In June last year, guitarist and founding member Laurent Lebec took an indefinite hiatus from Pelican and now the band has announced that they found their new guitarist in Dallas Thomas of the band The Swan Kings for the spot Lebec left vacant.

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Italian hard rockers Voodoo Highway have revealed the cover artwork and tracklist of their recently announced second studio album Showdown. Its worldwide release is scheduled for April 26th via Dust On The Tracks Records through Sony (Europe), MVD (USA), RSK (UK), Universal (Canada). You can see the cover below and also listen to the album preview.

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With the new opus Momentum to be released at the end of this month, progressive metallers DGM have given us the first taste of what the album has to offer. You can listen to the song "Reason" and the video the band made for it below. The songs features Symphony X's Russell Allen on guest vocals.

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As Clutch prepares for the release of their new studio album Earth Rocker, the band is ready to give fans another taste of what they can expect on March 19th when the album drops through Weathermaker Music. The band premiered exclusively the second single from Earth Rocker entitled "Crucial Velocity" at NPR. Check out the song there.

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Stratovarius have premiered online the first video off Nemesis, their newest album released by earMUSIC. The footage for the "Halcyon Days" video was shot in Lithuania by Pekka Hara. You can watch how the video turned out below.

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American guitarist Jeff Loomis has premiered a brand new song online, "Speak Of Nothing". This song features vocals from Joe Nurre, and will be included on the special Tour Edition of Plains Of Oblivion which will be out on April 16th, 2013 via Century Media Records. You can listen to the song over here.

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Industrial black metal sorcerers Aborym are gearing up to release a new album three years after Psychogrotesque. Dirty, as it is called, will be a 10-track double album, which will be available in digipak, jewel case and gatefold double LP formats, is set for release on Agonia Records on May 28th in Europe and June 11th in North America.

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The Swedes Dark Funeral are celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2013 with a number of festival shows all over Europe. As the band prepares to praise their diabolic past with a very special setlist on some of the summer festivals (expect more details soon), they announced a surprising return for these shows of their classic vocalist: Emperor Magus Caligula. Meanwhile, the band is also looking for a new permanent vocalist.

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The cover artwork that will grace the new Arckanum album has been revealed. The black metal one-man band will release Fenris Kindir, Shamaatae's eighth album on May 10th in Europe and May 14th in North America through Season Of Mist. It follows the latest album Helvítismyrkr.

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With a fresh new album released, Long Distance Calling have now premiered a brand new video for their song "Tell The End" from The Flood Inside, the first album to feature the recently-acquired vocalist Marsen Fischer. Directed by Carlo Oppermann from Abitious.Films, the video can be seen below.

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One of the biggest Portuguese metal festivals, Vagos Open Air 2013, has announced the first confirmations for this year's edition.

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Later this month, The Amenta's new opus Flesh Is Heir will be released for public consumption. It will be the band's third album and follow-up to 2008's n0n. The band also released a new EP, Teeth, last month as a taster of the album. For now, you can preview the new material from Flesh Is Heir on the video below.

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You can jump up and down with excitement Ulcerate-worshippers because the death metal band will enter their hometown MCA Studios to record their fourth album and Relapse Records debut this week, expected to drop later this year.

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Want some death metal? Well, now the Swedes Entrails have released their brand new single from Raging Death, their newest offering. You can listen to album opener "In Pieces" on the video below and see the art for their third album in all its glory.

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After releasing their debut Grind The Ocean last year, which got them a nomination for "Best Djent / Math Metal" at Metal Storm Awards 2012, UK's The Safety Fire will be returning to the studio in mid-March to record their second album at London's The Dairy.

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