After some teasing, American metallers Atreyu now finally and officially announce their comeback and that they are making new music together and have plans to resume playing live again, starting with their main stage appearance at Aftershock on September 14th, 2014.

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UPDATE: After revealing the details of their new album, called A Skeletal Domain, now Cannibal Corpse give us the second track on the album to listen to right now. Go ahead and take a listen to "Sadistic Embodiment" on the video available below. Tell us your impressions about the new song.

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More exciting new album news today this time from Electric Wizard. The doom/stoner metal masters have announced Time To Die as the title of their forthcoming studio album. Time To Die is their eighth full-length and will be the band's first album release since signing a worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records. Another piece of the album's puzzle, the cover artwork, is now revealed and you can feast your eyes on it right now!

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Opeth previously announced that a book was in the works about the history of the band. Today, the Swedes released an update. The book is coming out next year and not in 2014. Meanwhile, the band's new opus, Pale Communion, will be released on August 26th with the new single "Cusp Of Eternity" already available. The band will embark on a European trek at the end of this year as well.

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Morbid Angel have recently announced a European tour in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their milestone release Covenant (1993) by performing the complete album live. This tour is happening in November and December this year. The tour will hit 14 countries in Europe. Look for a city near you. The band performed the entire Covenant album in the US in 2013 and also in Australia in April this year. Now, Europe is next!

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Three years down the line from their last studio album, Japanese heavy metallers Onmyo-Za have announced they'll be releasing two new albums this coming autumn. 風神界逅 (Fuujin Kaikou) and 雷神創世 (Raijin Sousei) will be the band's eleventh and twelfth albums respectively. No release date has yet been set, but it has been confirmed the albums will be released simultaneously, and the recent single 青天の三日月 (Seiten No Mikazuki) will be included on Raijin Sousei.

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The Swedish death metal unit Entrails is preparing to drop Resurrected From The Grave - Demo Collection, a compilation of their demos. Today you can hear its ninth track, "Breath Of Blood," streaming below. Resurrected From The Grave - Demo Collection will be available on CD and digitally in North America on July 22nd, 2014 and one day earlier in Europe on Metal Blade Records.

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Huntress announced that they will record their third album this summer, to follow Starbound Beast. The US metal band will be working with production duo Andrew Alekel (Foo Fighters, No Doubt, Queens Of The Stone Age, Clutch) and James A. Rota (Sound City Movie, Fireball Ministry).

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Good news for Grave fans. Not only is the band touring in Europe and teaming up with Entombed A.D. in the autumn but the Swedish death metallers are also hard at work on their new album. So, new live shows and new music coming as well. Ronnie Bergerståhl has been recording drums on Studio Soulless. Prepare for the successor to Endless Procession Of Souls and check out the new tour dates below.

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After Napalm Death performed through an experimental sculptural sound system that caused the ceramic structures to slowly crack, now London brutal death metallers Unfathomable Ruination will be performing regularly outside the Gherkin in London throughout July and early August and they will be doing so from inside a soundproof box.

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A few hours ago, Ne Obliviscaris have launched a world tour crowdfunding campaign. The band has lined up a world tour taking them to Europe, UK, North America, Australia, India, Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and more, but they need your help to make these shows become a reality. If they reach their target of $40,000AUD (that's 27,500?, or $37,600), Ne Obliviscaris guarantees that all of these tours will take place. If they raise more than the target, the extra money will be used to add more shows in more cities and more countries.

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Sad news arrive from Belgian heavy metal band Ostrogoth. The band announced that their former guitarist Jean-Pierre Dekeghel has died at the age of 57. He lost his battle to colon cancer.

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of UK's Damnation Festival 2014. This upcoming November is one of celebration and German doom titans Ahab, and Icelandic atmospheric metal outfit Sólstafir are the latest names to be added to the tenth edition of the fest. More bands across four stages are still to be announced.

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Event:	Damnation Festival 2014 - 10th Anniversary

US unit Quiet Riot recently announced new details surrounding their first album to feature lead vocalist Jizzy Pearl (ex-L.A. Guns, Ratt). The album 10 features ten previously unreleased recordings, comprised of six new songs featuring newly appointed lead vocalist Jizzy Pearl and four tracks from the last professionally recorded shows with original frontman Kevin DuBrow.

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Secrets Of The Moon will be touring in Europe with fellow Germans Dark Fortress and Schammasch in October. Secrets Of The Moon is co-headlining with Dark Fortress. Alessandro "Erebor", Secrets Of The Moon's new drummer, is already joining the band on this tour. His first live appearance with the black metallers will be at the Rock im Betonwerk Festival in early August.

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