Today is the day you get to hear a new Godflesh song! So, stop what you are doing and go spin the title song now! In case you didn't know, the industrial metallers are releasing the new album Post Self this November 17th on CD/digital/vinyl on Avalanche Recordings, and cassette on Hospital Productions. Allow yourself to be crushed by the new single via SoundCloud below or on Bandcamp.

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Two European black metal bands and label mates, Rotting Christ and Carach Angren, will join forces for an extensive co-headlining European tour that will happen in early 2018. The Greek veterans and Dutch masters of horror metal will be joined by French blackened death outfit Svart Crown. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.

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The first names that will perform at the fifth edition of Be Prog! My Friend 2018 have been announced. The festival will be held in Barcelona next year in June 29th and 30th. One of the headliners will be A Perfect Circle, who are about to release a new album. Katatonia will be playing The Great Cold Distance in its entirety. And there's more...

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Kamelot have also released a new album update. The symphonic metallers confirmed an expected release date for April 2018 on Napalm Records with distribution from Universal and Warner. Their latest output was 2015's Haven. So, fans will have to wait a few more months for the new material.

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Swiss folk metal stars Eluveitie released their latest album Evocation II - Pantheon back in August via Nuclear Blast. This acoustic album continued the path of its precursor Evocation I (2009) and entered the charts worldwide, placing at #2 in Switzerland. Now, mastermind Chrigel Glanzmann and his fellow band mates proudly present a brand new single. The song entitled "Rebirth" is available worldwide now and gives fans an exclusive taster of what to expect from the forthcoming Eluveitie album! Check it out.

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Pilgrim's frontman, vocalist and guitarist, Jon Rossi (The Wizard), has reportedly passed away aged 26, so young. Details surrounding his death have yet to be disclosed, though tributes from colleagues in the metal community have begun to surface online. But the doom metal band hasn't released any statement about it so far. Last week, they cancelled their European tour and were planning to release new music. Rest in peace.

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There's a new Krallice album available! It features Dave Edwardson (Neurosis) on vocals and synths for the entire album and it's currently available for download with CD and LP pre-orders today. It's titled Loüm and you can give it a few spins on the Bandcamp player below. Get your black metal fix.

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Oriental metal pioneers Orphaned Land will release their new 64-minute studio album, Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs, on January 26th, 2018 via Century Media Records. Jens Bogren once again took over mixing and mastering duties of what turned out to be the band's biggest production so far. The album will feature a guest appearance by guitar virtuoso Steve Hackett as well as guest vocal appearances by no other than Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates). The album artwork was created by Valnoir and you can feast your eyes on it below, where you also find the tracklist.

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Marking 30 years of depravity, U.S. death metal pioneers Autopsy return with the Puncturing The Grotesque mini-LP, containing 7 tracks of blistering sickness, and their first new material since Skull Grinder, on 15th December 2017 exclusively through the Peaceville store. Puncturing The Grotesque features a high-octane version of "Fuck You!!!", originally known from 80's West Oakland act Bloodbath (which once featured current guitarist Danny Coralles). Bloodbath US was a large inspiration for Autopsy in their formative years. Enjoy the title track here.

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Enslaved have just unleashed their new album E on October 13th via Nuclear Blast. The album debuted at #12 on the Norwegian charts as well as #6 US Billboard Heatseekers, among others. Enslaved have now also been confirmed as headliners of the 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour. The Norwegian progressive metal legends will join forces with Pacific Northwest black metal heroes Wolves In The Throne Room, Danish post-black siren Myrkur and doomed crushers Khemmis (with regional openers in select markets to be announced next year).

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Helloween are taking their Pumpkins United tour to the U.S. and Canada! After announcing sold out shows in Latin America, Europe and Asia, now there's something for the North American fans as well. For now, the band has confirmed six shows, with only one Canadian date in Montreal.

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Bobby Liebling, the frontman and founding member of American doom metal pioneers Pentagram, has been sentenced by a court in Maryland to spend 18 months in prison for abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult. After completing that sentence, he will be placed on supervised probation for three years. He was arrested in May for his actions and also charged with first degree assault, to which he pleaded not guilty, though he did plead guilty to the charge of abuse/neglect of a vulnerable adult, which is believed to be his 87 year old mother. This past spring, the doom metal legends had to perform dates without their frontman.

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The Body and Full Of Hell are collaborating on a new album, titled Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light which is coming out on November 17th via Thrill Jockey Records. Fortunately, today you can hear a new song and watch a new disturbing video directed by Cody Staude for the collab. Prepare your ears and dig in "Farewell, Man" below.

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Portuguese metallers Moonspell have revealed the third song off their new album, 1755. It's the Spanish version of the song "Desastre" (Disaster), featured as bonus track on the new record. The new album 1755 will be out on November 3rd via Napalm Records, if you are interested in getting it. For now, enjoy the tune below.

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In Twitter wars today, Megadeth frontman, Dave Mustaine, has slammed Metal Blade Founder and CEO Brian Slagel over claims made in Slagel's new book. The book titled For The Sake Of Heaviness: The History Of Metal Blade Records was released in August, with the author claiming that he tried to sign Megadeth in the early 80s for $7000. But Mustaine disputed Slagel's claim on Twitter, saying: "If the fallacy of offering us a deal for $7000 is any indication of the rest of this book, I hope it's marked fiction. I'd never sign w/you." After a few exchanges, Chris Barnes of Six Feet Under fame, who are signed to Metal Blade, also got involved in the discussion.

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