Finland's black metal sons Ajattara broke up back in 2012, but now it seems like the band is back from the dead. The metallers have premiered a new video for "Ave Satana". You can see it below on the YouTube channel. Moreover, their newest album, Lupaus, will be out on 12 May 2017 on Svart Records.

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US death metallers Lo-Ruhamah have announced that their sophomore album, Anointing, will be released on May 19th, 2017 through I, Voidhanger Records which will be their first new material since the 2007's debut album The Glory Of God.

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Bare Infinity released on the 3rd of March their much anticipated new album, The Butterfly Raiser, via Blackdown Music UK. This is only their second album following 2009's Always Forever. If you want to hear more from the Greek symphonic metallers, check out the new album in full below.

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One of the most anticipated death metal albums of the year, Venenum's debut full-length is streaming online in its entirety. Trance Of Death is about to be released tomorrow, March 17th via Sepulchral Voice Records. The album is available for your listening pleasure through the YouTube player down under. Enjoy!

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Mastodon have just let loose the official video for their song "Show Yourself" on their official YouTube channel. The band already had the audio video up for a while, along with the audio for "Sultan's Curse" and the more recent "Andromeda" but have now released the music video for "Show Yourself" with the accompanied visuals. Their upcoming record, Emperor Of Sand, will be out on March 31st. Check out the entertaining video below.

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After eight years of silence, the 13th studio album by Skyclad, Forward Into The Past, is about to be released on the 28th of April. As an appetizer, the band enlisted director/editor Fernando J. Martínez to put together a lyric video for one of their new songs, "Change Is Coming." Accompanying an upbeat track with plenty of folk influences, the politically charged video is a montage of scheming politicians, violent protests and riot police while the lyrics appear as a breaking news headline underneath. Watch the video below or go look it up on YouTube.

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Greek black metal pioneers Rotting Christ are approaching their 30th anniversary and Peaceville Records is set to release their early classic works on vinyl. The band's 1993 full-length debut, Thy Mighty Contract, will hit the stores on April 21st this year and it will later be followed by Non Serviam and the Passage To Arcturo EP. By the end of 2017, Peaceville Records also plan to release a compilation of demos and other rare goodies of the band's classic stuff from the late 80's and the early 90's era.

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Swedish royalty King Of Asgard are about to release their new album :taudr: via Trollmusic this coming Friday. What best way to celebrate that than by premiering the track "Upon Raging Waves", a Mithotyn cover version? Magnus "Devo" Andersson was chosen to record the mini-album :taudr: at his Endarker Studio. It comes after Karl Beckman and Jonas Albrektsson have given their band time to re-focus after line-up changes and quitting their old label. Enjoy the song!

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German beer fueled thrashers Tankard have just put out a video online through Nuclear Blast's official YouTube channel concerning their upcoming album, One Foot In The Grave. The video features some studio footage of the making of the record, new song snippets as well as a set release date, which is June 2nd 2017. The album was recorded at Gernhart Studios in Germany, with producer Martin Buchwalter. Any updates on the tracklist or album cover artwork have not yet been revealed. In the meantime, check out the video below.

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After revealing the title a few weeks back, Greek black metallers Acherontas have now revealed the artwork and tracklist for their upcoming eighth full length record, Amarta (Formulas Of Reptilian Unification II). A new trailer is also expected at the end of this month.

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U.S. metallers Body Count are now streaming another song called "The Ski Mask Way" from their upcoming album, Bloodlust, due to be released by Century Media Records on March 31st. Frontman Ice-T said that the song is about people exposing their lives and their wealth on social media and thus making themselves a target for robbers who are watching. You can listen to it below, along with the first single "No Lives Matter" in case you've missed it.

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Austrian band Anomalie are releasing their third album Visions in a few days. In fact, the release date is set for March 17th worldwide through Art Of Propaganda. However, if you like melodic black metal, you should check out the album which is streaming online right now at this location. Alternatively, it is also available in the player below. How do you like the final result?

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In case you didn't know, Belgian doom metallers Bathsheba have released their new album Servus via Svart Records. To celebrate that, they have also recently shared a lyric video for one of the new songs. You can hear below the track "Ain Soph". Maybe if you like it, you will want to stream the entire new album over here. Feel free to explore Bathsheba's music.

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Metal gods Judas Priest have officially started recording their new album. Mike Exeter, who produced 2014's well received Redeemer Of Souls and was involved in recent Black Sabbath releases, is in the studio with the band, along with Tom Allom, producer of every Judas Priest release from 1979's Unleashed In The East until 1988's Ram It Down. Last but not least, Andy Sneap, responsible for albums by Accept, Testament, Nevermore and Exodus (just to name a few) is also there to twiddle the knobs.

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It's been only five months since Testament released their last album Brotherhood Of The Snake, but in a recent interview with Japan's Roppongi Rocks, frontman Chuck Billy revealed that they are already working on new material for their next record.

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