Official Earache Records press release statement:

Philadelphia-based sci-fi thrashers Vektor have revealed the title of their upcoming new album, along with dates for their first ever European tour. Officially titled Terminal Redux, the brand new album was recorded and produced by the band at their home studio and at Panther Pro Audio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was re-amped and mixed by Byron Filson at Villain Studios in Arizona. The album is due to be released in early 2016 on Earache Records.

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Source:	earachenews.blogspot.cz
Band profile:	Vektor

After releasing their new album Coma Ecliptic and going on a North American tour with Animals As Leaders and The Contortionist, Between The Buried And Me are going to embark on a shorter European trek with Haken, starting in September. It includes stops in the U.K., Finland, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, and more. How cool is that for prog fans? Don't miss it!

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Band profile:	Between The Buried And Me
Event:	Between The Buried And Me: The Coma Ecliptic European Tour - Part II

Holiday season is upon us, and thrashers Toxik have given us all a present in the form of two new songs, which you can hear now below. It looks like thrash fans can start looking forward to the new Toxik album in 2015.

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We already knew that the veteran technical thrashers Toxik were preparing a new album and now things are shaping up. The reformed band is currently in the mixing stages of what will be their third album. And the title of their comeback release will be... In Humanity.

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Band profile:	Toxik

Independent band Cormorant have jumped on the bandwagon of the crowdfunding once again, which means they have launched an Indiegogo campaign aiming for a modest goal of $7,500 that will go toward tracking, mixing, mastering, the artwork of their third album and merchandise. More than 60% has been already collected.

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Band profile:	Cormorant

Official press release:

Season Of Mist is proud to announce the signing of Montreal progressive death metal masters Beyond Creation. Founded in 2005, Beyond Creation self-released their debut technical death metal masterpiece, The Aura, in 2011 which will be reissued with an exclusive bonus track by Season of Mist on April 12th in Europe and May 14th in North America.

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Band profile:	Beyond Creation

After two and a half years from the release of their last full-length album Anno Domini High Definition, Polish proggers Riverside have started working on their new album.

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Band profile:	Riverside

Unique Leader Records press release:

We are pleased to announce that legendary French progressive tech death metal outfit Gorod signs multi album deal for North America with Unique Leader Records.

For years Gorod has set high levels of killer over the top extreme metal releases which many have seen as inspiration and influence on their writing techniques. As the band furthers itself in mind blowing song structure and deliverance they are set to unleash their 4th onslaught of technical mayhem on the masses entitled A Perfect Absolution.

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Source:	uniqueleader.com
Band profile:	Gorod

French technical death metallers Gorod have announced the title of their upcoming fourth album: A Perfect Absolution. The album is planned to be released in March through Listenable Records and will feature guest solos by Obscura's Christian Muenzer and Mike Keene of The Faceless. A new trailer for A Perfect Absolution can be watched below and the older one can be viewed at Metal Injection.

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UK symphonic progressive outfit To-Mera will enter their new studio (based in Tom McLean's home) on January 21st to begin recording their third album. The band comments: "It's been a long, occasionally painful and definitely emotional, road to reach this point, but we can assure you that this album is going to be 'The One' you've been waiting for."

The band is also promising to upload video updates of the recording process at their YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ToMera2008.

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French avantgarde metallers Akphaezya have posted online a video for "Nemesis," a song from the band's upcoming album Anthology IV: The Tragedy Of Nerak, due out in March via Code666 Records. The video was directed by Laurent Box and Camille Bouvard and you can watch it below. Another new song entitled "Genesis" can also be streamed on the band's Soundcloud.

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The cutting-edge thrash metallers Vektor have announced the tracklist and revealed the cover art of their upcoming album Outer Isolation. The album features five new songs and three re-recorded compositions from the band's first album Demolition: "Tetrastructural Minds", "Venus Project" and "Fast Paced Society." The band did a similar thing on their previous album Black Future in 2009 by re-recording two other songs. Also, two new songs, "Dying World" and "Dark Creations, Dead Creators," are now streaming online at this location.

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Band profile:	Vektor

The cover art for The Animation Of Entomology EP, the long-awaited follow-up to the technical supergroup Blotted Science's debut The Machinations Of Dementia, has been revealed and can be viewed below. The artwork was done by Richard Morley. Furthermore, a one and a half-minute snippet of "Omitting Eyes" has been made available for streaming at this location.

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Source:	ronjarzombek.com
Band profile:	Blotted Science

After a five-year wait, Russian heavy metal legends Aria have revealed the title of their new album: Феникс/Phoenix. The release date will be announced soon. The cover art has been done by the long-time collaborator Leo Hao (Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Primal Fear, Rage, Nocturnal Rites, etc).

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Source:	aria.ru
Band profile:	Aria

The French dark progressive metal band Adagio announced their new singer to be Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Outworld, Beyond Twilight, Darkology). After the departure of Christian Palin, Adagio were helped out by Mats Leven (Yngwie Malmsteen, Krux, Therion, At Vance, Fatal Force, Firewind). The band comments that Mats was never meant to be a permanent member, which was mutually understood, and they appreciate his help on tour.

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Band profile:	Adagio