UPDATE: [Thanks to andreosokin]: As some of you already know, new guests have been announced for Ayreon's new double album The Theory Of Everything. As usual, Arjen Anthony Lucassen is surrounded by a constellation of stars and this time it is no different. Since the last update, Arjen has announced three new guests: progressive rock legend keyboardist Rick Wakeman (Yes), the first female singer is Cristina Scabbia ( Lacuna Coil) and the final keyboardist is Jordan Rudess ( Dream Theater).

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Japan's Church Of Misery will release a new DVD next month titled Terror In Tokyo, which sounds appropriate. Terror In Tokyo is Church Of Misery's third DVD and the first to ever be available outside of Europe or Japan and also the first since 2007's Live In Red, Eurotour 2005. Along with the main feature, there is some extra misery as the entire set from the 2012 Maryland Death Fest has been added as bonus material.

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Invisible Oranges broke the news last night that Joey LaCaze, drummer and one of the founders of American sludge metallers Eyehategod, has passed away. No further details have been disclosed so far and the band is yet to issue an official statement at this point. Eyehategod recently completed a tour of Europe and were preparing for a string of dates in celebration of their 25th anniversary. RIP...

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The veterans Running Wild are releasing the new album Resilient this upcoming October and the album cover is now out in the open. You can feast your eyes on it below. The new album will feature ten new tracks and is scheduled for release on regular CD on October 7th, 2013 (Germany: October 4th, USA: October 8th), and two additional bonus tracks and a poster will be included on the limited version of the album.

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Some time has passed since The Vision Bleak's last album and the curiosity for the new material is rising. So, it is only natural that the gothic metal band previews new music and they have done just that. It is finally time to listen to "The Wood Hag", the first song premiered off their new witchcraft concept album Witching Hour. Enjoy the new song below.

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Europeans didn't have many chances last year to see the Death To All tour but this year their luck is changing. DTA will tour Europe for the first time. The Death line up will consist of Sean Reinert ( Cynic) - drums, Paul Masvidal ( Cynic) - guitar, Steve DiGiorgio ( Autopsy, Testament, Iced Earth) - bass and Max Phelps ( Cynic) - guitar and vocals. The setlist will feature most of the songs from the Human album plus other Death classics. It already looks like a fun night in perspective but there is more: direct support will come from German tech death heroes Obscura whose singer/guitarist Steffen Kummerer was asked to be vocalist on the first Death-tribute shows in 2012, but couldn't take the job due to visa issues. Also on the tour will be DarkRise.

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Vermis from extreme metallers Ulcerate is one of the most anticipated albums of the year. The band has previously released "Confronting Entropy" as the first taste of new material and now we get to taste it a little bit more. The New Zealand band is streaming "Weight Of Emptiness" and you can lose yourself in the abyss at this location.

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In case you didn't know, symphonic metallers Unshine have a new album coming out called Dark Half Rising which will be released precisely tomorrow via Massacre Records. The band is currently streaming snippets of all the tracks over here and you can also listen to the new song "The Blood Of Ardennes" below to get an idea of what it will sound like.

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Lalu, not to be confused with Lulu, has premiered a brand new song from their new album, the second so far. The French progressive metal band is streaming "Bast" which features Peter Wildoer ( Darkane, James LaBrie) on growls. You can listen to the track below. What do you think about it?

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Long time no see Vanden Plas. Three years have passed since the release of The Seraphic Clockwork, the band's latest album, and today there's finally some news about what's next for the power/prog metallers. Be prepared for a new Vanden Plas album next year, more precisely in January. The band has been recording new material and preparing the new release.

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Taiwanese melodic black metallers Chthonic have premiered another video off their latest album Bú-Tik released this year. The new video for "Set Fire To The Island" directed by Hoiji Huang and Alulu Kuo features live footage from last year's Mass Battle concert in Taiwan and serves as a teaser for their pending Next Republic Asia Tour 2013. Enjoy!

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UPDATE: Well, it didn't take long for Century Media to do what Deicide had promised: reveal some more about the new album. We now know the title and the tracklist of the death metallers new release. It will be called In The Minds Of Evil and you can expect to hear it this fall.

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Good news for Gehenna fans arrived today. Having kept us waiting since their 2005 release of WW, the black metal band has now announced their new album Unravel. You can already feast your eyes on the album artwork below. The new album only comes out on October 14th via Indie Recordings.

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Trivium are preparing the release of their upcoming new album Vengeance Falls for October 15th. Now the group is streaming another new song, this time it is a song called "Strife" which the band has debuted live as well. You can listen to it through the YouTube clip available below. Vengeance Falls was produced by David Draiman ( Disturbed, Device).

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American metallers Periphery have just announced a tour for the fall with Born Of Osiris, Dead Letter Circus and Twelve Foot Ninja dubbed This Tour Is Personal. Periphery is touring in support of their latest album Periphery II: This Time It's Personal and this is the last tour of that album cycle. Check out the tour trailer below as well as the dates, of course.

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