Gothic doom metal band Katatonia have announced that they have rescheduled December tour dates in Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania due to guitarist Roger Öjersson being hospitalized after suffering a back injury. The band will be back on tour next year in February and March.

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Jake Bowen, of the American progressive/djent band Periphery, has announced his first solo album. The album is planned for a tentative summer 2014 release date. You can check out the official album sampler below. As for Periphery, their new release Clear is dropping on January 28th.

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The extreme metal maestro Ihsahn has released another new single for your listening pleasure. If you already listened to the new song "Hiber" here, don't miss out on the chance to listen to "'NaCl" now on the YouTube video below. The track will appear on the forthcoming Das Seelenbrechen album due on October 22nd via Candelight Records.

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American progressive metal band Cynthesis has released details about their new upcoming album entitled ReEvolution. The album will be the second part of a planned trilogy of concept albums that started with the band's previous debut release DeEvolution and will be released on June 4th via Sensory Records. You can now check out the album artwork and tracklist.

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American guitarist Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore) has released a new video playing the track "The Ultimatum", which is the first track revealed from his new album Plains Of Oblivion, to be released on April 9th in Europe and one day later in the US via Century Media Records. The song features guest soloist Tony MacAlpine and you can watch the video below. More album details were previously reported here.

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Finnish melodic death metallers Tracedawn have released a new music video for their song "Breed Insane". The song is taken from the band's upcoming release Lizard Dusk due out in February and the first one with their new lead singer Niko Kalliojärvi. The video can be viewed below.

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"Caught In A Mosh", a brand new cover song from Finnish metallers Waltari is now streaming online at this location. The Anthrax cover comes off the band's freshly released covers album Covers All! - 25th Anniversary Album.

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