Blastfest 2017 is facing some controversy. The Norwegian fest will take place next February in Bergen but some of the bands announced so far will not be performing after all. One of them is French black metal band Peste Noire, who have been removed off the bill by the organizers due to antifascist groups pressures. The Finns Horna have also dropped off the bill in solidarity with Peste Noire.

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Symphonic metal fans rejoice because today there's a new song from Diabulus In Musica to discover! The Spaniards just released a lyric video for one of the tracks that will appear on their upcoming new record, Dirge For The Archons. How is it sounding? Enjoy "Crimson Gale" below and tell us!

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The Swiss avantgarde black metallers Schammasch have premiered online the first video off Triangle, their newest triple album released by Prosthetic Records. Produced by Patrick Häberli, the footage for the "Metanoia" video was shot in Iceland. You can watch how the video turned out below. Remember that Schammasch will play an exclusive set of the whole Triangle album at next year's Roadburn Festival.

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Two important news updates from Vulture Industries! The Norwegian avantgardists have been working on the follow-up to The Tower, their last album released back in 2013. The good news is that they are currently in the pre-production stage and will start recording their next album this November. The band has also announced a string of shows in Central and Eastern Europe under the heading The Tower Falls Tour.

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Back in 2014, Candlemass bassist and songwriter Leif Edling announced his new band called The Doomsday Kingdom. Now, there are two important updates regarding this new project. Firstly, The Doomsday Kingdom will play their first show at Roadburn 2017 on Sunday, April 23rd, at Het Patronaat. Working with vocalist Niklas Stålvind when not handling those duties himself, Edling now presents the Never Machine EP to drop on November 25th via Nuclear Blast.

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Italy's industrial/electronic metal band Aborym will release a new album called Shifting.negative on January 25th via Agonia Records. The follow up to 2013's Dirty was recorded with an all new line-up consisting of founder Fabban, multi-instrumentalist Dan V, bassist and guitarist RG Narchost, guitarist Davide Tiso (ex-Ephel Duath, Karyn Crisis' Gospel Of The Witches), keyboardist Stefano Angiulli and several guest musicians (including Sin Quirin of Ministry fame).

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Colosso is a Portuguese death metal band and they released the album Obnoxious this year. Recently, they have also unveiled a new video for the track "A Noxious Reflection". Check it out below and see if you like them. Furthermore, the band has announced a North American pressing and distribution deal with Apewhale Entertainment. Colosso's latest offering will be available in North America via Apewhale on December 2nd.

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Here is more new music for you to hear today! This time it is some angry material delivered by Vermin Womb. They are about to release their debut full-length Decline on October 28th on Translation Loss Records (USA Vinyl/CD), Throatruiner Records (EU Vinyl/CD), and Sentient Ruin Records (Cassette). But you can already enjoy it as of now. Vermin Womb are now streaming Decline in its entirety here.

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Today is a good day for Overkill fans, because they have shared a new single called "Our Finest Hour" as a first taste for their upcoming new album, The Grinding Wheel. The brand new single will be released in the first week of Overkill's European tour, on November 4th. Let's also not forget that The Grinding Wheel is going to be released in February next year.

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Randy Blythe, vocalist of Lamb Of God, shares the story of Wayne Ford, a fan he first met at a show a few years ago. Wayne was engaged in a battle against leukemia that he ultimately lost in early 2015. Randy Blythe and Wayne Ford fast became friends during their time together and his life and cancer fight inspired a song entitled "The Duke", which was recorded during Lamb Of God's sessions for the band's latest album, VII: Sturm Und Drang. "The Duke" didn't appear on the album, instead an EP for that track titled The Duke is set for a December 2nd release date.

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Animals As Leaders are streaming another new song! As they prepare to unleash their fourth record, The Madness Of Many, the instrumental progressive metal gymnasts give you "Arithmophobia". The new album has been the most collaborative effort for the band and was produced by Animals As Leaders, with guitarist Javier Reyes handling the final mix. What do you think about the new song?

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The nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's class of 2017 have already been revealed. Among the nominees, there are Bad Brains, Journey, Yes, Pearl Jam, Joan Baez, Depeche Mode, ELO, Jane's Addiction and more.

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Former Amberian Dawn singer Heidi Parviainen has joined forces with Delain singer Charlotte Wessels and shared a new Dark Sarah song called "Aquarium" online. The Puzzle is Dark Sarah's upcoming new musical offering, set for release on November 18th in Europe and North America through Inner Wound Recordings. Enjoy the new song!

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Finnish power metal band Burning Point will release a new album called The Blaze on the 25th of November 2016 via AFM Records. The new record has just been announced and they also released the official lyric video for the album's lead track, "Master Them All", which can be seen below.

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As they promised, here's the track of Pryapisme's new EP ‎Repump The Pectine available to stream. "S.E.P", the closing track on the fifth-track album, can now be heard below. Enjoy! The EP contains complete re-arrangements of songs originally found on Pump Up The Pectine from 2005. It will drop on the 28th day of this October.

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