Swedish power metal force HammerFall have announced a partnership with NHL hockey team Minnesota Wild. The players of the NHL team began the 2014-15 season extremely well with two shut-outs against the Colorado Avalanche, and they will get a special heavy metal HammerFall welcome at all the home games at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The team is using an instrumental version of the song "Fury Of The Wild" from the band as an intro.

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US death metal band Abysmal Dawn have released their upcoming album, Obsolescence, for full streaming today. The stream can be heard over at this location. Obsolescence will see an October 28th release date in the United States, with the rest of the world getting it a bit earlier on the 27th. What do you think of the album?

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It's happening again. The Faceless just lost two other members. This time, it was bassist Evan Brewer and drummer Alex "Rudy" Rudinger, who was only in the band since last year. Mastermind Michael "Machine" Keene will have to find other members to replace them. Both musicians have other projects. Evan Brewer has his solo project and Alex "Rudy" Rudinger is the drummer for Conquering Dystopia. It seems like The Faceless looses members every year.

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British metallers Raven have announced recently that they are planning to release a covers album entitled Party Killers as well as a new album with original material. The band just revealed the tracklist of the upcoming covers album which can be seen below. For the record, this album will only be available through November 28th via their Kickstarter campaign which can be found here.

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Czech black metallers Cult Of Fire have just released a brand new track called "Vlatava" and you can check it out right now through the Soundcloud player below. Did you miss the vocals here? Tell us what you think.

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With just a mere week to go till the release of Devin Townsend's new Z² album on the 27th October in Europe and 28th October in the US, the weirdos have revealed a track from the Sky Blue side of the double-album. You can rejoice all you want to the sounds of "Rejoice" here below.

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If you were planning to attend Skeletonwitch's upcoming shows, you will see the band perform without their frontman Chance Garnette. The band is currently touring in North America with Amon Amarth and Sabaton and just released a statement explaining that the vocalist is facing "serious personal matters". The band has decided to finish the tour as a four-piece.

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Florida-based death metal legends Obituary are currently streaming their entire new opus entitled Inked In Blood online. You can give it a listen at this location. Tell us how this stuff compares to the rest of the band's back catalog. The album will be officially released on October 27th in North America, UK, world and Germany, Benelux, Finland on October 24th via Relapse Records.

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And now for something a little bit different! Adam "Nergal" Darski, the frontman of Polish death metal band Behemoth, is pursuing a new venture outside of music and opened a barbershop called "Barberian" in Warsaw (Poland). And it seems like it is attracting a lot of bearded beasts.

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Black Widow is the name of In This Moment's new album. The American band has released a new video to promote it for the single "Sick Like Me". The video was directed by the band's own Maria Brink and Robert Kley. Atlantic Records will release the new album on November 17th. Until then, you can watch the new video below and check out all the details. Did you enjoy this video?

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The official lyric video for the song "Down From The Mountain" from singers Jørn Lande and Russell Allen's fourth Allen/Lande collaborative album, The Great Divide, is now available online. The new opus was released days ago on October 17th in Europe and will be made available today in North America via Frontiers Records.

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Omit have something new to reveal. The band has been busy recording the follow-up of Repose released in 2011 and now the doomsters decided to break the silence and revealed the cover artwork of the upcoming album entitled Medusa Truth Part. 1. The cover artwork is available below. Anxious to hear more of Omit's funeral dirges?

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Chicago death metallers These Are They, fronted by Paul Kuhr, have premiered online "Steeple Of Blood", a brand new song which can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's third full-length album, At The Feast Of Seven Funerals, which will be released on November 17th via The End Records/Unruly Sounds. Check out the track here.

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Finnish alternative/post-metallers Ghost Brigade have recently released the song "Aurora" off their new album IV - One With The Storm that will be released on November 7th (November 11th in North America) 2014 via Season Of Mist. You can enjoy it right here. Tell us about your impressions.

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Here's some good news for At The Gates fans in North America. The fourth installment of the Decibel Magazine Tour just confirmed the Swedish melodeath legends who will join forces with U.S. hardcore heroes Converge and U.K. death/doom supergroup Vallenfyre, with yet one more very special opener to be announced this December. Is that enough to get you excited?

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