To promote the Japanese release of their debut album Fascinating Violence on September 3rd via Victor Entertainment, Japanese extreme power metallers Gyze have released a video for the song "Desire". The album was originally released in June 2013 by Italian label Coroner Records. The video can be watched below.

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With just two months to go until the release of their seventh album Whiteworm Cathedral, American death metal veterans Necrophagia have recently made a new track from the album available for streaming. A musical homage to 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, "Fear The Priest" features Sigh's frontman Mirai Kawashima on keyboards, after a six-year absence. You can listen to the song below.

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All-woman heavy metallers Destrose have revealed the cover for their forthcoming EP - or "mini album" - The Prologue. Due out on September 24th, it'll be their first release to feature new vocalist Lisa, who replaced Marina Hebiishi back in June.

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Good news for Sigh's European fans. Japan's leading purveyors of saxophone-infused black metal have joined the lineup for the 2015 edition of Denmark's Metal Magic Festival. This will mark the first time Mirai Kawashima and company will perform on Danish soil.

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Good news from the Tokyo underworld: Japanese death metallers Desecravity have recently announced the exact release date for their forthcoming second album. Orphic Signs will go on sale on November 15th, courtesy of Willowtip Records. Mark your calendars, folks!

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All-female heavy metal troupe Destrose have announced they'll be putting out a new EP - or "mini-album" as they're called in Japan - on September 24th. Entitled The Prologue, this mini-album will be distributed via the band's own label Flyingcat Records.

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Two years on from their previous offering Dipoko, Botswanan heavy metallers Skinflint have announced that their fourth studio effort will be arriving this coming September. Entitled Nyemba, the album's songs are inspired by the origins of African black magic. You can see Nyemba's cover art and tracklist below as well as hear the new song "Veya."

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Eight months on from the original announcement of the follow-up to their 2011 debut Implicit Obedience, Japanese extreme metallers Desecravity have emerged from their Tokyo lair with an update on their second studio effort. The new album will be entitled Orphic Signs and will be released this autumn. You can also check out the new cover art down under. More information and details will follow soon.


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Japanese Dir En Grey are pleased to reveal the title of their forthcoming new album: Arche (it stands for The Origin in Greek). Originally set for a November release, the new record will see the light on December 10th, 2014, just over three years on from their last studio effort, Dum Spiro Spero.

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More good news from the Far East: power metallers Galneryus have set a release date for their forthcoming album Vetelgyus. The new record will go on sale on September 24th via VAP Records. Select details about the album's contents were also divulged: in all, fans will have eleven new songs to look forward to.

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A few years on from their first gig in the U.S., Japanese legends X Japan are returning and performing on Madison Square Garden on October 11th for one night only. It'll mark the band's first performance in the States since their 2010 North American tour.

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Visual-kei survivors Dir En Grey resurfaced last week with a new live DVD and Blu-ray, Dum Spiro Spero At Nippon Budokan. Filmed over two nights back in March, the double-disc set contains both concerts in full. The limited edition also boasts assorted extras and behind-the-scenes footage, plus a bonus CD featuring alternate versions of most songs from 2011's Dum Spiro Spero.

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Good news from the Far East: prolific Japanese power metal titans Galneryus have recently announced they'll be putting out a new studio album this coming September. The band's new studio effort, Vetelgyus, will be their first release of new material since 2012's Angel Of Salvation, and follows the live album and DVD Reliving The Ironhearted Flag, released back in March.

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Recently, Japanese kimono-clad heavy metal outfit Onmyo-Za announced two new studio albums, 風神界逅 (Fuujin Kaikou) and 雷神創世 (Raijin Sousei), their eleventh and twelfth album respectively. It has now been confirmed that the two will be released simultaneously on September 24th via Tokyo-based label King Records. Mark your calendars!

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Three years down the line from their last studio album, Japanese heavy metallers Onmyo-Za have announced they'll be releasing two new albums this coming autumn. 風神界逅 (Fuujin Kaikou) and 雷神創世 (Raijin Sousei) will be the band's eleventh and twelfth albums respectively. No release date has yet been set, but it has been confirmed the albums will be released simultaneously, and the recent single 青天の三日月 (Seiten No Mikazuki) will be included on Raijin Sousei.

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