Last week, the Finnish metallers Wintersun unveiled the tracklist of their upcoming third studio album, The Forest Seasons, that will see the light of day in 2017. This new full-length album of 53 minutes follows the concept of Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons', but will of course feature the typical epic death metal on four tracks. And although the album is already finished, front man and mastermind Jari Mäenpää now needs the support of his loyal fans. The band will be doing a crowdfunding campaign starting on March 1st.

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Australian progressive extreme metal act Ne Obliviscaris has announced that they are parting ways with their long time bass player, Brendan "Cygnus" Brown due to "irreconcilable personal differences". According to them, it will not affect the recording of their new album this year.

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No, it's not a new album from Necrophagist but there will be a vinyl reissue of the band's classic Epitaph album. The group's seminal, tech-death masterpiece is once again available on vinyl for the first time since its release in 2004! The official vinyl repress of Epitaph will see a worldwide release on March 17th, 2017 via Relapse Records.

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Cynic will soon release Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Collection. The album will be released as digipak CD and limited LP+CD (with gatefold sleeve, LP-booklet, 180 g vinyl and 7"). It includes the four legendary demos Demo 1988, Refections Of A Dying World (1989), Demo 1990 and Demo 1991, showing Cynic's development from a raw underground metal band to the progressive technical death style the band is known for since the release of the classic Focus album.

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Relapse Records just announced the signing of cult UK doom/sludge outfit Iron Monkey. The band originally formed in Nottingham, England in 1994 and released two full-lengths (1997's self-titled debut and 1998's Our Problem), a live album and a split with Church Of Misery before splitting in 1999. Now, almost two decades later, the band has decided to reform as a trio with co-founding members S. Watson on bass and J. Rushby on guitar/vocals. They're rounded out by new member S. Briggs (Chaos U.K.,) who also played with original Iron Monkey vocalist J.P. Morrow in the short-lived sludge supergroup My War.

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Mourning Dawn, who released their last album Les Sacrifiés in 2014, has revealed that they will release a new EP titled Waste this upcoming February via Aesthetic Death. The EP contains three tracks, clocking around 25 minutes each. The first teaser of new music is available below as well as the album artwork. Don't miss it.

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Today, you can discover another piece of the puzzle from The Source, Ayreon's anticipated new album. Arjen has unveiled the album's tracklist, it will be a double album, as well as the full line-up of guests. Just a few days ago, the band also revealed the album cover but the release date is still under wraps.

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A couple of days ago, Born Of Osiris announced a new album and tour. But there's more. If you're still curious about their new album, you should check out the new video for the song "Empires Erased" from the upcoming record, The Eternal Reign (The New Reign completely re-recorded and re-envisioned), out February 24th, 2017. The video features footage of their live shows which you can watch below.

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Anciients is facing its first line-up change. The quartet from Canada is replacing their guitarist Chris Dyck, after he decided to live, with Brock MacInnes. He leaves due to the usual "no time for it, no money for it, different life priorities".

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Since the release of their excellent new album, Proponent For Sentience, this past September, Allegaeon has shared the stage with the likes of Black Sabbath, Megadeth and more at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, as well as joined label-mates Battlecross and Necromancing The Stone for the annual "Winter Warriors Tour". The group is now launching a new video for "Of Mind And Matrix", the fourth video from the opus. Directed, edited, and animated by Nick Hipa (Wovenwar), "Of Mind And Matrix" can be viewed here.

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Italian industrial/electronic metallers Aborym are streaming their entire new album online. After revealing two new songs before, now the full-length Shifting.negative has just been released by Agonia Records and can be enjoyed fully here. Give it a spin. What are your thoughts on the band's seventh album?

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The second new song from Dodecahedron's new album has premiered online! It's time to discover another cut from Kwintessens, the black metallers first new album in five years. After the first single "Hexahedron - Tilling The Human Soil", now we can explore "Tetrahedron - The Culling Of The Unwanted From The Earth". You can give it a spin below.

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2017 just got more promising for Amenra fans! They are currently recording their new studio album Mass VI, again with Billy Anderson (Eyehategod, Neurosis, Om, Swans and so many more) in the snowy Belgian Ardennes. The album will see release later this year via Neurot Recordings with more details to be confirmed.

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After releasing their latest album, Sorceress, last year, Opeth now present us with the official promo video for the tune "Era". The video comes just ahead of the band's return to the U.S. for a headline spring tour with support from Gojira and Devin Townsend. The cinematic video was directed by Markus Hofko and is available for your viewing pleasure below.

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Insomnium are preparing a very special performance in their home country this July. The Finns will play their latest masterpiece, Winter's Gate, a 40-minute long track, with the Joensuu City Orchestra. The concert will be an exclusive of the Ilosaarirock Festival in Joensuu.

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