Brooklyn, New York-based progressive/experimental instrumental metal band Behold the Arctopus will release its second full-length album, Horrorscension, on October 23 via Black Market Activities. The CD marks the recording debut of the group's drummer, Weasel Walter, a multi-instrumentalist renowned for his work under the name The Flying Luttenbachers and his widespread collaborations across the free jazz, noise, and metal genres. Walter joins founding members Colin Marston (12-string Warr guitar) and Mike Lerner (guitar). Marston is also a member of Krallice, Gorguts and Dysrhythmia, as well as an acclaimed recording engineer whose recent credits include Kayo Dot, Jarboe and Altar of Plagues.

A new song, Disintegore, can be streamed here.

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97% Static, the new video from U.K. progressive tech metallers Monuments, can be seen here. The clip was directed by Stuart Birchall of Numinous Pictures.

97% Static comes off Monuments' long-awaited debut album, Gnosis, which will be released in North America on September 25 through Century Media Records.

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Swedish goregrind legends General Surgery will release a brand new seven-inch EP, Like an Ever Flying Limb, on November 6 via Relapse Records. The limited-edition EP contains five new tracks and was recorded in October 2011 at Audiogrind Studio in the band's hometown of Stockholm.

The Like an Ever Flying Limb title track is available for streaming here.

General Surgery plans to enter the studio in the near future to record its long-awaited third full-length album.

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German death metallers Fragments of Unbecoming will release their fifth album, The Art of Coming Apart, on November 30 via Cyclone Empire. According to the band, the CD "will contain eight brutal Swedish death metal songs and two instrumentals." The group adds, "The songs sound awesome after being mixed in Soundtunnel Studio by Ingo Maier and mastered by Dan Swanö."

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The official video for the song Goliath from Swedish blues rockers Graveyard can be seen here. The clip was filmed with director Artur Wolgers in a lo-fi way, just like Graveyard's video for Hisingen Blues, the title track of the band's previous album. The track comes off the band's third album, Lights Out, which will be released on October 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. The Goliath single will precede the full-length CD on September 21 as a digital download and on seven-inch vinyl. The single will include a special non-album track, Leaving You. The Goliath seven-inch vinyl will be issued in four different colors, featuring four different cover artworks.

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90-second audio snippets of all the tracks that are set to appear on Full Pull, the new album from Swedish hard rockers Bullet, can be streamed here. Due in North America on September 25 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded at Gutterview Recorders in Solna, Sweden with producers Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters, Entombed) and Fred Estby (Dismember).

The track All Fired Up can be heard here.

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Honor Found in Decay, the tenth studio album from Neurosis, will be released in North America on October 30 through the band's own Neurot Recordings.

The track At The Well can now be streamed here.

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Sweden's Tiamat will release its tenth studio album, The Scarred People, via Napalm Records on the following dates:

October 31 - Spain, Finland, Sweden, Greece
November 02 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium,
Netherlands, Luxembourg
November 05 - Rest of Europe
November 06 - USA/Canada

The CD was recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Siggi Bemm.

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Deftones have released a new song called Leathers at the band's official web site, deftones.com, as a limited-time free download. The track is taken from the group's seventh album, Koi No Yokan, which comes out on November 13 and follows up 2010's Diamond Eyes. The first official single from the set, called Tempest, will be sent to radio stations in early October.

Deftones will support the new CD with a nationwide headlining tour which kicks off on October 9 in Ventura, California. Prior to that, the group will play at the Epicenter festival in Irvine, California on Saturday (September 22) and the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California on Sunday (September 23).

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Metal Blade Records is proud to announce their latest signing, the Faroe Islands natives, TÝR! The deal was signed in Hollywood, CA on Wednesday, September 12th at the Rainbow.

The band are currently on tour with Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow and more. The tour will wrap up this Sunday in Worcester, MA, after which the band will return home to Europe for several shows and to begin production on their next album. Additionally, a video was released on Metal Blade TV in which Brian Slagel interviews the band. The video can be seen now here:

http://www.metalblade.tv/tv/exclusives/metal-blade-records-signs-tyr/

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For more information, check out TÝR on-line:

http://www.tyr.fo/

https://www.facebook.com/tyrband

http://twitter.com/tyrband

http://www.myspace.com/tyr1

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