Virginia metallers While Heaven Wept have recently released the official lyric video for the track "Souls In Permafrost," which is taken from their upcoming new record Suspended At Aphelion. While previously you had the chance to listen to "Icarus And I" here, now you can hear more from the new material. Check out the clip here below.

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British NWOBHM band Raven has been working on their upcoming original album called ExtermiNation, slated for an early 2015 release. It has been five years since the last opus released by this band, Walk Through Fire has seen the light of day. As a bonus, the band has found the time in the pre-production sessions for the new album to record several covers for a covers album entitled Party Killers. Although no more details have been revealed until now, we can expect to hear covers like "Ogre Battle" from Queen as well as "In For The Kill" from Budgie.

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As the release of their new album .5: The Gray Chapter approaches, American metallers Slipknot have revealed the third track from the impending output. The song is called "Custer". Give it a spin on the YouTube clip available below and discover another new song from the group.

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US sludge metallers Inter Arma are currently streaming their 45-minute single track EP called The Cavern online. You can check it out right now via the Soundcloud player below. It also features guest vocals from Windhand's Dorthia Cottrell. Was there enough variety to keep you interested? Tell us what you think.

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Strasbourg's concert venue La Laiterie has announced the cancellation of several upcoming shows, scheduled from 09/10 to 22/10. Those include one of the two French dates of Accept's 2014 tour, one of the French dates of In Flames' 2014 European tour and one of the French dates of Anathema's 2014 European tour. The findings of a recent security inspection pointed out a potential safety hazard in the main concert hall. As a consequence, the city of Strasbourg - the owner - decided to temporarily shut down the place pending its return to compliance with the regulatory requirements.

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Now this is something. Earlier this year, it was announced that Cloudkicker, Ben Sharp's instrumental progressive metal band, would tour North America with Intronaut as his backing band. Ben Sharp had previously vowed the band would never play live. The two bands piled into a van and every night played to a fanbase who knew they were experiencing a perhaps once in a lifetime opportunity. For those unfortunate ones who missed the shows, the band stopped off at Texas recording studio, The Fathom Tree, and played the set start to finish live and captured it all on tape. Century Media is now releasing Live With Intronaut from this recording session. Are you interested?

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French guitar virtuoso Stéphan Forté recently announced his brand new solo album Enigma Opera Black to be released via Zeta Nemesis Records on October 28th, 2014. This is Forte's first studio album in three years and the first released on his brand new label Zeta Nemesis. Without the constraint of outside pressure and forces, the guitarist was able to swing for the fences in a way he hadn't in the past. Listen to the first two songs "Zeta Nemesis" featuring guitarist Marty Friedman and "Enigma Opera Black" featuring Andy James here.

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Blood In, Blood Out is about to be released through Nuclear Blast Records. That's Exodus' new album in case you have been distracted. But why wait any longer? You can hear the new Exodus record right now in full right here via the YouTube player below because the thrash veterans just premiered the whole thing online.

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Here is something for Sylosis fans. The band just released a brand new song today but that's not all. You also get to see the cover art that will grace their new record Dormant Heart. First of all, check out the first taster from the forthcoming release and watch the official video for new track "Mercy" here. Did you enjoy that?

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The wait is almost over! Blind Guardian is finally back and one of the world's most popular power metal bands will be releasing Twilight Of The Gods, the first single from their long-awaited new album, on December 5th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. As for their new album, it is to be unleashed upon the world in January 2015. You can start preparing yourself for the follow-up to At The Edge Of Time.

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With Carrion Skies, their fourth-full length album ready to hit the streets on the 22nd of November via Code 666, atmospheric post-black metallers Fen have released a video for a track taken from the album. Made by bassist Grungyn to evoke the supernatural atmosphere of the track, the video for "Menhir - Supplicant", the fifth track on the six-track album, can now be seen below. That's almost 12 minutes of new material. Was that a good start?

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Gloomy doom metal outfit Avatarium has a new EP called All I Want ready to be released following the success of their eponymous debut album, out in November 2013. Today the band put up the official lyric video for the new tune "All I Want" - the title track of the forthcoming new EP. Check out the clip here below and judge it for yourself.

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You might have heard of The Sirens before. This collaboration between singers Liv Kristine, Anneke van Giersbergen and Kari Rueslåtten will join forces for a few shows across Europe this year performing old material from their past bands, such as The Gathering, The 3rd And The Mortal and Theatre Of Tragedy, as well as some material from their solo careers and also duets. But now The Sirens have a surprise for you and released two beautiful songs online as a taste to what you will witness on their shows. The songs are "Sisters Of The Earth" and "Embracing The Seasons".

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Exhumed have announced that Bob "Bodybag" Babcock has left the band but they already have a replacement. The deathgrinders will be part of the upcoming Inked In Steel tour with death metal legends Carcass and Obituary headlining the bill. Joining the band now is their new bassist/vocalist Matt "Slime" Ferri.

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Progressive rock/metal act Demians led by Nicholas Chapel has shared a teaser with us from his new upcoming album called Mercury. The album can be pre-ordered from the band's homepage. The teaser video can be seen below. Wait, but there is more. You can also listen to the title track now below, which is available as an instant download with each pre-order. Enjoy!

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