Blind Guardian are preparing a special treat for their fans in North America. When they tour there this next September/October, the power metal band will perform their lauded 1995 album Imaginations From The Other Side live in its entirety. The album was released 20 years ago, so it seems like a good time to celebrate it.

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Century Media Records and Prowling Death Records just announced the joint release of black metallers Hellhammer's Blood Insanity 7" vinyl single, originally conceived by the band in 1984. The worldwide release date for the Blood Insanity 7" (which comes packaged in a gatefold sleeve) will be August 19th, 2016 and the pre-sale will begin via CM Distro on July 22nd, 2016.

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Alter Bridge have recently announced their long-anticipated return to Europe in November/December. Their biggest headline shows yet, the 24-date tour treks 15 countries and kicks off on November 4th, 2016. Special guests include Danish rockers Volbeat, who released their sixth album, Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie, earlier this month. French metal group Gojira will be giving fans a taste of their new album, Magma, and up-and-comers Like A Storm jet in from New Zealand to get the party started.

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Event:	Alter Bridge: European Headlining Tour 2016

As they are about to release a new EP, Umbra, extreme metallers Diabolical just shared a full stream of the release. It will drop on the 8th of July via ViciSolum Productions. After their acclaimed concept album Neogenesis in 2013, the band has started a new chapter of their history. Enjoy Umbra here.

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Now that we know that Neurosis' new album will be called Fires Within Fires, we can start discovering more about it. The post-metallers have been doing this for more than 30 years and the journey of their music continues with their eleventh full-length. Following 2012's Honor Found In Decay, Fires Within Fires gives due to its predecessors while progressing forward into the unfamiliar. The album features artwork from the renowned Thomas Hooper and the stellar recording work of the group's longstanding engineer Steve Albini. See the cover and tracklist below. Tip: it's a key.

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In case you didn't know yet, Cradle Of Filth will be releasing Dusk... And Her Embrace - The Original Sin via the recently resurrected extreme music label Cacophonous Records on July 8th. Recorded at Birmingham's Zella Studios in the Spring of 1995, Dusk... And Her Embrace - The Original Sin saw the band introduce Gothic elements to their extreme sound. However, soon after recording the band split, half of the band forming The Blood Divine, and the remaining members made the collective decision at the time to not release a record that was not representative of the new line-up. Hear the old new sounds at this location.

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Bullet For My Valentine will perform their beloved 2005 debut album, The Poison, live for the first time. The Welsh metallers will take on the Manchester Academy on December 4th and The Poison record will be played in full for the first time ever. If you want to witness it, hurry!

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Pain Of Salvation just released a very special reissue version of their 2002 album Remedy Lane entitled Remedy Lane Re:visited (Re:mixed & Re:lived) via InsideOutMusic. The band's genius track "Fandango" performed live is available now. In other news, a documentary film entitled "I Set Myself On Fire - a story about Daniel Gildenlöw and Pain of Salvation" has now been launched online. The project sees Johan Simonsson (Director) and Leif Simonsson (Producer) of Mapenzi Film following the band's activities between the years 2007 and 2014. A prologue and the first three webisodes can now be seen here.

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After the recent return of guitarist James J. LaRue, White Wizzard announce that another familiar face is coming back to the band. Singer Wyatt 'Screaming Demon' Anderson is back and will appear on the band's new album, Infernal Overdrive.

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In Flames have released a small teaser to whet your appetite for their upcoming new DVD. The Swedish metallers have joined Nuclear Blast and their first release on the label will be Sounds From The Heart Of Gothenburg, later this year. The set was filmed on November 6th, 2014 at Hovet in Stockholm and November 7th, 2014 at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden in support of their latest album, Siren Charms.

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After joining Nuclear Blast and releasing a new single, Brujeria have announced details about their fourth full length album, and first in 16 years since Brujerizmo was released in 2000 via Roadrunner. It is entitled Pocho Aztlan, and it hits stores on September 16th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The release will be followed by a U.S. tour this October alongside Cattle Decapitation and Pinata Protest.

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Danish metallers Evil Masquerade recently released a new offering, The Outcast Hall Of Fame. The song "Darkness (I Need You)" is now available as a lyric video. It's taken from the new album and features Mats Levén (Candlemass, ex-Therion) on vocals.

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Back in 2014, Solution .45 announced that they were recording two new albums. Last year, the melodic death metallers already released the first of the two, Nightmares In The Waking State - Part I. This year will see the release of the second installment, Nightmares In The Waking State - Part II. Listen to the album's first track revealed, "Built On Sand" below.

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If you like black metal and avantgarde, you have to check out Nocte Obducta's new album, Mogontiacum (Nachdem Die Nacht Herabgesunken...). While the new opus only drops officially on the 8th of July on MDD Records, you can already spin it online in advance at this location. Listen to the 10 new tracks and tell us what you think about it.

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Iron Bonehead Productions - in conspiracy with Dark Adversary - has set September 9th as the international release date for Black Funeral's anticipated ninth album, Ankou And The Death Fire. It is an album "guiding the listener through the otherworldly realm of shadows, darkness, and the mythological cycle of death from the inspiration of ancient Celtic lore." The first song to be revealed is the title track of the album. Hear it now here.

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