Kamelot announce that they are returning to North America in 2015, in support of their new album due for release in March 2015. The band is busy in the studio now and cannot wait to return to the USA and Canada for their biggest North American stage setup ever. Special guests on this tour will be DragonForce from the UK. This promises to be a power metal extravaganza. Get ready!

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British heavy metal legends Saxon have commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2013's Sacrifice album. In a recent interview, frontman Biff Byford confirmed that the band has been working on their next album and he is also working on a solo album himself. He expects the new Saxon album and his solo output to be released in 2015.

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Fantômas will be performing their entire 2001 The Director's Cut album in Chile on December 6th for the first-ever RockOut Fest. The supergroup features the talented musicians Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk) on vocals, Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, ex-Melvins) on bass, Buzz Osborne (Melvins) on guitars and Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer) on drums.

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Norwegian power metallers Triosphere have been working hard on the follow-up to The Road Less Travelled and four years later, the new album is ready! Mark your calendars for November 7th, 2014 because that's when AFM Records will release their third album called The Heart Of The Matter. While you wait to hear new music, take a look at the cover that will grace the new album below.

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Aruto, the drummer of all-woman power metallers Aldious, has announced she'll be retiring from all musical activity this November. In a statement on the band's website, she explains that her forthcoming marriage will see her move away from Tokyo, where Aldious are currently based, and has therefore decided to withdraw from the band so as not to disrupt their activities.

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Talk about coincidences. After Aldious drummer Aruto announced she'd be leaving the band, Haruna, drummer of fellow all-woman troupe Destrose, has said she too will be leaving her band before the end of the year. Both women are departing for the same reason: to get married.

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King's X drummer Jerry Gaskill has suffered a heart attack. The band explains that he will undergo double bypass surgery but is stable. This means, of course, that the progressive group has to cancel all upcoming shows. This is his second heart attack. The first one happened back in February 2012. Best of luck to Jerry Gaskill. Hopefully, he can recover from this.

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It's time for a new Fear Factory album folks! The Los Angeles industrial metallers have signed a deal for North America and Europe with Nuclear Blast Entertainment and are currently working on material for their Nuclear Blast debut. The as-of-yet-untitled album will be co-produced by long-time collaborator Rhys Fulber, along with Cazares and Bell. A winter 2015 release is expected. Let the anticipation begin...

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This year's edition of ProgPower USA is concluded today in Atlanta, Georgia with Masterplan, Pain Of Salvation, Jon Oliva's Pain and more performing on the final day. As usual, the organizers are already announcing the bands that will perform on the next edition. The ProgPower USA XVI presents a stellar line-up. Among the bands which will be performing we find Anathema, Falconer, Anubis Gate, Angra, Riverside, and Persefone. You can expect plenty of special sets next year, including the final live performance of Falconer.

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The Deathtrip is a relatively unknown band and has just two demos in their discography. A few days ago, a Facebook profile popped up, and news of the forthcoming full-length album were posted shortly after. The album, called Deep Drone Master, will be released on the Finnish record company Svart Records. The band currently consists of vocalist Bjørn "Lord Aldrahn" Dencker, session drummer Dan "Storm" Mullins, and guitarist "Host". Their debut album has been mixed by Snorre Ruch from the legendary Thorns and is set for international release on November 14th.

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Two weeks on from giving us the first taste of their upcoming album, Necrophagia have now revealed a second song from Whiteworm Cathedral: album opener "Reborn Through Black Mass". Currently available for pre-order, Necrophagia's seventh opus goes on sale October 28th.

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After a four-year wait, veteran Brazilian thrashers Korzus have announced they'll be releasing a new album on October 24th through AFM Records. Coming a year after the band celebrated its 30th anniversary, Legion will be the Paulistanos' sixth full-length effort, following on from 2010's Discipline Of Hate. More details to follow but see the cover art below.

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UPDATE: After revealing Doro Pesch as a guest vocalist on her new solo album, Liv Kristine has now unveiled the tracklist and audio previews of Vervain. You can check out the album tracklist below and hear snippets of her fifth solo album.

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Fans had to wait three years to hear new music from While Heaven Wept but today is your lucky day! The Virginia metallers are commemorating their 25th year with the release of their fifth full length album Suspended At Aphelion via Nuclear Blast this October. Today the band released the lyric video for the album track "Icarus And I" and it is a long one. The new opus is being described as "ambitious, epic, and progressive." Enjoy "Icarus And I" now!

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Former !T.O.O.H.! frontman Josef "Humanoid" Vesely has recently released an electronic music album under the name of the unpronounceable symbol §§, along with different live and rare !T.O.O.H.! music and from other projects. This is the first release from anyone within the band since the Democratic Solution album was released last year as their final album. Download links are available on the !T.O.O.H.!'s Facebook page. The album is called The Path Into Shadow.

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