Northern Ireland's Darkest Era have released a brand new lyric video for "Sorrow's Boundless Realm", the opening track from the band's forthcoming new album Severance, to be released on June 3rd (USA) and June 13th (Europe) via Cruz Del Sur Music. This will be Darkest Era's second full length album after 2011 debut The Last Caress Of Light.

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Devin Townsend just doesn't stop. With the Casualties Of Cool release on the horizon, Devin is already preparing the next one and that will be Ziltoid 2. The recording for the new album has begun and the Casualties Of Cool pledge (currently at 490% !) is also funding the Ziltoid project. Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has confirmed that the drum tracks are done for Ziltoid 2. The theme of the double album is Ziltoid versus the Devin Townsend Project, with both getting their own album.

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Is the Summer Slaughter Tour 2014 coming to a town near you? Find out today. Recently, the organizers finally shared the dates of the tour which will be headlined by Morbid Angel. The Americans will be joined by Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Thy Art Is Murder, Goatwhore, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Within The Ruins and Fallujah. If you want to go, tickets are on sale Friday, May 9th.

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Kahtmayan have faced several line-up changes recently and now drummer Saeed Piltan released a statement on his personal Facebook page announcing his departure from the band as well.

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Californian metallers Helsótt finally have news about their debut album. After releasing the EP Fólkvangr in 2012, they revealed details of the upcoming new release Woven, the band's debut full-length album. Fólkvangr has been re-mixed, re-mastered and included as bonus tracks on the new album. The artwork (available below) was created by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian/Brainstorm, etc). Mark your calendars for July 28th.

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Slipknot's bassist Paul Gray passed away in 2010. He was found dead in a hotel room of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl. Now nearly four years after his passing, the doctor that prescribed him drugs was acquitted of all charges in his involuntary manslaughter case. The Des Moines Register reports that Daniel Baldi, who was facing involuntary manslaughter charges for the deaths of numerous patients including late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, has been acquitted on all seven counts.

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Thrashers Death Angel have released a brand new video for you to enjoy! Taken off their latest opus The Dream Calls For Blood, the video clip is for the album's title track. The band has been touring in support of the record and you can catch them on some European festivals this summer such as Hellfest, Summer Breeze Open Air and Total Metal Open Air, among others. For now, you can watch the band in action on their new video.

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John Garcia is the former singer of American stoner band Kyuss and is currently in Vista Chino as well. However, John Garcia is also venturing on his solo career and his debut will come out on Napalm Records. Beside the release date, also the artwork of his self-titled solo album has now been unveiled. Take a look at it here.

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Chile doom metal band Poema Arcanus has announced a line-up change and see the return of a familiar face to the band. Bassist Juan Pablo "Hueso" Vallejos is returning. After releasing Transient Chronicles last year, the band has been touring and guitarist Igor Leiva Benavides confirmed in an interview earlier this year that Poema Arcanus would begin writing new material probably this year.

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If you haven't heard about them before, Killer Be Killed is the new supergroup featuring Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Dave Elitch (ex-The Mars Volta). Previously, the band released the first two songs off their impending self-titled debut album. You can still listen to those songs here. And today you get to listen to yet another new song, and this one is called "I.E.D."

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Demonic Resurrection from India recently announced the first details about their upcoming fourth album. It's called The Demon King and is due for release worldwide in July on Candlelight Records and on Universal Music in India. This is the band's first album in four years after The Return To Darkness. You should be able to hear new music soon.

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Heavy metal legends Judas Priest are revealing more details about their upcoming studio album Redeemer Of Souls. After unveiling the album cover, title and sharing the title track, now it's time for the album's tracklist, which you can see below. This will also mark their first album without guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing.

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Sabaton's new opus, Heroes, will be released via Nuclear Blast Records in a couple of weeks. After releasing a lyric video for the first track "To Hell And Back", now it's the turn of the album's second single, "Resist And Bite". You can enjoy the lyric video for the song below.

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Stoner metal veterans from North Carolina Corrosion Of Conformity have recently confirmed a set of tour dates, encompassing the grounds across the Australia and New Zealand. Support bands on this tour, which will be executed this July, will be American sludge/stoner band Weedeater and Australian heavy metallers Lo!. The complete list of tour dates can be found below.

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Recently, Chicago metallers Novembers Doom updated on the recording process of their new album. Today, however, their label The End Records has spilled the beans about their ninth opus. First of all, the release date is set: July 15th, 2014. While the album title will be Bled White, there are eleven new tracks, and the cover artwork has also been unveiled. Feast your eyes on it right now.

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