Good news for post-metal fans. The French collective Eryn Non Dae. will soon enter the studio to record the follow-up to the praised Meliora album released in 2012. Their fourth record will be captured this August and the new songs will be recorded by long time collaborator Mobo from The Conkrete Studio. Stay tuned for more updates.

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The first 25 bands have already been confirmed for Maryland Deathfest XVI! The annual event is taking place in Baltimore on May 24-27, 2018. The venues that will be used in 2018 will be the same as this year. Rams Head Live and Baltimore Soundstage will be used all 4 days and vendors will be set up at Power Plant Live. Some of the biggest names announced so far include Bloodbath, Eyehategod, God Dethroned and Evoken.

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Brazilian metal band Shadowside, featuring former HammerFall bassist Magnus Rosén, revealed details about their upcoming album today. After the highly praised Inner Monster Out, in 2012, the band announces their brand new work Shades Of Humanity, marking the official debut of their new bassist Magnus Rosén. Check out the cover art and tracklist below.

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German power metallers Blind Guardian are about to release their first live record in 14 years. Live Beyond The Spheres, a package filled with 22 songs, will be released on July 7th and guides the fans not only through the band's all-time classics such as "The Bard's Song (In The Forest)" or "Mirror Mirror", but also presents rarely performed songs like "And Then There Was Silence". Today, you can watch the live video of "Twilight Of The Gods", from their latest album, Beyond The Red Mirror.

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One-man black metal band Infestus has been quiet for some time but mastermind Moloc has now given a new sign of life and explained what he has been up to. He has been working on a new album but several injuries have delayed the recording process. However, there is a special release coming your way: the tape version of their latest opus, The Reflecting Void, limited to 100 copies.

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Antigama have been busy forging new material and fans can expect plenty of new releases coming from the Polish experimental metallers soon. The band is in the process of making a new album which will be recorded in early 2018. In the meantime, they are going to the studio to make a new EP as well titled Depressant. The session will begin next week at JNS Studio with Paweł 'Janos' Grabowski on the mixing board.

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Post-metallers Latitudes are working on a new album to follow Old Sunlight, released last year. The U.K. group is hard at work finishing the writing of their 4th album and expect to have this completed in the coming months with studio time planned for early 2018.

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A new band, Auri, has just been introduced and it might interest Nightwish fans. The Finnish singer Johanna Kurkela (Sonata Arctica, Tuomas Holopainen) lent her voice, while Troy Donockley and Tuomas Holopainen cast their spells with various other instruments. Using selected guest musicians and friends, the album finally takes its form under the direction of sound engineer Tim Oliver, all within 'Real World' studios in Southern England.

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Alter Bridge are hitting European festival and club stages right now. Just recently, they announced the release of a new live album and rarities collection called Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities which captures one of the biggest moments of the band's career, when they played their show at London's O2 Arena on November 24th, 2016. The band put together a clip with some of the finest moments of this landmark performance with the background music of their The Last Hero track "Cradle To The Grave". Watch it here.

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Six long years after they released Lux Mundi, there is finally new Samael music to be consumed. The industrial metallers' new album Hegemony will be released worldwide on Napalm Records on the 13th of October 2017, crowning their 30th anniversary. For now, you can check the first grandiose single "Angel Of Wrath" and let us know what you think about it.

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After their latest album Polaris (2015) and an EP released last year, Errai, TesseracT have now presented a brand new single titled "Smile". Recorded at both 4D Sound Studios, Brighton and Celestial Sound Studios, Notts UK and produced by Acle Kahney during late spring this year, "Smile" is described by the band as their most collaborative track of recent times. See if you like it below.

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Portrait are going to Burn The World with their new album. On August 25th, the Swedish heavy metallers will release their new full-length, worldwide via Metal Blade Records. Burn The World contains guest appearances by Set Teitan (Dissection) and Kevin Bower (Hell). To hear the album's title track, just click play on the video below and enjoy.

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Nocturnal Rites just announced their comeback. At last, the wait is almost over and fans can get their hands on the new album from the Swedish power metallers this September. The band released their latest album The 8th Sin in 2007 and afterwards slowly slipped into a hiatus kind of situation. Nocturnal Rites has just put finishing touches on their brand new album, titled Phoenix, which will be released on September 29th via AFM.

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Cobalt had to unfortunately cancel their summer US tour due to vocalist Charlie Fell's foot injury but will hopefully re-schedule the tour sometime in the near impending future. However, you can check out this live pro-shot video clip of the black metallers performing the track "Slow Forever" from the May 12th show in Krakow, Poland. It was shot and edited by Woda i Pustka. Enjoy!

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Prog/tech death metallers Gigan are back with a new album! Following up on Multi-Dimensional Fractal-Sorcery And Super Science, the new record also has a long title: Undulating Waves Of Rainbiotic Iridescence. It will be released September 15th, 2017 on Willowtip Records and as of now, you can listen to "Plume Of Ink Within A Vacuum", the first taste of new music.

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