Melodic death/doom metallers Frequency Of Butterfly Wings have been working on their new album and now finally updated on its status. The follow-up to The Butterfly Effect will be called The Weight Of Existence and the band has already revealed its cover and tracklist. Check them out below. The output will be released soon.

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The title track from black metallers Sarkom's upcoming new album Doomsday Elite has debuted online and you can listen to it below. Dark Essence Records will be releasing their third eight-track album on October 15th. It will include guest appearances from Psy Coma (The Kovenant), Haan (Svarttjern), Nachtgarm (Negator), Thrawn (Paradigma, ex-Dødheimsgard, ex-Nocturnal Breed) and V. Larsen.

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An audio sample of the new song "Beneath A Veil Of Crying Souls", the new single from returning Swedish progressive/power metal veterans Tad Morose, has been made available by the band. The single will be released on September 28th but you can already satisfy your curiosity through the video below. The song will appear on the band's new album Revenant, their first in ten years, coming out on November 20th through Despotz Records.

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Legendary thrash metal band Hirax have had to push back the release of the new studio album Immortal Legacy to 2014.

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Maryland rockers Clutch have been forced to postpone the September tour dates of the "Earth Rocker" North American Tour. This is due to a health issue with singer Neil Fallon. Most of the shows will be rescheduled and dates are listed below. Support on the rescheduled shows will remain the same and come from The Sword and Crobot.

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Swedish melodic death metallers Amon Amarth will embark on a US headlining tour in January in support of their newly released album Deceiver Of The Gods. Very special guest on the dates will be Norwegians Enslaved with additional support from Americans Skeletonwitch. The band recently toured in North America on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this summer as well.

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One of the most anticipated progressive metal albums of the year, Dream Theater's new self-titled album, is already streaming online in its entirety. What? The official release of the album is only on September 24th via Roadrunner but who is complaining? You can already listen to the whole album right here or try here if you are having problems.

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After recently revealing its title and release date, Rhapsody Of Fire have now unveiled the cover artwork and tracklist of their upcoming album Dark Wings Of Steel (out on November 22nd in Europe and December 3rd in the USA). The power metallers return after From Chaos To Eternity. Do you like what you see?

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Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish have just revealed the cover artwork and more details about their upcoming new live DVD. Showtime, Storytime contains the entire Nightwish headliner show, played at this years' Wacken Open Air, the world's biggest heavy metal festival, with Floor Jansen fronting the band. The live show in front of 85 000 metalheads was directed by Ville Lipiäinen, filmed with seventeen cameras and has a total duration of 85 minutes.

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Black metal behemoths Watain have just announced a string of European tour dates set to take place in December, on their Black Death Tour 2013. The group will be presenting their new opus The Wild Hunt live. Two more bands will join them as support but that will only be announced later. If your country wasn't contemplated on these tour dates, the rest of Europe will have more dates in early 2014. Watch out for that. What new songs do you want to hear?

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Norwegian black 'n' rollers Vreid have announced a six-date tour of Japan as support for Greek melodic black metallers Rotting Christ. Vreid will be promoting their latest release Welcome Farewell in the month of January next year.

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"Blood In The Water" and "Ordinary" are the latest songs posted online from vocalist/guitarist Kenn Nardi of progressive/thrash metallers Anacrusis. The songs will be appearing on the new album Parallax Error that Kenn Nardi has been working on for some time but you can hear them below.

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Canadian progressive metal act Intervals has announced the group will be entering the studio with Jordan Valeriote in November to begin tracking their next release. Following the studio, Intervals will be touring Europe with Protest The Hero, TesseracT, and The Safety Fire. The dates confirmed can be seen below.

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Swedish symphonic band Lapis Lazuli decided to record some old songs with their new singer Cecilia Kamf. So far, the band has uploaded the songs "Last Hour", "Angel Without Wings", "A Loss Made Forever" and "Leaving Scars". If you never heard of the band, this is a good opportunity to get to know some of their material. All the songs are available below.

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American deathcore band As Blood Runs Black is in the studio hard at work on their new album, titled Ground Zero. They have indicated on their Facebook page that the album will be out this winter. The band is also giving fans a chance to win some free merch for sharing their latest in-studio trailer.

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