After unveiling their new vocalist and revealing the first new track with Nick Holmes on vocals, the opinions seemed divided about the Swedish death metallers choice for their new frontman. Well, today you get to stream another new song from Bloodbath's impending new horror-filled album Grand Morbid Funeral. You can enjoy or hate the new song through the lyric video available on the YouTube clip below. Tell us your impressions.

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The Finns Ghost Brigade have decided to premiere not only one but two new songs today! They have been kind enough to share both "The Knife" and "Electra Complex" just now. So, just stop what you are doing and listen to them below. How are the new songs sounding to you? These are pretty long songs too, so you have plenty to sink your teeth into.

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After the Grammy that Black Sabbath received earlier this year, Ozzy Osbourne is getting his hands on another award, this time from MTV. The 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards will honor Ozzy Osbourne with the Global Icon Award. It's the first time it will go to a metal artist following Bon Jovi in 2010, Queen in 2011, Whitney Houston in 2012 and Eminem in 2013.

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As you know, Steven Wilson is working on the follow-up to his latest solo album The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories). And now here is something to whet your appetite for the new record. Steven Wilson is recording his new album at AIR Studios with his band. The album will be released in February 2015. Below you find a 6-minute short by Lasse Hoile of Steven Wilson and band working at AIR Studios last month, including previews of the new album as a work in progress.

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And now for something Raunchy! The Danish metallers are releasing their new album Vices.Virtues.Visions. this year and here is the first taste of new music. You've waited long enough and can now listen to the brand new song titled "Truth Taker" below. This is the first album with their new frontman Mike Semesky ( Intervals) and their sixth in total. Find out all about it here.

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Alternative/experimental group Dog Fashion Disco just debuted a new video! The Baltimore band has a new album out called Sweet Nothings after eight years of silence. If you haven't checked out their new album, this video might persuade you. Watch the video for "War Party" directed by Ric Peters right here and enter the madness.

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After returning from a hiatus two years ago, brutal death metal machine Skinless is now in the studio to record their long awaited new album. This will be their first new album in over eight years and follow-up to Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead. The album is planned for a Spring 2015 release via Relapse Records with tentative song titles including "Serpenticide", "Skinless", and "The Beast Smells Blood".

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Here is another festival option for 2015. You might want to go to Bergen, Norway to check out this great line-up. The fest recently announced that it is expanding from a three to a four-day event with a total of 60 bands. The latest additions include Norwegian black metallers Gehenna, Blood Red Throne, Hecate Enthroned, Finntroll, Dark Funeral and Wyruz.

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Virginia metallers While Heaven Wept have recently released the official lyric video for the track "Souls In Permafrost," which is taken from their upcoming new record Suspended At Aphelion. While previously you had the chance to listen to "Icarus And I" here, now you can hear more from the new material. Check out the clip here below.

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As the release of their new album .5: The Gray Chapter approaches, American metallers Slipknot have revealed the third track from the impending output. The song is called "Custer". Give it a spin on the YouTube clip available below and discover another new song from the group.

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Now this is something. Earlier this year, it was announced that Cloudkicker, Ben Sharp's instrumental progressive metal band, would tour North America with Intronaut as his backing band. Ben Sharp had previously vowed the band would never play live. The two bands piled into a van and every night played to a fanbase who knew they were experiencing a perhaps once in a lifetime opportunity. For those unfortunate ones who missed the shows, the band stopped off at Texas recording studio, The Fathom Tree, and played the set start to finish live and captured it all on tape. Century Media is now releasing Live With Intronaut from this recording session. Are you interested?

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Here is something for Sylosis fans. The band just released a brand new song today but that's not all. You also get to see the cover art that will grace their new record Dormant Heart. First of all, check out the first taster from the forthcoming release and watch the official video for new track "Mercy" here. Did you enjoy that?

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You might have heard of The Sirens before. This collaboration between singers Liv Kristine, Anneke van Giersbergen and Kari Rueslåtten will join forces for a few shows across Europe this year performing old material from their past bands, such as The Gathering, The 3rd And The Mortal and Theatre Of Tragedy, as well as some material from their solo careers and also duets. But now The Sirens have a surprise for you and released two beautiful songs online as a taste to what you will witness on their shows. The songs are "Sisters Of The Earth" and "Embracing The Seasons".

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The moment Nightingale fans have been waiting for is coming. It's pretty big news. The Swedish prog band just revealed that they are releasing their new album, the long overdue 7th studio album called Retribution via the band's new worldwide label InsideOut Music on November 10th, 2014. Take a look at the album cover and all the details below.

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After recently sharing the brand new track "Clarissima Mundi Lumina", French industrial black metallers Blut Aus Nord are streaming their Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry record in full online. The album is officially released tomorrow, so that seems like pretty good timing. Their label, Debemur Morti Productions, describes it as a masterpiece. Do you agree with that?

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