German power metal band Brainstorm has finally unveiled the cover artwork and tracklist for their impending fresh release Firesoul. Their new album will be released on April 4th on CD, limited digipak, limited special edition and limited vinyl LP through AFM Records and will be their first album in three years. Feast your eyes on the cover art right here while you wait to hear the music.

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Scottish punk legends The Exploited have announced that they have signed a worldwide contract with Nuclear Blast, which is home to some of the biggest names in metal and hardcore music. Although no date has been confirmed yet, the band and label have promised that a new The Exploited album will see the light of the day this year (in autumn 2014), making it their first new release since 2003's Fuck The System. Now isn't that something?

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Avantgarde metal band Kekal recently announced their new album's title and release date. The successor to Autonomy and the Unsung Division EP is to be called Multilateral and comes out in August 2015. For now, you can listen to the brand new tune "Token Discontentment" on their Bandcamp page and download the song for free as well.

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Season Of Mist has confirmed the signing of the sci-fi focused technical death metal masters Wormed. Fresh off the heels of 2013's critically-acclaimed album Exodromos, the Spanish band is currently writing for their first Season Of Mist full-length, which is exciting news for the fans. The group is pleased to join a label that worked with bands that influenced them throughout the years like Gorguts, Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Cynic, Deathspell Omega, and Atheist.

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After streaming a new song, Throwdown have just announced the streaming of their entire new album Intolerance online. The opus is due out next week on January 21st through eOne Music but luckily, you can already stream the entire piece through the player available below. Was it worth the wait?

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Cryptic Slaughter's Convicted and Money Talks LP reissues now available for pre order. This the first time these essential releases have been on remastered vinyl and Relapse Records will release them. A trailer for the reissues can be viewed below as well as the respective covers.

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Germans Sinbreed have finally revealed the full details of their new album. Now we know that it will be called Shadows. Four years after they unleashed When Worlds Collide, the power metallers return in full force. You can take a look at the album cover as well as the tracklist for the opus right here. As for the release date, it is set for March 28th in Europe and April 15th in North America via AFM Records.

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Power metallers Dragonhammer are pleased to announce their new drummer Andrea Gianangeli. He will be officially presented to the public during the release party of the new album The X Experiment in Rome on February 16th, 2014 at Jailbreak Live Club. For now, you can check out below Andrea Gianangeli playing a drum cover of the song "Seek In The Ice" from the album The X Experiment.

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Convulse has announced that their second guitarist Kristian Kangasniemi has left the band due to personal reasons. But fear not because the band will continue as a three-piece until they find a new guitarist. In fact, they will soon start writing new material for their next album.

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Here it is folks, the first song from Noctem's new album is out in the open. The first single is called "Eidolon" and you can stream it right now on the Soundcloud player available here. After much teasing, you can finally listen to a full new song from the Spanish extreme metallers. Does it give you high hopes for the new album Exilium?

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A lyric video for the brand new Carnifex track "Dragged Into The Grave" is now available for streaming online. The track comes off the band's upcoming album Die Without Hope, due out on March 3rd (UK), March 4th (North America) and March 7th (Europe) via Nuclear Blast Records. Stream "Dragged Into The Grave" through the lyric video below and let us know your thoughts about the new material.

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Iranian brutal metallers ScoX have released a new single called "Absolution Is Near". The song was released independently, mastered and mixed by Loud Zombie. The song is available for download on their official website. They promised the single would be released on Christmas Eve, but due to some problems, it's ready today. Enjoy!

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Just three months after announcing that they're back in the game, Swedish prog/death metallers In Mourning have parted ways with founding member and drummer Christian Netzell. The reason for this sad departure was stated to be "mainly due to musical differences" and there are no hard feelings whatsoever. Mattias Bender will replace Christian as a stand-in drummer for the upcoming live shows.

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Metallica are hoping to finally start working on their next album after a busy couple of weeks ahead, including guitarist Kirk Hammett's inaugural Fear FestEviL in San Francisco, a Grammy's performance with classical pianist Lang Lang and the DVD/Blu-ray release of Metallica Through The Never.

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Royal Thunder are back in the studio to start recording what will be the follow-up to the debut CVI. You might remember that album from Metal Storm Awards 2012 where it was nominated for best Debut Album and also best Sludge / Stoner Metal Album. Expect a fall 2014 release via Relapse Records.

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