Thirsty for some heavy crushing music? Well, blackened sludge doomsters Primitive Man offer a brand new track, "When Getting High Is Not Enough", available now for streaming through the Pitchfork portal. The song is taken of their split album with Danish black metal/hardcore outfit Hexis, which shall see the light on May 13th via Halo Of Flies Records.

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Heavy metal veterans Skid Row just announced their next release, the follow-up to 2013's United World Rebellion - Chapter One. The new EP, to be released on August 5th in North America via Megaforce Records, on August 4th in Europe and on August 4th in the UK and rest of the world via UDR Music, will be named Rise Of The Damnation Army - United World Rebellion - Chapter Two.

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The wait is over for Agalloch fans. The American folk black metal band just revealed the entire new album The Serpent & The Sphere which is now streaming in full online ahead of its release. You can start off your week by listening to the entire opus here. After you give it a spin, or more, tell us if are pleased with the band's fifth full-length album.

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The black metal band Hate Meditation will become Nachtmystium's Blake Judd main band from now on, it has been announced. The band released their debut Scars in 2013. With The World We Left Behind, to be released in June, as Nachtmystium's final album, Hate Meditation will pick up where Nachtmystium left off.

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Although Hades Almighty's record outputs have been virtually dormant since 2004 when Dark Essence Record re-released their 2001 classic The Pulse Of Decay, things are definitely starting to stir in the band's recording front. Dark Essence Records have renewed their contract and are planning to release a new album from the Norwegian black metallers.

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Post metallers Rosetta have recently detailed their new EP. Currently being mastered, it will be titled Flies To Flame. According to the band, it'll be out later this year in traditional formats ? LP and CD ? on Translation Loss Records. Read all about the first details and tracklist below.

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Northern Ireland's Darkest Era have released a brand new lyric video for "Sorrow's Boundless Realm", the opening track from the band's forthcoming new album Severance, to be released on June 3rd (USA) and June 13th (Europe) via Cruz Del Sur Music. This will be Darkest Era's second full length album after 2011 debut The Last Caress Of Light.

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Devin Townsend just doesn't stop. With the Casualties Of Cool release on the horizon, Devin is already preparing the next one and that will be Ziltoid 2. The recording for the new album has begun and the Casualties Of Cool pledge (currently at 490% !) is also funding the Ziltoid project. Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has confirmed that the drum tracks are done for Ziltoid 2. The theme of the double album is Ziltoid versus the Devin Townsend Project, with both getting their own album.

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Is the Summer Slaughter Tour 2014 coming to a town near you? Find out today. Recently, the organizers finally shared the dates of the tour which will be headlined by Morbid Angel. The Americans will be joined by Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Thy Art Is Murder, Goatwhore, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Within The Ruins and Fallujah. If you want to go, tickets are on sale Friday, May 9th.

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Kahtmayan have faced several line-up changes recently and now drummer Saeed Piltan released a statement on his personal Facebook page announcing his departure from the band as well.

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Californian metallers Helsótt finally have news about their debut album. After releasing the EP Fólkvangr in 2012, they revealed details of the upcoming new release Woven, the band's debut full-length album. Fólkvangr has been re-mixed, re-mastered and included as bonus tracks on the new album. The artwork (available below) was created by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian/Brainstorm, etc). Mark your calendars for July 28th.

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Slipknot's bassist Paul Gray passed away in 2010. He was found dead in a hotel room of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl. Now nearly four years after his passing, the doctor that prescribed him drugs was acquitted of all charges in his involuntary manslaughter case. The Des Moines Register reports that Daniel Baldi, who was facing involuntary manslaughter charges for the deaths of numerous patients including late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, has been acquitted on all seven counts.

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Thrashers Death Angel have released a brand new video for you to enjoy! Taken off their latest opus The Dream Calls For Blood, the video clip is for the album's title track. The band has been touring in support of the record and you can catch them on some European festivals this summer such as Hellfest, Summer Breeze Open Air and Total Metal Open Air, among others. For now, you can watch the band in action on their new video.

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John Garcia is the former singer of American stoner band Kyuss and is currently in Vista Chino as well. However, John Garcia is also venturing on his solo career and his debut will come out on Napalm Records. Beside the release date, also the artwork of his self-titled solo album has now been unveiled. Take a look at it here.

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Chile doom metal band Poema Arcanus has announced a line-up change and see the return of a familiar face to the band. Bassist Juan Pablo "Hueso" Vallejos is returning. After releasing Transient Chronicles last year, the band has been touring and guitarist Igor Leiva Benavides confirmed in an interview earlier this year that Poema Arcanus would begin writing new material probably this year.

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