In case you didn't know yet, grinders Rotten Sound are preparing to unleash a new EP, Species At War, on January 18th in Europe via Season Of Mist and January 22nd in North America via Relapse. The band has now premiered a brand new track from the EP, "Peace", and you can listen to it in all its one-minute glory at this location.

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Viking black metallers Thyrfing have finally revealed something new, other than the album title, about their upcoming new release. De Ödeslösa ("The Fateless"), as it is called, already has a cover artwork and you can take a gander at it below. The cover was created by Costin Chioreanu (Twilight13Media). The exact release date (planned for spring 2013), full tracklist and more about the follow-up to 2008's Hels Vite will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

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Unisonic have issued a recap of the past year and updated on the band's plans for 2013. You can expect a new album from the band only in early 2014 as the band members will focus on other projects during this year as well as write and record new material for Unisonic.

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Death metallers Torture Killer released their last album back in 2009, Sewers. The band also released the three-song EP I Chose Death last year but a new album is coming and the Finns will enter the studio today to start the recordings with Santeri Salmi for a tentative March/April release.

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Rival Sons had a busy year with the release of their new album Head Down through Earache Records. Now the band has prepared a new video for the song "Until The Sun Comes" and you can watch it below. The video was directed by Simon Gesrel and filmed in November 2012.

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Experimental black metallers The Meads Of Asphodel have some news for us today. The band just announced that the new album Sonderkommando will be mastered in the next 48 hours by long serving producer Iain Smith and completed. They were also kind enough to reveal some of its details. You can see the tracklist and cover art (from artist Aisha Louisa Al-Sadie) below.

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The third annual Metal Alliance Tour has added some stoner/sludge flavour to their line-up as High On Fire have been confirmed to take part of the trek. They will accompany the already announced Anthrax, Exodus, Municipal Waste and Holy Grail.

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Texas doom metal veterans Las Cruces are currently writing new material and preparing to enter the studio for their 2013 as-yet-untitled fourth full-length album. The album will be the follow-up to 2010's Dusk, released worldwide via Brainticket Records. The band will also re-release their entire catalogue to include a vinyl edition of 1998's Ringmaster, initially released via Brainticket Records.

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Death metallers Pestilence are preparing their new album although the release date is still under wraps. The band's new drummer, David Haley, will be recording drums in February. The band has started to reveal some details about it and you can now check out below the cover art for Obsideo, their upcoming new release.

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Portuguese groove thrash metallers Switchtense have released a new song for streaming. It's their first new material since the release of their second album Switchtense in 2011. You can listen to "The Right Track" on the video below. The song will be featured on their next upcoming DVD/CD release, to drop in February 2013, Switchtense - 10 Unbreakable Years.

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Suomi metallers The Man-Eating Tree will have to find themselves a new vocalist because Tuomas Tuominen is no longer in the band. He had been part of the band since the beginning. The new singer will be announced in due time.

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Does Amon Amarth ever stop to rest? They are not known to do that. Now the melodic death metallers have finished writing the follow-up to 2011's Surtur Rising. The next step is to record the new yet untitled album. We'll see if the spark to make great music is still there.

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Vocalist Tommy Karevik might have joined Kamelot but progressive metallers Seventh Wonder aren't stopping. The band promises to release a new album this year and is well underway in the writing process. Their last album The Great Escape was released in 2010.

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French metallers Dagoba have started the year by revealing the tracklist and title of their upcoming new album. The band will return with Post Mortem Nihil Est in 2013. It will be their fifth offering and follow Poseidon. You can see the tracklist below.

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Black metallers Cirith Gorgor have lost half of the band. Vocalist Nimroth and bassist Lord Mystic have left the band and they are now looking for a new vocalist. The reasons for their departure weren't disclosed.

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