With work underway for a new studio album release in 2017, Swedish thrash metallers The Haunted have extended their long-standing co-operation with Century Media Records by signing a new worldwide deal with the label. Additionally, several new tour dates with Meshuggah in the UK and Ireland in January as well as with label-mates Arch Enemy and Lacuna Coil in Central Europe in March/April have recently been announced. It looks like 2017 will be a busy year for the group.

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Romanian folk metallers Bucovina have premiered a new song during their concert in Bucharest and now the song has been released online. The song is called "Așteaptă​-​mă Dincolo (De Moarte)". You can listen to the song here or you can watch the video below.

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After releasing the Never Machine EP earlier in 2016, the Swedish doom act The Doomsday Kingdom have finally announced their self-titled debut album. The Doomsday Kingdom will be released worldwide on March 31st via Nuclear Blast. The all-star group, consisting of members and ex-members of such bands as Wolf, Candlemass, Avatarium, Soen, Evergrey and Narnia have recorded 8 "epic doom tracks, including a pinch of NWOBHM and haunting catchy melodies."

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The Project Hate MCMXCIX have updated on their new album! The follow-up to 2014's There Is No Earth I Will Leave Unscorched is in the mixing stages with Dan Swanö at the helm at famed Unisound. Of Chaos And Carnal Pleasures is planned to be released in 2017 and was made possible through fans donations.

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Another new Sepultura song? Sure thing! The Brazilian metallers will unleash their upcoming studio album, Machine Messiah, on January 13th through Nuclear Blast. With their new music video "Phantom Self", they provide another look into their 14th studio release and deliver haunting images and sociocultural criticism in this clip directed by Mauricio Eça. See it for yourself here.

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Nine Inch Nails have just released their new 5-song EP, Not The Actual Events. It is available now on vinyl, digital plus physical component. But how does it sound like? Well, you can check out one of the new tracks from the industrial duo entitled "Burning Bright (Field On Fire)" as of now. The band released an official stream of the song.

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The French metallers from Klone have prepared a nice treat for their fans. On February 17th, the band will release, via Pelagic Records, their first live album. Moreover, it will be an acoustic one, titled simply Unplugged. Klone has supported Anneke Van Giersbergen during some of her unplugged European shows earlier this year and decided that their efforts deserved a separate recording.

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Abreaction is the title of the new studio album by Svart Crown, France's trailblazing death/black metal export. The band has released the cover artwork for their upcoming album which was done by Stefan Thanneur and perfectly captures the vibe of Abreaction with its Voodoo-like atmosphere. It will be out on March 3rd (Europe) and March 17th (US) on Century Media Records.

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The Greek sludge/post-metallers Allochiria are back 3 years after the release of Omonoia and have just revealed the title, tracklist and artwork of their forthcoming second album, Throes. The album will be available worldwide in the beginning of 2017 via their new label Art Of Propaganda. Stay tuned for more details on that.

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Blindead is facing another line-up change. Polish post-metallers recently announced and confirmed the departure of bassist Matteo Bassoli, who has been part of the group for the last four years and couple of months. Matteo performed on the band's last two full-length albums, Absence from 2013 and this year's Ascension.

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Dalarna's favorite sons Civil War just lost their singer Nils Patrik Johansson. As the Metal Storm Awards approach, it seems like we have a little bit of drama. According to the band, the vocalist left all of a sudden and unexpectedly.

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What happened to Nervecell and that new album they have been working on for a few years? The last album the death metallers released was 2011's Psychogenocide. In a brand new update, the band now signed to Unique Leader Records confirmed that their new album is finally hitting stores next year! The album is completed, mixed and mastered.

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The Swedish post-metal legends Cult Of Luna announced a very special recording titled Years In A Day. The release will contain a 2 hours DVD recorded this year in Paris at La Gaîté Lyrique, 2 live CDs from Roadburn Festival 2013 and 2016 and a high-resolution audio from the Paris show. Everything will be combined in a collector 10" vinyl digipack and strictly limited to 7000 copies.

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In the last few months, black metallers Immortal have given some updates on where they stand and their new ninth album. In a new update, the sons of northern darkness now revealed that they will begin recording the new opus in January 2017 at Abyss Studio. You can expect a new album next year and guitarist Demonaz will be handling the vocals.

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Following the demise of Agalloch, mastermind John Haughm announced a few months later the formation of a new band called Pillorian with Stephen Parker (Maestus/ex-Arkhum) and Trevor Matthews (Uada/ex-Infernus). At the time, not much was revealed other than an impending debut album. Well, now the label has announced that their debut album is to be titled Obsidian Arc and is set for release on March 10th 2017 via Eisenwald. Check out the cover, tracklist and more right here.

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