Dutch Doom Days, a doom metal festival which takes place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has announced its first bands for the next edition. Those are Excruciation, a death/doom act from Switzerland, and Hungarian doom/sludge group Magma Rise. Later today, The Wounded Kings were also confirmed. Many more bands will be announced for the fest that will happen from October 31st to November 1st, 2014.

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Event:	Dutch Doom Days XIII

Legendary thrashers Testament have received a lot of backlash after their headlining performance at Kukar Rockin' Fest 2014 in Tenggarong, Indonesia on March 9th. There was an incident involving Testament and the Indonesian band Power Metal, who performed before them. According to a report, Testament's stage crew pulled the plug on Power Metal's cables from their amps during their third song. Chuck Billy appeared on stage and the Indonesian band stepped down. The crowd was upset and sat down during Testament's performance that ended up being cut short. They left the stage and Power Metal later returned to perform. Testament have now released a statement about this justifying the situation with miscommunication and urgency to catch a flight, apologizing to the fans.

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Manowar have cancelled their performance at Germany's Legacy Open Air. Their management explained that the promoter could not meet the financial obligations, and the band will not be able to perform if it can't deliver the production standards the fans expect.

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Death metallers Massacre are about to release their comeback album Back From Beyond. To whet your appetite even more, the Americans have premiered a new animated video for the title track "Back From Beyond". The video for "Back From Beyond" was directed by Doug Cook and animated by Nick Johnson and Ryder McLean. All you have to do is enjoy it below.

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US group Converge will return to Europe in August with support from Swedes Martyrdöd and Okkultokrati. The European trek was recently announced and also features some festival appearances. In other news, you can already listen to the entire Live At The BBC release from the band at Bandcamp. Check out the tour dates below.

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Guitarist Alex Bouks has left the ranks of death metallers Incantation, currently recording their new album to follow Vanquish In Vengeance. The band announced that it is better to go separate ways even though they wish him the best.

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Yes, Vader's new album Tibi Et Igni is coming but first there is usually a single. Today the band revealed that they will indeed be releasing a special 7" single titled "Go To Hell" that includes two songs, "Where Angels Weep" and "Triumph Of Death". Feast your eyes on the fiery cover below.

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Do you want to hear a song from deathgrinders Misery Index's new album The Killing Gods? Today is the day. The band just premiered "Conjuring The Cull" and it is available to stream now here through the Soundcloud player. While the new record will only see its release on May 27th in North America (May 23 worldwide) via Season Of Mist, Misery Index give you "Conjuring The Cull".

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Frontiers Records has revealed all about Timo Tolkki's Avalon's new album. We already knew the guest musicians that will appear on his second album Angels Of The Apocalypse. Now we get to see the cover artwork and much more. Mark your calendars for a release on May 16th in Europe and May 20th in North America. Check out the cover art and tracklist below.

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The waiting period was long after Night Electric Night but its follow-up is coming to you this June. The Swedish outfit Deathstars has finally revealed the details about their long anticipated fourth studio album to be called The Perfect Cult, due out on June 13th via Nuclear Blast Records. You can catch the band live on their Claws Through Europe Tour 2014 which was postponed to September.

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Swedish metallers Avatar have uploaded a new image on their official Facebook page announcing their new album Hail The Apocalypse. The first single and video off the album will drop worldwide on March 17th while you can expect the album on May 12th (Europe), May 13th (USA), May 14th (Scandinavia), May 16th (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). For now, check out the album teaser below.

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Saint Vitus just announced a very special run of live rituals to celebrate their thirty-fifth anniversary. The legendary doom metal icons begin the tour on May 8th in Albuquerque and wind its way through fifteen cities, coming to a close on May 25th in Dallas. The band will be performing their 1986 Born Too Late album - the first Saint Vitus outing to feature the imperious voice of Scott "Wino" Weinrich - in its entirety alongside other renowned hymns.

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Event:	Saint Vitus: 35th Anniversary Tour

Australian power metallers Vanishing Point released their album Distant Is The Sun on March 4th via AFM Records. The band has just announced a new single, for the track "Circle Of Fire", featuring Sonata Arctica's star Tony Kakko. The single, that also includes the Journey cover "Separate Ways", will be released digitally on March 14th.

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Dirge's new opus is called Hyperion. The French sludge band returns with the follow-up to Elysian Magnetic Fields to be released one week from now via Debemur Morti Productions. Luckily, you can listen to the entire piece right now at this location or here. Do you think it is a worthy successor of their last album? Let us know your thoughts about it.

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Armory's latest album, Empyrean Realms, was officially released in Japan and other Asian territories today on March 12th, 2014 through Spiritual Beast. In addition to the nine original songs described as power metal with progressive and heavy metal elements, this Japanese edition of Empyrean Realms includes three cover songs as bonus tracks, Riot's "Thundersteel", Helloween's "Where The Rain Grows", and Virgin Steele's "Love Is Pain".

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