Belgian blackened sludge metallers Alkerdeel and mastermind Mories from Gnaw Their Tongues decided to join forces to record 20 minutes of horror, doom and filthy black metal. Did you expect something else from these guys? Dyo Dyo Asema will be available in November, 2013 via Consouling Sounds on CD and limited vinyl with edged B-side. Now you can also check out a teaser of this release below.

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Female-fronted gothic metallers from Norway Tristania are delighted to announce that they will be supporting Swedes Dark Tranquillity on their upcoming headlining European Construct Tour this November/December. Tristania will be performing in support of their latest critically acclaimed album, Darkest White, which was released on May 31st through Napalm Records.

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The Black Dahlia Murder will be embarking on a headlining tour across North American this coming Fall. Joining them on this tour will be Skeletonwitch, Fallujah, Noisem (10/24 - 11/19), and Wolvhammer (11/20 - 11/27). The Black Dahlia Murder will be touring in support of their latest new album Everblack, released on June 11th via Metal Blade Records. The tour will begin on October 24th in Cleveland, OH and ends on November 27th in Flint, MI. Check out the complete list of confirmed dates and tour flyer below.

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Norwegian black metallers Sarkom are pleased to announce that they have inked a two-album deal with Dark Essence Records. The band is currently working on their third full-length album, entitled Doomsday Elite, which will be released later this year. More exact details will follow soon.

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Swedish death metal veterans Grave present the new official lyric video for the song "Venial Sin". The track comes off the band's new five-song EP, Morbid Ascent, which will be released as a limited 12-inch MLP (with full-color, 180-gram vinyl and full-color inlay) as well as digital download. Both digital download and vinyl version will be available from August 26th through Century Media Records.

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Arjen Lucassen, aka Ayreon, has recently uploaded some more excerpts from the new album The Theory Of Everything on YouTube, revealing the first guest singer. This post was a part of the "guessing contest" on his Facebook page, and more excerpts with other singers are awaited soon. Regarding the first part, the majority of fans instantly guessed Marco Hietala ( Tarot, Nightwish, Northern Kings) which has been confirmed today as the first guest on the album. The video can be found below.

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Currently celebrating ten years of blackened thrash metal, Skeletonwitch are proud to unveil details about the band's upcoming release Serpents Unleashed. Set for release in North America on October 29th (October 28th Europe/UK, October 25th Germany), the follow-up to 2011's Forever Abomination was recorded earlier this year at GodCity Studio with Kurt Ballou ( Converge, Trap Them, High On Fire). Down under you can also check out the new cover artwork, tracklist and behind the scenes studio tracking footage.

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Finnish melodic death metal act Omnium Gatherum present another new music video online, this time for the track "The Sonic Sign". This is the band's third official video from their latest album Beyond, released back in February this year. The video was directed and edited by Olli-Pekka Lappalainen. Director of photography was Tapio Aulu, and the video was shot by Teemu Saarinen. The actor in the video is Tomi Pietilä.

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This autumn, Italian stoner/doom metal band Ufomammut will head out on the Magickal Mastery European Tour, a journey through fifteen years of music, performing songs from Godlike Snake through Oro (Opus Primum and Opus Alter) in a new light. Check out the complete list of tour dates below the tour trailer.

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Swedish sludge/post-metal band Cult Of Luna set September 17th, 2013 as the release of their new upcoming EP, Vertikal II, through Density Records. The 4-track release contains over 30 minutes of music and is already available for pre-order.

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Mesopotamian black/thrash pioneers Melechesh have announced that they are working hard on pre-productions for the band's upcoming new album, the successor to The Epigenesis (2010). Furthermore the band also parted ways with long time guitarist and close friend Moloch and drummer Xul.

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Ensiferum bassist Sami Hinkka announced that he will not be performing with the rest of the band at the upcoming festivals this coming weekend: Rockstad: Falun and Summer Breeze Open Air. Replacing him on these two shows will be Jukka-Pekka Miettinen, the former bassist of the band.

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"Mon Amour Mon Ami", the new official music video by Swedes Therion, is now exclusively available for viewing below. The song is taken from their latest album Les Fleurs Du Mal, released back in September, 2012. This album consists of a collection of covers of old French chansons and pop songs.

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Týr's new album Valkyrja is incoming. After streaming the album opener "Blood Of Heroes" (listen to it here), the band is now giving fans the chance to enjoy the second track of the album, "Mare Of My Night". You can listen to the song by heading out here or check it out below through the YouTube player. Valkyrja will be released on September 17th and will be the first album, released by Metal Blade Records.

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Czech grindmeisters !T.O.O.H.! have released their upcoming album, Democratic Solution, for free download. Enjoy the band's swansong here.

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