On March 21st, Norwegian black metallers Satyricon will deliver a very special show at Rockefeller in Oslo and the last guests have been confirmed. The band will be joined by a Brass Ensemble consisting of members from the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and The Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Some of these guys performed both on Now, Diabolical and The Age Of Nero, and live with Satyricon in the past. With Nocturno Culto from Darkthrone already confirmed as special guest on Nemesis Divina songs, Thorns mastermind Snorre Ruch will be there performing classic Thorns songs that Satyr recorded with him, and Sivert Høyem is joining for the new single "Phoenix".

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Are you ready for some doom? Ordog, the Finnish metallers, have recently posted online a new song called ''Enter The Void". The track comes from their upcoming new album Trail For The Broken which will be released digitally worldwide by Violent Journey Records on March 21st. Hear the first sounds of the album right now.

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By now, you might have heard of Devil You Know, the new band of Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage) with Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish) and John Sankey (Devolved). The group has recently premiered the first single from their upcoming debut album The Beauty Of Destruction. The song is called "Seven Years Alone". Find out what the band sounds like through the clip below.

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Swedish metal band Crucified Barbara has signed a recording and publishing deal with Despotz Records. They are currently in the studio completing their fourth album scheduled to be released in August 2014 to follow The Midnight Chase, released two years ago.

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Tech death metal outfit Gigan will hit the road across the United States this coming May, to execute 'Ceremonies And Hallucinations Tour'. This one-month long tour starts on May 2nd in Appleton, WI and will be concluded on May 25th in Las Vegas, NV together with Negură Bunget, who will be also touring across US in May/June. The complete list of tour dates awaits you under the official flyer.

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Epica have presented the second part of the studio documentary of The Quantum Enigma, which gives you another opportunity to hear bits of new music from the album. The Dutch band warns that this video contains a lot of new music. If you are curious, just watch the video below and tell us what you think.

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This could be a treat for Cattle Decapitation fans. The San Diego extreme metallers are planning a series of limited edition vinyl releases for 2014 under the banner Decade Of Decapitation, to celebrate 10 years of releases on Metal Blade Records. The band's entire Metal Blade discography: To Serve Man (2002), Humanure (2004), Karma.Bloody.Karma (2006), The Harvest Floor (2009), and Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) are all being prepared in lavish gatefolds for release.

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Cult Of Luna announced last year that you could expect less activity from the band after their Beyond The Redshift festival in the UK, which they are curating. The line-up is now finalized for the inaugural Beyond The Redshift festival, which takes place on May 10th in London.

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After giving us the first taste of their new album, death metallers Ancient Ascendant have shared more new music. This song is called "Patterns Of Bane" and you can enjoy it right here below. Does it fit your tastes?

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US heavy doom group Castle has recently announced their new album. If you know their previous works In Witch Order or Blacklands, you can start to anticipate the new opus Under Siege. The album will drop on May 20th via Prosthetic Records in North America.

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Stream Of Passion have presented the lyric video for the song "The Curse", taken from their upcoming album A War Of Our Own, the band's fourth studio album that will be released on April 18th. The Dutch metallers are returning with the follow-up to Darker Days.

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Swedish death thrashers Facebreaker came forward with a statement revealing that they have parted ways with their long time guitarist Mika Lagrén. Mika was part of Facebreaker for 12 years and has contributed his share as guitarist to all four full-length studio albums the band has released.

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Romanian black metallers Negură Bunget have posted a message on Facebook announcing their North American Tour, which will happen between May and June 2014. The band is supporting their upcoming TĂU album. Grimegod will open for Negură Bunget.

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Vader fans are probably eager to listen to their new album Tibi Et Igni. Well, today it was confirmed that the Polish death metal legends have just finished recording the follow up to their 2011 album, Welcome To The Morbid Reich. The new album is set to be released on May 30th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The band recorded the album at Hertz Studio in Bialystok (Poland) and it was produced by Wojtek and Slawek Wiesawski.

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Sabaton's new album Heroes will be released on May 16th via Nuclear Blast Records, and it will be the first to feature the renewed line-up. The band is now giving fans a first glimpse of what the album will sound like with an in-depth trailer, in which you can listen to a snippet of the track "Far From The Fame" and to the band members' feelings about their upcoming release. The trailer was produced and edited by David Havlena of Czech Spark Magazine at the Pax Studio.

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