A folk metal treat for the North American fans! Finland's Ensiferum are pleased to announce a North American tour with country mates Korpiklaani and Norway's Trollfest for this May. The tour kicks off on May 6th 2015 at the infamous House of Blues in Los Angeles where the band will start promoting their new album One Man Army, which will be issued on Tuesday, February 24th via Metal Blade Records. Korpiklaani's new album Noita will be out on May 1st through Nuclear Blast Records. Check out the list of confirmed tour dates down below.

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Unfortunately, Canadian tech death metallers Beyond Creation have announced that their bassist Dominic "Forest" Lapointe is no longer part of the band for "personal reasons." They thank him for his great work and dedication to the band for the past four years. So far, Beyond Creation haven't announced a replacement yet.

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American Head Charge are finally releasing a new album, a decade after their last one The Feeding. The American metallers have inked a new deal with Austrian label Napalm Records. The band entered the studio in the summer of 2014 to begin recording with producer Dave Fortman (Ugly Kid Joe, Evanescence, Eyehategod, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Godsmack) at Third Sky Studio, in Richmond, KY. What came of this is the band's forthcoming album Tango Umbrella. Get ready!

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Cradle Of Filth's 'Vestal Masturbation' t-shirt is causing some controversy. According to Radio New Zealand, a woman has attempted to spraypaint the controversial t-shirt at an exhibition at Canterbury Museum. The t-shirt, that depicts a graphic image of a nun masturbating with the phrase 'Jesus Is A Cunt' at the back, was placed on display at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand for the "T-shirts Unfolding" exhibition and it has drawn criticism. Shortly after the exhibition was opened, a woman took a can of spray paint to the installation in an attempt to obscure the t-shirt's message.

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Today you can listen to the entire Carach Angren album online! There is new music to be enjoyed. While the official release date is only 23rd of February 2015 (one day later in North America) via Season Of Mist, you get to listen to the record now. So, prepare your ears and immerse yourself in This Is No Fairytale here or over here. What do you think of the band's new album? Do you like it more than Where The Corpses Sink Forever? Share your thoughts about it.

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As they prepare a new record, Testament just announced the Dark Roots of Thrash II tour which is happening in April and will include select Testament and Exodus festival performances too. Fellow Bay Area thrashers Exodus and Texas melodic metal assailants Shattered Sun join them on tour. Select cities are on sale now, and more dates will be announced soon. See the dates below!

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Music For Nations, the celebrated and legendary heavy metal, rock and prog record label, has returned and it brings good news for Anathema fans. Available in April (and to pre-order here now), the label is set to release a series of special reissues covering the Anathema's MFN catalogue including a special box set. Check out all of the details below.

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Visual kei survivors Dir En Grey have announced the addition of a European leg to their upcoming Tour15 The Unstoppable Life. The Japanese quintet will touch down in Minsk, Belarus on May 17th, then work their way west for a further seven shows. This will include a two-night stand at London's O2 Academy Islington. You can see a full list of tour dates below.

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After much anticipation and their series of singles released from April to August last year, Three have re-surfaced with another quality track. Back on January 11th, their official Facebook page informed us of the upcoming "Crazy Eyes." Teasing fans with new songs "Woodchuck Truck", "You Are The Alien", "Sugarlife" and a pair of live tracks before hibernating for winter, the patience of eager Three fans has been rewarded.

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Americans Within The Ruins are going through a rough patch. Over the weekend, the metalcore group flipped their van and trailer, and their gear as well as van and trailer were totally destroyed. The band is forced to miss the first shows of the upcoming tour and hopes to return on February 20th in Seattle. At least, they are all okay. Within The Ruins have set up a GoFundMe page to make up some of gear lost in the wreckage. You can help here if you can.

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Jakartan metal avantgardists Kekal have released another new track from their upcoming album Multilateral. This one is titled "Primal" and appears to be the track number 10 in the tracklist of the album. You can download the song or listen to it on SoundCloud below.

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Good news for grindcore fans. Magrudergrind have joined the Relapse Records family. More importantly, the trio has entered the studio to record their highly anticipated first new material in over five years with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, High On Fire, Torche) at God City Studios in Salem, MA. The full-length record will be mastered by Pig Destroyer's Scott Hull and artwork will be designed by Clint Nicolas. The opus will see a release later this year along with extensive touring from the band. Who's excited?

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French extreme progressive metallers Orakle have uploaded a new trailer for their upcoming album. Éclats marks the return of the band with their most progressive and innovative work to date, after seven years of absence. You can have a taste of the new songs right here right now! Preorders are available immediately at this location.

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Tool guitarist Adam Jones has recently shared a video filmed by Motörhead's drummer Mikkey Dee. It appears that the two bands are working on new releases in the same recording facility in Los Angeles. Tool have confirmed that they are working on new material before but fans are still waiting for the follow-up to 2006's 10,000 Days.

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If you checked out the Best Heavy / Melodic Metal Album category on Metal Storm Awards 2014, you know that Skull Fist's new album Chasing The Dream is nominated. The Canadian heavy metallers have now released a new video for the track "Bad For Good" which you can enjoy below. The band will also be touring in Europe in May/June. If you want to catch them live, see the dates below.

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