American metallers In This Moment released their last album Blood in 2012 through Century Media Records. Coming January 21st (US) and February 17th (Europe), you will be able to get your hands on the Blood Special Edition which is on sale now at CM Distro (North America). This expanded edition includes a full-length live performance Blood At The Orpheum with plenty of behind-the-scenes action with the band as well. You can watch the trailer for it right here.

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Dream Theater have entered the holiday spirit and shared a compilation of live tracks that were not included on the Live At Luna Park release. Now you will have a complete documentation of all the songs that were played during the tour (with the exception of cover songs). Not a bad present indeed.

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Except for the recent release of their BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini live 12", Wolves In The Throne Room have been keeping a low profile since the conclusion of the world-spanning tour that supported their most recent album Celestial Lineage. Now, word comes that the band, along with producer Randall Dunn, has been quietly cultivating the next chapter in their ongoing musical evolution. While little else is known of the impending recordings at the moment, the brothers Weaver have confirmed that the music is currently in the final stages, being prepared for release in the first quarter of 2014.

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You can expect not one but two new releases from Forgotten Tomb next year. The Italian metallers are celebrating 15 years as a band in 2014, which is why they are planning something special. Their last album ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil came out last year but the new opus should come out in the second half of 2014 already. You can expect a live DVD and special shows as well.

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While it will be hard to compete with Hellfest 2014's line-up, there are plenty more festivals happening next summer in Europe and Brutal Assault is one of them. Right before Christmas, the organizers of the Czech festival have announced six new bands that will perform in August in Jaroměř: UK legendary band Venom, German thrash metal veterans Sodom, Swedish group Katatonia, French black metallers Aosoth, Irish folk metallers Cruachan and funeral doom metal band Worship.

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These are really months of hard work at the Gamma Ray camp. After finishing the tour with Helloween, during which they received the news of the Hamburg fire that destroyed their studio and equipment, they are now back in another studio, working on Empire Of The Undead, that will be released in March 2014 via earMUSIC.

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Nightwish's new DVD Showtime, Storytime has recently been released. The DVD/Bly-ray included the tour documentary Please Learn The Setlist In 48 Hours and the band's show at Wacken. Today the band is sharing yet another live video from this release, this time for the track "Romanticide" from their 2004 album Once. You can watch the clip here.

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As previously reported here, German power metallers Iron Savior have been preparing a new album which they now revealed will be entitled Rise Of The Hero and will be out on February 28th, 2014 through AFM Records. The album is now complete and the band promises to release some previews soon.

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Italian progressive metallers Eldritch will release their new album Tasting The Tears on February 17th in Europe and February 18th in North America via Scarlet Records. The album was produced by Eugene Simone and was mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (DGM). The first single, "Alone Again", can be streamed now using the SoundCloud widget below.

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Industrial metallers Fear Of Domination invited the fans in October to participate in the shooting of the video for the second single from their upcoming album called Distorted Delusions. Now you can see the result of the work by checking out the video for the new song "Legion" at this location. The main theme of the video is a world-ending party.

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Shining (NOR) are among the nominees for this year's Spellemann Awards (the Norwegian equivalent of the US Grammy Awards) with their new album One One One, their fifth album to be nominated. The metal category also includes Kvelertak, Satyricon and Obliteration.

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This is the kind of news everybody wants to read about. Dominique Leurquin, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody's guitarist, finally recovered from the terrible hand injury caused by a circular saw. Some days ago, he shared the stage with bassist Patrice Guers with his cover band (see pic below) and he will return playing live with Luca Turilli's Rhapsody at the festival of Hodonin in Czech Republic on August 15th, 2014.

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Heavy metal act Crystal Viper is currently streaming the song ''Thundersteel'' from the band's new and fifth album Possession, which was officially released yesterday on AFM Records. This song is a cover from the band Riot and is only available as a Japanese bonus track.

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With a new album called The Terror Tapes released earlier this year via AFM Records, Gama Bomb have debuted today a brand new video. The chosen song was "Backwards Bible" and the official video for it can be seen below. You can expect the usual good humour from the Irish thrashers.

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Belorussian monsters of technical brutal death metal Posthumous Blasphemer have presented a new song from their upcoming full-length album which will drop in 2014. The song is called "Symbol Of Despair" and you can listen to it through the Soundcloud player below. It has been a while since the band released a new album. Their last one was Fracture The Worship back in 2008. So, waste no time to listen to the new material.

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