Good news for the European fans of Anathema. The band has just announced further 11 dates on their European tour for October, where they will be promoting their new album Weather Systems. In addition to that, they will accompany Opeth as their special guests on a selection of their UK and European shows in November. This tour also includes three very special unplugged shows. Tickets go on sale on June 15th.

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Where The Corpses Sink Forever, the brand new album from Dutch symphonic black metal act Carach Angren was released on June 5th in North America via Season Of Mist. If you haven't picked up the release yet, you'll get the chance to hear the complete album in its entirety at this location.

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Philadelphia thrashers Rumpelstiltskin Grinder are preparing to unload Ghostmaker, the band's third studio album, and first for Candlelight Records, in North America on June 19th. The title track to Ghostmaker has now been unleashed and you can listen to it at Stereokiller here. More album details were previously reported here.

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Russian all-female gothic/black metal act Blackthorn have released their new single Era Obscura online. You can now listen to Era Obscura at the band's Reverbnation page or at the MSR Productions Soundcloud page here.

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US stoner veterans Corrosion Of Conformity are the latest act confirmed for this year's Barge To Hell, the world's most extreme Metal Cruise, where everyone has a backstage pass and you can mingle side-by-side with the artists.

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Adrian ''The Swede'' Erlandsson, Paradise Lost's drummer, will not be performing on a couple of their upcoming shows. He will be replaced by Jeff Singer. The band posted the following: "Due to diary clashes we are sorry to say Adrian Erlandsson won't be playing with the band when they appear at Costa De Fuego on the 20th July, and also Wacken on the 4th August. However we didn't want to let anyone down, so we are pleased to welcome back the lovely Jeff Singer as special guest drummer for both these shows!"

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Prophecy Productions has released a sample from the song "Gatherer Of The Pure", taken from British atmospheric black metallers A Forest Of Stars' upcoming album A Shadowplay For Yesterdays, which is now available for streaming below. The full video will be unveiled in late June. You can now have a first taste of what is to come. Also, mark your calendars, the album comes out on July 20th via Lupus Lounge/ Prophecy Productions. More details about the album were previously reported here.

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American doom veterans Pentagram have a new band member in their ranks. They issued the following announcement about recruiting a new drummer: "Drummer Sean Saley has joined Pentagram. Influenced by the likes of Bill Ward, Ian Paice, and Les Binks, drummer Sean Saley grew up on hard rock and heavy metal before taking a turn as drummer for DC underground punk legends Government Issue in the 80s."

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Australian melodic metallers Lord have been relatively quiet lately, but now they have revealed the title, tracklist and cover art from their forthcoming album and follow-up to 2009's Set In Stone. Lord mainman Tim "Lord" Grose stated: "We can now reveal the title of our forthcoming album is Digital Lies.

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"Unbreakable", a brand new video from Swedish symphonic metal outfit The Murder Of My Sweet has premiered and is now available for viewing below. The song comes off the band's freshly released second output Bye Bye Lullaby, out on May 25th via AFM Records.

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In case you didn't know, Cryptopsy have a new album coming up, four years after the release of The Unspoken King. The upcoming self-titled album from the Canadians should be released later this year and the band has just revealed its tracklist and artwork, available below. The cover is the creation of Mircea Gabriel Eftemie.

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"Orkan", the title track from Swedish black folk/progressive metallers Vintersorg's upcoming new album is now available for streaming at the band's Facebook page. Orkan is scheduled to be released on June 29th via Napalm Records and is the follow-up to last year's Jordpuls.

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US atmospheric death/funeral doom metal band Evoken have completed work on their anticipated new full-length album Atra Mors (the Latin translation for "Black Death"). The album is due out on July 31st under Profound Lore Records. Also, Evoken has a new track, "An Extrinsic Divide", available for streaming at this location.

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"On Wings Of Brimstone", another new song from Swedish death metallers Miseration is now available for streaming below. The song comes off the band's upcoming album Tragedy Has Spoken, which is scheduled for release on July 2nd in Europe and one day later in North America via Lifeforce Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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German thrashers Assassin have issued the following announcement about their upcoming South American shows later this summer: "Finally, Assassin in South America! We are at the final stages at our South America tour plannings. Right now following dates are confirmed. We are still waiting confirmations from Chile and Argentina."

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