The Swedes Dark Tranquillity have toured with Insomnium before and now they are doing it again. This time, both bands are joining forces for a North American tour to happen at the beginning of next year. The last album the band released was Construct in 2013. As for Insomnium, they released a new album this year called Shadows Of The Dying Sun. Check out below the January dates for 2015.

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Event:	Dark Tranquillity: North American Tour 2015

Legendary black metal band Emperor has announced a special edition Complete Works vinyl box set, spanning their entire career. The box set will be the first time their works have been remastered specifically for vinyl and presented as special editions. It will be released by Finnish label Blood Music in early-to-mid 2015.

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Southern California-based group Nails released their last album Abandon All Life in 2013 but they are already working on the next one. They have also inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment to release this as-of-yet-untitled third album. Their new full-length is currently tentatively scheduled to be unleashed upon the masses sometime in the first quarter of 2015.

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Today is the day folks. Wolves In The Throne Room just debuted online the first taste off their new album Celestite and it is the track "Celestite Mirror". If you have 15 minutes, go ahead and listen to the song right here through the Soundcloud player. This new output is due out on July 8th via the duo's own Artemesia Records.

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Entombed A.D., the Lars-Göran "L-G" Petrov fronted version of Entombed has a new track to share. As previously announced, L-G Petrov, Nico Elgstrand, Victor Brandt and Olle Dahlstedt will continue under the name Entombed A.D. to release the album Back To The Front. Now they present the first track off the album, the first single "Bedlam Attack" and you can enjoy it here right now!

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Rising Moon Productions has released the first trailer for the upcoming documentary film Soaring Highs And Brutal Lows: The Voices Of Women In Metal, produced and directed by Mark Harwood. The film explores the experiences of female metal vocalists and combines interview, concert and archival footage. Featured interviews include Floor Jansen (Nightwish/ReVamp), Doro Pesch (Doro/Warlock), Simone Simons (Epica), Charlotte Wessels (Delain) and Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Anneke Van Giersbergen), just to name a few. Watch the trailer below and tell us if you are curious about it.

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Having recently released their newest record Shadows Of The Dying Sun, the Finns Insomnium now announce a European headlining tour for this October/November in support of the album. The run will feature direct support from Fleshgod Apocalypse and Stam1na. A list of confirmed dates can be found below. Who is planning to see them on this tour?

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Event:	Insomnium: Shadows Of The Dying Sun Over Europe 2014

Blut Aus Nord have shared some new music from their impending split with P.H.O.B.O.S. You can listen to their 7-minute brand new song "De Librio Arbitrio" taken from Triunity. But that is not all. The song "Ahrimanic Impulse Victory" from P.H.O.B.O.S. is also available to stream online. All you have to do is enjoy both of the songs available right here below.

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If you like Ayreon and particularly the 2004 double album The Human Equation, you might find this interesting. It's The Human Equation Theater Experience. Yvette Boertje is putting together a theatrical version of The Human Equation with an awesome cast and band for three shows in the fall of 2015 in The Netherlands. Some of the performers confirmed so far include vocalists who sang on the record. Arjen Lucassen himself does not perform, but he does endorse the project.

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After hearing some excerpts from One And All, Together, For Home, the folk compilation featuring international metal artists gathered by Drudkh mastermind Roman Sayenko, you can now hear the entire piece ahead of its release on May 23rd (May 27th in North America) through Season Of Mist. You can stream it here, at this location or over here, among other options. Enjoy the compilation now and tell us your impressions about it.

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Heavy metallers U.D.O. will soon unleash the live release Steelhammer - Live From Moscow on May 23rd (June 10th in the US) via AFM Records as a DVD/2CD, Blu-ray/2CD and limited triple vinyl (tricolor, limited to 500 units only). The first preview of the release has recently been unveiled. As a teaser, the live clip for "Trip To Nowhere" is available below.

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San Francisco-based progressive death metal outfit Fallujah announces the completion and pending release of their new full-length album. This year, the band will release The Flesh Prevails. The album was mixed, mastered and engineered by Zach Ohren (Animosity, Suffocation, All Shall Perish) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California over the course of a few months and features guest appearances from Christian Muenzner (Obscura, Necrophagist) and the voice of Roniit Alkayam. The cover artwork was a collaborative effort between Poland's Tomasz Alen Kopera and the band's vocalist, Alex Hofmann.

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If you have been following the latest Entombed news, you know that their most recent lineup featuring LG Petrov, Nico Elgstrand, Olle Dahlstedt and Victor Brand now goes by the name of Entombed A.D.. That line-up recorded a new album called Back To The Front with Roberto Laghi which will finally see its release via Century Media Records on August 4th, 2014 in Europe and August 5th, 2014 in North America after several delays.

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Manchester atmospheric black metallers Winterfylleth have some good news to share. Firstly, the group has already begun the recording process of their 4th album at Skyhammer Studios with Chris Fielding at the controls once again. This new album will follow The Threnody Of Triumph (2012). While you wait for the final product, tell us your expectations for it.

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Swedish one-man doom outfit Doom:VS recently released its new album Earthless via Solitude Productions. If you still haven't checked it out, now you can hear it in full here. Since the band's latest album Dead Words Speak has been released back in 2008, was it worth the wait? Tell us your impressions of Earthless and enjoy it!

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