With the new album Traveller set for release next month, Jorn start revealing new music and now debuted a video for the title track "Traveller" online. You can have another taste of the new album below. Jorn is of course fronted by the legendary singer Jørn Lande which promises the album will be heavy, melodic and experimental.

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Hacride are ready to start promoting their new and fourth album Back To Where You've Never Been released in April. The progressive metal band has announced a string of European and Indian shows. You can confirm if they are heading your way below.

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Source:	indierecordings.net
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Nemertines, aka Sabrin Scissor, seems to release albums/EPs nonstop with no creative difficulty. The latest album Death, My Love was officially released in March and there is already new material available. Nemertines is calling it Full Black and you can stream it entirely at this location.

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Surprise, surprise. Dødheimsgard (DHG) haven't released any new material for a while but now announced the release of a new album in October 2013 after a six year break. Apparently, a record deal has been inked and material has been written not for one, but two albums which will be released one year apart from each other. The band has not yet disclosed any further details, but more information is to be revealed soon.

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Summoning have recently released a band update divulging the releases it has planned for the upcoming months and next year. Apart from the release of their new album Old Mornings Dawn, the EP Nightshade Forests and the album Oath Bound will be released on vinyl this year. In 2014, Lost Tales will also be released on vinyl as well as six unreleased songs from the Old Mornings Dawn sessions. Summoning are also planning to "fall asleep again" at the end of next year implying that they will return to a state of inactivity.

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Illnath have had their share of vocalists, Mona Beck being the latest. However, she has been replaced by Marika Hyldmar, the symphonic metallers have now announced. Illnath also released a video featuring the new singer taking on the song "Ravenous Crows". You can check out her skills below. The band decided to stop working with Mona Beck due to "some band related discrepancies", which is not vague at all.

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Derrick Schneider has been announced as the new lead singer of progressive/power metallers Dark Empire. He replaces Brian Larkin which was in the band for the last three years. Apart from this line-up change, the band is preparing their fourth album. You can have a taste of what the group has been working on below.

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After being dormant for a while, funeral doom metal band Wijlen Wij begun working on a new album and now have revealed exciting news. Their second album will be titled Coronachs Of The Ω. The first track of the album, called "...Boreas" is now available for your listening pleasure on the Soundcloud player below as a taster of things to come. All the new tracks were sent to 322 studio for mastering and the album is planned to be released in 2014.

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It has been a very long time since we have heard something from Skepticism. Finally, these funeral doom masters have some pretty good news for doom metal sympathizers as they have announced that they are currently working on new material for a possible release at the end of 2014. The band is also waiting for offers and possibilities to perform live shows across Europe or the United States. More information and details will (hopefully) follow soon.

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US industrialists Fear Factory have recently confirmed a string of tour dates across Australia for this coming July. For this tour, the band has also announced that they will be playing their classic album Demanufacture in its entirety and for the first time since their existence. Demanufacture was released back in 1995.

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Event:	Fear Factory: Australian Tour 2013

Canadian thrashers Annihilator have announced a bunch of new European tour dates, scheduled for this coming summer and fall. All dates confirmed for the summer are festival appearances, while dates for October and November are booked for a headlining European tour. Check out the complete list of confirmed tour dates below.

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Event:	Annihilator: European Fall Tour 2013

Having recently released their sixth full-length Blodsvept, Finntroll performed at a handful of exclusive release shows in May and now announce a full-on tour in Europe for September/October. You can expect to hear old and new classics. Their friends Týr from the Faroe Islands and Skálmöld from Iceland will support them on the party. Moreover, a US tour will follow in November and the Canadian fans can see the band in August in Toronto and also Montreal for the Heavy MTL Festival.

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UK's Bullet For My Valentine released a new album this year titled Temper Temper. Judging by the album ratings on MS, some people were disappointed with it. Either way, Bullet For My Valentine has recently released a new video for the song "P.O.W.". It is available for viewing here.

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Devilstone Open Air 2013 is heating up. The Swedish extremists Shining are the latest confirmation of the festival. Niklas Kvarforth and company are renowned for wacky musical experiments and scandalous madness on stage.

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Event:	Devilstone Open Air 2013

Discovering new bands can be very gratifying. In that spirit, you can now check out Cerebrum which are about to release their second opus Cosmic Enigma this coming May 27th via Amputated Vein Records but the full album is already available online here. The album features George Kollias of Nile on drums.

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