German power metal superstars Edguy just premiered the new video for the song "Love Tyger", off their upcoming album Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown, due to be released on April 18th (UK April 21st, USA April 29th) via Nuclear Blast Records. The band labeled it as the "most different video clip we actually never shot", so... enjoy the bizarre output below and the new song, of course.

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Revocation have a new record label. The technical metallers from Boston signed a deal with Metal Blade Records. The band has been very productive in terms of new releases and now prepares their next album to follow Revocation, released less than a year ago. Are you excited for the new album?

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Stoner group Corrosion Of Conformity have finally concluded the work on their new album. The band has also confirmed a June 23rd as the European and 24th as the North American release date for IX, as it will be called. Produced by the band and long-time comrade John Custer, the album and lead single "On Your Way" will be available for preorders via ITunes, Amazon, and other popular outlets beginning May 13th.

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UPDATE: It seems like there are new chapters to this story. After an update was posted on As I Lay Dying official website, now it has been revealed by the band's other members that it was not discussed within the band or with the management, implying the statement was released only by Tim Lambesis. On a message posted on guitarist Nick Hipa's Facebook page, all the members of As I Lay Dying except Tim Lambesis explain that this statement was new to them. Well, that was bizarre.

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German metallers Axel Rudi Pell have a fresh new album called Into The Storm released this year in January through SPV/Steamhammer. Have you listened to it? The band has now unleashed a new video for the song "Long Way To Go" online. The video was directed by Tim Assmann and it is available for your viewing pleasure right here.

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As the release date of their new album approaches, Texas-based metal veterans Helstar have unveiled an album trailer including excerpts from all nine songs on this wicked new record called This Wicked Nest. This is your chance to hear more new material. Enjoy it in the YouTube clip below.

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Swedish death/thrash metallers Carnal Forge have announced the release of a new single. After returning from hiatus last year, their hard work is now coming to fruition. You can check out the front cover of their new single When All Else Fails below. It will include the new songs "Chemical Disincorporation" and "Bleed For Me."

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The Japanese trio Boris are preparing to release another album and this one is called Noise. While the record will only come out on June 17th everywhere (except Japan) via Sargent House, today you can listen to a brand new song titled "Quicksilver". Click play on the Soundcloud player below and tell us what you think about the seven-minute track. Moreover, below you also find all the album details. Dig in!

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The Skull, the new band featuring original members Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums) of American doom metal legends Trouble alongside longtime Trouble bassist Ron Holzner and Sacred Dawn guitarist Lothar Keller, previously announced the release of their debut album and now they are streaming two new singles. If you are curious about this project, you can now listen to "Sometime Yesterday Mourning" and the 1983 Metal Massacre IV re-make of "The Last Judgment", which are now available below.

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The Americans Machine Head started to announce the first round of tour dates in 2014 for North America and Europe as well. The Killers & Kings Tour will serve as an album primer for more dates in November/December, but more importantly it will hit numerous cities that Machine Head hasn't headlined in for over a decade, or in several cases, never headlined, or even played, at all. Machine Head are currently in the studio recording their eighth album for a summer 2014 release.

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The end might be near for gothic metallers Tiamat. The veteran band will lose its frontman since Johan "Hellslaughter" Edlund announced that he is leaving the group. He posted a message on the band's Facebook page explaining that his health no longer allows him to continue and if the band wants to move on without him, it's their decision. Johan will still perform on the summer festivals and then it's over, at least for him.

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Queens Of The Stone Age have teamed up with director Hiro Murai (Childish Gambino, St. Vincent) and just unveiled their new cinematic video for the song "Smooth Sailing," the latest single from their most recent album ...Like Clockwork. Watch the video below. "Smooth Sailing" "follows QOTSA's Joshua Homme and cohorts on a delirious adventure that blossoms from garden variety drunken shenanigans to possibly the most nightmarishly accurate live action interpretation of a QOTSA song to date."

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We already knew that the veteran technical thrashers Toxik were preparing a new album and now things are shaping up. The reformed band is currently in the mixing stages of what will be their third album. And the title of their comeback release will be... In Humanity.

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Having released new material from Stilla and Skogen, Nordvis Produktion now presents the signing of Dråpsnatt. The black metal duo from northern Sweden have three albums to their name before signing on with Nordvis; 2009's I Denna Skog, 2010's Hymner Till Undergången and the 2012 release Skelepht. Besides procuring the rights for two upcoming albums, the first of which is planned to be recorded in the summer of 2014, the deal also means that their 2010 album Hymner Till Undergången will be re-released by Nordvis in the coming months. Stay tuned for more news regarding this in the near future.

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Belgian extreme metallers Aborted are excited to announce that they will be returning to Australia, where they will be touring in June together with the Australian tech-death machine Psycroptic. The opening act on this tour will be The Schoenberg Automaton. The list of tour dates is available below.

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Event:	Aborted & Psycroptic: The Necrotic Repression Australian Tour 2014