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Metal News for December 17, 2016

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Bestial Warlust Releasing Live Album From '96

Hells Headbangers is proud to release a special live album from the legendary Bestial Warlust, "Storming Bestial Legions Live '96," on both CD and vinyl LP formats.

Just like the title states, "Storming Bestial Legions" captures these Australian extreme metal pioneers at the height of their powers, not long after classic second album "Blood & Valour" was released.

As such, the setlist storms through that album as well as Bestial Warlust's pivotal debut album, "Vengeance War 'till Death," which went on to become one of the most mimicked black metal records in the new millennium, where the bestial metal subgenre soon flourished.

In conjunction with this live album, Hells Headbangers will also be reissuing Bestial Warlust's two lone albums from the '90s on deluxe digipack and, for the first time, cassette. More...

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Krampus Streaming New Album

Krampus is proud to present to you the new album "Counter//Current," now available digitally worldwide and arriving four years after debut album "Survival Of The Fittest."

The band comments: "We stepped away from traditional folk metal to explore metalcore, post-hardcore, punk, alternative metal and contaminate it with folk elements."

1. Intro 01:01
2. The Trial 03:53
3. Skapegoat 03:31
4. Black Swan 04:07
5. Pitch Black 03:23
6. Butterflies On Fire 03:33
7. Nevertheless 03:45
8. Song For The Forgotten 03:20
9. The Breakout 03:01
10. Mistakes 03:48
11. Paralysis 03:12 More...

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Desecrate The Faith Announces New Album

Texas death metal outfit Desecrate The Faith will release sophomore album "Unholy Infestation" this coming March 3rd via Comatose Music. Artwork can be seen below, and the album's track listing will be as follows:

1. Daemones Nos Ave Satanas
2. Predatory Impalement
3. Malignant Divinity
4. Shrine of Enmity
5. Unholy Infestation
6. Magna Daemonia
7. Ceremonial Invocation
8. Sacrilege Reborn
9. Angel Eater
10. Septic Womb
11. Ascension of Belial
12. Let Us Burn (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) More...

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Aevum Launches IndieGogo Campaign

Italian symphonic/neoclassic metal band Aevum has launched a crowdfunding campaign to release a music video for "The Elements." Full info is available at IndieGogo here.

Stated the band: "2017, a new Aevum era is ready to begin. 'Dischronia,' the new outstanding album, will blast your ears with a brand new sound & a new powerful look will astonish your eyes. We are working on something special, something to fulfill our travel beyond space and time.

"And here we are: 'The Elements,' our new video clip! But... to accomplish our mission we need your help: Together we will go through this new great journey! You will bewitched, you bet, and we will forever be thankful and proud!" More...

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Sepultura Premieres New Song "Phantom Self"

Sepultura premieres a new song entitled "Phantom Self", taken from the upcoming new album "Machine Messiah", which will be released on January 13th through Nuclear Blast.

Check out now "Phantom Self" below.

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