If you like Ayreon and particularly the 2004 double album The Human Equation, you might find this interesting. It's The Human Equation Theater Experience. Yvette Boertje is putting together a theatrical version of The Human Equation with an awesome cast and band for three shows in the fall of 2015 in The Netherlands. Some of the performers confirmed so far include vocalists who sang on the record. Arjen Lucassen himself does not perform, but he does endorse the project.

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Today, the Canadian melodic death metal band Kälter announced via their official Facebook page that the band is breaking up. With only two albums released so far, Spiritual Angel and 2012's Ubuntu (nominated for Best Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal Album on Metal Storm Awards 2012), Kälter now bids farewell.

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After their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Avatarium are already working on new music. A new EP is in the works and the drum recordings are underway with Lars Sköld. The band hasn't revealed much about this new EP yet, but you can probably expect to know more soon. For now, all we know is that Avatarium are working on a new EP.

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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have released a lyric video of their brand new track "Was Bleibt Bin Ich." The song is taken from the upcoming double album Tief.Tiefer, which is set to be released on May 30th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out here below. While you previously had the chance to listen to "Freiheit Gleichheit Brüderlichkeit," now you have another new song to enjoy.

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Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Pacific Northwest death/doom/sludge quartet Usnea. The band has recently entered Haywire Studios with Jared "Fester" to record their sophomore full-length and Relapse debut, which is planned for a late 2014 release.

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Things have gone sour for guitarist Jim Root. The Stone Sour member is out of the band. When asked about the fact that he wouldn't be playing with the band in some summer shows on his Instagram account, Root replied: "I'm not in that band anymore. Not my decision. Not happy about it." The band promptly issued a statement on their Facebook page about the matter. While Jim Root suggests he was fired, Stone Sour are not explaining why it happened, only that "it's best for both bands." Jim Root is also one of the current guitarists for Slipknot.

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After hearing some excerpts from One And All, Together, For Home, the folk compilation featuring international metal artists gathered by Drudkh mastermind Roman Sayenko, you can now hear the entire piece ahead of its release on May 23rd (May 27th in North America) through Season Of Mist. You can stream it here, at this location or over here, among other options. Enjoy the compilation now and tell us your impressions about it.

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Heavy metallers U.D.O. will soon unleash the live release Steelhammer - Live From Moscow on May 23rd (June 10th in the US) via AFM Records as a DVD/2CD, Blu-ray/2CD and limited triple vinyl (tricolor, limited to 500 units only). The first preview of the release has recently been unveiled. As a teaser, the live clip for "Trip To Nowhere" is available below.

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Doom bringers Bongripper have announced the release of their new full-length Miserable. While it will be released this summer (around July/August), until then you can stream below one of the three new tracks, called "Endless." Check out the album's artwork here as well. How about that 17-minute song?

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As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis has been sentenced to six years in prison in a San Diego Superior Courtroom for attempting to hire a hit man to kill his wife. In February, the singer pleaded guilty to soliciting an undercover cop to murder Meggan Lambesis, whom he had married eight years prior and adopted three children with. At the time, he faced up to nine years in prison. According to Radio.com, the verdict was handed down as more than three dozen people, out of the 80-plus spectators present, wore yellow felt hearts in support of Meggan Lambesis. Three of Lambesis' bandmates - Nick Hipa, Phil Sgrosso and Josh Gilbert - were present at the sentencing.

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The good news just keep coming in for Eluveitie fans. After revealing the first details of their new album Origins, the Swiss band is excited to bring their new Origins World Tour to North America in September/October, and promises to make every single night one to remember. The band will present new material and bring a hand-picked line-up featuring their friends from the Faroe Islands, Týr, and Metsatöll from Estonia.

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Uriah Heep have released a brand new video for their new song "One Minute." This is the first single from the upcoming Outsider, the new record of the hard rockers. Outsider will be released on June 6th in Europe, June 9th in the UK and June 10th in North America on Frontiers Records. For starters, you can listen to this new song now and also discover the new album details below.

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The death metal supergroup Nader Sadek has released a new video. The project released the debut In The Flesh in 2011 and now, three years later, Nader Sadek has re-recorded the song "Mechanic Idolatry" as "Re:Mechanic" and shot a new video for it. You can now watch it below.

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Belarus doom gothic metal band Diathra has announced its new album. It will be called Fascinating Impulses and is coming soon on Stygian Crypt Productions. So far, the band has unveiled the front cover of the record. Take a look at it right here!

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After sharing the details of their first album in four years, Sonic Syndicate debut a new track today. You can finally hear an example of what the band has to offer this time around. The group's upcoming fifth studio album will be self-titled and you can hear "'Black Hole Halo" right this minute.

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