The release of black metallers Nachtmystium's final album is right around the corner. So, it seems like a good time to share a brand new song. The first single from The World We Left Behind is called "Tear You Down" and it is available for your listening pleasure right here. Tell us what you think about it. Is it what you were expecting from Nachtmystium?

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Iconic shock rocker Alice Cooper revealed on his Facebook page that legendary guitarist and former bandmate Dick Wagner passed away on Wednesday, July 30th, at the age of 71. Wagner had recently undergone heart surgery, and contracted a lung infection while hospitalized.

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Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie have shared their new video for "The Call Of The Mountains", which is the new single from Origins. The song was made available as a digital single on July 25th. You can watch the video now here. It is the second video for the new album after "King". Do you like this one?

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And now some good news for Khold fans. After a period of 6 years of silence, Norway's exponents of black metal are back with a new album, Til Endes, set for release on the 29th of September (30th September in the US) on Peaceville Records. Khold will be making a special performance at the Brutal Assault festival in August and a new promo video will also soon be revealed. You just have to wait a little bit more now.

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"Shark Attack" is the new video from Swedish heavy metallers Wolf, and can be seen below. The video was helmed by Owe Lingvall at Dreamday Media. If you want to check out what the band will bring with their new album Devil Seed, watch the video now here. Enjoy!

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Jeff Loomis revealed on the latest Summer NAMM 2014 that he's going to start writing songs for his next solo album next month. He plans to be in the studio for it as early as this coming fall. It should be his last one within his contract with Century Media. Maybe after that we can expect the next Conquering Dystopia record. In the video below, he discussed his latest signature model from OG Schecter, as well as plans for the next months. Check it out.

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Primus is back and stranger than ever with their new studio album, Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble, a tribute to the weird and wonderful world of Willy Wonka that hits shelves on October 21st on ATO Records and is available for pre-order now. Below, you can listen to Primus' rework of "Pure Imagination". Anyone else thinks this will be delicious?

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Exactly 3 years after their farewell performance on board 70000 TONS OF METAL in January 2012 the organizers are proud to announce the band's return!

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Croatian gothic doom metallers Ashes You Leave have posted an update. The re-release of their Songs Of The Lost album has been postponed to August 8th via Sleaszy Rider Records. The band is also planning more releases for 2015. So stay tuned for more updates on that.

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Like with Hellfest Open Air 2014, several performances of this year's Wacken Open Air 2014 will be streamed live. The annual Wacken Open Air celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year at Wacken, in Germany. For those who missed the chance to grab a ticket for the three-day event, there will be live streams available online. Not everything is lost. You can sit back, relax and enjoy some of the concerts in the next few days.

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While fans were pleased to hear Minsk's hiatus ended last year, they will be even more pleased to know that the post-metal band has entered the studio to begin work on their new full-length record and first in over 5 years. After a two-year hiatus, "the band has been reinvigorated and has written their most ambitious material to date." The album is being recorded at Earth Analog studios outside of Champaign, Illinois throughout July/August and produced by long-time collaborator Sanford Parker. The as-of-yet untitled album will see an early 2015 release via Relapse Records.

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Formed by guitarist Paul Allender (previously of Cradle Of Filth), White Empress debut full-length album, titled Rise Of The Empress, is set for release on Peaceville Records on September 29th. The album was recorded in their studio and has been mixed and mastered by veteran producer, Kit Woolven (Thin Lizzy, Cradle Of Filth). You can hear what the band has to offer by watching their video for the track "Darkness Encroaching" below.

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Last year, legendary progressive rockers Spock's Beard released their latest album Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep to much critical acclaim. The band has now announced further European tour dates supporting the album, following last year's jaunt with Sound Of Contact and Beardfish. The full list of dates can be found below, and support at all shows comes from The Sixxis. Good news then!

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Eluveitie have announced a special online stream of their entire forthcoming album Origins, which has already started. The band will be uploading the album track by track starting with the first one. Once each track has received 1000 plays, it will unlock the next track and so on. The more fans share each track with their friends, the faster the album will be unlocked for all to hear in its entirety! So, that seems like a cool idea. The songs are currently streaming here and the first seven songs have been unlocked, as of now. Pretty soon, all of them will be available for you to enjoy.

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At the beginning of the year, Scar Symmetry announced the concept of their upcoming trilogy of albums. At the time, the melodic death metal band shared what we now know will be the album cover for the first part of the trilogy. The Swedes are set to release their new album and successor to 2011's The Unseen Empire this fall. The new creation called The Singularity (Phase 1 - Neohumanity) will be out on October 3rd (Europe), October 6th (UK & France) and October 14th (US) 2014 via Nuclear Blast.

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