While their fans are eagerly awaiting their new album, Greek extreme symphonic metal band Septicflesh has revealed today the brand new cover and the tracklist of their upcoming reissue of 1998's A Fallen Temple. The cover was designed by Seth Siro Anton and the album will be released on January 17th (January 21st in North America) via Season Of Mist. This remastered re-release includes four rare bonus tracks.

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A cappella power metal masters Van Canto just unveiled the details of what will be their 5th album, Dawn Of The Brave. The album will be released on February 7th, 2014 via Napalm Records. Here you can have a look at the album cover and tracklist. For now, there are no music samples available.

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Well, it seems that we can expect an early treat for 2014, this time from the Greek prog black metallers Hail Spirit Noir whose debut album Pneuma was released in 2012. Titled OI MAGOI and featuring 7 tracks, the release date for this "black, filthy and psychedelic" trip is set for January 20th, 2014, through Code666 Records. The band has also revealed the artwork and you can see it below.

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Start your week in the best possible way by listening to Russian/Ukrainian doom/folk metallers Kauan which are streaming their long-awaited fifth album Pirut (translated as "Devils") through their label Blood Music's Bandcamp here. The album may be the first one to ever be delayed by a meteor strike, as the band was under attack in their hometown of Chelyabinsk during the mixing of the album.

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The Italian metallers Ecnephias are on a creative roll. After releasing a new album this year called Necrogod, a new opus is already in the works and will be released next year. The new album will be titled Ecnephias and will also feature the homonymous title track, which has the definitive seal of their new style.

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A new band is born. Drummer Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), guitarist John Norum (Europe), singer Åge Sten Nilsen (Wig Wam), bassist Hal Patino (King Diamond) and keyboardist Mic Michaeli (Europe) have joined forces in a new band called Nordic Beast. Nordic Beast will play its first concert on January 31st, 2014 at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway.

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Svarttjern have released two albums so far in their career: Misanthropic Path Of Madness and Towards The Ultimate. Next year will see the release of their third opus Ultimatum Necrophilia on February 7th, 2014. The black metallers recently revealed the art, tracklist and a teaser of the new album. Enjoy a glimpse at the new tunes below.

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Queensrÿche, now fronted by Todd La Torre, recently filmed a conceptual mini-movie for the tracks "Spore", "Midnight Lullaby","A World Without" and "X2" from their newest self-titled album. The 10-plus minute story, dubbed Queensrÿche: Ad Lucem ("Towards the light"), was filmed by director Daniel Andres Gomez Bagby with producer Marco De Molina on location at Central City Stages in Los Angeles and today you get to watch it. The band shared the final result online after a live chat with fans. It is now available for your viewing pleasure below. How do you think it turned out?

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Folk metallers Heidevolk have found the replacement for Joris Boghtdrincker, who left the band earlier this year after more than ten years in the group. His name is Lars (Bláhrafn) and he is involved in the projects Lost Lament, Godenbloed, Valhaz and Cut Deeper. With their line-up now complete, you can expect a new album next year to follow Batavi.

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Rhapsody Of Fire have just released their new studio album Dark Wings Of Steel in Europe but it will only be available on December 3rd in the US and December 25th in Japan. The album was produced by keyboardist Alex Staropoli, with all songs composed by Staropoli and Manuel Staropoli, with Roberto De Micheli. All lyrics were written by singer Fabio Lione. The effort features a full orchestra, a choir and real string instruments. You can listen to an almost seven-minute preview of all the songs that you find on the album below.

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Prog/power metallers Lanfear have good news to share. The successor to This Harmonic Consonance (2012) is one step closer as the band announced that they will start the recordings of their new album on January 17th, 2014. Lanfear have been focusing on writing new songs for the last few months.

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Quiet Riot announced Scott Vokoun last year as their new vocalist, but that didn't last long. They have now confirmed the addition of former L.A. Guns and Ratt vocalist Jizzy Pearl to the band. He will perform his debut Quiet Riot show on New Year's Eve, December 31st in Flagstaff, Arizona. Moreover, the band is in the studio at the moment preparing their next album to follow Rehab.

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Kiara Laetitia, Italian singer and former frontwoman of the band Skylark, has released a video for the title track of her first solo EP, Fight Now. The clip was directed by Lyda Patitucci and Andrea Fortis and can be seen below.

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Welsh act Bullet For My Valentine recently premiered a brand new track on BBC radio and have since then also made it available online officially for streaming. You can now take a listen to their newest track "Raising Hell" through the Soundcloud widget below.

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The Maryland Deathfest XII line-up just keeps getting better and better. MDF announced a slew of additional confirmed acts that will play in Baltimore next year and there is still more to come, believe it or not. Now the question is: how will your body endure the constant beating?

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