The annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival has unveiled the first segment of bands that will be playing at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 17th, 18th, and 19th, 2015. The first wave of bands announced brings some heavyweights like Between The Buried And Me, Testament, Exodus and Nuclear Assault. See the rest of the additions below.

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After Queensrÿche offered investors a chance to buy a stake in the band, thrashers Testament are now following suit. The band is giving fans a chance to own shares of their song "Native Blood" (from 2012's album Dark Roots Of Earth). For the first time in history, Testament is allowing you to own what no fan has owned before.

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Vocalist and visual artist Karyn Crisis has a solo project. While certain people know and appreciate her prior vocals with Crisis from 1993-2006, she is also known for her work in Ephel Duath. She has a new project with members of Ephel Duath, Intronaut and Immolation called Gospel Of The Witches and they have signed a deal with Century Media.

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Good news arrive from the Canadian death metallers Kataklysm camp. The group will enter the studio next January to record the follow-up to their critically acclaimed Waiting For The End To Come album. You can expect the new yet untitled album to be released in the summer of 2015 through Nuclear Blast Records. Producer Andy Sneap will be mixing and mastering the record.

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The thrash metal veterans Dark Angel might be the next band to release a comeback album after many, many years like At The Gates did this year. At least, drummer Gene Hoglan confirmed in a recent interview that the band is working on "super awesome" and "super aggressive" new material. Their last album was Time Does Not Heal and it came out in 1991.

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The UK festival Bloodstock Open Air 2015 is already shaping up. The organizers have recently announced another three acts that will perform at Catton Park, Derbyshire in August 2015. Joining the previously announced lineup with headliners Within Temptation, Opeth, Cannibal Corpse, Sepultura, and Ihsahn will be thrash veterans Nuclear Assault and Dark Angel as well as Death To All.

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After a successful Eastern European tour last Spring, the Metal All Stars troupe is returning to conquer the rest of Europe and South America this fall with some exciting new additions to the line-up. But what is Metal All Stars, you might ask. The Metal All Stars was formed by Gabe Reed Productions as a way to give the world's metal fans an opportunity to see metal legends in one blockbuster show. Current confirmed dates will feature an evening of metal classics being performed in different line-up configurations with sets that include renditions of all the performing artists' respective classics.

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You want more Carcass? You got it! As you know, the mighty melodic death metallers returned last year with their new album Surgical Steel to much delight. Carcass will now release a collection of unreleased and hard to find tracks this November entitled Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel EP. Find out all about it here.

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Devil's Highway is a new supergroup featuring vocalist Kyle Thomas (Trouble, Exhorder), guitarist Ralph Santolla (Deicide, Obituary, Death), bassist Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Sadus), guitarist Matt Brunson (Crowbar, Kingdom Of Sorrow), and drummer Tony Laureano (Dimmu Borgir, Nile). The band has begun recording its debut album at Vulture Lounge in Tampa, Florida and DDT Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana. Santolla is handling production duties and their debut album is expected to be completed in December for an early 2015 release.

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American metallers Megadeth were among the bands confirmed for Motörhead's first annual cruise MotörBoat. Unfortunately, due to Dave Mustaine's health issues, the band had to withdraw from the line-up. Heavy metal all-star band Metal Allegiance - including Megadeth's David Ellefson and Chris Broderick - has been added to the Motörboat music lineup.

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If you are into album covers, this might be right up your alley. Veteran metal/rock journalist Ramón "Oscuro" Martos just unveiled the cover artwork for his upcoming book ...And Justice For Art: Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers. This is a one-of-a-kind collection of stories, stunning graphics, and revealing interviews about the making of some of the greatest album covers in the history of heavy metal. It includes all the particulars behind artworks as iconic as Slayer's Reign In Blood, Morbid Angel's Blessed Are The Sick, Metallica's And Justice For All, Death's Symbolic, Carcass Heartwork, Black Sabbath's 13, Cormorant's Dwellings, At The Gates' Slaughter Of The Soul, Testament's Dark Roots Of Earth, Opeth's Heritage, Mayhem's Grand Declaration Of War, and dozens of others.

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According to 14News.com, an Exodus' fan in Greenville, Kentucky has been arrested for alleged terroristic threats for posting the lyrics to the band's song "Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)" (from the 2010 album Exhibit B: The Human Condition). Meanwhile, the band has reacted to this and says in a statement that it "does not promote or condone terrorists, threats or bullying. That being said, the band is somewhat baffled by the fact that this man being charged for what seems against his first amendment rights of Freedom of Speech."

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Symphony X's long-time bassist Mike LePond is releasing his first ever solo album! UDR/Warner has set a September 26th release date for the first solo effort called Mike LePond's Silent Assassins. For now, there is still no music to hear but are you curious about this one?

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British melodic death metal outfit Bloodshot Dawn announce that they will release a sophomore album, Demons, on the 26th of October in the UK (rest of world TBA). The album was funded by fans in a Kickstarter campaign which was achieved in just 4 days, testament to the band's loyal following. The album was mixed and mastered by Danish sound wizard Jacob Hansen (Aborted, Amaranthe, Volbeat, Destruction, Epica, Pestilence).

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More new music today? Yes indeed because The Haunted also premiered a new song today and now it is available for your listening pleasure below. The Swedish metallers just revealed "Cutting Teeth", which is being described as "furious" and "relentless". It is also the Exit Wounds album opener. Take a listen, or multiple, to the track below.

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