Former Divine Heresy members Tommy Vext and Tim Yeung have reunited in Westfield Massacre, a brand new band also featuring guitarists Bill Hudson and Rick Di Marco. Former In This Moment and Scar The Martyr bassist Kyle Konkiel helped out during the pre-production process for their debut album. If you want a taste of this new band, listen to their first single "Darkness Divides" right here.

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In sad news today, the world has lost another great musician. The former The Mars Volta keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens has died of a heart attack at the age of 38. He was currently playing with Jack White. Ikey Owens was out on tour with Jack White in Mexico when he died.

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After Metallica played in Antarctica, The Defiled turned a gigantic Iceberg into the most unlikely of gig venues in the Greenland Sea recently when Jägermeister Music UK invited the band to perform on top of the floating platform for the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig - which sees artists put to the test as they perform in unconventional, ice cold conditions. Braving freezing temperatures and fast flowing ice, the group performed the special set to a host of locals from the nearby town of Kulusuk. The band played songs from their latest album Daggers. Check out the documentary of the trip here.

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"C'est La Vie" is the new video from Swiss hard rockers Gotthard and can now be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest studio album, Bang!, which was issued in North America via The End Records. The band is touring in support of their new record in Europe until November.

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Season Of Mist has announced the signing of the American death metal band Hate Eternal helmed by founder, guitarist/vocalist and acclaimed producer Erik Rutan. Rutan and J.J. Hrubovcak are currently holed up in Rutan's Mana Recording studio (Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore) recording a new album that will be released in early 2015. Are you excited to finally hear the follow-up to Phoenix Amongst The Ashes?

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Veterans Diamond Head have lost their singer Nick Tart. He has quit the band after 11 years. The British metallers are already touring with a replacement. He has participated in two albums and guitarist Brian Tatler has no intention of working on a new album, according to him. Nick Tart now has a new band and they are writing material.

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Florida death metal outfit Obituary has shared online a new song called "Inked In Blood" which is precisely the title track of their new album. The album release is only two weeks away. Get your death metal fix through the Soundcloud player right here.

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After revealing all of the details of their new album, The Duskfall, the Swedish melodic death metal band, share now a new song. They are back with a new album called Where The Tree Stands Dead and the first tune you get to hear is "Farewell". Listen to it below and tell us if you like it.

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Manowar have pulled out of the Loud Park Festival. Due to circumstances beyond either the promoter's or Manowar's control, the band will be unable to perform at Loud Park Festival on October 18th, 2014. The band will instead play 2 concerts at Zepp Diver City in Tokyo on October 29th and October 30th, 2014. The heavy metallers are currently hard at work on their next studio album as well.

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Blood In, Blood Out is about to be released through Nuclear Blast Records. That's Exodus' new album in case you have been distracted. But why wait any longer? You can hear the new Exodus record right now in full right here via the YouTube player below because the thrash veterans just premiered the whole thing online.

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The wait is almost over! Blind Guardian is finally back and one of the world's most popular power metal bands will be releasing Twilight Of The Gods, the first single from their long-awaited new album, on December 5th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. As for their new album, it is to be unleashed upon the world in January 2015. You can start preparing yourself for the follow-up to At The Edge Of Time.

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With Carrion Skies, their fourth-full length album ready to hit the streets on the 22nd of November via Code 666, atmospheric post-black metallers Fen have released a video for a track taken from the album. Made by bassist Grungyn to evoke the supernatural atmosphere of the track, the video for "Menhir - Supplicant", the fifth track on the six-track album, can now be seen below. That's almost 12 minutes of new material. Was that a good start?

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Gloomy doom metal outfit Avatarium has a new EP called All I Want ready to be released following the success of their eponymous debut album, out in November 2013. Today the band put up the official lyric video for the new tune "All I Want" - the title track of the forthcoming new EP. Check out the clip here below and judge it for yourself.

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Exhumed have announced that Bob "Bodybag" Babcock has left the band but they already have a replacement. The deathgrinders will be part of the upcoming Inked In Steel tour with death metal legends Carcass and Obituary headlining the bill. Joining the band now is their new bassist/vocalist Matt "Slime" Ferri.

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InsideOut Music has snatched The Gentle Storm. Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend) recently revealed that they had joined forces for a new band called The Gentle Storm, and they can now reveal that they have signed a deal with InsideOut Music for the release of their debut album early next year.

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