January 2011 Best Heavy Metal CDs – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

After only a few metal releases in the latter part of each year, January brings a full plate of new music and anticipation of what the new year will bring.  At first glance, January’s top 5 appear to be a nondescript lot.  And while none of the groups are household names, that may change.  January 2011 saw a lot of lesser-known and up-and-coming bands release really good CDs.   The depth of quality releases this month was excellent, one of the strongest Januarys in a few years.

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Tokyo Blade Reveals New Album, "Thousand Men Strong" Release Date – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade has announced that they will be releasing their new studio album, "Thousand Men Strong," on March 18th through Fastball Music. The album was produced by Chris Tsangarides, who has previously worked with the likes of Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Anvil amongst others. The tracklistin… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
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Unearthing The Metal Underground: The All Female Metal Scene – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

With ladies like Angela Gossow and Vibeke Stene fronting bands with primarily male members, the heavy metal scene has shown that women can just be as bad ass as men. While the female fronted band has gone from curiosity to accepted member of the metal kingdom, heavier acts still tend toward having mostly men among their ranks. Breaking that trend a… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
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Korn Frontman Jonathan Davis Posts New Solo Material Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has posted some new experimental solo material online. More information will be made available as further details are announced. In the meantime, three new solo tracks are available for streaming below:

Happiness by JonathanDavisKorn

Final Days by JonathanDavisKorn

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Cold Posts New Song, "Wicked World," Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Jacksonville, Florida alternative metal act Cold has posted a new song online. The new track, titled "Wicked World," is taken from the band's upcoming full length album "Superfiction" which is set for release on June 28th, 2011. You can listen to the new track below:

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Stray From The Path Uploads New Touring Footage Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Stray From The Path has posted some new footage from the road online. You can view the touring clip below:

upcoming Stray From The Path tour dates:
02/13 London, ON ? London Music Hall Lounge
02/14 Barrie, ON ? Baia Nightclub
02/15 Ottawa, ON ? Maverick?s
02/16 Quebec City, QC ? Agitee
02/17 Trois-Riveres, QC ? Rock Cafe Le Stage
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All Shall Perish Posts Additional Studio Footage Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

American progressive deathcore act All Shall Perish has posted new studio footage online filmed during the recording of its upcoming new album. The album is set to feature twelve songs which are being mixed by Zach Ohren. You can view the studio clip below:

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Straight Line Stitch Posts "The Fight Of Our Lives" Album Trailer Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Knoxville, Tennessee female-fronted metalcore act Straight Line Stitch has posted a new video trailer online to promote its upcoming full length album. The new album, titled "The Fight of our Lives," is planned for a March, 2011 release. You can view the album trailer below:

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The Famine Posts "The Architects of Guilt" Album Trailer Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

North Texas death metal outfit The Famine has posted a video trailer online to promote its upcoming full length album "The Architects of Guilt." "The Architects of Guilt" is set for release on February 15, 2011. You can check out the trailer below:

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Former Sodom Guitarist Dirk Strahlimeier Passes Away – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Dirk Strahlimeier, the former guitarist of German thrash metal legends Sodom, has passed away. Sodom frontman Tom Angelripper has posted the following statement online regarding Strahlimeier’s death:

“As I learned from a reliable source, our ex-gu…
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Rotting Christ Announces European Tour Dates – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Earlier this month, Greek act Rotting Christ announced an upcoming North American tour. The band has now commented on also lining up a run of European dates:

"We are back in Europe. We proudly announce our third invasion in our continent in the frame of our worldwide tour for the promotion of our last album AEALO, which its great success forced … Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
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The Gardnerz Posts Samples From New Album "System Of Nature" – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Swedish act The Gardnerz signed to Abyss Records in late 2010 for the release of the band's upcoming album "System of Nature." The group has issued the following announcement about streaming samples from the album online:

"4 Samples of the finished version of our album broadcasting here… We've received the final version of our debut album (The… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
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Viscera/// Recruits New Bassist Nick Rossi – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Italy's Viscera/// has issued the following brief announcement about recruiting a new bassist due to member G.C. experiencing health issues:

"Because of not briefly solvable health problems G.C. will leave the band for an indefinite period. While waiting for his return he will be replaced by Nick Rossi from Straight on Target."

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Conspires To… Issues New Album Update – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Conspires To… has checked in with the following update about working on a new album:

"The work on the album still continues, we have nine tracks complete and a further four in the pipeline. After being delayed in Oct/Nov we are now back on track, with more recording planned for this Wednesday. We seem to be on a real roll at the moment with pl… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
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Cannibal Corpse To Record New Album In September – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Alex Webster, the bass player of American death metal favourites Cannibal Corpse has revealed in a recent interview that the band will be entering the studio in September of this year to record their new full length album. An excerpt from the chat reads as follows:

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Sepultura Posts New Studio Footage Online – Metal Online Magazine brings you another great heavy metal story straight from the horse’s mouth!

Brazilian thrash metal legends Sepultura has posted a new video online documenting the recording of their new studio album. You can check it out below. The record is expected to be released in May and will be their first release for Nuclear Blast Records. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
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