Southern California-based group Nails released their last album Abandon All Life in 2013 but they are already working on the next one. They have also inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment to release this as-of-yet-untitled third album. Their new full-length is currently tentatively scheduled to be unleashed upon the masses sometime in the first quarter of 2015.

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Today in line-up changes: DragonForce. The band just announced that they have a new drummer, which means Dave Mackintosh has left the band. He will apparently pursue his love of prog rock. Also, former Braindamage and Kill Ritual drummer Gee Anzalone has joined the band. A native of Turin, Italy, Gee is a drum teacher who graduated from the NAMM Academy of Milan.

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French metallers Benighted just premiered their new video for the song "Spit" taken from their current album Carnivore Sublime, released last February on Season Of Mist. And what's so special about it? Well, the clip features label-mate and Shining mastermind Niklas Kvarforth.

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The new Mastodon track is here. It is called "Chimes At Midnight" from their new album Once More 'Round The Sun, which the band had already teased before. Well, now you can listen to the whole new 5-minute song right here through the YouTube clip below.

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Unfortunately, Iced Earth will have to cancel this summer's festivals and headline shows. The group's mastermind and guitarist Jon Schaffer will undergo neck surgery again, for a problem he has sustained for quite some time. He was advised to do the surgery as fast as possible. Hopefully, Schaffer can have a full recovery.

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Three great female metal singers will join forces for a few shows across Europe this year. Liv Kristine, Anneke van Giersbergen and Kari Rueslåtten, will be together on stage. They will perform old material from their past bands, such as The Gathering, The 3rd And The Mortal and Theatre Of Tragedy, as well as some material from their careers as solo artists and also duets.

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Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the critically acclaimed Banger Films documentary Super Duper Alice Cooper on June 3rd, that is today, as DVD, Blu-ray and deluxe limited edition boxed set. You can now watch an extended trailer for Super Duper Alice Cooper which is available below.

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Industrial death metal band Mechina has released a new single. The song is called "To Coexist Is To Surrender" and you can give it a listen down below. While the band released their latest album Xenon this year, Mechina's new single "To Coexist Is To Surrender" is the conceptual preface to The Acheron Trilogy.

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Remember Morgoth? Well, they're a German death metal band. They released a couple of albums in the 1990s including Odium. They reformed in 2010, did some shows, released a live album and took a break in 2012. Now they're working on material for a new studio album.

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American atmospheric sludge metal band The Atlas Moth is streaming their entire third full-length album The Old Believer at this location. Ahead of its release, you can check out the music and enjoy the animations from Daniel Cervantes. Don't miss out!

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Opeth have officially premiered their brand new single today. This is the first taste you'll have of their forthcoming new album Pale Communion. The album pre-orders begin tomorrow. For now, you can listen to "Cusp Of Eternity" streaming at this location. Enjoy it, take it all in and then give us your impressions about it.

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Last year, black metallers Dark Fortress started recording their new album. Now there is more news about the band's next opus. Their 7th studio album is coming on September 1st, 2014 in Europe and Australia/New Zealand and September 2nd, 2014 in North America through Century Media Records. The record will be titled Venereal Dawn and will be a concept album in nine chapters.

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After previously premiering a song from their new EP Decline & Fall, Godflesh are now streaming the entire release online. Decline & Fall sees its official release today in the UK/Europe/Japan. The four-track EP is the first new material from the legendary industrial metal duo in 13 years. Waste no time and stream the whole thing right now over at Bandcamp. Are you pleased with the new EP? Let us know.

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Megadeth released their latest album Super Collider last year but guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine and drummer Shawn Drover are already tracking demo ideas for the next studio record. The band has shared some photos from the studio and you can check them out here. According to the drummer's studio update, they are working on some heavy riffs.

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Classic avantgarde Norwegian black metal band Arcturus has released their entire live album Shipwrecked In Oslo for streaming. This is the first official live audio publication by the band and their first release in eight years. The album comes from their 2005 Sonic Solstice performance in Oslo, which was originally released on DVD. It has been edited and remastered for CD and vinyl release through Finnish label Blood Music with a June 3rd release date.

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