in February 2015 in Europe to promote the new record.

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic death of legendary Pantera guitarist and riff master Dimebag Darrell. On December 8th, 2004, while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag Darrell Abbott was shot and killed onstage. Guitar World celebrates the life and legacy of Dimebag with their February 2015 issue. As part of the tribute, they unearthed a never-before-heard track featuring Dimebag on vocals and all instruments. The song "Whiskey Road" was recorded in 2001, during the last outing of Pantera's Reinventing The Steel Tour in the United States. You can hear the song below and enjoy it as much as you want.

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The Finns Amoral end the year with a little surprise for their fans. Recorded at the Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows sessions, their version of The Cure's "Burn" is now available for streaming and download. You can listen to the song on the clip below and download it from iTunes here. Moreover, Amoral is currently getting ready to record their 7th album, with recording starting in February at Sound Supreme studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The band is aiming for a late 2015 release.

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Polish experimental metallers Ketha are returning with a new EP called #!%16.7. The album will hit the stores on January 7th through Instant Classic. While you wait for its release, you can enjoy their new twisted song "The Sounderiad" now. Does this track raise your expectations for the successor to 2nd Sight?

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