Syrian heavy metallers The Hourglass have announced Jon Oliva, the mastermind and the voice of the legendary US heavy metal band Savatage, as guest vocalist in the band's new single Play The Pawn. The vocalist will put his own vocal passages and piano solo in the song. The single will be released on May 2012 on Youtube.

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US death metal act Nile has revealed the cover artwork of their upcoming album At The Gate Of Sethu, produced by Seth Siro Anton (Soilwork, Paradise Lost, Septicflesh), which can be seen below. The new album will be released in Europe on June 29th and in the US on July 3rd via Nuclear Blast Records.

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"Iron Will", the brand new video from Canadian death metallers Kataklysm, the title track taken from their upcoming 2CD/2DVD release The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined, is now available for viewing below. The bundle contains both a documentary movie and a filmed live recording of the entire show at last year's Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Moreover, a best-of record is included, on which - apart from the best Kataklysm songs of the past 20 years - the brand new, yet unreleased song "Iron Will" can be found.

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Aaron Harris, Clifford Meyer and Jeff Caxide, previously members of the now disbanded post metal act Isis, have recently stated that they have started a new project called Palms alongside Chino Moreno from alternative rockers Deftones.

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Finnish hard-rockers Lordi have a new drummer. The band posted the following statement on their official website: "Lordi has got a new drummer. His character's name will not be revealed yet and he will be simply called 'the drummer' for now. The mask and the costume are kept to the minimum, but enough to fit him visually in to the band for the upcoming shows."

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German heavy metal band U.D.O. is set to release their upcoming rare tracks album, Celebrator - Rare Tracks, on May 4th via AFM Records to celebrate the 25th band anniversary. The album presented by Metal Hammer is a collection of unreleased and rare tracks which will be released as a 2-CD digipak with 25 tracks. Check out snippets of the album at this location.

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Swedish death metallers Miseration have revealed details about their newest album, Tragedy Has Spoken. The cover artwork was created by acclaimed artist Pär Olofsson (Immortal, Abysmal Dawn, Immolation, The Faceless) and can be seen below. The first track from the new album will make its online debut on May 9th.

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US thrash metallers Anger As Art have posted a detailed song by song description of their new upcoming album Hubris Inc. The album has been mixed and is now ready to be packed. The upcoming album is planned to be released in the spring/early summer and guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines gives us a rundown of the songs.

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US gothic rockers Vampires Everywhere! have issued the following announcement about splitting with the band's bassist: "It is with great sadness that i have to announce Philip Kross's departure from Vampires Everywhere! Philip did an amazing job contributing to VE! the past year & we will never forget the sacrifices he made for the band."

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Official Nuclear Blast press release:

Nuclear Blast proudly announce the worldwide signing of the Norwegian extreme-metal-band Enslaved. After publishing the latest two albums Vertebrae (2008) and Axioma Ethica Odini (2010) via Nuclear Blast USA in North America, the band currently signed a worldwide contract.

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Iconic US progressive metallers Dream Theater's guitar player and founder John Petrucci announced via his personal Facebook that the band has started writing for their upcoming album and follow-up to 2011's A Dramatic Turn Of Events. The band will also be filming a DVD on their next North American tour, although no further details were yet disclosed.

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"Phantom Antichrist", the brand new single from German thrashers Kreator is now available for streaming and viewing on the lyric video below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album Phantom Antichrist, due out on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America through Nuclear Blast Records, and it was released as a single on April 20th. More album details here.

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US technical death metallers Nile have revealed the release date of the band's upcoming album titled At The Gate Of Sethu. It will hit stores on July 3rd via Nuclear Blast Records. At The Gate Of Sethu will be their seventh full-length album and was once again produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (Cannibal Corpse, Macabre).

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US sludge band Baroness has revealed the artwork and tracklist for their upcoming album Yellow & Green, which can be seen below. The album is set to feature two discs and will be out on July 17th via Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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Canadian sludge/doom duo Mares Of Thrace has premiered the video for the song "The Perpetrator" at this location. The video was filmed and directed by Ian Hart of iHartVideo. The song comes off their new album The Pilgrimage, which was released on April 24th through Sonic Unyon Metal.

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