Through Plagues Posts EP For Free Download

Brisbane melodic death metal band Through Plagues has released their debut EP, "From The Depths." The band has offered the release for free download (including artwork and lyrics) through their bandcamp page. The EP was mixed by the band and mastered by Brian Hood at 456recordings.

Here is the "From The Depths" tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. Goddess of the Sea
3. Ice to See You
4. Wings of Damnation
5. Eternal Silence

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Antagonist Posts First Studio Video Footage Online

Southern California’s ANTAGONIST has launched the first studio video documenting part of the recording process of their new album, “World In Decline,” which is due on August 17th via Prosthetic Records. The album was recorded, at Buzzbomb Studios in Orange, CA with producer Paul Miner (Terror, Thrice, Throwdown) and features guest vocal appearances from ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS’ Jared Monette and John Strachan of THE FUNERAL PYRE and promises to be the band's angriest and most aggressive outing yet. The cover art was done by Daniel McBride, (Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris). Check the video below:

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Drudkh Announces New Album Title and Release Date

Ukrainian black metal band DRUDKH has announced that their brand new album has been set for a September 20th release through Season of Mist and will be entitled "Handful of Stars." Like 2009's "Microcosmos," the band's eighth full-length will be available as a limited box set edition including many special items.

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Video Of Prophecy Within Performing Rush Classic

Cork, Ireland's young up and coming progressive metal act Prophecy Within have posted a live video of their performance of Rush's classic instrumental track "YYZ." The video was shot on March 5th, 2010 in the Rob Roy Bar in Cobh, Ireland.

The video is available for viewing below:

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Death Angel Reveals New Album Release Date

"Relentless Retribution," the new album from Bay Area thrash metal legends Death Angel, has been set for a September 14th, 2010 release date through Nuclear Blast Records. The album is due in Europe 12 days earlier on September 2nd, 2010.

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Stone Sour Added To Loudpark Line-Up

American hard rockers Stone Sour, featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot, have officially been added to the 2010 edition of the Loudpark Japan festival. Stone Sour now join Kiss, Amon Amarth, Ozzy Osbourne and Motorhead amongst many others. Loud Park 2010 is set to take place October 16-17, 2010 at Saitama Super Arena.

Saturday October 16:
Korn
Halford
Stone Sour
Ratt
Hellyeah
Dir En Grey
Edguy
Amon Amarth
Chthonic
Engel

Sunday, October 17:
Ozzy Osbourne
Motorhead
Avenged Sevenfold
Angra
Spiritual Beggars
Five Finger Death Punch
Kuni
Halestorm
3 Inches of Blood
Trash Talk

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Disturbed Reveals "Asylum" Tracklisting

Chicago's Disturbed have revealed the tracklisting for thier upcoming studio album titled "Asylum."
"Asylum" is due for release on August 31st, 2010 through Reprise Records.

"Asylum" tracklisting:
1. Remnants
2. Asylum
3. The Infection
4. Warrior
5. Another Way To Die
6. Never Again
7. The Animal
8. Crucified
9. Serpentine
10. My Child
11. Sacrifice
12. Innocence

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Norma Jean Streaming Entire New Album

Atlanta's long running metalcore act Norma Jean are now streaming their entire new album "Meridional" over on their myspace page. The album, which is set for release on July 13th, was produced by Jeremy Griffith who replaced longtime producer Ross Robinson.

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Immortal Releases New DVD Trailer

Immortal, the infamous black metal act from Norway, have released a trailer for their upcoming DVD titled "The Seventh Date Of Blashyrkh." The DVD is due for release on August 6th, 2010 through Nuclear Blast Records. The set includes footage of the band's headlining performance at the 2007 edition of the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.

The trailer can be viewed below:

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Corrosion Of Conformity To Release New Song

Legendary metal act Corrosion Of Conformity have announced plans to release a new 7-inch single titled "Your Tomorrow Pt.1 & 2" through Southern Lord Records. The new recordings features the same line-up from their iconic "Animosity" album. "Your Tomorrow" is to be pressed onto black 180-gram wax vinyl.

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Death Angel To Stream July 12th Show Live

Bay Area thrashers Death Angel have announced plans to stream their July 12th, 2010 performance at the The Muse in Nashville, Tennessee. The stream is set to go live at 8 pm pacific, 9 pm mountain, 10 pm central and 11 pm eastern. Death Angel are performing alongside Noisecult, F.U.C.T., I Am The Tower and War Within.

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End of Green Posts New Music Video Online

End of Green has posted the music video for the song “Goodnight Insomnia.” The track comes off their latest album, "High Hopes In Low Places." The clip was shot with Gregor Wiebe from Munich's Huckleberryking Media (Killerpilze a.o.). For two days, he and his team painted the streets of Munich red with end of green.

END OF GREEN guitarist Sad Sir comments on the video shoot, “It's quite weird to shoot a petrol station hold-up while there's still customers coming in to fill up or to get some beer. At least I would have found it strange if at that time of the evening a woman holding a gun entered a petrol station in front of me. But in Munich people seem to be a bit more relaxed.”

Watch the video below:

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Deranged Signs To Sevared Records

Swedish brutal death metal band DERANGED has signed with U.S. label Sevared Records. The band is currently working on material for its eighth full-length album. Half of the CD has already been written and Deranged will enter the studio this winter.

DERANGED's forthcoming album will be the first release to feature the band's new lineup:

Martin Schönherr - Vocals
Thomas Ahlgren - Guitar
Rikard Wermén - Drums
Andreas Johansson - Bass

DERANGED has scheduled the following shows this summer:

July 15-17 - Obscene Extreme Festival - Svojsice, CZR
July 23 - Turock - Essen, GER
July 24 - Nevel Festival - Antwerp, BEL
July 25 - Baroeg - Rotterdam, NETH

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Architecture of Aggression Announces Two Shows

Pretoria, South Africa death Metal trio, Architecture of Aggression, is headed into Kwazulu Natal in July for a pair of shows. They arrive in the Midlands on Friday, July 30th to play at The Red Door in Pietermaritzburg, before moving on to the coast. Durbanites can catch Architecture Of Aggression at The Winston Pub on Saturday, July 31st, along with fellow metallers Afflicted Truth, Pledge Defiance, Tyranus Totalus, Vengeance Resides, and The Hollow.

This tour is in support of the band's latest release, "Acts of God – 4000 Years of Phallusy."

You can see the tour flyer here.

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Incarnia Reveals New Album, "Proclamation" Details

Montreal melodic death metal band Incarnia, who recently signed to Panoptic Records, has revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming album "Proclamation", which is set to be released on August 3rd 2010.

The "Proclamation" tracklisting is as follows:

01. Dawn Of The Great Rebirth (Ashes Of Our Time Part II)
02. Festivals Of Atonement
03. Led By Tears
04. Carrion
05. Where Fallen Apostles Assemble
06. Yersinia Pestis
07. Affinity

INCARNIA will launch their album on July 31st in Montreal at the Underworld venue with fellow panoptic records artist ABSOLVE ("Sadistic Crown" album launch), Toronto progressive metal act ADYTUM and local opener DOWN TO RUINS. The track "Dawn of the Great Rebirth (Ashes of Our Time Pt. II)" is available for streaming at this location.

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Dimmu Borgir Explains New Album Title

Dimmu Borgir recently announced the band's new album will be titled "Abrahadabra," and the full cover artwork is now available for viewing here. The band issued the following statement about the meaning behind the title:

"The word 'abrahadabra' (which roughly translates into 'I will create as I speak') first publicly appeared in Chapter III of Liber AL vel Legis (commonly referred to as The Book of the Law) written by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in 1904."

Dimmu Borgir's vocalist Shagrath also shared the following comments about the new album:

"After eleven months of total focus, dedication and professional team work, Darkness has been reborn. Some people have expressed their concern about the future of the band since the departure of some members of the clan. Let me assure you that things happen for a reason. The black flame burns brighter than ever before. With the mixture of our different musical preferences and the personalities involved, I will dare to say we have created a beast, the most detailed work to date out of our 17 years of existence. I know it’s too much of a cliché to brag when you have a done a new album, but to put it short and simple, it’s a fist in the face to all the doubters out there. Forward – Onward - March... Enter the supreme unknown.”

For the second time in the band’s career (since 1996’s Stormblåst), a one-word album title breaks the tradition of a three-word album title for a new studio release dating back to Dimmu Borgir’s 1994’s debut, "For All Tid." More...

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Evil Survives Signs To Heavy Artillery Records

Heavy Artillery Records has issued the following statement about inking a deal with Evil Survives to release the band's "Powerkiller" album in October:

"Heavy Artillery Records continues its war on false metal with the release of Powerkiller, the sophomore album from Canadian heavy/speed metal masters Evil Survives. Powerkiller is scheduled for worldwide release on CD and digitally on October 12th, 2010.

"Based out Winnipeg, Manitoba Evil Survives first began spreading their metallic mayhem when the in the summer of 2006 Front man Karl 'Axe n’ Smash' Warkentin and guitarist Adrian Riff began the arduous task of recruiting like minded metal heads. Finally after three months the search was complete and Evil Survives was born. By June 2008 Evil Survives made its first performance- by no coincidence...but fate! - outside of an Iron Maiden concert in their home town of Winnipeg. Less than a month later, Evil Survives entered the studio to record their debut full length album Metal Vengeance released exclusively on vinyl on by Canadian ‘War on Music’ label. More...

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In This Moment To Host Meet And Greets

California's In This Moment has issued the following brief update about hosting a meet and greet session at all of the band's Mayhem Festival appearances: "We'll be doing a meet & greet at every stop on mayhem fest! Be sure to stop by the Centurmy Media / Metal Army America booth to get the down low on all the details. Seen you soon!" You can catch In This Moment live on the following dates:

7/10 2010 San Manuel Amphitheater - Mayhem Fest San Bernardino, California, US
7/11 2010 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mayhem Fest Mountain View, California, US
7/12 2010 Hawthorne Theater- w/ Norma Jean Portland, OR
7/13 2010 White River Amphitheater - Mayhem Fest Southeast Auburn, Washington, US
7/14 2010 Idaho Center Amphitheater - Mayhem Fest Nampa, Idaho, US
7/16 2010 Cricket Wireless Pavilion - Mayhem Fest Phoenix, Arizona, US
7/17 2010 Journal Pavilion - Mayhem Fest Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
7/18 2010 Comfort Dental Amphitheatre - Mayhem Fest Denver, Colorado, US
7/20 2010 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Mayhem Fest St. Louis, Missouri, US
7/21 2010 Riverbend Music Center - Mayhem Fest Cincinnati, Ohio, US
7/23 2010 Susquehanna Bank Center - Mayhem Fest Camden, New Jersey, US
7/24 2010 The Comcast Theatre - Mayhem Fest Hartford, Connecticut, US
7/25 2010 Parc Jean Drapeau -Heavy MTL 2010 Montreal, Quebec, CA
7/26 2010 The Lost Horizon- w/Norma Jean Syracuse, NY
7/27 2010 Comcast Center - Mayhem Fest Mansfield, Massachuse, US
7/28 2010 P.N.C. Bank Arts Center - Mayhem Fest Holmdel, New Jersey, US
7/30 2010 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Mayhem Fest Tinley Park, Illinois, US
7/31 2010 Verizon Wireless Music Center - Mayhem Fest Noblesville, Indiana, US More...

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Non Essential Checks In With Demo Update

Spain's Non Essential has checked in with the following update about working on a new demo album:

"It's been some time since our last update blog. Currently the demo is in the process of mastering, and will shortly publish the image on the cover. The two tracks that we recorded will be available for listening on our myspace and the demo you can acquire it by request and at our concerts. We are eager to hear the final result, because what little we have heard so far sounds really devastating!

"Also, take the opportunity to tell you that our activity will resume shortly and will post live dates of upcoming concerts, which also will touch new topics in line with our latest compositions. Stay tuned to myspace!"

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Omasum Splits With Vocalist

Spanish black metal act Omasum has issued the following brief announcement about parting ways with vocalist Nazak:

"After the penultimate live in Marinha Grande (Portugal), Omasum has been expelled Nazak from the band. The new vocalist will be Evil Master, our bassist, but he won't leave the bass guitar in the band."

You can also check out sample Omasum songs via the band's MySpace page.

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Progfest Sydney Details Announced

Progfest is returning in Australia this year with a multitude of shows across the country but the first to be announced is the Sydney stop. Here are the details:

PROGFEST
Saturday, July 31
@ The Annandale Hotel, Sydney
17 Parramatta Rd, Annandale

Here's the lineup:

Breaking Orbit
Ne Obliviscaris (VIC)
Sleepmakeswaves
Shanghai
Pirate
A State of Flux (VIC)
Anubis
Arcane (QLD)
Paradigm
Space Project
Slimey Things
Godswounds
Mish

Doors open at 1pm. Tickets are on sale now from www.annandalehotel.com.

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