With their new album Splinters freshly released in Europe and North America via Century Media Records, Vallenfyre also debuted a new video for the album's title track. Watch the video right here and tell us if you like it. The band wanted a short film instead of the typical performance video. Splinters is the death metallers' second album.

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American blackened sludge metal band Wolvhammer has revealed new details about their third studio album. It will be entitled Clawing Into Black Sun. In this new work, Wolvhammer mix "black metal, death rock, and punk into even more lethal volatile territory," according to their label Profound Lore Records. The band also released the new single "Death Division", available to stream on Soundcloud as a taste of the album.

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Make Them Suffer are back and they have new music to share! The follow-up to their debut Neverbloom is coming. The first track revealed is the new single "Let Me In" and the band made a video for it. You can watch the video and listen to the new song through the clip available here.

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In case you like Castle or heavy doom, you must check out their new record Under Siege which is about to be released on May 16th in Europe via Ván Records and May 20th in the US via Prosthetic Records. The album is already streaming in its entirety a few days ahead of its release at this location or here. How do you rate the band's third album? And do you recommend it?

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Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat join forces to bring fans one of the biggest tours of the fall.

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Thrashers Warbringer are facing a tough time. Vocalist John Kevill announced it himself over Facebook that their drummer Carlos Cruz and founding guitarist John Laux have left the band. In a long statement, the singer explains that he is considering the future of the band and is not sure if they can go on. They released IV: Empires Collapse last October.

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Mayhem continue sharing new songs from their new album Esoteric Warfare this week. Today the black metal band premieres "Throne Of Time" and you get to listen to it on the Soundcloud player below. With four new songs unveiled so far, you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect come June 6th in Europe (June 10th in North America) when Season Of Mist releases it. What's your opinion about "Throne Of Time"?

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Canadian sludge/stoner metal act Dopethrone will be visiting Europe this summer, where they will be touring for about 3 weeks. Supporting them on the road will be British sludge metallers Gurt. Official tour dates, with some of them to be confirmed in the near future, can be checked out below the flyer.

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Event:	Dopethrone: Sludge Tsunami Euro Tour 2014

Rage are currently celebrating their 30th band anniversary and are about to release The Soundchaser Archives, a 30 track compilation (plus bonus DVD), which will be out on May 23rd, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. Apart from that release, now the heavy metal band also announced their 30 Years Of Rage Anniversary Tour 2014 for September and October 2014. See the dates below to check if they are playing anywhere near you.

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Event:	Rage: 30 Years Of Rage Anniversary Tour 2014

Doom/sludge act Oruga will be releasing their debut album Blackened Souls on May 19th 2014.

Metal Storm has teamed up with Apathia Records to bring you this EXCLUSIVE listening of the entire album. Enjoy!

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An official trailer has been released for the Tarja project with drummer Mike Terrana, Beauty & The Beat. The release includes interpretations of classic music pieces ranging from Bach to Mozart to Rossini as well as rock classics from Queen, Led Zeppelin and Tarja's own pieces. They performed these songs together with an orchestra and choir, and toured throughout the world. Mark your calendars for a May 30th, 2014 release on earMUSIC. You can watch the new trailer for the release now featuring a few excerpts of the performances!

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American brutal death metallers Gorgasm haven't released a new album in three years, since Orgy Of Murder, but that is about to change. The group is gearing up for the release of Destined To Violate on July 31st via New Standard Elite. Whet your appetite for what's to come with the album preview available below. You can also see the album cover and tracklist now.

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On June 2nd, 2014, Century Media Records will release the first three albums by legendary French death/thrash commando Massacra on CD, LP and as digital album in Europe and June 3rd in the US. These editions were created in close cooperation with the band's guitarist Jean-Marc Tristani. You can hear one song from each album below.

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Legendary hard rock band Whitesnake is facing a line-up change. Long-time guitarist Doug Aldrich is leaving the band. Frontman David Coverdale confirmed via Twitter that there's no hard feelings about his decision to leave and only wishes him the best. Who do you think could be a good replacement for Doug Aldrich?

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The Ocean are streaming a live clip from their recently released Collective Oblivion DVD. The clip is from the band's Hong Kong stop on their tour across China, which is prominently featured in the DVD documentary. You can now watch here the band perform "The City In The Sea" from the 2005 album Aeolian. The band's latest album, Pelagial, won in the Best Post-Metal Album category at Metal Storm Awards 2013.

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