US industrial metallers Ministry have announced a series of European summer shows in support of their upcoming new release Relapse. Ministry's touring line-up includes Al Jourgensen (frontman/vox/guitars), Mike Scaccia (Ministry/Rigor Mortis) guitars, Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis) bass, John Bechdel (Ministry/Killing Joke/Fear Factory) keyboards, Aaron Rossi (Ministry/RevCo) drums and Sin Quirin (Ministry/RevCo) guitars. Soulfly's bassist Tony Campos is not performing due to scheduling conflicts.

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Event:	Ministry: 2012 DeFibRilLaTouR Europe

US metallers Devildriver are already in the process of writing their sixth album, according to guitarist Jeff Kendrick, who issued the following update on his personal twitter account: "Mike Spreitzer (guitar), John Boecklin (drums) and myself have begun the process of writing the 6th Devildriver album! Excited to get going!"

The new album will be the follow-up to 2011's Beast.

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Latvian death/doom metallers Frailty have announced that they will release their second full-length album titled Melpomene on February 24th through Arx Productions. The band also released an official album trailer which you can listen to below.

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As previously reported, UK thrashers Evile will be headlining the HMV Next Big Thing festival alongside Savage Messiah and Cerebral Bore, taking place today. Canadian metallers Woods Of Ypres, however, will not be participating due to the death of the late David Gold. Now Evile plan to play the ballad "In Memoriam", off their latest album Five Serpent's Teeth, in memory of Gold.

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Event:	HMV Next Big Thing

Italian symphonic/horror metallers Dark End have unveiled the artwork and tracklist for their upcoming new album entitled Grand Guignol, Book I, which will be released this month via Arcane Witchcraft Coven in a first strictly limited edition (500 copies).

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German metallers Unisonic, featuring former Helloween members Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, Ex-Iron Savior) and Michael Kiske (Place Vendome, Avantasia), have unveiled their debut album artwork (created by graphic artist Martin Haeusler) and tracklist. The self-titled album will be released on March 30th via earMUSIC/Edel. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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Swedish black metallers Mörker have recruited a new drummer for the band: Jani Niemelä (Evil-Lÿn). The band checked in with the following announcement: "New drummer found. An old friend of ours, Jani Niemelä, will handle the drums on our upcoming album, which we will start recording in March. More about that later."

More details on Mörker's upcoming album will be announced soon.

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German thrash metallers Kreator have finally unveiled Phantom Antichrist's cover art. Their new album marks the debut for Nuclear Blast and is set for release on June 1st (Europe) and June 5th (North America). More album details were previously reported here.

The band posted the following on their Facebook page: "And here it is! We just revealed the cover art of our highly anticipated new album Phantom Antichrist. The piece has been created by iconic artworker Wes Benscoter who has worked for heavyweights such as Slayer, Dio or Black Sabbath before."

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US death metallers Six Feet Under have announced via Facebook that bassist Matt DeVries is no longer part of the band.

Official statement from the band: "Matt DeVries (ex-Chimaira), who came on board as Six Feet Under's touring bassist in 2011, has decided to depart the brutality laden death metal act to pursue other musical endeavors. Details on who will be stepping in as the permanent bassist will be announced in the coming months."

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After revealing that the band was working on a new album, Fear Factory's guitarist Dino Cazares has now confirmed that the band's upcoming album will be entitled The Industrialist. All other details are still under wraps for the time being.

Dino Cazares posted this short update on his personal Facebook page: "Some of you already know this but the ones who don't the new FF CD is called The Industrialist."

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US progressive/doom metallers While Heaven Wept have begun working on the band's follow-up to 2011's Fear Of Infinity and plan to record the new album in the autumn and release it in 2013.

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US industrial metallers Prong have unveiled the artwork and tracklist for their forthcoming album Carved Into Stone. The album is set for release on April 23rd in Europe and April 24th in North America through Long Branch Records. The artwork was created by Vance Kelly (Down, The Sword) and the album was produced by Steve Evetts.

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Polish traditional heavy metallers Crystal Viper will release their new album titled Crimen Excepta on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. The album was produced by Bart Gabriel and recorded with sound engineer Mariusz Pietka. There will be two special guests: David Bower, Hell's vocalist appears in the title track, while Vader's mainman Peter will be heard in the cover version of the classic Vader song "Tyrani Piekieł", which will be available as a bonus track on the limited edition of the album. More album details here.

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Kory Clarke has announced his departure from US doom outfit Trouble to form a new band called The Bones Of Children with guitarist Russ Strahan (Pentagram, Land Of Doom). The band already found a replacement: Kyle Thomas (Exhorder, Floodgate, Witch, and Alabama Thunderpussy), which is already working with the band on their new album and has fronted the band in four live shows between 1997 and 1999.

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Jordanian dark oriental metallers Bilocate have premiered a new studio video exclusively at this location, taken from the recording sessions of the band's forthcoming album Summoning The Bygones. Alternatively, you can watch it here.

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