The Finnish cult death metallers Festerday are finally releasing their debut album! The group just signed a deal with Season of Mist. After three demos in the 90s as well as a split EP, the band changed its name several times from Cardinal to Peacefrog to finally ...And Oceans in 1995 and was also eventually named Havoc Unit.

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Greek post-metallers Allochiria, who released the new album Throes in March via Art Of Propaganda, have debuted their new video. The animated video is for the track "Cracking Fractals" and was created by John Vasileiadis. Do watch it and tell us if you liked it.

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After recently completing their European Images And Words 25th anniversary tour, prog giants Dream Theater are already thinking about their next album. In fact, vocalist James LaBrie revealed in a recent interview that they will work on their next album in 2018 to follow The Astonishing. James LaBrie is also preparing a new solo album that should be ready in late 2017.

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Following the news of an upcoming full-length release, German heavy metal trio, Rage, have launched the first single called "Blackened Karma". The track will be featured on the band's 23rd studio album, Seasons Of The Black, out on July 28th via Nuclear Blast. The video for "Blackened Karma", filmed in Madrid, was directed by Jorge Escobedo from the band Sôber and Roberto Peromingo from LittleClip Production Team and From Hell Pictures. Watch it now below.

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The return of Carpathian Forest has been announced! After a long time, the Norwegian black metallers have recorded a rehearsal/video of the defunct US band Dead Moon's "A Fix On You". The band has also been taping demos, rehearsing for a few live shows and will start recording their next full-length, Likskue, this summer/autumn for a 2018 release.


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As they prepare to release the new album, Life, on July 26th, Adagio just released a brand new video! This is the progressive symphonic band's comeback after 2009's Archangels In Black. "Darkness Machine" is the new tune you can hear below via YouTube.

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It's been three years since Dirges Of Elysium, and Incantation are all geared up to bring forth their next full-length release. The new album will be called Profane Nexus and is coming out on August 11th via Relapse Records. Not much else has been announced about the album just yet aside from the release date, the artwork by Eliran Kantor and a video teaser that you can watch below.

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Legendary Greek doom metallers On Thorns I Lay are celebrating 25 years of existence and announced the release of an anniversary album with some old tracks plus two unreleased, scheduled for this autumn. Coming two years after their last full-length, Eternal Silence, the anniversary album is being mastered at the moment by the mighty Dan Swanö and more info about it as well as the band's new label is coming soon.

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There's heartbreaking news to report as Warbeast and Rigor Mortis vocalist Bruce Corbitt has revealed that he has esophageal cancer. The musician has been keeping fans up to date via his Facebook page. Corbitt posted a video with an update on his condition and announcing his retirement from fronting Warbeast.

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One of the biggest Argentinian metal bands, Rata Blanca, has posted some sad news. The band's bassist Guillermo "El Negro" Sánchez has died, after fighting for his life in the hospital. Guitarist Walter Giardino expressed in Spanish on the band's Facebook page his sadness about Guillermo's passing and how much he will be missed. R.I.P.

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Black/death metal innovators Tribulation have finally revealed their new drummer. After Jakob Ljungberg left recently, Oscar Leander (previously in Deathstars) has now been announced as the new man behind the drumkit. The group is now fully immersed in the making of a new album that will be recorded at summer's end. Get ready!

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While Heaven Wept haven't been very active lately and now comes the news that guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Tom Phillips is retiring from music. Tom Phillips is the mainman and one of the founders of the band, which doesn't bode well for them.

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Chicago death metallers Broken Hope will celebrate their 30th anniversary next year and they informed the fans last month about their seventh album, Mutilated And Assimilated, coming out via Century Media Records on June 23rd. The band has already streamed the title song from the upcoming release and it is now sharing the gory video for the track "The Carrion Eaters", which you can watch below, if you dare.

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The Helsinki vampire Jyrki69, who's also the lead singer in Finnish goth metal icons The 69 Eyes, has shared a new video online for the tune "Last Halloween" from his upcoming debut solo album, Helsinki Vampire, out on June 23rd via Cleopatra Records.

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German heavyweights Blind Guardian just shared a brand new video. After announcing that the band will release a new three-disc live album, Live Beyond The Spheres, now you can watch the live video of the band's super hit "Mirror Mirror". The song appears on the Nightfall In Middle-Earth 1998 album. Enjoy the performance!

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