Candlelight Records has confirmed February 3rd as the European and February 4th as the North American release date for The Virus Conspires, the full-length debut from English thrash metallers Shrapnel. You can take a look at the album cover, tracklist and other details below.

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Iced Earth are about to embark on the second leg of the Volbeat tour, which kicks off in Berlin, Germany, today and wraps up in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 1st. For the remainder of the Volbeat tour, Jon Dette (Testament, Slayer), the go-to guy for tours, will be behind the drums taking over for Raphael Saini who filled in during the summer festivals, the recording of the new album, and the club leg of the Volbeat tour.

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Eric Peterson of Dragonlord and Testament fame is a guest vocalist on an original Leah song entitled "Dreamland" taken from the new EP Otherworld, which is now available for streaming in its entirety here. You can hear this new collaboration as well as the other tracks of the new release.

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After a DVD trailer and a clip of "Rise Up", you can watch Testament perform "Native Blood" from their new DVD/2CD output Dark Roots Of Thrash through the YouTube video here. The song is from their last album Dark Roots Of Earth and this show was filmed at the Paramount in Huntington, New York this past February.

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Just weeks away from its release, American thrash veterans Testament have released the official trailer for their new DVD/2CD output Dark Roots Of Thrash, due out on October 18th (Europe) and October 29th (North America) via Nuclear Blast, unlike the initial dates announced. Check out the trailer now through the YouTube player here.

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Dark Roots Of Thrash, the new DVD/2CD release documenting Bay Area thrash veterans Testament sold-out headlining performance at the Paramount in Huntington, New York this past February, will be released soon and the band has decided to share a clip from the DVD. You can watch the band perform "Rise Up" (from their latest album Dark Roots Of Earth) through the YouTube video here.

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American thrashers Overkill have entered the studio to begin tracking their new studio album due out sometime next year. The new material will be tracked at Gear Recording and mixed by Greg Reely, who also mixed the band's previous effort The Electric Age. Now all you have to do is wait and hope for the best!

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Soundwave is the biggest metal event in Australia each year and the line-up for 2014 has just been announced. It seems the Nine Inch Nails rumours weren't true but some big names have been announced, including Megadeth, Testament, Amon Amarth, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold and Rob Zombie, plus many more.

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Europeans didn't have many chances last year to see the Death To All tour but this year their luck is changing. DTA will tour Europe for the first time. The Death line up will consist of Sean Reinert (Cynic) - drums, Paul Masvidal (Cynic) - guitar, Steve DiGiorgio (Autopsy, Testament, Iced Earth) - bass and Max Phelps (Cynic) - guitar and vocals. The setlist will feature most of the songs from the Human album plus other Death classics. It already looks like a fun night in perspective but there is more: direct support will come from German tech death heroes Obscura whose singer/guitarist Steffen Kummerer was asked to be vocalist on the first Death-tribute shows in 2012, but couldn't take the job due to visa issues. Also on the tour will be DarkRise.

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New York City-based production company After Hours Films is working on a documentary about the Syrian death metal act Netherion. The band released their debut album Sphere Of Terror last year and has an upcoming new album titled IX. In a small step in making the Syrian metal scene known intentionally, Netherion members will reunite and move to the US in order to shoot the documentary about the band and play live.

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Remember when thrash greats Testament announced that they were filming the show in Huntington for a DVD? Now the band has released details about Dark Roots Of Thrash, their new DVD/2CD release documenting their sold-out headlining performance at the Paramount in February. It will be made available on October 11th (Europe) and October 15th (North America) via Nuclear Blast.

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Mesopotamian black/thrash pioneers Melechesh have announced that they are working hard on pre-productions for the band's upcoming new album, the successor to The Epigenesis (2010). Furthermore the band also parted ways with long time guitarist and close friend Moloch and drummer Xul.

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Hatriot, the bay area thrashers led by former Exodus frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, will enter the studio in September to begin recording its sophomore album, Dawn Of The New Centurion, for a February 2014 release via Massacre Records.

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Long-running Bay Area thrash metal lords Testament are set to take a look at their long career through a pair of back catalogue-exploring vinyl reissues due out on Prosthetic Records. The label will deliver vinyl pressings of the band's 2001 anthology First Strike Still Deadly and an expanded edition of the group's Live At Eindhoven '87 on September 24th.

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Killswitch Engage's drummer Justin Foley is going through a rough time. He recently had a bicycle accident and broke his collarbone and therefore will not be able to do the band's upcoming Asia/Europe tour that begins later this week. However, the band isn't cancelling any dates as they found a replacement in longtime friend Jordan Mancino from As I Lay Dying which cancelled all of their tours due to what happened to Tim Lambesis. If all goes well, Justin Foley should be back on track in time for the North American tour with Lamb Of God, Testament and Huntress which starts in late October.

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