There is new music from Darkology to be enjoyed now! The American metallers will release their second album, Fated To Burn, between June 8th and June 15th through Prime Eon Media and its partners worldwide on CD and digital formats. Multiple special package configurations will be made exclusively available through the band's webstore and a vinyl release may follow later in the year. The album artwork and the new lyric video for the song "On Morrow's Break" can be viewed below.

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Criminal have recently announced a new lead guitarist and they are also working on a new album to follow Akelarre. The Anglo-Chilean thrashers have parted ways with Basque lead guitarist Olmo Cascallar. Now joining their ranks is Chilean shredmaster Sergio Klein, who resides in Berlin, Germany. Klein has already gained recognition as a lead player with his band The Outside and is also a guitar instructor. With him, Criminal have already started working on the material for a new album for a late 2015 release.

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Fifteen years have passed since Goatsnake released their last full-length album Flower Of Disease. But as you have probably noticed, their new album is on the horizon and is called Black Age Blues. You've waited long enough and can now listen to the brand new song titled "Elevated Man" at this location. Go ahead and prepare for doom!

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Finland-based symphonic metal masters Nightwish sold 18,342 copies of Endless Forms Most Beautiful in its first week of sales in the United States. The record hit # 34 on Billboard U.S. Top 200, making it the third time that Nightwish made the coveted chart. Their last full length release, the 2011 Imaginaerum, sold just under 12,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

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Death metallers Vital Remains made the news this week after their vocalist Brian Werner entered an onstage dispute with a club owner at The Haven in Orlando. The video of the incident circulated online (and you can see it below). After seeing a cross hanging at the venue above the stage, Brian Werner removed it, which prompted the club owner to rush to the stage and grab the cross. Allegedly, the woman didn't leave the stage until the show ended. Brian Werner has now released a statement explaining that the club owner assaulted the band, and also security ended up removing them from the venue.

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Here is a treat for TesseracT fans. As the band is about to release their first DVD Odyssey/Scala, the first clip you get to see is the band perform two parts from the revered "Concealing Fate" movement (One). Feast your eyes below on the beauty of "Concealing Fate Part 2 & 3" performed live by the U.K. band.

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And so the teasing begins for Luca Turilli's Rhapsody upcoming album Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus. The symphonic power metallers have now shared the first album preview, that will give you a foretaste on this big epic coming your way. The first single, entitled "Rosenkreuz (The Rose And The Cross)" will be released on April 24th, 2015, which means you will be able to hear more soon.

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American atmospheric black metal band Panopticon main man Austin L. Lunn has some news to share. He has started a small record label with his brother-in-law to release vinyl reissues of albums they love. This label is not for profit and every cent made goes back into releasing more albums by underground bands. You can get to know the label Lost Forty Recordings here. They already have three releases in the pipeline.

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Seven Witches is putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to 2013's Rebirth album, tentatively titled The Way Of The Wicked. The new record by the heavy metal band is being mixed by Joey Vera (Fates Warning, Armored Saint) and will be distributed by ILS/Caroline in the U.S. All you can do now is wait to hear the final product.

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Known for being a member of Manowar between 1988 and 1994, guitarist David Shankle is about to release the upcoming third full-length offering by his band, David Shankle Group. Titled Still A Warrior, it is due on April 24th in Germany and April 28th in the rest of the world via Pure Steel Records. Joining Shankle in DSG are vocalist Warren Halvarson, bassist Mike Streicher, and drummer Gabriel Anthony. Meanwhile, you can already listen to a new song below to get started!

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Spring is in the air which apparently means yet another round of line-up changes for the Polish death metal outfit Hate.

Almost two years ago the band suffered a huge loss with the unexpected death of their bassist Mortifer while on tour in Europe. Last Spring, their longtime drummer Hexen decided to leave the band and now their guitarist followed suit.

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You will do well to remember that at the beginning of this year, Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison revealed that he would be releasing Cheating The Polygraph on Kscope featuring new arrangements of many of his favourite Porcupine Tree songs, with performances from some of the world's best contemporary jazz players. Well, as of now you can have a taste of this release. Check out the video for "Hatesong/Halo" (the edited version) taken from his upcoming solo album exclusively at this location. Tasteful? Share your thoughts.

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Sunset In The 12th House is a side-project of Dordeduh members Edmond "Huppogramus" Karban and Sol Faur, acting as a mostly instrumental quartet, which is completed by Dordeduh drummer Sergio Ponti and bass player Mihai Moldoveanu. Mozaic will be their debut album, and as the title suggests, the album is conceptualized to be a mosaic of sounds and themes, rather than going in a clear direction, the way Dordeduh does. The album will be released through Prophecy Productions on the 5th of June in Europe and a North American release is scheduled for the 9th of June.

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After their acclaimed 2013 album The Formulas Of Death, Tribulation are now releasing The Children Of The Night very soon on April 20th in Europe and April 21st in North America via Century Media Records. In anticipation of this release, the band has now premiered another new tune, namely "The Motherhood Of God" which can be enjoyed fully here. Satisfy your curiosity now. How do you rate the new material from the extreme metallers unveiled so far?

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Mourning Beloveth have broken the silence and updated on what's going on in the band at the moment. After releasing their last album Formless in 2013, the death/doom metallers have now joined forces with Ván Records. The band is currently working on a new EP, Rust & Bone, which will contain 3 new songs and should be released before the end of this year.

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