On June 23rd, ByNorse will release the debut album Hydrogen by BardSpec, the ambient side-project from Enslaved composer/guitarist Ivar Bjørnson Peersen and Today Is The Day's Steve Austin. You can get your first audiovisual glimpse into the album via the new video for the song "Fire Tongue" below.

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Greek black metallers Katavasia have a new album on the way, following 2015's debut Sacrilegious Testament and they are streaming a new song called "Requiem For The Nocturnal Lover". The artwork in the video is probably the album's cover and you can see the name "Daemonic Offering", though neither the record's title nor the cover have yet been officially announced. Watch the video below and share your impressions.

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Rob Halford's music outside Judas Priest is plenty and the fans of the legendary frontman will have the chance to acquire it all when it is released, on May 19th. Between Fight, 2wo and his solo outfit Halford, the "Metal God" cut eight studio albums and a series of live records that are going to be offered in a comprehensive "The Complete Albums Collection" box set. Halford posted a photo of the contents and the following words on his Instagram: "Maniacs! My first-ever box set and thank you all for your love and support in making this possible!"

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Six years after the release of Rockaholic, U.S. hard rockers Warrant return with another slab of muscular hard rock, aptly titled Louder Harder Faster, to be released on May 12th via Frontiers Music Srl. The band's line-up features original members, Erik Turner, Jerry Dixon, Joey Allen, and Steven Sweet along with singer Robert Mason (Lynch Mob, Cry Of Love). Production is handled by Foreigner and ex-Dokken bass player, Jeff Pilson. The band released an audio clip for the song "Devil Dancer" and a video clip for "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink" on the same day. You can check both of them out below.

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Leatherwolf have released the "Kill And Kill Again" video, including footage from the band's celebrated 2015 "Keep It True" festival appearance in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, as well as scenes from 2010's film "The Wolfman", starring Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The audio track was mixed by legendary producer/engineer Chris Tsangarides (responsible for Judas Priest's Painkiller album among others) at Ecology Room Studios in Kent, England and mastered by Tom Baker (Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Avenged Sevenfold) at Baker Mastering in Calabasas, California. The clip can be viewed below.

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Vallenfyre will release their third album, Fear Those Who Fear Him, via Century Media Records on June 2nd, 2017 and now the band proudly presents the first single and video clip from it. "Kill All Your Masters", comments Greg Mackintosh (vocals and guitar), "is about the frustration and anger we feel towards the many people and regimes in positions of power, whether it be political, religious or corporate, inflicting crimes and injustices on an often docile and enslaved population, who in many ways seem happy to be told what to do by anything from ancient books to lifestyle magazines." Watch the video for "Kill All Your Masters" below.

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Doom godfathers The Obsessed have finally released their new album Sacred via Relapse Records, which is their first studio effort in over twenty years! To celebrate this release, the band just put out the official music video for the album's title-track, which was directed by Jimmy Hubbard. Watch it below.

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Former Sepultura members Max Cavalera (guitar, vocals) and Iggor Cavalera (drums) will embark on another European tour in November to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's classic album Roots by performing it in its entirety. As part of MTV Headbangers' Ball Tour 2017, fans will have the chance to enjoy live performances from thrash pioneers Overkill, melodeath legends Insomnium, and German death metallers Deserted Fear.

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Full Of Hell are streaming a new song from their upcoming album, Trumpeting Ecstasy. The album is due to hit the stores on May 5th via Profound Lore Records and was recorded and mixed at God City. The new track is called "Crawling Back To God" and features guest vocals by Aaron Turner (Sumac/Old Man Gloom/Mamiffer/Isis).

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US grindcore band Phobia are set to return with a new full length album to follow 2012's Remnants Of Filth. The record is entitled Lifeless God and it's not expected to stray far from the formula that they have been crafting for over 26 years, so get ready for another chapter to the band's legacy of unrelenting speed. Tracked at Trench studios with engineer John Haddad, Lifeless God is due to be released on June 2nd, via Willowtip Records. You can listen to the first single from the new album below.

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Max Cavalera has posted a video on Soulfly's official Facebook page that will bring delight to the fans of Nailbomb. "Fuck yeah, Nailbomb, Point Blank? one of my favorite records of all time... I'll be playing the whole album for you guys..." Max says in a video message announcing a tour with his Soulfly bandmates, in which they are going to play the entire Point Blank album. However, no cities and dates are revealed in the video, which you can watch here.

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Paradise Lost have officially announced on their Facebook page that they are currently in the studio recording their new album, following 2015's highly acclaimed The Plague Within. According to their status update, they are working with Jaime Gomez Arellano (producer of The Plague Within, as well as Ghost's Opus Eponymous, Cathedral's The Last Spire and Fen's Winter, just to name a few) at the freshly revamped Orgone Studios.

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Swedish doom metallers Avatarium are set to release their third studio album, Hurricanes And Halos, on May 26th via Nuclear Blast. It's time to get a first impression of it by listening to their new song "Into The Fire/Into The Storm", which opens the record.

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Danish hard rock/heavy metal act Volbeat are streaming a new lyric video for the song "Black Rose". It features singer/guitarist Danko Jones and is taken from their album, Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie, released on June 3rd, 2016 via Vertigo/Capitol.

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Melodic death metallers Nightrage have released a video for the song "Affliction", from their upcoming album, The Venomous. The band's new studio effort is expected on March 31st via Despotz Records. Listen to it below to discover more of the new material.

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