Mitochondrion's brand new 7 inch split, In Cronian Hour, with Auroch is now available to stream in full online. You can listen to this beast now via Bandcamp and get it digitally. In Cronian Hour was mastered by Colin Marston and features artwork on a gatefold jacket by Cold Poison. Hellthrasher Productions expects to ship it in Europe around June 15th. Dark Descent plans to begin shipping from the U.S. around June 27th. Both songs are also available below.

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With so many new releases planned for this year already, Vader will also release a new album this September. Two years after the latest Tibi Et Igni, the Polish death metal machine announced their new studio album, The Empire, which was recorded at Hertz Studios in Bialystok, Poland and produced by Wojtek and Slawek Wiesawski. Mark your calendars for September 23rd, 2016. But before that, they will be releasing a special 10" single, taken from their upcoming album.

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Sabaton recently announced the release of their brand new, 8th studio album, The Last Stand, which will see the light of day on August 19th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the power metal band finally presents the first single from the upcoming battle to their fans. It's the track "The Lost Battalion" and it is streaming online with a lyric video to go with it. Enjoy it below and share your impressions of the material.

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Peter Tägtgren, multi-instrumentalist and the owner of the famous The Abyss studios, has unveiled the artwork and name for the new Pain record. The new album will be titled Coming Home. It will be out this summer on September 9th via Nuclear Blast Records. Feast your eyes on the cover artwork created by Stefan Heilemann (Epica, Lindemann, Indica among others) below.

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The mighty thrashers Sodom just announced their new album, Decision Day. Set for release on August 26th, 2016, the new album focuses on the subject of D-Day, the day in June 1944 when the troops of the Western Allied forces landed in Normandy to liberate mainland Europe from the scourge of Nazi Germany. Check out the impressive artwork courtesy of Joe Petagno (Motörhead, Led Zeppelin).

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It hasn't been an easy year for Mariusz Duda, mastermind of Lunatic Soul: he has lost his long-time Riverside band member and friend, Piotr Grudzinski, and his father briefly afterwards. In the shade of recent events, Mariusz has started working on his fifth Lunatic Soul studio album, and according to Mariusz, this new album will be different than anything he has done before.

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Finnish industrial metal band Project Silence has revealed the cover art and release date for their upcoming second album, Slave To The Machine. The album will be released in June 30th, 2016 worldwide, through the American label Sliptrick Records.

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Zeta Reticuli is the new album from French doom metal bringers Monolithe, and will be released on July 8th by Debemur Morti Productions. An official teaser video for the album has recently been released and can now be seen below. You can hear a bit of the new material. Enjoy!

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Hannes Grossmann has some good news today. The prog/tech death metal solo project from Hannes Grossmann is releasing its second album, titled The Crypts Of Sleep. You can already see the album artwork and also listen to a brand new song as of now right here. How do you like the opening track "To Sow The Seeds Of Earth"?

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Even after they released an album last year, Soilwork aren't slowing down in terms of new releases. The Swedes have just announced the release of a special collection of rarities under the title Death Resonance on August 19th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. It will include fifteen rare and unreleased tracks.

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Twilight Force are back with a vengeance following their debut, Tales Of Ancient Prophecies. Now with Nuclear Blast, after several months of work in the band's studio, the Twilight Forge, the power metallers are set to release their second album called Heroes Of Mighty Magic, on August 26th. The colorful cover art has been revealed as well as the tracklist. Find out more about the album now.

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This fall will have a brutal start. The sky will probably be ripped open, and we'll be hit by a crushing storm of sorrow. Why is that? Because British doom metallers Eye Of Solitude have released some info about their upcoming album! The new album will be called Cenotaph, and is due to be released on September 1st, 2016. The neat artwork was made by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Clown.

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Here is some black metal to start off your day, courtesy of Germans Imperium Dekadenz. They are streaming the first new track from their forthcoming album, Dis Manibvs. The epic track, titled "Only Fragments Of Light", can be enjoyed fully below where you also find all the album details, now revealed.

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On July 22nd, progressive metallers Hammers Of Misfortune will release their sixth full-length, Dead Revolution, worldwide via Metal Blade Records. The new album and first in five years, saw Nick Dumitriu (Vhöl, Ritual Chamber) helping out as a producer. Currently, the album title track is streaming online and you can now listen to it here.

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Tool will be embarking on a mini-tour this October 2016. They have announced three headlining shows - in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Little Rock - as well as festival appearances. The progressive metallers will perform at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2016 in New Orleans and they will also headline the 2016 Monster Energy Aftershock Festival in Sacramento's Discovery Park.

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