U.S. experimental metallers Gnaw, fronted by Alan Dubin, formerly of doom group Khanate, have recently released their third LP, Cutting Pieces via Translation Loss. Today they also issued a new video for the album's track "Fire". All visuals are by Roman Urodovskikh. Roman is a multimedia artist of Russian descent who currently lives and works in Montreal, Canada.

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Fu Manchu's 12th studio album has just been announced and will be called Clone Of The Universe. It is scheduled for a February 9th release date through their own label At The Dojo Records. The upcoming record will be their first in 4 years, following the 2014 release of Gigantoid. Furthermore, guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush fame guests on the 18-minute track, "Il Mostro Atomico".

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A little more than ten years after their debut, In Vain return with their fourth album, Currents, on January 26th, 2018, via Indie Recordings. It was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios and features guest drummer Baard Kolstad (Leprous, Borknagar). The cover artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu, who also directed the lyric video for the first single, "Seekers Of The Truth".

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Progressive heavy/black metallers, Zemial, have announced a collaboration with Absu's Proscriptor McGovern. You can read below the official statement that has been posted in Dorian's Facebook page.

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Lemmy's final studio recording has surfaced. Before his death in 2015, Motörhead's iconic frontman Lemmy finished what would be his last solo recording, a collaboration with guitarist Chris Declercq. Chris Declercq is a session studio musician, who has worked with many artists throughout his career including Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses), Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle), to Blaze Bayley, Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden), and many more. Declercq was working on a solo record and managed to land a guest appearance from Lemmy Kilmister, who he'd work with before in the past. This track, "We Are The Ones," which you can listen to below, is Lemmy's final studio performance.

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The follow-up to Grand Morbid Funeral released in 2014 by Swedish death metallers Bloodbath might be coming out sooner than you think. According to frontman Nick Holmes, the band has plans to enter studio in January 2018 to record the next album. Bloodbath will also tour in USA and Canada in May 2018.

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TesseracT have been releasing new albums every two years and their latest one, Polaris, came out in 2015. The good news is that the band hasn't slowed down and is currently in the studio working on album number four. You can listen to some new sounds on their Facebook page. The djent band has shared a picture from the recordings as well. They are tracking the album at 4DSounds.

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Sodom's 35th anniversary celebration show will be special as the German thrash legends will be rejoined on stage by former guitarists Josef "Grave Violator" Dominik (who was in the band from 1984-1985), Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik (1987-1990) and Andy Brings (1991-1995) on December 26th at Zeche in Bochum, Germany to perform old classics.

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Gothic doom metal band Katatonia have announced that they have rescheduled December tour dates in Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania due to guitarist Roger Öjersson being hospitalized after suffering a back injury. The band will be back on tour next year in February and March.

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With Christmas only a few weeks away, earMUSIC and Tarja have announced the release of a very special version of "Feliz Navidad": the Barbuda Relief And Recovery Charity Version. This September, the Caribbean island of Barbuda has been hit by the category 5 hurricane Irma. The whole population, of over 1500, needed to flee their homes in order to survive. Tarja, who has recorded the main part of her vocals for her recently released winter album From Spirits And Ghosts (Score For A Dark Christmas) on said island and has a very close relationship to the place and its inhabitants, decided that now is the time to help.

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There's good news for Lantlôs fans today. The band is recording their new album! The follow-up to the lauded Melting Sun record (2014) will be called Wildhunt. The German atmospheric post-metallers haven't said anything about the release date yet but we will keep you posted on all the details.

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Grave have parted ways with their long-time drummer Ronnie Bergerståhl. However, the Swedes didn't clarify the reasons for his departure. The death metal band has a couple of shows scheduled for next year and they said that won't be affected.

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Greek black metal underground members, X. from Human Serpent and Nick S. from Isolert, have collaborated in recording a new EP, titled Everything Dies, which was released yesterday in digital format. A tape format, limited to 50 black cassettes and 50 white cassettes (all hand-numbered), will be available in January 2018 by Death Kvlt Productions and can be pre-ordered here. The EP just features the self-titled 20-minute track, which you can stream below.

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UK's veteran thrashers, Lawnmower Deth, teamed up with '80s pop-star, Kim Wilde, and just released a Christmas song, titled "F U Kristmas!", on December 1st via Wildeflower Records. The relationship between the band and the singer stretches back to 1991 when Lawnmower Deth recorded a cover of Wilde's "Kids In America". Last year, Wilde joined Lawnmower Deth on stage to perform "Kids In America" and now the band will be appearing at her Christmas show in Manchester on December 22nd.

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After showcasing their new song "Cast The First Stone", stoner metal veterans Corrosion Of Conformity have shared a bit more from No Cross No Crown, their impending new album. Feast your eyes below on the groovy official new music video for "Wolf Named Crow".

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