Nuclear Blast has unleashed today the official stream of "Captive Bolt Pistol", the first single from Carcass' new album Surgical Steel and follow-up to the Swansong released in 1996. If you still haven't listened to the new song, now you can, officially. Moreover, you can also download the track for free at this location. Not bad, right? Enjoy some new Carcass, it has been a while.

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The Eternal have posted a ten-minute sampler of their upcoming album When The Circle Of Light Begins To Fade. You can check it out below. The band also revealed some additional details on the album. It was engineered and produced by vocalist/guitarist Mark Kelson and is the first album to feature the new guitarist Brad Cook. According to their Facebook page, this album "sees the band return to a darker sound with the band releasing some of their most emotive and personal material to date." You can also hear their new single "Beneath These Waves" over here and see if that is true.

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As you might remember, gothic metal legendary band Paradise Lost recently announced UK dates for their Tragic Illusion UK Tour to celebrate their 25th anniversary with special guests Lacuna Coil and Katatonia. The good news this time is that the special 25th anniversary dates are now extended to include other European dates as well. Katatonia fans will also enjoy the fact that the band will be playing the Viva Emptiness album in full in these dates as well as in the UK.

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Following the recent departure of drummer Mike Terrana from the band, Axel Rudi Pell has revealed the new drummer that will join them. It will be Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, etc). In other news, the band starts recording their new album this month for a planned January 2014 release. Circle Of The Oath was released last year.

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Japanese band Dir En Grey has announced that they will be back in US and Canada this November for a headlining tour dubbed Ghoul Tour. You can check out the dates and venue information below. The special guests on this tour will be French metallers Dagoba. The band's latest release is the mini-album The Unraveling.

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Today is the official release of Trouble's awaited new album The Distortion Field in North America and to celebrate their first studio album in six years, the doom metal band has shared three new songs from the opus. Why complain, right? In Europe, the album only drops on August 23rd via FRW Records, so you might as well enjoy the new songs right now. Bang your head to "When The Sky Comes Down", "Butterflies" and "Sucker" here or at this location, and tell us if you like the new material.

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Hibria's new album Silent Revenge is right around the corner and new tunes are being shared. After "Silence Will Make You Suffer", a new video clip was released and now the chosen song gives name to the album: "Silent Revenge". Luís Mário Fontoura directed the video which you can now enjoy below. AFM Records will release the album in Europe on July 26th.

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Black metallers Anagnorisis are releasing independently later this month their new album Beyond All Light but the first taste of the album, its opening track "Eulerian Path", is already available for streaming. You can listen to the 7-minute track here and also over here. This will be the band's second album after Overton Trees.

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After sharing the song "For Your Own Good" from the new opus Turisas2013, the Finnish folk metallers Turisas have a new song today for us to listen to and it is "Into The Free" this time. So, this is your opportunity to listen to another piece and a different side from their new album. The band has already played "Into The Free" on the past festival appearances.

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Folk prog metallers Orphaned Land have released another video for a song from their most recent album All Is One, freshly released last month. The band chose the title track "All Is One" for the video which Shahar Hamo directed. You can watch this visual piece below right now. This one is a little more worked than "Brother" which focused more on footage from the recording sessions.

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"Hail To The King", the title track for the upcoming Avenged Sevenfold album has made its online premiered today and is now available below. The album will be out on 27th August but you can finally hear a full song from the follow-up to Nightmare. Tell us how you like the song.

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Surprisingly, James Kelly of Irish black metal band Altar Of Plagues has just announced today via Facebook that the band will give their final performance at the Unsound Festival Poland and they will split up. The decision was made before writing Teethed Glory And Injury which will then be their last album.

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There is some more death metal coming from Hail Of Bullets at the end of this year. The Dutch band has finished the recordings for the follow-up to On Divine Winds (2010). Their third album is to be mixed and mastered by the ever-so-busy Dan Swanö in the next few weeks. The release date is planned for October/early November via Metal Blade Records. Prepare to be crushed, hopefully.

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US black metal/crust punk band Vhöl announced a string of Northwest dates to coincide with the recent release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album. Vhöl was released on April 9th, 2013 through Profound Lore Records. Check out the complete list of live dates that are scheduled for this coming August below the official tour flyer.

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Florida based death metal veterans Morbid Angel are pleased to announce the "20th Anniversary of Covenant United States Tour 1993-2013". The tour is to be a celebration of their legendary biggest selling release, the album Covenant. The album was released on June 22nd, 1993 and went on to garner great critical and commercial success. On tour, the band will play the Covenant album in its entirety and after a short intermission some additional surprise classic cuts. Furthermore, there will be special commemorative items produced exclusively for this tour. All confirmed dates for this tour, which will happen this November/December, can be checked out below.

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