Carcass will be embarking on the Deathcrusher Tour 2015 soon and they are not taking just anyone with them. Accompanying the death metallers will be Napalm Death, Obituary, Voivod and Herod (SUI). This vociferous line-up will be hitting Europe this fall. Are you going? Check out the dates here.

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Band profile:	Carcass

Death Angel have released a live rendition of the song "Fallen". The track will appear on their upcoming The Bay Calls for Blood - Live In San Francisco live album, which will also be included with the release of their new Thrashumentary DVD. Both will be out on July 17th (Europe) and July 24th (US) via Nuclear Blast. Enjoy!

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Band profile:	Death Angel

Next year's edition of the festival Maryland Deathfest is already shaping up. Today, the organizers have announced the first 30 bands of the feast and you can start saving up money! Next year, Maryland Deathfest XIV is taking place from 26-29 May at Edison Lot, Rams Head Live, Baltimore Soundstage. Some of the bands announced so far? To name a few, Deströyer 666, Hail Of Bullets, The Haunted, Samael, Venom. Check out the 30 bands announced below.

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Event:	Maryland Deathfest XIV

In case you like Blaze Of Perdition or black metal, you must check out their new record Near Death Revelations which is about to be released on the 26th of June, 2015 through Agonia Records. The album is already streaming in its entirety a few days ahead of its release at this location or here. How do you rate the band's third album? And do you recommend it?

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Band profile:	Blaze Of Perdition

Death Dealer will release a new album called Hallowed Ground this September 11th via SMG Records. It is the follow-up to War Master which came out in 2013. You can already hear the new song "Plan Of Attack" from the new album below and check out the live dates of the band.

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Band profile:	Death Dealer

By now, chances are you have already heard of Gruesome. The Death-adoring metal collective has shared a lyric video for their namesake track as well as a pulverizing cover of Death's "Land Of No Return" (from Scream Bloody Gore). Both tunes come via the band's critically-lauded Savage Land debut full-length. The lyric video is available for your listening pleasure below.

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Band profile:	Gruesome

Another festival is rising in the United States. This year's inaugural edition of Death To False Metal Festival is taking place in Hamden, Connecticut from August 14th to August 15th at The Outer Space & Ballroom. The festival is set to feature names such as Whiplash, Krieg, Valkyrie, Imperial Triumphant, Secrets Of The Sky and many more. Check out the full line-up below and get ready for the summer heaviness. The festival passes are on sale now at this location.

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Event:	Death To False Metal Festival

Bay Area thrash metal veterans Death Angel will release the aptly titled A Thrashumentary on July 24th via Nuclear Blast. Now they have released the first of two video trailers teasing their upcoming DVD plus live album release. Watch the appetizer right here where several respected musicians discuss the thrash metal movement in the Bay Area and more.

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Band profile:	Death Angel

Five Finger Death Punch are joining forces with In This Moment and Papa Roach for a North American tour later this year. Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach co-headline the tour. In an innovative move, both bands actively involved the fans by giving them the opportunity to request the tour come to their city via a "demand campaign". 1.5 million people responded to the call to action and made their voices heard. Special guests will be In This Moment with support from debut artist From Ashes To New.

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Band profile:	Five Finger Death Punch

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans Death Angel will release the aptly titled A Thrashumentary on July 24th via Nuclear Blast. The DVD was directed, shot and edited by Tommy Jones (Kataklysm, Soilwork, Lamb Of God, Carcass, Testament) of Videohammer Studios and is a documentary on the band and the thrash scene. The release will also include a full live album entitled The Bay Calls For Blood.

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Band profile:	Death Angel

Illimitable Dolor is a new funeral doom band featuring members from The Slow Death, Anhedonist, Backyard Mortuary and their debut album coming in late 2015. The band has released so far an unmixed sample online and you can see if you are interested below.

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Trouble in paradise? Five Finger Death Punch had a meltdown onstage during the band's performance in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Beale Street Music Festival. Reportedly, the band cut its performance short after roughly six songs and walking off stage. This led some fans to speculate they were breaking up. However, the Los Angeles metallers have already dismissed these rumors. The band's frontman, Ivan Moody, has suggested that it was all due to technical problems and that the band fired some of their crew.

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Band profile:	Five Finger Death Punch

The upcoming Dutch Doom Days festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands is shaping up. Recently, new names have been announced for the bill that will be headlined by Shape Of Despair on October 31st. Death Penalty was confirmed as co-headliner on the second day of Dutch Doom Days. Belgian newcomers Bathsheba as well as doom/death metallers Insanity Reigns Supreme also join the line-up.

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Band profile:	Insanity Reigns Supreme
Event:	Dutch Doom Days XIV

Sad news to report as former Death's bassist Scott Clendenin has passed away. He was a bassist in the seminal death metallers for a few years and also played in Chuck Schuldiner's other band Control Denied. Scott Clendenin had some health challenges in the last few years. He played on Death's The Sound Of Perseverance album, and recently participated in two Death To All live runs, in 2012 and 2013, including the highlight of his acoustic guitar in a poignant rendition of "Voice Of The Soul". Our condolences to his family and friends.

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At the end of last year, shocking news came that 48-year-old Static-X frontman Wayne Static had passed away and at the time not many details were revealed about his death. Now, a few months later, it has been confirmed by the official coroner's report that he died as a result of mixing Xanax and other prescription drugs with alcohol. The coroner's report lists the official cause of death as "mixed prescription drug (oxycodone, hydromorphone, alprazolam) with alcohol toxicity" and the "manner of death" is stated as "natural."

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Band profile:	Static-X