German black metallers Bethlehem are going through a rough patch. The band is currently seeking new members as vocalist Guido Meyer de Voltaire and guitarist Olaf Eckhardt have left the band. The band still promises they will release a new album this year.

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Canadian all-female group Kittie announced that they will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with a Documentary DVD featuring never before seen footage, and a tell-all book that digs deep to give you the story behind the music. Also, Kittie plans on releasing their entire musical catalog re-mixed and re-mastered along with rare never released tracks in a box set.

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This week, Iceland's Sólstafir have announced a brief string of North American tour dates. The band's first-ever North American trek starts on May 15th in Toronto and will continue through the band's stop at this year's Maryland Deathfest on May 23rd. Support on these dates comes from post-rockers Junius. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

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Fu Manchu have recently released a brand new song from their new album and also showed us more about it. The American stoner group announced that their 11th opus is called Gigantoid and is due out on April 29th in the USA and April 28th in the rest of the world on their own At The Dojo Records and distributed by Cargo distribution. Besides listening to the new preview song "Anxiety Reducer" below, you can also take a look at the cover artwork.

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With so many releases being announced lately, Equilibrium have also revealed all about what will be their fourth studio album. The German folk metallers have named it Erdentempel and guitarist, composer and lyricist René Berthiaume spent almost four years working on this new creation. The cover artwork was done, just like the one for the Waldschrein EP, by Skadi van Terror and yes, you can see it right here along with tracklist and other details.

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Start your weekend with black metal by listening to Germany's Infestus new song. After unveiling all the album details for The Reflecting Void, the first new song is here and it is called "Devouring Darkness". The song clocks at around 8-minutes and should serve as a teaser for the abyss that is about to be delivered with this new record. Did the song manage to get you interested?

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Three years later, you can finally listen to a brand new song from Splinters, Vallenfyre's impending new offering. Kurt Ballou ( Converge, Black Breath) produced the record. Get your fix of death metal right now by listening to "Scabs" here through the Soundcloud player.

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Anathema maniacs rejoice! The British group just revealed many details about their new album. The follow-up to Weather Systems will be called Distant Satellites and is due to be released on June 9th via Kscope. Soon enough you will have new music to enjoy. Distant Satellites was recorded at Cederberg Studios in Oslo, with producer Christer-André Cederberg and the artwork was created by Korean new media artist Sang Jun Too and based around his Distant Light Installation. Also, Steven Wilson mixed a few songs on the record. Take a look at the cover art now.

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The Finns Sonata Arctica's newest creation Pariah's Child sees its official release in Europe today, with March 31st being the release date in the UK/France and April 1st in North America on Nuclear Blast Records. However, you don't have to wait any longer to listen to the entire thing because it is streaming in full at this location.

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Last year, Swedish metallers Solution .45 announced that they were working on new material to follow 2010's For Aeons Past. Recently, the band released an update explaining what will be happening in a few months. Actually, starting in August the band will record two new albums to be released via AFM Records.

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The new Tombs' album is upon us and it will be called Savage Gold. The album is set for a June 10th release (North America), June 9th (UK/world), and June 6th (Germany/Benelux/Finland) on Relapse Records and the artwork and tracklist have been revealed. The artwork was created by renowned tattooist Thomas Hooper who has created the band's previous album covers. You can see it right here. Stay tuned for new music soon.

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Lord Mantis just premiered another brand new track. After the suffocating "Body Choke" comes the track called "Negative Birth". This song also features lead vocals/lyrics from Dylan O'Toole of Indian. You can stream the hellish track now at this location. If you like filthy sludge, don't miss out on this one.

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Vader's new album Tibi Et Igni is right around the corner and the first bit of music is available today. The death metallers just revealed the album teaser. It contains a snippet of the opening track "Go To Hell", which will also be released as a single on April 18th. Wait no more and watch the preview and album's first introduction right now.

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In case you have been distracted, the death metal force that is Autopsy will release a new album less than a year after they released The Headless Ritual. The new offering has the title Tourniquets, Hacksaws & Graves. How about a new song from them? Yes, please! Here it is, the first song off this new beast to be unleashed is called "The Howling Dead" and it is ready for consumption though the Soundcloud player below. Is it tasty?

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Finally new live dates from Pelican. The American metallers just announced shows for the Midwest, West Coast, and Australia. The band has their latest album Forever Becoming to showcase and the dates will be happening in May, June and July. Check out a full list of dates below as well as the support bands. Who is excited to see Pelican live?

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