Today is the day. Death Angel have released their new album The Dream Calls For Blood today in Europe, and while it only drops on October 14th (UK), and October 15th (North America) through Nuclear Blast, you can stream the entire thing right now. Just click play on the Soundcloud widget below and enjoy it while you can. This is the thrash metallers' seventh studio album. How is their form?

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The Swedes Ghost B.C. are preparing the release of a covers EP called If You Have Ghost, which was produced by Dave Grohl, and will be available worldwide and in stores on November 19th, 2013 via Loma Vista Recordings. The title track "If You Have Ghosts" has already been released by the band for streaming and you can listen to it right here.

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Leisure time does not seem to exist for singer Doro Pesch as she is once again about to face an overwhelming schedule, which has her commute between two worlds: the music business and the movie industry. After vocal recordings in early October in Hamburg, Doro took off to the Swiss mountains this past week to finish working on the sequel of Anuk - Way Of The Warrior, where she is starring in front of director Luke Gasser's camera. Doro will be impersonating warrior Meha, who is fighting dark rivaling hordes with her mountain people in 2,500 BD.

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Six more bands have been confirmed for the Maryland Deathfest XII, which promises to be a highlight next year. The new additions to an already strong line-up are My Dying Bride, playing an exclusive US appearance and the first US show since 1997, The Church Of Pungent Stench, also with an exclusive US appearance and playing an old school setlist of material from their first EP and first three albums, Hooded Menace, Ulcerate, Bölzer with an exclusive US appearance, and Windhand.

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After three years, Living Sacrifice are back with a new album that will be titled Ghost Thief. Solid State Records will release the new effort on November 11th, so mark your calendars. There is still no new music to share at this point but you can view the eerie cover artwork below as well as the tracklist.

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After three years in the making, the wait will finally be over. The female fronted metal band from Finland Memoira has confirmed that their second album Memories, Tragedies, Masquerades, consisting of 11 songs, will be released on November 1st, 2013 independently. Check out the album artwork and tracklist below.

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Good news, black metal enthusiasts. Nightbringer have finished recording their new album which will follow 2011's Hierophany Of The Open Grave. This as-yet-untitled new opus was recorded and mixed at Flatline Audio Studios by Dave Otero. You can expect it to be released by Season Of Mist in 2014. Be prepared!

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Cradle Of Filth announced they were preparing some special things for the 20th anniversary of their debut album The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh including a comic book and here it is. The British metallers will publish the 72-page "adult graphic novel" called The Curse Of Venus Aversa which features a story by singer Dani Filth and New Orleans cult comic book author Kurt Amacker (Dead Souls, The 69 Eyes: Helsinki Vampires), who wrote the final script. It tells the story of a "salacious Victorian poet who faces down authorities, hoards of vampires, an ancient goddess, and his own demons ? all that, after the suicide of his lover Gabrielle."

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If you remember well, Protest The Hero announced that Moe Carlson had left the band and it was Lamb Of God's drummer Chris Adler who recorded the drum tracks for their new album Volition. Now their new drummer has been found and announced. Filling the slot permanently will be Mike Ieradi, a Canadian drummer who plays in The Kindred. Judging by the pic the band shared, he seems to capture the spirit of the band, and fits in really well.

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Another band has decided to disband this year, this time it is Illnath from Denmark. The band's mastermind Peter "Pete" Falk announced that he is no longer interested in melodic extreme metal and the other band members felt it wouldn't make sense to continue the band without the founding member. As a consequence of that, the recent 4 Shades Of Me will be the group's last album and Illnath is now calling it a day.

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Finally some news about Septicflesh's new album. The Greek daemons have entered the Devasoundz Studios in Athens to start recording their upcoming, yet untitled, full-length album. The successor of The Great Mass will contain 10 songs and is expected to be released in North America via Prosthetic Records in early 2014.

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Following their last release Neverworld's End, German symphonic metal act Xandria has just hit the studio this past week to start recording their next album. The yet to be titled new album is going to be the sixth studio album in the band's career. The production is a collaboration with Joost van den Broek (After Forever, Star One, ReVamp, etc.) and Sascha Paeth (Edguy, Epica, Avantasia and many more), joining forces with the group's main composer Marco Heubaum.

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While there hasn't been any new material from Wolves In The Throne Room since 2011's Celestial Lineage, the black metal band has just announced an upcoming live release called BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini. On October 21st, 2011, Wolves In The Throne Room recorded two live tracks at the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Now Southern Lord confirms a special vinyl release of these sessions in North America on November 26th, 2013.

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Psychedelic stoner band Monster Magnet, who recently released a new video, have now made available their new album Last Patrol for streaming online in its entirety. Now is the time to check it out! You can hear the full album here. What do you think about the successor to Mastermind?

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Illdisposed is drummerless for now. They have announced that last Saturday Thomas Jensen confirmed his departure from the band. Thomas has been playing in the band for more than 10 years but somehow lost his motivation to go on. The death metallers wish Thomas all the best for the future and promise to announce a new drummer soon.

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