UK's own Xerath have added a new guitarist to their line-up. It is the Irish musician Conor McGouran. Conor is already working with the band on their new album. Good news then as the follow-up to II seems to be taking shape. Watch the new guy in action on the video below.

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One of the biggest festivals of the year, Hellfest, starts today and will take place in Clisson, France until Sunday. If you can't make it, you can always sit back and catch a few shows online. This year again, ARTE Live Web will be broadcasting shows from Hellfest starting today and during the weekend. Some shows from the Temple and Altar stages will be recorded besides Mainstage shows. Check out below the list of broadcasts.

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Event:	Hellfest Open Air 2014

French progressive rock/metal band Demians, led by mastermind Nicholas Chapel, is finally tracking its new album. It will be the first new material by the band since their critically acclaimed 2010 album Mute. Nicholas took a break from the music business in 2011, now he's back. After spending some time writing new ideas during the past few weeks, Nicholas will be spending this June working on the new Demians album that he wants to release completely independently.

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Grave Digger have released a new video. More new music for you to enjoy! The veteran heavy metallers have been sharing new material from their impending new output Return Of The Reaper and today they showcase the tune "Hell Funeral". Check out the brand new video for "Hell Funeral" below. Expect some explosive pyrotechnics.

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Volbeat have confirmed that Hatebreed will be the special guests on their forthcoming UK tour in November. The band is still performing in support of their latest album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies. See the dates below.

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Another new album on the horizon, this time from French metallers Chaos Ech-s. They signed a deal with Debemur Morti Productions last year and will enter the studio in August to record what will be the follow-up to Tone Of Things To Come. Their new opus will be recorded at Downtown Studios in Strasbourg. Prepare yourself for a gloomy concept album!

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Just a few days prior to the release of their sophomore album, Monuments have unveiled another track for their fans to hear, which can be streamed below. The Amanuensis is due to hit the shelves on the 23rd in Europe, Australia, New Zealand of this month and in the US, Canada on July 8th via Century Media Records. Thoughts on the new track and expectations regarding the album?

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Progressive metallers Creation's End have a new label. They signed a worldwide deal with Pure Prog Records, a sublabel of Pure Steel Records. The band had shared the lead single from their upcoming new album Metaphysical last year, it is called "The Chosen None". You can listen to it below.

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Death metal outfit Fallujah unleashes a new track called "Carved From Stone" from their forthcoming album. Fallujah's new album is titled The Flesh Prevails, and it will hit the stores on July 22nd through Unique Leader Records. Until then, you can listen to another new song from the San Francisco unit here.

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After the hilarious video for Allegaeon's new song "1.618", the tech death metallers now release a new one. The group recently completed work on a video for their song "Our Cosmic Casket" and today you can watch the video right here. Check out the video and their new song below. "Our Cosmic Casket" has been described as the most aggressive tune on their new record.

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Behemoth have revealed that Sacrum Profanum, the autobiography of frontman Nergal, will likely receive an English language release in 2015. They are negotiating the deal with English book publisher Jawbone (Cliff Burton, Randy Rhoads, Max Cavalera) for Nergal's autobiography Sacrum Profanum: The Confession Of The Heretic. According to the death metallers' frontman, the translation is going through the editing process right now.

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Baltimore death metal outfit Visceral Disgorge announced that guitarist Steve Rosenzweig has passed away. Steve Rosenzweig was one of the original members of the band and he was found dead. The band had been working on their second album to follow Ingesting Putridity and will now discuss if they will carry on.

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After keeping fans waiting for years, Norwegian black metallers Cor Scorpii have finally set the date of the 17th July on which to begin recording their second full-length album. As with their previous release Monument, the album will be recorded and mixed by Børge Finstad at his Toproom Studio ( Mayhem, Borknagar, Vintersorg, Tristania, Arcturus, etc).

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North Carolina metallers Corrosion Of Conformity have a new album due out on the 23rd of June in Europe and June 24th in North America. The band came up with the incredibly imaginative title of IX. They have previously released "The Nectar" from this album. Recently, the band premiered the new track "On Your Way," available here, and "Trucker" is currently streaming over here.

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After revealing a string of European tour dates earlier this month, Opeth now announce additional six dates across the United Kingdom. All these dates are scheduled in the first half of October, 2014, and can be checked out down below.

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