High On Fire have been keeping themselves busy. After releasing two live albums (Spitting Fire Live Vol. 1 and Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2), the band has announced a North American tour, which kicks off on November 10th in Atlanta at The Masquerade and runs through mid-December, wrapping up in Los Angeles on December 12th. As part of the Scion A/V-sponsored tour, High On Fire will also release a new single titled Slave The Hive on October 16th, marking the first new music from the California metallers since the release of De Vermis Mysteriis. A limited edition 7" will be available at all tour dates with a video for the song to be released simultaneously.

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"Into The Night", the brand new video from Finnish group HIM, can now be seen below. The clip was directed by Stefan Lindfors, who also directed the band's classic, award-winning video "Funeral Of Hearts" and the recent "Tears On Tape" clip. The song is from their latest release Tears On Tape.

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The Hungarian power metal cavalry Wisdom will release Marching For Liberty, the band's new album, on September 27th via NoiseArt Records, and the album's trailer has been released. You can hear some new tunes through the YouTube player below and also the first full song "Take Me To Neverland" on the Soundcloud player. It should give you an idea of what to expect from Judas' successor.

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The debut album from Ashes Of Ares will only be officially released on September 6th in Europe and 17th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records but the band which merges Matt Barlow (ex-Iced Earth), Freddie Vidales (ex-Iced Earth) and Van Williams (ex-Nevermore) on the same project is currently streaming their anticipated self-titled debut album exclusively at this location. You can check out if their debut album meets the expectations or not.

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"DMSLT" is the new video from A Pale Horse Named Death, the band featuring Sal Abruscato who played drums on Type O Negative as well as Life Of Agony. He is now the vocalist/guitarist of A Pale Horse Named Death. This song appears on Lay My Soul To Waste, their latest offering out now via Steamhammer/SPV. You get to see the band in action on the video below.

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Winter In Eden will start recording their new album next week in The Netherlands which shall follow Echoes Of Betrayal. The producer of the album will be Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation/For All We Know). This will be the first album written by the gothic metal band with new drummer, Steve Hauxwell.

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British legends Motörhead (no pressure) have unveiled the cover that will grace their new album Aftershock. You can feast your eyes on the cover art below right now. On October 21st, Motörhead will deliver their 21st studio album to date which was recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood and features 14 new songs.

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German gothic metal group Crematory finally has some news about their new album which will follow 2010's Infinity. Their new album already has a title, Antiserum, and is scheduled for release on February 24th, 2014. The band signed a deal with Steamhammer/SPV for its release.

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Next year marks the 20th anniversary of Cradle Of Filth's landmark debut album The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh released on Cacophonous Records. To celebrate this occasion, the band is planning many things for 2014 including the first ever Cradle Of Filth comic, the release of a career-spanning double disc 'best-of' and subsequent touring.

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Through Vreid's official Facebook page, plans for a reunion of the surviving members of Windir have been established to commemorate the formation of Windir, Ulcus and Vreid, which are all connected by its band members. These special shows will feature Righ from Windir and Ese from Vreid. As a special guest on vocals, they will also bring on Vegard Bakken, brother of Windir legend Terje "Valfar" Bakken who was found dead in 2004.

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American thrashers Overkill have entered the studio to begin tracking their new studio album due out sometime next year. The new material will be tracked at Gear Recording and mixed by Greg Reely, who also mixed the band's previous effort The Electric Age. Now all you have to do is wait and hope for the best!

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Hail Of Bullets have launched a video teaser for their new album with bits of new music and also revealed the album title and artwork. The Dutch death metal giants will release III: The Rommel Chronicles via Metal Blade Records and a new song will be launched on September 9th. For now, you can see the band's new album cover on the video and the first taste of what is to come.

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Europe's 30th anniversary performance at this year's Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden was the band's only Swedish concert of 2013. The setlist was specially composed from their entire nine-album discography, including their debut Europe (1983), The Final Countdown (1986) and their most recent Bag Of Bones (2012). The performance was professionally filmed and recorded for release on double CD, DVD and Blu-ray and will be made available on October 18th through earMUSIC. Check out the first trailer below.

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Finland's progressive metallers Kuolemanlaakso have been working hard on the recordings of their new album and follow-up to the debut full-length Uljas Uusi Maailma released in 2012. As of now, much is still under wraps about this new release but further details will be announced as they become available.

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In 2012, Brazilians Viper rejoined forces with its original lead singer after 22 years. The band reunited with vocalist André Matos (Angra, Shaman) in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the group's album Soldiers Of Sunrise. For the first time ever, Viper played their first two albums Soldiers Of Sunrise and Theater Of Fate in their entirety during a short run of dates in Brazil. The show in São Paulo will now be released on DVD.

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