London modern metal mob The Defiled have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment, who will release their second album Daggers this summer and follow-up to their debut Grave Times. To whet the appetites of fans, the first song from the album, "Sleeper", will be released via iTunes today and the band has posted online a lyric video for the track.

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Gamma Ray will have a busy year with the recent release of the Master Of Confusion yesterday and the upcoming album Empire Of The Undead. To celebrate the release of their newest EP, the band is streaming the title track "Master Of Confusion" and created a new rehearsal lyric video for it which you can see below.

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TesseracT have given fans a treat to savour this weekend, a sneak peak of their upcoming second opus Altered State. You can now hear below the first sounds of it on a trailer released by the band. However, you will have to wait until May 27th in Europe and May 28th in the US to grab Altered State.

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Melodic metal sextet Amaranthe will release their second album The Nexus later this month but the entire album is already available for streaming in full at this location. Enjoy!

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Two years ago, Minsk announced an indefinite hiatus. Luckily for fans, the band started writing new material last year and has now officially ended their two-year hiatus. This year, Minsk is also celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their very first show and will return to the live arena.

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After giving us a puzzle to decipher for their new song "Land Of The Upright Ones", this time around Heaven Shall Burn offer us a new song without much effort required. All you have to do is press play on the player below to listen to "Die Stürme Rufen Dich", which features the contribution of Rob Franssen and Dominik Stammen of Born From Pain that recorded guest vocals for the song.

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Swedish death metal legends Hypocrisy have just released another brand new song off their upcoming album End Of Disclosure. You finally get a chance to listen to something other than the title track. Listen to the song "Tales Of Thy Spineless" below where the band shows no mercy for your neck.

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After the release of The Grandiose Nowhere in 2010 and the following tour activity around the world, gothic metallers Lacrimas Profundere took a break to concentrate on the arrangements for songs on the new album. The band has been working hard on their 10th studio album, which will be released in May 2013, also the 20th anniversary of the band. In addition to the album announcement, Napalm Records and Lacrimas Profundere renewed their co-operation with a new record deal.

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U.D.O. will be bringing a new surge of heavy metal with their forthcoming offering Steelhammer. Recently, the band has been revealing bit by bit details about it including tracklist, cover artwork and a small teaser which you can now see below.

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With a new album coming out next month, German veteran thrashers Accu§er have released for streaming the title track of their upcoming album Diabolic, to be released on April 12th. Go ahead and listen to "Diabolic" on the YouTube video located below and if you never heard of this band, it is a good opportunity to get to know them.

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"Terror Regime", a brand new song from death metallers Jungle Rot is currently streaming online and available for your ears to enjoy at this location. It is the second song to be released from the group's forthcoming opus of the same name, Terror Regime, already their eighth studio album.

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Arsis have finally started to put together the pieces for their new album Unwelcome, which now has a cover and tracklist, and you can judge both below. The artwork was handled once again by longtime collaborator Mark Riddick and the album will have 10 new tracks from the death metallers.

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Napalm Death are embarking on a unique experience which merges ceramic art and music. The legendary grindcore outfit will collaborate with ceramic artist Keith Harrison in a one-off performance at the renowned V&A in London on March 22nd, 2013 starting at 7:30pm UK time. The band will play a special live set through an experimental sculptural sound system constructed by Harrison. Clad with ceramic tiles, the structures will potentially disintegrate as the performance progresses.

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French avantgarde metallers Pryapisme have premiered a new track off their second album, Hyperblast Super Collider. You can listen to "Une Nuit sur le Mont-Chauvelu" (courtesy of Metality) on the Soundcloud player below. This song is a cover of Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on the Bald Mountain".

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If you haven't been living under a rock for the past few months, you have already heard about a certain Black Sabbath album that's coming out this summer. Well, it has been confirmed that June 11th in the US and June 10th in Europe is the official release date of this new record, 13. Below you can watch a Jack Osbourne-directed clip of the heavy metal legends at work on the album and bits of new music offered as a tease.

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