Heavy metallers Quiet Riot have announced yet another change in the frontman position. "American Idol" alumnus James Durbin has replaced Seann Nicols as the singer of the band. Nicols was with Quiet Riot for just a few months, but long enough to record the vocals for the band's upcoming album, Road Rage (due April 21st on Frontiers Music). The California-born singer James Durbin, who placed fourth on Idol, will make his live debut March 18th in Wichita, Kansas as the band does a few North American dates during the next two months.

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The monumental Converge album Jane Doe was performed and recorded live in its entirety at Roadburn Festival 2016 in The Netherlands and is now being released as Jane Live. The set was mixed by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou at God City Studio and mastered by Brad Boatwright at Audiosiege. Enjoy the official live video of the full set below.

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Hearts Of Darkness, Fleshdoll's new album, is now available online. This is the French brutal death metallers 5th full-length album. The digipack will be released by Great Dane Records by the end of the month but now you can hear it on Bandcamp or below. Don't forget to tell us if you liked it.

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Delain have announced a very special tour dubbed the 'Danse Macabre' tour. 2016 was a triumphant year for Delain with the release of their EP Lunar Prelude, their latest full length Moonbathers (nominated for Best Symphonic Metal Album on Metal Storm Awards 2016), relentless touring and the celebrations of their 10 year anniversary in a sold out Paradiso, which will appear on live DVD/Blu-ray. To make 2017 a worthy successor, the metallers are thrilled to announce a very special run of shows for October 2017.

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My Dying Bride, the West Yorkshire death/doom icons, just announced a big deal with Nuclear Blast. The band is also working on a new album. For their 13th release, the band is now bound for new horizons. Feel The Misery is getting a follow-up soon.

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Prepare for a death metal feast! Polish death metal legends Vader and New York's death metal masters Immolation have announced that they will both be touring on a co-headlining tour in Europe this coming April. Vader will be headlining the six shows, with Immolation co-headlining. Also supporting will be Austrian brutal death metal troupe Monument Of Misanthropy, with more supports to be announced in due course.

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The Life Of Agony crew has shared a new video! Below you can check out the first music video from A Place Where There's No More Pain, their first new album in more than a decade. The record drops on April 28th on Napalm Records. Joining Mina Caputo are guitarist Joey Z, bassist Alan Robert, and drummer Sal Abruscato, the same lineup that brought the 1993 River Runs Red effort into the world. Enjoy!

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Latvian death doomsters Frailty recently shared a new song from their upcoming album, Ways Of The Dead, and today you can discover more details, including the artwork and tracklist.

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After premiering a video for the tune "Vision IV: Illumination", Anomalie give us another video to watch today. The song used is "Vision I: Towards The Sun" (feat. Bartholomäus Resch), which is the album's opener. Watch their new clip below. It was directed by Guilherme Henriques Silva. Visions hits stores on March 17th on Art Of Propaganda.

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Wintersun's third full length album, The Forest Seasons, is now available for pre-order. The band launched their crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for their own headquarter studio and the first goal has been reached. You can order the new album included in the massive "Forest Package" directly from the band, which includes the digital high quality files of the new album as well as the instrumental version of the release, a version with isolated tracks and both their last two albums with a remastered sound. In addition, you will also receive the audio of the band's show "Live At Tuska 2013".

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Sólstafir recently revealed details about their upcoming album, Berdreyminn. Now, they have made available online one of the new tracks, "Ísafold," for previewing over at this location. Alternatively, you can just click play and listen to it below.

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Behemoth have announced a tour of heavy-hitters. The Polish extreme metallers will join forces with Slayer and Lamb Of God for a "Satan-approved triple bill of Biblical proportions" Summer tour in the United States. The tour starts on July 12th in Bemidji, MN and wraps up in Phoenix, AZ on August 20th.

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In a short and concise message, Norwegian band Leprous have announced that they will be releasing a new studio album in 2017. The progressive band has been releasing new albums every two years and the follow-up to acclaimed The Congregation is coming. It seems like they have been secretly working on new music. Good news!

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U.S. thrashers Havok have just released a video for the song "Intention To Deceive" off of their upcoming album, Conformicide, which will be released on March 10th through Century Media Records. This is the fourth song to be made available to the public after videos for the songs "Hang 'Em High", "Ingsoc" and a live video for "Claiming Certainty". Check out the video from the official Century Media Records YouTube channel below.

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Atmospheric black metal act Pillorian, which features John Haughm, have now made available their new album Obsidian Arc for streaming online in its entirety. Now is the time to check it out! You can hear the full album at this location. What do you think about the band's first release?

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