Hatesphere recently announced that the band has inked a record deal with German label Massacre Records. Massacre Records will release their 8th studio album, which shall be entitled Murderlust. The follow-up to The Great Bludgeoning will be out later this year. Further details shall be announced soon.

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The CD and limited-cassette main artwork from Peter Sallai for Waiting For The End To Come, the forthcoming concept album from Canada-based extreme metallers Kataklysm, can now be seen below. The artwork can be also checked out as a part of the short album teaser through the YouTube player.

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British prog metal band Haken premiere their debut official video for the song "Pareidolia". The 11-minute long track appears on the band's upcoming new album, The Mountain, to be released by InsideOut Music on September 2nd. The Mountain will be available on several different formats, including a limited edition digipak CD which includes two bonus tracks, a standard jewelcase CD, a heavyweight gatefold 2LP and digital download. More album details were previously reported here.

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Dream Theater's last album, 2011's A Dramatic Turn Of Events, earned the band its first Grammy nomination and was the first without founding member and drummer Mike Portnoy. Now with their new album Dream Theater, new drummer Mike Mangini was involved in the songwriting process. You can now listen to their new single "The Enemy Inside" here and see what the band has to offer this time around.

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"Let There Be Blood", the new official music video from German death metallers Debauchery, is now available for viewing below through the YouTube player. The song is taken from the band's latest new album Kings Of Carnage, which was released on August 2nd via Massacre Records. This is their 8th full length studio album.

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Doomriders have recently checked in with the announcement of the release of their brand new studio album, entitled Grand Blood. Grand Blood is the follow up to their highly regarded 2010 album Darkness Comes Alive. The album was engineered by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios, and features artwork from Thomas Hooper as well as packaging from Ryan Patterson (Coliseum) and J. Bannon. It will be out in stores on October 15th via Deathwish Inc.

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God Is An Astronaut are starting to show us what their new album Origins will be all about and the first taste of the album is already streaming online. Stop what you are doing and listen to the first single "Spiral Code" right now below through the video created by Tyler Haywood.

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Primal Fear have some fresh news regarding their new album. They have announced that they've finished the recordings for their tenth studio album, which shall be released worldwide in January, 2014 via Frontiers Records. The album is being produced by Mat Sinner and engineered by Achim Koehler. Mixing duties will be handled in September by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat) at Hansen Studios in Denmark.

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As already reported recently, British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley will release a career-spanning double-disc collection, Soundtracks Of My Life, this October 31st. Now he is also presenting us the cover artwork of the compilation, which can be seen below. Other details about this release were previously posted at this location.

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French symphonic/gothic metal act Silent Opera have announced that they have inked a record deal with Germany's Massacre Records, who will release their sophmore album - Reflections. The follow-up to their debut, Immortal Beauty, will be out on February 21st, 2014. It was mixed and mastered by Mobo (Lokurah, Gorod, Minushuman) at the Conkrete Studio.

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With great excitement Greek melodic metal heroes Firewind present their first ever tour down under in Australia. The tour, which consists of 4 performances, will be executed in October/November this year. Do not hesitate and check out the list of their confirmed shows below.

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Event:	Firewind: Apotheosis Across Australia 2013

With the release of their forthcoming full-length, The Wild Hunt, black metal horde from Sweden Watain is now ready to announce their first North American tour in support of the new album. Featuring In Solitude and Tribulation as support bands, this month-long headlining trek (aptly named "The Wild Hunt North America") showcases some of Sweden's finest metal from coast to coast.

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Event:	Watain: The Wild Hunt North American Tour 2013

Greek melodic hard 'n' heavy metal band Kingdragon premiere a brand new official video for their promo single ''Shout, Very Loud''. The song is taken from the band's upcoming debut studio album, Hide The Sun, which is scheduled to be released on October 10th, 2013 via Retrospect Records. This video clip was produced by Matthew Voulgaris
 and directed/edited under the command of Chris Mavridis.

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Australian folks be aware! Finns viking folk metallers Moonsorrow have announced their first-ever tour in Australia. This 5-date tour will happen this coming November, so do not miss this opportunity to catch them live. Check out all the confirmed dates below the official tour flyer.

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Event:	Moonsorrow: Dark Souls Intertwining Australia 2013

Masters of medieval metal, the mighty Gwar, are poised to return to the world of man as they announced the first leg of their massive "Madness At The Core Of Time" world tour - this time through North America. The band will be touring in support of their upcoming new album, Battle Maximus, to be out on September 17th via Metal Blade Records. On this tour Gwar will be joined by deathcore heavyweights and label-mates Whitechapel, thrashers Iron Reagan (featuring Municipal Waste singer Tony Foresta) and A Band Of Orcs.

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Event:	Gwar: Madness At The Core Of Time Tour 2013