We already knew that heavy metal legends Judas Priest were working on their new album, but recently, on their holiday greeting, they confirmed the release of their new album in 2014. This means that after so many years, the band is finally unleashing the successor to Nostradamus, now without founding member and guitarist K.K. Downing.

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Swiss doom bringers Zatokrev are releasing a new album next year to follow The Bat, The Wheel And A Long Road To Nowhere. The group just uploaded one of their songs from the last opus and you can listen to "Angels Of Cross" here. The band uploaded the song because it "was kind of a very natural, special and magical part of our songwriting which brought us new directions and many ideas of how to create our next album(s)." The band announced that the upcoming album is going to be the continuation of this track and will be released in 2014. The album title will be announced soon.

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Death metallers Desecravity have almost finished writing new songs for the new album which will be out in 2014. They have been taking a lot of time to let the new material develop and grow into an extreme level and writing an additional song. Stay tuned for further updates.

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It's your lucky day Hail Spirit Noir fans because the band has just premiered a brand new song. You have waited long enough for the follow-up to their debut Pneuma. With the new opus Oi Magoi (in English "The Magicians") on the horizon, you can listen to song "Satan Is Time" through the player here. These Greek progressive black metallers bring an eerie atmosphere with this new song. What do you think?

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"Rabbits' Hill", the new official music video from Italian power metal band Trick Or Treat, is now available for streaming below through the Youtube player. The song is taken off the band's latest product, Rabbits' Hill, Pt. 1, released already in November, 2012 via Valery Records/King Records.

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Get ready for another slab of death metal coming from Illdisposed because the Danish group has announced that they are entering the studio this February to record the follow-up to Sense The Darkness released last year. Illdisposed extended their deal with Massacre Records and the as-yet-untitled album should come out in mid 2014.

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Next February, Suicide Silence will release the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Ending Is The Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show, which features a tribute show to the fallen vocalist where the band performed with several guest vocalists and also a documentary about Mitch Lucker, who passed away last year at the age of 28. The 30-minute documentary directed by Jeremy Schott can be seen below.

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As his band Angra doesn't have any concerts scheduled for January, Kiko Loureiro announced seven shows in the United States with his power trio formed by Bruno Valverde on drums, and Felipe Andreoli on bass. Kiko Loureiro will play in six states featuring songs from his solo albums - No Gravity, Universo Inverso, Fullblast and Sounds Of Innocence. Check below the complete schedule of the musician who was also invited to attend the event Randy Rhoads Remembered in California on January 25th.

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American metallers In This Moment released their last album Blood in 2012 through Century Media Records. Coming January 21st (US) and February 17th (Europe), you will be able to get your hands on the Blood Special Edition which is on sale now at CM Distro (North America). This expanded edition includes a full-length live performance Blood At The Orpheum with plenty of behind-the-scenes action with the band as well. You can watch the trailer for it right here.

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Circle II Circle bassist Mitch Stewart has released a Christmas song with his new band Never Kings. The band will soon release their self-titled album in 2014. Never Kings also features Bill Hudson ( Circle II Circle), Tom Drennan (former Circle II Circle), and Michele Cusato. You can stream the song "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas" at this location.

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This is a time of the year where many bands share treats with their fans. Lich King has also done that and released a brand new song for free called "Lich King V: Stalemate". It's a demo version of the song and you can listen to it through the clip below. It's thrash, what do you expect? Merry Lichmas and enjoy! The band is working on their new album, so this song might well be part of it.

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To support their latest new effort Unnatural Selection, US thrashers Havok will head out down to Australia, where they will be performing in 8 different places. Special guests on the road will be King Parrot and Desecrator. Check out the complete list of dates below the official tour flyer.

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Dream Theater have entered the holiday spirit and shared a compilation of live tracks that were not included on the Live At Luna Park release. Now you will have a complete documentation of all the songs that were played during the tour (with the exception of cover songs). Not a bad present indeed.

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After confirming the new album's title and lifting the veil on its cover artwork, Iron Savior have revealed Rise Of The Hero's tracklist and full artwork which you can see now in detail right here. On February 28th, 2014, AFM Records will release the album. Do you think the band can do better than The Landing?

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The new black metal documentary entitled Out Of The Black - A Black Metal Documentary has been released for free via YouTube. The documentary is described as being "about true black metal in America as compared to the European scene. A detailed examination of the musical and social origins of black metal. How black metal was influenced by American death metal, and thrash, and European thrash." They also concentrated on the opinions of those outside of the black metal scene. The film can be viewed ad-free below.

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