The nominations for the 59th annual Grammy Awards were announced today. For the Best Metal Performance category, the nominees are Baroness, Gojira, Korn, Megadeth and Periphery. Gojira's Magma is also nominated for "Best Rock Album" and Metallica appears on the list for "Best Rock Song" with "Hardwired". Check out the nominees below.

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Kreator will present their new album Gods Of Violence next year in North America. They are part of the lineup for the 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour with Florida death metal legends Obituary, old-school Ohio brutalizers Midnight and celebrated progressive death prodigies Horrendous (with regional openers in select markets to be announced next year).

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Frontman of Swedish heavy metallers Sabaton, Joakim Brodén, was voted fifth in the Czech national singing competition "Český slavík" (Czech nightingale) on November 26th! This came as a huge surprise to the Czech domestic music scene, and it became a source of satisfaction for Czech metalheads as Sabaton is hugely popular in the Czech Republic. Brodén got 9826 points, trailing by roughly 2,000 to a fourth place. Joakim made a video to thank his Czech fans. You can watch it here. Maybe more people will check out their new album The Last Stand.

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Romanian folk metal band, E-an-na, have revealed a video for a track from their debut EP, Jiana. The track is called "Înșivă" and it is the opening track. The video was directed by Anya of BlueCat Studio and can be enjoyed here.

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Following the release of their Inceste EP this year, black metallers Imperial Triumphant are already preparing their next album. The band has been writing new material and the recordings will soon begin with Max Gorelick as their official second guitarist.

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Swedish sludge/doom/post-metal quintet Gloson have confirmed that they will release their debut full-length album, Grimen, on February 13th through Art Of Propaganda on CD/LP/Digital. The album was mastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult Of Luna) and its cover artwork was created by Ogino Design. You can feast your eyes on it below and see the song titles as well.

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How about discovering a new band? Try Venefixion today. They are a French death metal outfit and they will release the debut EP Armorican Deathrites on Iron Bonehead Productions on December 9th, 2016. The good thing is that you can already listen to it in full right now at this location. Tell us what you thought about it and if you recommend it.

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The resurgent Guns N' Roses and their successful Not In This Lifetime Tour continue to show no signs of slowing down as they storm into 2017 with more than 30 stadium shows lined up across Europe and North America. Starting on May 27th, 2017 at Dublin's Slane Castle, the just announced tour will hit 18 more cities across the UK and Europe. Following the European leg of the tour, Guns N' Roses will return to North America for even more stadium dates starting on July 27th at the Dome At America's Center in St. Louis, MO and then move along to 15 more cities across the US and Canada.

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If you were hoping for a new Barren Earth album, your wish has been granted! The progressive melodic death metallers from Finland have shared good news recently as they begin the pre-production stages of a new record. For now, the group has shared some pictures from the process.

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Suffocation are hard at work on their new album! The brutal death metallers are tracking the follow-up to 2013's Pinnacle Of Bedlam. You can start preparing for a new Suffocation album. The band is recording at Full Force Studio with more details expected soon.

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American stoners Moab just lost the band's drummer Erik Herzog. The band has been recording a new album to follow their latest Billow (2014) but now faces a huge loss.

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After recently announcing their fourth full-length, The High Heat Licks Against Heaven, Nidingr have now shared a bit of the music from it. The first new single from the Norwegian metallers is called "Surtr". It's a 3-minute track and should be enough to whet your appetite. The album drops on the 10th of February, 2017 via Season Of Mist.

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Now that they are preparing to release a new album, Pain Of Salvation will also tour in support of In The Passing Light Of Day. The Swedes just announced a European tour, their first in support of the opus. Check out the tour dates announced so far. The proggers promise to confirm more shows soon.

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Shortly after revealing the title of their new album, inFinite, Deep Purple also announced that they will tour the UK in November 2017 with The Long Goodbye Tour and special guests, Europe! Tickets go on sale at 9am GMT on 9th December. The tour title increases speculation that Deep Purple are planning to end their career.

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Currently working on a new album to be released next year, Alkaloid have also released a brand new video. The progressive metallers unveiled a video for the track "Cthulhu" taken from their self-released debut, The Malkuth Grimoire (2015). The sinister clip, featuring the great pyramids, a cobra, and pure darkness, was shot on location in Cairo, Egypt, directed by visionary Egyptian artist Nader Sadek. Enjoy!

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