Leaves' Eyes will be showcasing their new album King Of Kings on a string of European tour dates. The symphonic metallers will present their new songs live on stage. The upcoming album King Of Kings will be out on the 4th of September 2015. More dates to be announced soon but for now there are confirmed shows in Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, U.K. and more.

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Two years after they released The Anaesthete, Rosetta are back with a new musical creation, Quintessential Ephemera. The Philadelphia band's new full-length album is available now as a pay-what-you-wish download through their Bandcamp, where you can also stream the entire release as much as you want. It is also available via Youtube or below. Give it a shot and then share your impressions here. Don't miss it!

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Melk En Honing, the new album from one-man industrial doom act Author & Punisher, is available for streaming ahead of its June 30th release date. This is one record fans of industrial/noise music surely wouldn't want to miss. Produced by Phil Anselmo, Melk En Honing will be released through his label Housecore Records. Stream it now at this location.

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Norma Jean are working on their album number #7! The metalcore unit is in pre-production tracking new material for the follow-up to Wrongdoers (2013). The writing sessions started at the beginning of the year and you can follow the band's progress on their Instagram account. Stay tuned to find out more about their new offering.

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Ataraxie have released a new video for an old track, more precisely "L'Ataraxie" from their debut album. It is not random because the group re-release the album for its 10th anniversary. Due out on Weird Truth Productions, this anniversary edition is a remixed and remastered version of 2005's Slow Transcending Agony. The band is taking you back to that time with the video for "L'Ataraxie" which you can watch now below.

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In case you like Blaze Of Perdition or black metal, you must check out their new record Near Death Revelations which is about to be released on the 26th of June, 2015 through Agonia Records. The album is already streaming in its entirety a few days ahead of its release at this location or here. How do you rate the band's third album? And do you recommend it?

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Good news for Tiamat fans! Last year Johan Edlund, founding member and singer/guitarist of Tiamat, announced that he was no longer able to continue with the band. This was sad news to many people since the band has gathered a lot of different fanbases around the world, be it their classic Wildhoney or the more recent goth output.

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Terrific news come from the Finnish power metallers Sonata Arctica today, as the band announced their 2016 North American tour, headlined by fellow Finns Nightwish and also featuring Dutch symphonic outfit Delain. The announcement also carries news from the awaited ninth full-length studio album, which the band will work on in the spring of 2016.

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Back in November of 2013, Ovid's Withering released their debut album, Scryers Of The Ibis. Shortly after and since then, the band has been working hard on writing and recording the next chapter. Now they finally start showing what they have been hard at work on. See below a video featuring a medley of the tracks from the new album as a foretaste of what's to come.

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French musician Stephanie K. C. Allouche a.k.a Deathanie died at age 41 from complications from cancer. She played in many bands such as Endwarfment, Black Dementia, Grotesque Hysterectomy and Aeon Throne. She was also a bassist in Taake and Norwegian black metallers Krypt live guitarist a few years ago.

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How about some stoner metal to start off the week? Black Space Riders are releasing Refugeeum, their new and fourth album, and the first advance track has been made available online. A 10-minute plus video clip for the mind-blowing tune "Run To The Plains" is available below for you to enjoy right now.

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Experimental black metal duo Cara Neir's fourth full-length Perpetual Despair Is The Human Condition is now complete. You can expect a late summer/early fall release on Broken Limbs Recordings. Nate Burns made the incredible cover artwork which you can see below. Jon Rosenthal and Val of Venowl, Drew (Lonesummer), and Andy Curtis-Brignell from Caïna are the guests on the album.

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Unfortunately, guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard has announced some bad news in the last few days. The guitar player will be in treatment again for cancer after announcing last year that the disease was in remission. He was first diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma back in 2013. Hopefully, he will stay strong and win this fight.

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As you might have heard before, Frontiers Music Srl will release Now Or Never, the debut album from Benedictum's singer Veronica Freeman's solo project The V, on July 3rd in Europe and July 10th in North America. Now you have a chance of hearing two tracks that will appear on the record. Both "Line In The Sand" and "Again" are available in the YouTube player below. Did you enjoy it?

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German heavy metal unit U.D.O. will release a new DVD/2CD package titled Navy Metal Night on July 31st in Europe and August 18th in the U.S. via AFM Records. Now you can watch a video from the release where the band performs the track "Animal House" (from their debut album).

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