Time for another bunch of news from the Timo Tolkki's Avalon camp. The new album will be released around May 2014, and in that month an European tour will also start, while recordings are currently taking place in East Sound Studios in Helsinki, Finland. In March, a single and a promotional video for it will be released: and they will feature no less than Nightwish and ReVamp vocalist Floor Jansen, who will play the leading role in the successor of The Land Of New Hope. Floor adds to the guest artists already announced, as Epica singer Simone Simons and ex-Stratovarius drummer and keyboardist Tuomo Lassila and Antti Ikonen.

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In case you didn't know, German power metallers Stormwarrior are releasing a new album next year, more precisely on January 24th via Massacre Records. The group has also recently unveiled the cover art that will grace the opus Thunder & Steele as well as the tracklist. You can take a look at both below.

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Melodic death metallers Words Of Farewell released their debut album Immersion last year. In the last few months, the band has been working on its follow-up and recording new material at Metallurgy Tonstudio. Now the recording process has finally been concluded so watch out for the upcoming Words Of Farewell release. More details should be revealed soon.

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American metallers Catalepsy have released an official announcement explaining that the band has come to an end. Abomination Of Desolation, the band's third album, will then be their last. The band was uncertain about the future but the members are focusing solely on other projects, and so Catalepsy is no more.

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Danish blackened hardcore act Hexis have unleashed "Sequax", from the band's upcoming album Abalam, due out January 11th, 2014 through MusicFearSatan, Halo Of Flies and Narshardaa. Enjoy the new song, together with the recently revealed artwork, below.

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French avantgarde black metallers Way To End have recently revealed a couple of changes within their line-up. The band parted ways with guitarist Rust and drummer Decay. Both have been part of the band from the very beginning (2006). Way To End already announced new members, who will fill the empty spots, and have already begun to rehearse on new material for the upcoming release. Check out the official statement below.

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The Ocean have been going through many line-up changes lately. Guitarist Jonathan Nido and drummer Luc Hess announced they were leaving the band and now a new guitar player has been revealed. Damian Murdoch will be The Ocean's new guitarist for all upcoming shows and tours next year. Jonathan Nido and Luc Hess' last show was in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Canadian avantgarde metallers Voivod have shared a new video. It is their second off the latest Target Earth album and can now be viewed here. The video was directed by Syl Disjonk, known for his short horror film, Ethereal Chrysalis. The director of photography was JP Bernier (Despised Icon). The video originally premiered at Philip H. Anselmo's Housecore Horror Film Festival in October in Austin, Texas. Check out the video for the giant in the woods "Kluskap O'Kom".

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The first song off Ghost Empire, Caliban's brand new album, has been unveiled. The band has launched the song "Devil's Night", available for streaming at this location. You can now have the first taste of the new opus that follows I Am Nemesis.

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Australian doomsters The Eternal have posted online the second video from their new album When The Circle Of Light Begins To Fade. This time the chosen song was ''Circle Of Light'' and you can enjoy it in all of its glory below. The album has been out since August. This is the opening track.

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After being quiet for a long time, the Norwegians Manes are releasing a compilation called Teeth, Toes And Other Trinkets via Debemur Morti Productions on January 17th, 2014. The group is currently streaming "One More Room" through the Soundcoud player available below for you to enjoy.

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Swiss metallers Neosis have recently released their first music video for the song "Unwilling Fate". The song is taken from their only album so far, the debut Neosis. You can discover the band through the video below. The clip was directed and produced by Renaud Kritzinger. The group is currently in the process of composing their second album.

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One and a half year after the Black Flag album, it's time to announce the new upcoming piece of work by Hungarian metallers Ektomorf. New album will be entitled Retribution, and is set to be released on January 31st, 2014 via AFM Records. Other album details, such as cover artwork and tracklist can checked out below.

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The release of Legion Of The Damned's new album is fast approaching. To help with the wait, the thrash/death metal band from The Netherlands has recently unleashed a preview of all the tracks to be featured on Ravenous Plague. It is not much, but at least it gives you an idea of what to expect come January 3rd in Europe (January 7th in North America) when Napalm Records releases it. Enjoy the riff bombardment.

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The nominees for the 56th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on January 26th, 2014 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, have been revealed last night and the Best Metal Performance includes the likes of Anthrax, Black Sabbath, Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage and Volbeat featuring King Diamond.

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