Following a statement from his Facebook page, it has been announced that guitarist Jonathan Nido and drummer Luc Hess will leave The Ocean after their current European tour with Shining (NOR), Hacride and Tides From Nebula. The reasons include "artistic divergence", full-time commitment to a project which is not fulfilling anymore, among other things. Both of them, alongside bassist Louis Jucker, are part of the project Coilguns as well.

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Toxic Holocaust promise your brain will be fried with their new video for "Acid Fuzz". Now that their new output Chemistry Of Consciousness has been unleashed unto the masses, you can enjoy the new animated video from the thrash metal band which was created by director/animator Adam Avilla. It is quite a trip.

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There are only a couple days left before the release of Dutch proggers Sky Architect's new album A Billion Years Of Solitude and the band has released a video to ease the waiting period. The group chose the song "Tides" to present in the form of a clip available for your viewing pleasure below. Enjoy!

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France's Year Of No Light have a new song for us to hear from their new album Tocsin. The song is called "Stella Rectrix", it is almost 13-minutes long and you can stream it over here. Tocsin will be the band's third album and it will hit the stores on November 29th via Debemur Morti Productions. How do you like the new tune?

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Rush have premiered an audio recording of the song "2112", taken from the upcoming Clockwork Angels Tour release which can now be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The live recording is taken from a concert recorded last year. The Toronto trio performed "2112" as the final song of its encore in Dallas, Texas, last November. The Clockwork Angels tour, in support of the band's 19th studio album, incorporated many songs from the 1980s they hadn't performed in years. The shows also featured a live string section, a first for the band.

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Tuomo Lassila, the founder of the legendary Finnish power metal band Stratovarius, will join his old bandmate Timo Tolkki for the recording of the drums and percussion parts on the second album of Timo Tolkki's Avalon Metal Opera. Previously, it was also announced that the first singer from the cast would be Simone Simons of Epica. The new album is expected to drop next year.

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On February 11th, 2012, Mastodon took the stage at London's O2 Academy, Brixton capping off the band's world tour for their fifth studio album The Hunter. This sold out performance was the band's first show at Brixton. In addition to performing their latest songs "Curl Of The Burl," "Black Tongue," and "Dry Bone Valley", the band dug into their catalog performing "Colony Of Birchmen," "Capillarian Crest," and "Iron Tusk." The band will now be releasing Live At Brixton digitally on December 10th, 2013.

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After previously unleashing the song "Chill My Bones" off of their new album Legions, thrash metal band Artillery unveiled today another brand new song, namely "Wardrum Heartbeat". If you want to hear more new songs, don't hesitate to check out the lyric video below which also features some footage recorded in the studio.

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Aussies Thy Art Is Murder have just premiered their new video for the song "Purest Strain Of Hate". This song is from their second album Hate, released via Nuclear Blast. The deathcore band has also announced a mainland Europe trek for next January and a UK tour. All the dates can be found below where you can also watch their new video.

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Long Distance Calling have recently announced The Flood Inside Tour Part 2 and "An evening with Long Distance Calling" shows for January and February next year. The band will be presenting their new album The Flood Inside released this year. The Flood Inside Tour will feature support from Junius (US) and Wolves Like Us (Norway). The group will also play three exclusive "An evening with Long Distance Calling" shows in January, featuring an extended set with LDC classics as well as old stuff that they haven't played in a while and potentially some brand new stuff. Check out the dates and see if you are lucky below.

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American black metallers Profanatica have a new album ready for release next month. It is called Thy Kingdom Cum and it is their third album after 2010's Disgusting Blasphemies Against God. But you won't have to wait any longer to listen to their new creation because it is available for streaming in its entirety on the label's Bandcamp page.

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The starting line-up for next year's Trondheim Metal Fest in Norway has been revealed. The Trondheim Metal Fest is celebrating their 5th year anniversary in 2014, and moving the festival to the biggest conference hotel in Norway, Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim.

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Reunited brutal death metal band Skinless have recently welcomed new guitarist Dave Matthews to their ranks. Matthews will join founding guitarist, Noah Carpenter for a dual guitar attack. Skinless reformed earlier this year under the original Progression Towards Evil lineup featuring Carpenter, Webber, bassist Joe Keyser and drummer Bob Beaulac. A new and improved Skinless will bring their sonic devastation to the stage this December in Denver, Colorado for the first annual Black Sky gala. Following that, Skinless will punish upstate New York with two already sold out shows at the Upstate Concert Hall. Additional dates to be announced in the coming weeks.

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With the release of the new album Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls set for next Tuesday, October 29th, in Europe and November 12th in North America via Agonia Records, Glorior Belli are currently streaming the full new album online. So, if you still haven't listened to it, waste no more time and click play on the Soundcloud widget below. Enjoy!

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I, Voidhanger Records has announced the signing of US underground black metallers, the revived Chaos Moon. After a couple of EPs and two albums released in 2007 (Origin Of Apparition and Languor Into Echoes, Beyond), in 2011 singer/guitarist Alex Poole decided to put Chaos Moon to sleep forever. Later he joined Krieg and gave birth to Esoterica and Lithotome. Then in 2013 Poole realized it was time to wake his oldest creature up. Start off your Sunday with atmospheric black metal by listening to the new song "Bloodfall" here from the upcoming album.

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