"Ons Vrije Fatum" and "De Roes Na", two brand new songs from Dutch black metallers Laster are now available for streaming here. These are the first two tracks from the band's upcoming album, Ons Vrije Fatum. The album was recorded/mixed at Catacomben Studios and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. It is scheduled for release on January 9th, 2017 via Dunkelheit Produktionen.

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Helloween have surprised fans with big news today! 2017 and 2018 will see them tour with Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen again. The fans asked for it and now is the time. Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen will once again mount a Helloween stage together and resurrect the band's legendary original line-up. Weikath, Kiske, Hansen, Grosskopf are going to play Helloween classics live and on a joint tour. But that's not all of it! Under the flag Pumpkins United, all pumpkin heads will step up, meaning Andi and Michi on vocals, Kai, Weiki and Sascha on guitars, and Markus and Dani in the rhythm section.

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New Jersey thrashers Blood Feast are streaming "INRI", their first song in over 25 years, on their Bandcamp page. The song appears on their upcoming third album, The Future State Of Wicked, which is due for release on January 13th 2017, and will be the band's first studio album since 1989's Chopping Block Blues.

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Beheaded from Malta are about to release a new album. Titled Beast Incarnate, you can expect more brutal death metal from the quintet. In fact, the first song from the record has already been released. Witness "The Horror Breathes" below. Their fifth full-length will drop next year via Unique Leader Records on the 27th of January 2017, four years after Never To Dawn.

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Swiss metallers Dreamshade just shared a brand new song! The melodic death metal band has announced their new album Vibrant, which will be released on December 9th through Artery Recordings. Their latest single is called "Up All Night" and you can give it a spin below. Do you like the new material?

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French metallers Betraying The Martyrs have shared a new song from their upcoming album. The group decided to release the track today as it marks one year after the terrible Paris terrorist attacks. "Won't Back Down" can be streamed below via YouTube. The video was directed and edited by Scott Kennedy at 12 Inch Media.

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A long time ago, Mägo De Oz was born in 1989 and guitarist Pedro Pablo Diaz was one of the Spanish band's three founding members. He would leave the band in 1990 but played on their first demo. It was another founding member, drummer Txus di Fellatio, still in the band, who announced the sad news.

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Back in October, Vanhelga released their latest album, Ode & Elegy. Now, the Swedish black metal group has premiered a video of the track "Utan Mening". Directed by J. Ejnarsson, the video features A. Rohtsalu in the role of a depressed young woman who is slipping further and further into darkness and despair, from which she is unable to escape. Watch it unfold below.

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Have you already listened to Superjoint's new album? The sludge metallers have just released Caught Up In The Gears Of Application, their first new full-length in over a decade. Their previous offering, A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred, dated back to 2003. You can listen to the entire new record now via Bandcamp. Enjoy the sludge!

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Sirenia have just released their brand new studio album, Dim Days Of Dolor, and to celebrate that, they also debuted a brand new video clip for the title track. This is the symphonic band's first album with new singer Emmanuelle Zoldan, who replaced Ailyn this year. The video was shot in Stockholm together with director Owe Lingwall and also features singer Joakim Næss. Enjoy!

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After announcing a European tour, there are now reports that System Of A Down are indeed working on a new album, which will be their first since Mezmerize and Hypnotize, both released in 2005. In a new interview with Kerrang!, drummer John Dolmayan revealed that the band has so far written fifteen songs during the last six months or so.

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Ex Deo are about to unleash The Immortal Wars upon the world. The Canadian death metallers return following a short hiatus and present their new album. Today, you can take a look at the album cover art below as well as a teaser of the opus, which is set to be released on February 24th 2017 via Napalm Records. The teaser features new music.

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You can start your weekend by listening to some symphonic metal! Diabulus In Musica have just premiered a brand new single and video to accompany it. The Spaniards are about to release the offering Dirge For The Archons on November 18th through Napalm Records and now share "Invisible". Don't miss the opportunity to hear more music from the new record.

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German death doom metal act Ophis has parted ways with drummer Nils Groth. He will play his very last show at the Doom Over Bucharest 2016 on November 25th. Guitarist Martin Reibold is also no longer in the band. They will be replaced by Steffen Brandes (drums) and Simon Schorneck​ (guitars).

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The new Rhapsody Of Fire line-up is shaping up. The symphonic power metallers have just revealed their new singer, following the departure of long-time vocalist Fabio Lione. Drummer Alex Holzwarth also left the band, by the way. So, who is the new singer? Giacomo Voli, the vocalist of symphonic metallers Teodasia, is joining them. Hear the new singer below.

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