One-man, atmospheric black metal band Malist will release its second album, entitled To Mantle The Rising Sun, on April 24th via Northern Silence Productions (pre-orders here). You can check out the artwork, tracklist, and the album opener, "Land Of The Bewitched", below.

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Exhorder have just announced on Facebook that they have parted ways with founding guitarist Vinnie LaBella. The band will go on tour with Overkill as planned, but it has not been revealed who will replace LaBella. Singer Kyle Thomas is now the sole remaining founding member of the group.

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It looks as if Uada and Latin America don't blend well together. The Portland-based band that has been nominated in the Drama Of The Year category of our 2019 Metal Storm Awards for "battling against the elements" in Mexico, has now canceled their appearances on the Black Moon Shows Festival in El Salvador and Guatemala. The reason given by Uada is that their drummer quit just hours before these shows and the other members were informed of his decision via Facebook.

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Just days away from kicking off their U.S. tour with Overkill, groove thrash pioneers Exhorder have debuted a brand new single, entitled "The Man That Never Was". It was recorded during the sessions for their recently released record, Mourn The Southern Skies. Fans can stream the track now and pick up a limited edition 7" vinyl, featuring the b-side, live version of "Legions Of Death" recorded live from Saint Vitus in New York, on the upcoming tour.

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Blackened / psychedelic prog metallers Hail Spirit Noir have signed a record deal with Agonia Records. In 2018, the trio was joined full-time by its live members and began composing music for a new album, which was completed in late 2019 and is expected to be released in June. The follow-up to Mayhem In Blue is regarded by the band as the next step in their ongoing evolution, this time with an '80s twist.

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On April 24th, Cirith Ungol will release their new album, entitled Forever Black, their first collection of all-new material in 29 years. For a preview of the album, which will be released through Metal Blade Records (pre-orders here), a lyric video for the first single, "Legions Arise", can be viewed below.

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On Thursday, the 13th of February, Clouds will start accepting pre-orders for their new album, entitled Durere. The band's fourth full-length will be out digitally on March 2nd and on physical formats on April 27th. In the meantime you can check out the lyric video for the song "Cold Guiding Light", created by Răzvan Alexandru from Abigail (ROM).

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My Dying Bride's The Ghost Of Orion will reach out for the world to wrap it in desperate misery on March 6th via Nuclear Blast Records. After "Your Broken Shore", the British legends of doom metal have now released a lyric video for the song "Tired Of Tears".

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Polish progressive metallers Riverside have announced that guitarist Maciej Meller is now a full-time member of the band. The guitarist has been performing live with them for the last three years, following the death of Piotr Grudziński in 2016.

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After "The Song Of Sirens", Greek melodic death doomsters On Thorns I Lay unveil another new song in the form of a lyric video. "Erynies" is taken from the band's forthcoming Lifeforce Records debut, entitled Threnos, which is due out on February 21st.

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In The Fire return to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions with the new album The Living Horror Show, to be released on March 13th. Following up on their impressive debut Volatile Beings, the band's sophomore effort is an intense experience in the art of blackened death/thrash, featuring Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Abigail Williams, Malignancy, Azure Emote) on drums and artwork by Mike Hrubovcak (Mortician, Pathology, Mortal Decay, Six Feet Under, Monstrosity) of Visual Darkness.

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The anticipation is finally over. The moment you've been waiting for the whole year has finally arrived. Go here to vote for the best bands and albums of 2019 (or the first name you recognize, your call) in the most prestigious online metal awards ceremony, the glorious Metal Storm Awards! We'd advise you to take your time and listen to our nominations, so enjoy listening, and remember that you have until midnight, server time, February 29th to get your votes in. We even gave you an extra day so you have no excuse to slack off.

We would also love to read your comments on what we got right and what we may have missed and how we are big tasteless posers on this thread.

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Occult stoner rockers from Mexico The Dark Silence Of Death are streaming the official music video for "Alive (To Kill Again)", directed by Adrix Gaal. The song is taken from the band's debut album, The Dark Silence Of Death, which was self-released last year.

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You've already read the announcement and the details about Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine, the split album by Spectral Lore and Mare Cognitum, which will be co-released by Entropic Recordings and I, Voidhanger Records on March 13th. Now, it's time to listen to two new tracks - "Mars (The Warrior)" and "Earth (The Mother)" - via the Bandcamp player below.

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Former Cynic and Death drummer Sean Reinert has died. He was the founding member of Cynic along with guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal and he played on all their records, including the legendary Focus. He was also the drummer on the classic Death album, Human. No cause of death has yet been revealed and an autopsy is going to be performed. He was only 48 years old.

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