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Forgotten Tomb to release new album
17 Sep 2012

Italy's black/rock/doom metal outfit Forgotten Tomb will release its sixth full-length album , entitled ...And Don't Deliver Us from Evil, on October 30 in Europe and on November 6 in North America via Agonia Records.

Prior to release of the new album, on September 25, there will be a new seven-inch EP, entitled Deprived. The EP will be limited to 300 copies (100 green, 100 white, 100 red) only.


Topic: Band News

Bison B.C. to release new album
17 Sep 2012

Bison B.C. will release their new album, Lovelessness, on October 22 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded with acclaimed producer Sanford Parker at Soma and Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago.

The song Anxiety Puke / Lovelessness can be streamed here .


Topic: Band News

Preview of new Destruction song available
08 Sep 2012

The first trailer for Spiritual Genocide, the forthcoming 30th-anniversary album from German thrash metal veterans Destruction, can be seen here . The two-minute clip features a preview of the new song Cyanide.

Destruction is currently in Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf, Germany with engineer Martin Buchwalter recording Spiritual Genocide, for a November release via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD, which will be mixed by Andy Classen, feature guest appearances by Thomas "Angelripper" Such (Sodom), Andreas "Gerre" Geremia (Tankard) and Ol Drake (Evile).


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3 Inches of Blood release new video
08 Sep 2012

Leather Lord, the new video from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada metallers 3 Inches of Blood, can be seen here . The song comes off the band's new album, Long Live Heavy Metal, which was released on March 27 via Century Media Records.


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New song from Devin Townsend's Epicloud available
08 Sep 2012

True North, a brand new song from Epicloud, the next album from Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend to be released under the Devin Townsend Project banner, can be streamed here .

Epicloud will be issued on September 18 in North America and September 24 in Europe via InsideOut Music. The CD features a guest appearance by former The Gathering frontwoman and previous Devin collaborator Anneke Van Giersbergen.

Epicloud will be available in the following formats: standard CD jewel case; limited-edition digipack with bonus CD; double vinyl gatefold with an exclusive bonus track; and digital download on iTunes with two exclusive bonus tracks, Cry Forever (demo) and Take My Ego (demo).


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Primal Fear and Symphony X members form new project
08 Sep 2012

Bassist Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) has joined joined forces with Russell Allen (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob) in a brand new project. The as-yet-unnamed group is currently recording its debut album for an early 2013 release via Frontiers Records. The CD is being produced by Sinner and will be mixed by Achim Köhler, who has previously worked with Primal Fear, Amon Amarth and Brainstorm, among many others. Eleven tracks were written for the effort, which will feature guest appearances by Roland Grapow (guitar; Masterplan, Helloween), Randy Black (drums; Primal Fear), Alessandro Del Vecchio (keyboards, vocals) and Alexander Beyrodt (guitar; Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle).


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Threshold release new lyric video
08 Sep 2012

The official lyric video for the song Don't Look Down from British progressive metallers Threshold can be seen here . The track comes off the band's ninth studio album, March of Progress, which was released on August 31 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Anaal Nathrakh reveal new album details
07 Sep 2012

Candlelight Records has set a November 6 North American release date for Vanitas, the new album from England's Anaal Nathrakh. October 15 had already been announced as the European release date. Produced by Mick Kenney (Bleeding Through, Ingested), the CD carries the band's signature and regarded union of black metal and grindcore.

Anaal Nathrakh will tour Canada for the first time just as Vanitas is released. Beginning in Montreal on November 7, the tour will end in Sherbrooke on November 18.

A trailer featuring audio snippets from the album is available here .


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The Acacia Strain release new lyric video
07 Sep 2012

The official lyric video for the song Victims of the Cave from Western Massachusetts metallers The Acacia Strain can be seen here . The track comes off the band's new album, Death Is the Only Mortal, which will be released on October 9 via Rise Records. The CD was produced by guitarist Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz at his Western Massachusetts studio.


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Klone reveal details for new album
06 Sep 2012

Poitiers, France-based progressive metallers Klone will release their fifth full-length album, The Dreamer's Hideaway, on October 5 via Klonosphere Records. The CD was recorded at La Fusée Des Resistants studios and was mixed and mastered by Franck Hueso, who has previously worked with such acts as Hacride and Deathspell Omega.

The song Rocket Smoke can be streamed here .


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