Kauan are back! The Russian folk/doom metallers have been releasing albums in quick succession over the last few years and have now announced Sorni Nai, their seventh album in only eight years. Sorni Nai is a concept album that references and expands upon territory explored in their previous work Pirut, showcasing a single 52-minute long track, twisting through lush string orchestrations into sinister and operatic doom metal. The album will be released on October 20th, 2015 via Blood Music. Find out more about the concept below and check out the cover and tracklist as well.

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Tarja, who is recording a new metal/rock album to follow Colours In The Dark, has also announced her first classical debut solo album. This September 11th, 2015 sees the release of Ave Maria - En Plein Air on earMUSIC. The album features 12 "Ave Maria" songs by a wide variety of composers. Tarja Turunen breathes life into some of the most loved and rare songs of Paolo Tosti, David Popper, Astor Piazzolla, and Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod, among others. The closing track of the album presents a composition by Tarja Turunen herself.

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While there aren't many details about it yet, recording sessions are underway for a new studio album from Drowning Pool. In fact, drummer Mike Luce has already recorded all the drum parts for the new record. After releasing Resilience in 2013, the band didn't waste any time to make another record. You can follow the progress of the recordings on the band's Instagram.

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The Polish black metal duo Mgła have announced the release of Exercises In Futility, due out late summer 2015 through Northern Heritage and No Solace. A new song from the upcoming album, entitled "Exercises In Futility II", can be streamed below.

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Due to matters out of personal reasons, Belgian black metal band Enthroned are saddened to announce they've to drop their performance at the Ukrainian metal festival Carpathian Forest Festival in Lviv, featuring Graveworm, Kampfar, Marduk, Moonspell and Septicflesh, amongst others.

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The Finnish band HIM set up a pleasant surprise for the audience of Qstock festival in Oulu, Finland with a secret performance. The festival had originally booked Ville Valo's solo project Rambo Rimbaud, but Valo and the rest of the band apparently decided otherwise and introduced their new drummer, Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger, on stage. Jukka previously played in the Finnish pop-rock group Herra Ylppö & Ihmiset.

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Fans of New Jersey-based thrash metal veterans Overkill take notice. The group recently inked a new worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records and their first worldwide release on Nuclear Blast will be a special box set, HistoriKill: 1995 - 2007 which will be released on October 16th and will include eleven Overkill albums on 13 CDs and a bonus CD (including demos, remixes and an unreleased cover song) in digi sleeves.

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Dave Wyndorf and his henchmen recently completely rearranged and boosted the album Last Patrol and christened it Milking The Stars: A Reimagining Of Last Patrol. Now Monster Magnet go back even further to 2010 and their Mastermind album. The new release will be called Cobras And Fire (The Mastermind Redux) and the first song "Mastermind '69" is already available here. Enjoy the psychedelic trip!

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Eschatos are facing a line-up change. Jānis Kaneps is no longer the black metal band's keyboardist. The group has officially welcomed Marko Rass to their family as their new keyboardist. Marko has already been with Eschatos since the recording of their new album, The Grand Noir, and now he's joining their live line-up as well.

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Ready or not, here is another new track from Praying Mantis' upcoming album, Legacy! As of now, you can listen to the tune "All I See" by hitting play on the YouTube video below and let us know what you think about the latest track. The heavy metallers are releasing their first new album since 2009's Sanctuary on the 21st of August 2015 via Frontiers Music Srl. Are you convinced?

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Destruktor's new album Opprobrium was released yesterday on Hells Headbangers Records. If you still haven't grabbed the album, you can always listen to it in its entirety right now. It is available for your listening pleasure at Bandcamp. The black/death metallers offer you 7 new tracks. Enjoy and let us know your opinion about the album.

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UK heavy metallers Saxon are busy in the making of a video for the upcoming single "Battering Ram", due out August 28th. "Battering Ram" is the title track from the band's upcoming 21st full-length album, due out October 16th through UDR Music.

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Canadian tech-death metallers Archspire have announced they've been dropped out from the fifth round of Louisville Deathfest, featuring Arsis, Disgorge, Malignancy and Mortal Decay, amongst others, taking place on August 8th.

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Event:	Louisville Deathfest V

US gore metallers Broken Hope are stoked to announce the release of Live Disease, the band's first-ever live DVD. Live Disease was recorded at Brutal Assault Festival in Josefov, Czech Republic on August 8th, 2014, and is due out September 18th through Century Media Records.

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US noisecore act Today Is The Day have announced a month long tour with US black metallers Abigail Williams, taking off September 11th, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and ending on October 16th, in San Francisco, California.

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Event:	Today Is The Day & Abigail Williams: North American Tour 2015