Celtic Frost leader Thomas Gabriel Fischer has denounced BMG's recently announced plans to reissue the band's seminal Noise Records catalogue on June 30th. The reissues include four of the band's Noise-era studio albums: Morbid Tales, To Mega Therion, Into The Pandemonium and Vanity/Nemesis. The albums will be reissued on deluxe hardback CD and 180-gram double album sets, complete with posters and 10-inch spine bound book. All tracks have been fully remastered and releases contain previously unreleased and rare tracks.

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Hailing from California, the esoteric technical death metallers Decrepit Birth are set to release their first new album in seven years, Axis Mundi, on July 21st via Agonia Records (Europe / rest of the world) and Nuclear Blast Records (North America). "Epigenic Triplicity" is the first single to be revealed from the record. Listen to the track in the form of a 360 VR lyric video right now and share your impressions.

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Only a couple of weeks now remain before the official release of Vallenfyre's new album, Fear Those Who Fear Him. The band's third full-length album is scheduled to hit the stores via Century Media Records on June 2nd, 2017 and Vallenfyre have revealed another new song after "Kill All Your Masters". The new track is called "An Apathetic Grave" and you can hear it below.

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Elder, the three-piece, heavy-psych band hailing from Boston, have a new album called Reflections Of A Floating World and it is scheduled to be released on June 2nd via Stickman Records (EU) and Armageddon Label (US). This is Elder's fourth full length album and the band has revealed a new song, which you can check out below.

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NWOBHM act Raven announced that their drummer Joe Hasselvander will not join them on their upcoming shows. You can read their full statement below but it is due to a sudden serious health issue. The band will perform with fill-in drummers on the upcoming tours.

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Leprous has announced today the title and release date of their upcoming album. To follow the acclaimed The Congregation record, released two years ago, the Norwegian proggers will unleash the fifth studio album, Malina, on the 25th August 2017 via Inside Out Music. To coincide with this, they also announced an extensive European tour with special guests, Iceland's Agent Fresco, plus Australia's Alithia and fellow Norwegians Astrosaur. See the album cover art by Corey Meyers below.

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Lithuanian Au-Dessus has teamed up with CVLT Nation to stream their full new album online. You can check out the release entitled End Of Chapter at this location and tells us what you think about their debut full-length offering. The 7-track album will be unleashed on Les Acteurs De L'ombre Productions on May 19th, 2017.

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The Associated Press just shared the shocking news that Soundgarden's frontman Chris Cornell has passed away. Cornell was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and formed Soundgarden back in 1984 with Kim Thayil and Hiro Yamamoto. He was also the vocalist of Audioslave and the short-lived Temple Of The Dog. Cornell also released four solo studio albums and a solo live album. According to his representative, Chris Cornell died on Wednesday night in Detroit at the age of 52. R.I.P.

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Shining's Niklas Kvarforth is facing some controversy yet again. According to reports, the band's show in Portland was cancelled by the venue after the frontman was accused of using racist and homophobic slurs, slapping an audience member, and threatening to stab employees, as well as other alleged actions when they played at Boise, Idaho at The Shredder. Tonic Lounge, a venue in Portland, found out about Kvarforth's behavior and cancelled the show.

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Prepare for some more death metal brutality from Dying Fetus. The U.S. band just debuted a brand new track and video from the impending onslaught, Wrong One To Fuck With, due out on June 23rd on CD/2xLP/digital via Relapse Records. See the animated video for "Panic Amongst The Herd" below, directed by Mount Emult.

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It's time to check out The Thirteenth Sun. The Romanian progressive band just released a brand new video for "Universus" which was created by none other than Costin Chioreanu. You can find the track on the band's debut album, Stardust. Enjoy the music and visuals!

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Today is the day, Triumvir Foul fans. You can now listen to the American two-piece new album, Spiritual Bloodshed, in full and online ahead of its official release this June 9th via Invictus Productions. After the 2015 self-titled offering, how do you like their newest creation? Stream it below and tell us your impressions.

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Sad news for the fans of math metallers Textures. The Dutch band has announced a break up in a statement, explaining that the reasons behind the split are mostly personal and the decision has been well thought out.

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This year, it is Between The Buried And Me's groundbreaking album Colors 10th anniversary and the band will mark the occasion with a special tour. To celebrate the ten year anniversary of their classic album, the progressive metallers will embark on a trek this September/October, which will see the band perform the record in its entirety! Dubbed the "Colors Ten Year Anniversary Tour", the tour also features The Contortionist, Polyphia, and Toothgrinder as support.

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Source:	metalblade.com
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Danish composer and multi-instrumentalist Myrkur has unveiled her forthcoming album title as Mareridt, which will be out this fall on Relapse Records. It is the follow up to the debut M, released back in 2015. Mareridt was produced between Seattle and Copenhagen by Randall Dunn who is known for his work with Marissa Nadler, Earth, Sunn O))), Boris, Wolves In The Throne Room and more.

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