Dutch symphonic metallers Delain have announced more shows on their We Are The Others European Tour, including two shows in Russia. Support on the road will come from Diabulus In Musica.

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Norwegian heavy metallers Jorn have released the first video clip for the song "Bring Heavy Rock To The Land", taken from the band's upcoming album Bring Heavy Rock To The Land, due to be released on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America via Frontiers Records. The video was directed by Thomas Tjäder and can be seen below. More album details were previously reported here.

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Norwegian metallers Aeternus are set to enter Bergen's Conclave and Earshot Studios in June together with producer Bjornar E. Nilsen (Vulture Industries, Black Hole Generator) to begin recording the band's seventh full length album. The album, to be titled And The Seventh His Soul Detesteth, will be released on Dark Essence Records later this year.

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Source:	patriciathomasmanagement.com
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Psych Minus Space Control, the fifth full-length album from Norwegian black metal one-man band Furze, is currently streaming in its entirety at this location. The album was released on May 11th on vinyl and CD via Fysisk Format. The die hard fan vinyl version in 200 copies on red vinyl with numbered logbook is available here.

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Source:	earsplitcompound.com
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Check out below the trailer for a short film titled "The Ballad Of Danko Jones". The short film will be featured on the Canadian hard-rocker Danko Jones' upcoming new DVD called Bring On The Mountain: The Complete Visual History Of The Hardest-Working Band In Rock n' Roll. The DVD is set to be released on June 13th via Bad Taste Records. The trailer for the documentary to be featured on the DVD is also available for viewing here.

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Melbourne's industrial metallers Synthetic Breed have posted a new lyric video online for the track "Dimension Zero", which can be viewed in the YouTube player below. "Dimension Zero" comes off the band's upcoming EP titled Zero Degrees Freedom, due out on May 29th as a digital download, CD, and as a limited edition USB stick via Rogue Records. The EP will consist of three 're-worked' Perpetual Motion Machine tracks, one Catatonic track plus one previously unreleased, new song.

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Trond "Trondr Nefas" Bråthen, guitarist and vocalist of Norwegian black metal band Urgehal has passed away, reports Season Of Mist, the band's label.

The following statement was posted on the label's official Facebook page: "We are deeply sorry to announce that Urgehal guitarist / vocalist Trondr Nefas just passed away. More news and official statement to follow soon. RIP."

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German death/thrash metallers Dew-Scented have announced new line-up changes. The band comments: "The new line-up (re-)introduces Marvin Vriesde (Severe Torture, ex Blo.Torch) as main guitarist and songwriter."

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Source:	dew-scented.net
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Official Nuclear Blast press release:

Nuclear Blast feels honoured to welcome Swedish doom metal kings Witchcraft to the family!

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
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Bay-area thrash legends Testament have revealed more details about their upcoming full-length titled Dark Roots Of Earth, including the album cover, tracklist and release date.

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Phil Anselmo (Down, Pantera) is currently working on his first solo album. In a recent interview, Anselmo talked about his upcoming solo project where he did not just write all of the songs, but also produced them in his studio Housecore Records. Anselmo states that the most probable time of release is at the end of this year. He also calls his debut solo effort "one of the most intense things I've done, ever". Musicians that helped him with the album are Marzi Montazeri on guitar, with whom Anselmo played in Superjoint Ritual, on drums Jose Manuel Gonzales of Warbeast and on bass Bennett Bartley.

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Turkish heavy metallers Mezarkabul (aka Pentagram) have released a new video for the song "Geçmisin Yükü", taken from the band's latest album MMXII. The video was directed by Ketche and has premiered at the Turkish channel Dream TV, where you can watch it. Alternatively, you can watch the video at the band's Facebook page.

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Paris-based sludge/doom act Eibon has recently released a new video clip for "Entering Darkness", the title track off the band's latest album released through Aesthetic Death Records in 2010. Check out the video below. Eibon features former members of death metal act Drowning and pioneering French doomers from Garden Of Silence and Astral Rising.

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Source:	eibonmetal.com
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Guitarist Slash has just released his new video taken off his second solo album, Apocalyptic Love. The new album is due to be released on May 22nd via his own label Dik Hayd International and distributed through EMI. The new video, "You're A Lie", was filmed in early April at Lot 28 at Universal Studios in California with director Anthony Leonardi III. The video can be seen below.

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US symphonic black metallers Vesperian Sorrow have recently released their new album Stormwinds Of Ages in partnership with The Path Less Traveled Records. The band is streaming the title track from the album on their website.

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Source:	vesperiansorrow.net
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