The cover artwork from the upcoming Luca Turilli's Rhapsody album titled Ascending To Infinity has been unveiled. The album will be released worldwide on June 29th via Nuclear Blast. The cover was created by Felipe Machado Franco, also known for his work for bands like Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Rage, Iron Savior and Vorpal Nomad. More album details were previously reported here.

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US black metallers Kult Ov Azazel have announced the addition of bassist Amduscias (Randy Piro - Orbweaver/ex-Hate Eternal) to the group.

The band posted the following on the addition: "Amduscias has been added to our ranks. This begins a new path for Kult Ov Azazel. Don't worry though as it is the same path just with new blood and added power."

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Italian power metallers Trick Or Treat have announced a string of Italian shows (and one in Switzerland) starting next month, where they will be supporting fellow Italian power metallers Clairvoyants. The band is currently in the studio recording their new album and follow-up to 2009's Tin Soldiers.

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Japanese power metal act X Japan has been nominated for Best International Band alongside Behemoth, Lacuna Coil, Meshuggah, Rammstein and Sepultura at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which will take place on April 11th at Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. You can cast your vote at this location.

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US heavy metallers Adrenaline Mob, the project featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) and Symphony X frontman Russell Allen, are currently streaming song previews from their upcoming debut album at the band's Facebook page, at the cost of a simple "Like". The band's debut album titled Omertá will be released in Europe on March 19th via Century Media Records and it will be available in the US on March 13th through Elm City Music in conjunction with EMI Label Services.

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"A Satana", a brand new video from Italian gothic metallers Ecnephias is now available for viewing below. It was directed by Davide Sicarius D'Andrea. The song comes off the band's latest album Inferno, which was released in December via Scarlet Records.

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American glam rockers Mötley Crüe have entered drummer Tommy Lee's Atrium Studio in California to begin recording a brand new song, their first new material since their 2008 studio album Saints Of Los Angeles.

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UK metallers De Profundis will release their third album, The Emptiness Within, on May 7 in the UK and May 11 in the rest of Europe via Kolony Records. The CD was once again produced by Fernando Pereira Lopes and De Profundis and was mixed at the Studios Davout in Paris, France. The cover artwork was created by the renowned artist Costin Chioreanu (Twilight13media), who has previously worked with Ulver, Darkthrone and Absu, to name a few.

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Official press release

Nachtmystium is in the studio! We're in the middle of our fifth day of tracking. Just completing the drums today for our new full-length album, Silencing Machine, to be released on Century Media Records worldwide on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 (It will be available on CD/ LP/digital). More details about the release as we draw nearer to the release date. We will also be announcing the official tour dates for our upcoming U.S. midwest mini-tour with Krieg and Murmur beginning on July 25th. We will be headlining the first of two nights at the annual underground black metal festival, The Gathering Of Shadows, out in Colorado. The festival dates are July 27th and July 28th. We will headline the night of the 27th, and then we will be playing a headlining show in Denver with the full tour package + local support on Sunday, July 29th. Venue and ticketing details will be announced when we release the details for the entire tour sometime next week.

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"Dead Sea Scrolls", a brand new song from British NWOBHM outfit Angel Witch is currently streaming online at this location. Alternatively, you can listen to it below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album As Above, So Below, which will hit stores in March 12th in Europe and March 27th in North America through Metal Blade/Rise Above Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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US post/sludge metallers Rosetta have announced a string of dates for their upcoming summer European tour with US stoner/doom metallers Kings Destroy as special guests, starting on June 27th in The Netherlands.

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Bulgarian death metallers Enthrallment have unveiled the cover and tracklist for their forthcoming album People From The Lands Of Vit. The album will be released this year by the American label United Guttural. The cover art of the album, entitled "Hell", was created by the Bulgarian artist Stefan Stefanov.

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Seven Deadly, the upcoming new album from British hard rockers UFO is now streaming online in its entirety at this location. The album will be released on February 24th in Germany, February 27th in Europe, and March in the USA/Canada through SPV/Steamhammer.

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Century Media Records press release

Dutch doom death metal pioneers Asphyx are about to release their newest album Deathhammer via longtime partners Century Media Records on February 27th, 2012 (Europe) and February 28th, 2012 (North America). Supported by massive media acclaim you can now hear the entire record at the website of Rock Hard (Germany), just click here!

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Intersections, the new album of re-recorded songs from German prog thrashers Mekong Delta has been penned for an April 20th (Germany), April 23rd (rest of Europe) and an early May (US & Canada) release via SPV/Steamhammer. The album is almost done and is in the final mixing stages. The band also posted a video of the guitar recordings for the song "Transgressor", which will appear on the new album.

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