Sonata Arctica fanatics rejoice because as of right now you can listen to new tunes from the band! The Ninth Hour, their new opus, is due on October 7th, and the Finnish melodic metal quintet now presents its first single and lyric video "Closer To An Animal". Watch the lyric video to the single here and don't forget to share your impressions of it.

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After a countdown, today Testament finally reveal the cover art of their new album, The Brotherhood Of The Snake. The awaited release from the American thrash metallers will feature a cover created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (who also did the art for The Dark Roots Of Earth). Feast your eyes on it below. Moreover, you can get your hands on the record this October 28th, 2016 on Nuclear Blast.

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Toxik's guitarist and founding member Josh Christian recently posted a lengthy update on Facebook regarding recent lineup changes and the status of their long-awaited new album, In Humanity, which will be their first since 1989's Think This, and is expected to be released later this year or next year.

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Mare Cognitum is the project of multi-instrumentalist Jacob Buczarski. The atmospheric black metal band's new album, Luminiferous Aether, will be unleashed unto the world on September 16th through I, Voidhanger Records. For a taste of what you can expect from the release, check out the song ''The First Point Of Aries'' below.

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Recently, Amaranthe revealed that their new album would be called Maximalism and now they have unveiled more pieces of the puzzle. That includes the cover that will grace the record as well as the song titles. But the band has also revealed more about the sound of the album, which fans can expect to be diverse, according to them. This triple-lead-vocal attack is due out via Spinefarm Records on October 21st. Mark your calendars!

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Following 9 months of touring in support of their latest record, High Country, The Sword have returned to the studio to experiment with a stripped down acoustic presentation of the High Country songs. The result, produced by Bryan Richie and mixed by J. Robbins, is Low Country which will see a worldwide release on September 23rd. The album features cover art by Richey Beckett, available below. To support Low Country, the band will be heading out as direct support for the Opeth tour from September 29-October 26. Bracketing the Opeth tour will be 10 headline shows. The first leg, September 23-28 will feature Ruby The Hatchet as support. The second leg, October 28th through November 1st will feature C Average as support.

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Canadian band Kobra And The Lotus have signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. Their fourth album and Napalm Records debut Prevail I plus II will be released as two separate volumes of a double album. The first part will be released in February 2017 with the second part to follow in October of 2017. But don't worry, you won't have to wait that long to hear new material from the band, as they will be releasing a new single very soon! More info on Prevail I + II will be announced shortly!

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Brazilians Almah have just revealed the details regarding the fifth album of their career. It's called E.V.O and drops on September 23rd via King Records (Japan), Pride & Joy (Europe), Test Your Metal (U.S./Canada/Mexico) and MS Metal Records (Brazil). The metallers fronted by former Angra singer Eduardo "Edu" Falaschi have also revealed the album cover art and tracklist. Check it out.

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After "Mezolit", the avant-garde metal outfit Thy Catafalque has premiered online yet another new song called "Sirály". This 6-minute song will appear on the band's forthcoming studio album Meta, set to drop on September 16th via Season Of Mist. While you wait, listen to the new song below.

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I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I'm kinda stoked about this one. Serpentine Dominion is an American death metal band that has apparently been in the works for about 5 years now (I only just learned about this project myself within the past month), and involves Cannibal Corpse growler George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, Killswitch Engage axeman Adam Dutkewicz, and ex-The Black Dahlia Murder skinsman Shannon Lucas. You can listen to the song, "The Vengeance In Me", over here at their Metal Blade page.

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Power metal heavyweights HammerFall have revealed today the cover that will grace their upcoming new offering, titled Built To Last. The anticipated album is coming out worldwide this November 4th via their new label Napalm Records. Check out the artwork and the songs that will be featured on the record. As for the music, fans will have to be a little bit more patient.

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Last year, Lamb Of God returned with a successful new album entitled VII: Sturm Und Drang. Since then, the thrashers have been touring in support of it. But they have also produced a new video for their fans. The story behind the song "Embers" is very personal for guitarist Mark Morton. The lyrics of the song reflect his experience living in the aftermath of losing his child. The track also features Deftones frontman Chino Moreno.

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U.S. doom metal band Pallbearer just released a new EP named Fear And Fury. The EP contains three tracks, one remastered track, and two covers. The EP contains covers of Black Sabbath's "Over And Over" and Type O Negative's "Love You To Death". You can listen to the entire EP now here.

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Pain, the brainchild of Peter Tägtgren, have just shared a brand new track off their upcoming offering, Coming Home. This is the band's first album in five years and the track you can hear today is "Call Me". They present the track on a bizarre new video which you can enjoy/hate below.

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Forest Of Fog has awaken after 10 years. "Awake" is the first new song from the black metal one-man band since 2006. It describes the profound feeling of an inner awakening. A full album has been written and shall be released soon. For now, you can enjoy "Awake" on the video below.

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