Sadly, American death metal veterans Vital Remains have informed via Facebook that the band's former vocalist Scott Wily has died. He was in the band from 2008-2012. No cause of death has been announced so far. Rest in peace.

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As of now, you can watch the new official video for "Roots", taken from In This Moment current album, Ritual, released this year. The U.S. metal band fronted by Maria Brink is currently touring in North America with Of Mice & Men and Avatar to support the record.

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Dutch hard rockers Vandenberg's MoonKings just released a new video for the tune "What Doesn't Kill You". The song is taken from the band's second album, simply titled MK II, which will be released today, November 3rd, via the Mascot Label Group. Enjoy!

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Post-black metallers from Austria, Harakiri For The Sky, have confirmed the release date of their 4th album, Arson. The new output is coming out on February 16th, 2018 via Art Of Propaganda Records. The track "Tomb Omnia" is also streaming online now, so whet your appetite below.

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The pagan/folk metal brotherhood Heidevolk unveiled the info on their brand new album, entitled Vuur Van Verzet, set to be released on January 12th, 2018 via Napalm Records. You can check out the cover artwork, tracklist and the band's announcement below.

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The release date of the new album, When Northmen Die, by the German epic/viking metal act Crom is December 1st, 2017. The pre-order phase will start on November 17th, 2017 from the webshop of Pure Steel Records. Until then, check out the song "Behold The Lights" as well as the new album's tracklist and cover art, created by Belgian artist Kris Verwimp.

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It's been a while since Arsis released their latest record, Unwelcome (2013). But the American melodic death metallers have some good news: new music is on its way! They have recently entered the studio with producer Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, DevilDriver, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse) to begin work on the 6th studio album. You can listen to the pre-production for the songs in a play-through by drummer Shawn Priest and frontman James Malone.

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Converge have released a video for "A Single Tear," the opening track from their long-awaited new album, The Dusk In Us. Due out this Friday, the record is the first album in five years from the Boston-based innovators. Directed by Max Moore, the hauntingly cinematic "A Single Tear" offers a powerful sensory assault along with a nuanced meditation on birth.

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As the Norwegian death metallers Horizon Ablaze prepare to release a new album, The Weight Of A Thousand Suns, they have recently debuted a new song online. You can discover some of the new material here, more specifically the tune "Insidious". Do you like it?

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Next year, Germanic metallers Accept will embark on a European tour starting in January to present their new album, The Rise Of Chaos. However, they will not play in Lille, as originally planned, but in Paris instead on February 1st, 2018.

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The line-up for next year's Maryland Doom Fest has been revealed. The annual festival, now in its fourth year, takes place at Cafe 611 in Frederick, MD on June 22nd - 24th, 2018. Performing acts, among others, will be: The Obsessed, Windhand, Weedeater, Castle, and so on. Ticket sales officially start on January 1st, 2018, but early bird discounted tickets will be available from December 24th through December 31st, 2017 only. You will be able to purchase tickets at this location.

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Swedish black metal band, Shining, will release their new album, titled X - Varg Utan Flock, on January 5th 2018 via Season Of Mist. Having already shared the track "Jag Är Din Fiende", Shining now reveal "Gyllene Portanas Bro", which you can check out below along with the album artwork and tracklist.

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Conscious Darkness, the new studio album by Polish black metal act Blaze Of Perdition is now available for streaming before its official release tomorrow. You can enjoy all four songs in it below and order it from Agonia Records.

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Behemoth are in trouble with the Polish authorities again, this time over a merchandise design. You might remember that guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski faced up to two years in prison for tearing apart a bible on stage and calling it "a book of lies" (later he was cleared of the charges, and then the decision was appealed). It seems that the Polish authorities have taken issue with the "Republic Of The Unfaithful" design allegedly for disrespecting the White Eagle, which is found on the national coat of arms of Poland.

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A new The Faceless tune has recently debuted online. "Digging The Grave" is the new single you can now hear below taken from the impending new studio album, In Becoming A Ghost, the first in five years from the tech death metallers. It will hit stores on on December 1st through Sumerian Records.

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