Who wants to hear a new song from the Romanian folk black metallers Negură Bunget? Now you can. It has been a while since the band released their last album Vîrstele Pămîntului but 2015 will see the release of Tău. Today, however, you get the first taste of the new material with the tune "Nămetenie". You can enjoy the song through Soundcloud below. What do you think of this song?

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Dutch prog death metal veterans Phlebotomized have announced their new vocalist. The band welcomes Ben de Graaff (Night Of Suicide, Sepiroth) to their family as the new frontman. Be sure to catch him live at one of their upcoming shows and releases. Phlebotomized reunited in 2013 after 16 years of silence.

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Now this could be a fun tour. Mastodon are joining forces with Clutch on a co-headline tour along with special guests Graveyard and Big Business - each taking part of the tour as support. The trek kicks off in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 16th. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, January 23rd. Check out the dates below!

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After much anticipation and curiosity, you can finally listen to a song from The Gentle Storm, the new band with Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend). They are set to release the debut album The Diary on the 23rd of March 2015 through Inside Out Music, and now have revealed the first music to be taken from the record. You can watch the lyric video for the track "Endless Sea (Storm Version)" below. There are two different versions: the acoustic (gentle) and the heavy (storm) version. Is it what you were expecting? Share your impressions!

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Americans Periphery's upcoming album Juggernaut: Alpha is now available to stream in full online. Click below to get a first listen of the album. Juggernaut: Alpha is the first disc from the double release Juggernaut: Alpha/Omega. What are you waiting for? Enjoy the ten new songs from the record here. Don't forget to tell us how you rate this first disc of Juggernaut.

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Emmure have released the fourth video from their newest album Eternal Enemies, which came out last year via Victory Records. The video for the track "A Gift A Curse" is now available below. Emmure will be hitting the U.S. with Suicide Silence starting on February 17th in Santa Cruz, CA. The tour will hit all corners of the country. Did you like the video?

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Aussies Rise Of Avernus have revealed their new line-up. With a reinvigorated and focused group of musicians, the band is ready to release their new material and live show upon the world as they tour internationally for the first time throughout 2015. They also announced the departure of their guitarist Matthew Bell. Due to his commitments with his other projects which require his full-time dedication, Matthew can no longer be a full-time member of Rise Of Avernus.

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Now that they have announced all about their new album, Negură Bunget prepare to embark on an extensive European tour starting in March, their lengthiest tour up to date. The trek happens in support of Tău (out February 27th) and the band will do more than 70 gigs all over the continent. Check out all the dates below. There will be plenty of opportunities to see the band live.

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The Norwegian avantgardists Manes, who finally released a new album last year, Be All End All, have been confirmed for the Dark Bombastic Evening 2015. It seems like Transylvania will be the place to be this summer as Agalloch and Shape Of Despair will also perform at the festival in August 2015 in Alba Iulia, Romania.

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Early last year, doom gothic metallers The Foreshadowing announced that they were in songwriting mode for their next album. Well, now the Italians have started the recordings for the successor to Second World (2012). The band has checking in now with an update. They are working at the Outer Sound Studios. Drummer Giuseppe Orlando has started recording his parts, the bass tracking is done and the guitars are next!

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UK's Subversion are streaming a new song from their second record. The tech metallers have unveiled a lyric video for the track "Imperfect" which will appear on Animi and this is the first song revealed so far. Go ahead and enjoy it below! The opus drops on March 3rd, 2015 through Rogue Records America.

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A South African metal festival, Witchfest Festival Open Air 2015, has been forced to switch venues reportedly after complaints from a local Christian group. The festival is set to feature big names such as Epica, Cannibal Corpse, Septicflesh, Decapitated, Alestorm, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Kataklysm, Belphegor, Aborted, Hatebreed and more in April. It's self-proclaimed as the biggest metal festival ever to take place on African soil. Witchfest was due to take place on farmland in the North West Province town of Hartbeespoort from April 2nd-6th. But it's been moved to Lanseria, midway between Pretoria and Johannesburg. The organizers promise they will not give in to the protests.

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Thrashers Testament are back in the studio! The follow-up to Dark Roots Of Earth released back in 2012 is finally shaping up. Vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson are demoing new material and have shared the first photos from the process. The new album will feature bassist Steve DiGiorgio, who returned to the band after the departure of Greg Christian. Their next record is expected to be released this year.

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Back in March 2014, Soilwork performed a special show at Circus Club in Helsinki, Finland. Now they have announced the release of their anticipated first ever live DVD/Blu-ray, Live In The Heart Of Helsinki on March 13th, 2015 through Nuclear Blast Records. It will feature guest appearances by singers Floor Jansen (Nightwish, ReVamp) and Nathan J. Biggs (Sonic Syndicate). Find out all about it here. Are you interested?

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Angelus Apatrida just released their new album Hidden Evolution in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Finland via Century Media Records and it will be coming out in other countries in the coming week. The good news is that you can already stream the entire record online throughout the coming week at this location. Do listen to it and then tell us how you rate the album. Enjoy the thrash!

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