Metal News for July 15, 2016
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36 news articles posted on this day.
Medevil Announces "Conductor Of Storms" Release
Chilliwack, BC's heavy metal group Medevil will unleash debut album "Conductor Of Storms" on August 26th.
The band placed as a national finalist (top 6) during the 2015 Wacken Metal Battle Canada and pulls influences from classics like Iron Maiden, Accept, and Metal Church.
Check out first single "Machination Factory" in the player below. The full "Conductor Of Storms" track listing consists of:
1. Nightwalk (5:11)
2. Machination Factory (4:37)
3. An Empty Glass (4:03)
4. In The Distance (2:50)
5. The Angel of Rain (7:40)
6. A Sacrifice (5:04)
7. Escape (4:20)
8. The Fabled Uxoricide (12:02) More...
Abominant Posts "Burning Hemispheres"
"Napalm Reign" is the impending new full-length album from Kentucky death metal legion, Abominant. Set for release July 29th via Deathgasm, the band's inexorable 11th studio album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Briggs inside Velocity Studios during the winter months of 2015/16.
As a precursor to its release, today the album's fifth track "Burning Hemispheres" is issued for public demolition. The full album's track listing is as follows:
1. No Peace
2. Reborn Through Bloodshed
3. Iron Clad
4. Hordes Of Desolation
5. Burning Hemispheres
6. The Watchers
7. Truth Beyond Belief
8. As Evil Rears Its Head
9. The Villains Veil
10. Out Of The Shadows
11. Scream In The Night More...
Ade Posts Entire Album Online
Today sees the official release of "Carthago Delenda Est," the punishing third album from Roman death metal legion Ade. You can grab your copy here or also stream the entire album below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Carthago Delenda Est 04:40
2. Across the Wolf's Blood 04:57
3. Annibalem 05:06
4. With Tooth and Nail 05:35
5. Dark Days of Rome 03:42
6. Scipio Indomitus Victor 04:56
7. Mare Nostrum 05:12
8. Zama: Where Tusks are Buried 04:47
9. Excidium 04:29
10. Sowing Salt 04:34 More...
Come Worship At The Asschapel
Southern Lord asks you all to rise and give praise to the almighty Asschapel as the label honors the legacy of this defunct throng of Southern thrash prophets.
Today the label is releasing the cult's collected discography with "Total Destruction (1999-2006)." Experience this remaining relic of the Asschapel's existence in full below: 31 wretched tracks of total destruction. You can also pick up the release at Bandcamp here. More...
Hyponic Announces "Former Monk" Release
On the band's 20th anniversary, Hong Kong group Hyponic will release a new album after a gap of over a decade.
Titled "Former Monk" (maybe, it's translated so that's a best guess) the mysterious band ventures into newer realms - exploring dark ambient sounds, atmospheric black metal bits and all out melancholy. Check out the album's second track below. More...
Leprous Announces North American Headline Tour
After having recently recorded a hometown show in Oslo for an upcoming DVD / live album release, Norwegian prog metal band Leprous just announced further live action in support of current album "The Congregation."
The next live campaign includes European festival dates in the summer, a North American headline run in September/October, as well as a massive European tour supporting Devil Townsend Project alongside Between The Buried And Me.
Leprous vocalist and keyboardist Einar Solberg checked in about the recent DVD shoot as follows:
"The recording of the DVD went great, and it was one of the best nights of our career so far! We just received the rough mix of the Audio, and we can tell that it's definitely approved. On most live albums these days, bands are re-recording most of the stuff afterwards in the studio, to make it sound perfect. For us that's out of question. We wanna keep the live feel, especially to give a big contrast to the rather perfected studio albums! Definitely more organic!"
And he added the following comment about the upcoming European tour: "We're very happy to be a part of such a fantastic tour package, and it will be pure joy to play together with both Between The Buried And Me and Devin Townsend Project! We believe this tour can help us up to the next level, and that there are many potential new followers to convince here!" More...
Without Mercy Posts New Music Video
Vancouver, BC's Without Mercy just released a music video for the track "Worthless," which is one of four songs on newly released "Mouichido" EP.
"The whole theme of 'Mouichido' was about my return to my martial arts roots to help cope with the stress and B.S." explains guitarist DJ Temple " When it came time to shoot this video, I thought it would be rad to call up my friends from MAMBA MMA and see if they would like to be a part of it. With the way it turned out, I'm stoked as hell about it! Being able to include my friends in this sort of thing has always been a goal of mine!" More...
S.N.A.F.U. Announces Vinyl Release
Detroit grind/punk/hardcore/metal band S.N.A.F.U. is pleased to announce the release of vinyl and cassette versions of "Present Day Plague" on September 2nd, 2016.
The band will also be embarking on a summer tour that includes a date at the Full Terror Assault festival. You can pre-order the new vinyl edition here or stream the entire release below. More...
Periphery Streams New Song
Periphery will release fifth album, "Periphery III: Select Difficulty," on July 22nd via Sumerian and today the band debuts a new track. Check out "The Way The News Goes..." below. The full track listing is:
1. The Price is Wrong
2. Motormouth
3. Marigold
4. The Way The News Goes…
5. Remain Indoors
6. Habitual Line-Stepper
7. Flatline
8. Absolomb
9. Catch Fire
10. Prayer Position
11. Lune
Cadaveria Posts EP Trailer
Horror metallers Cadaveria and thrash group Necrodeath have set the release date for the "Mondoscuro" EP as September 2nd via Black Tears. Today the full track listing and a teaser trailer have also come online.
The EP will contain six tracks: two brand new and co-written songs, two covers (one of The Beatles and one of Type O Negative) and two unusual “exchange of roles” that will see Cadaveria reinterpreting a classic by Necrodeath and Necrodeath performing a Cadaveria hit.
1. Mater Tenebrarum
2. Spell
3. Dominion of Pain
4. Rise Above
5. Christian Woman (Type O Negative cover)
6. Helter Skelter (The Beatles cover) More...
Weeping Silence To Tour With Ahab
Malta-based group Weeping Silence is confirmed for an Italian tour in November supporting doom masters Ahab. The lineup also indcludes The Foreshadowing, plus other local bands on individual dates.
24 November at Circolo Colony, Brescia
25 November at Cycle Club, Calenzano (FI)
26 November at RomaObsura Festival, Traffic Club, Roma
27 November at Wave, Misano Adriatico (RN)
Weeping Silence comments: "Italy has been on the cards for Weeping Silence for several years, and we are very pleased to finally announce our first shows in this beautiful country in support of the mighty Ahab. It is also great that we'll be joining our friends The Foreshadowing on these dates. See you in November Italian metalheads!"
The group also has these upcoming festival appearances apart from the Ahab tour:
Gothoom Open Air Festival (SK) 23.07.2016
Metaldays (SL) 26.07.2016
Voices of the Succubi Festival (MT) 17.09.2016 More...
Calling Apollo Posts "Obelisk"
Calling Apollo's two-part "The Great Depression" album is now on the horizon, with Act 1 coming August 19th.
The EP was produced by Todd Campbell (Straight Lines/Samoans) and will see on the band’s own label Signal & The Noise Records. The EP will coincide with a UK tour, supporting Rory Indiana. Check out new single "Obelisk" below.
“We find ourselves presented with so much information in the world designed to make us feel a certain way that a lot of people have no idea what to think and who to trust.” explains vocalist Christian Neale, “'Obelisk' is is how I deal with the propaganda war.”
1) Light The Way
2) Clone City
3) Obelisk
4) The Wars
5) Act I: House of Cards
6) … and The High Plateau
Terraform Posts "Atonement" Video
Terraform's new EP "Adrift" just officially dropped today - July 15th, 2016 - and if you haven't heard it yet, all the tracks are up for streaming at this location. A music video for the "Atonement" single has also come online and is available below.
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Nightwish Song To Be Played At Olympics
Apparently, the symphonic / metal combo of Nightwish just keeps popping up absolutely everywhere - even in sports!
The Australian national team of synchronized swimmers just announced that they will be using the classical hymn "Last Ride Of The Day" off Nightwish album "Imaginaerum" for their competition at the Olympic Championship.
The track will be played in an orchestral version during the swim performance of the team in Rio de Janeiro. The band feels very honoured and wishes good luck to the entire team!
Pénitence Onirique Signs With LADLO
LADLO Productions just checked in with this brief announcement about inking a deal with Pénitence Onirique:
"We are proud to announce Pénitence Onirique as part of our roster. The French black metal band will release its first album 'V.I.T.R.I.O.L' on Emanations a division of Les Acteurs de l'ombre Productions. Release date is September 16th, 2016. Listen below to first song 'L'âme Sur Les Pavés.'"
"The Depressions Sessions" Trailer Comes Online
In December of 2015, three bands with three different stylistic approaches to aggressive music but a common outlook on the world, came together to create a collective piece of work - "The Depression Sessions."
Those three bands were Thy Art Is Murder, The Acacia Strain, and Fit For An Autopsy, and on August 12th, Nuclear Blast Entertainment will release the results of this experience both digitally and on limited edition vinyl.
Today, the first trailer with the band members talking about the making of this release can be seen below.
"The Depression Sessions" was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Will Putney. All the bands tracked in December 2015 at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, NJ. Cover art was created by Dan Bradley with a layout by Forefathers. More...
Carnifex Releases New In-Studio Video
Carnifex just released a third in-studio video discussing working with Jason Suecof and what listeners can expect on album number six, "Slow Death," which is due out August 5th. If you missed it, the previous studio footage is also still available here.
Dillinger Escape Plan Added To GWAR-B-Q
We are just over five weeks away from the wildest party of the summer, the one and only GWAR B-Q in Richmond, VA at Hadad's Lake on August 20th.
It has already been announced that GWAR, Lamb Of God, Against Me, August Burns Red, American Nightmare, EyehateGod, and others will will devastate and earfuck everyone at the event.
Today the show's organizers are pleased as piss in your mouth and announce the addition of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Guitarist Ben Weinman commented:
"In honor of the legendary Oderus Urungus, we are proud to take part in this year's GWAR B-Q. After all, any band who sings songs about killing hippies and Skinheads while simultaneously condemning war and shooting many gallons of blood on the crowd are friends of ours!"
Psychostick Is So Heavy
Psychostick just unleashed "So. Heavy." - the band's heaviest of heavy videos ever with the most intense cookie cutter vocals to burst your ear drums!
Don't forget to tea bag the stage during the break down while listening in below.
"'So. Heavy.' is a favorite from our latest album in all it's over-downtuned glory," says guitarist Josh 'The J' Key. "We felt it was a worthy video to launch our Patreon, which has been going very well. If you want to help us make more ridiculous videos like we have been, then please support us on Patreon!"
Psychostick's Patreon campaign allows fans to make pledges to the band to produce videos more frequently plus give exclusives and behind-the-scenes access to everything they're working on, as well as supporting the DIY band and their video production group.
In additional news, Psychostick is returning for a second U.K. tour and brining along the legendary Green Jellÿ from September 13th to October 1st. Dates are available here. More...
Despised Icon Posts 90s VHS Video
Montreal based deathcore pioneers Despised Icon will release Nuclear Blast debut "Beast" on July 22nd. Today, the band has released a music video for the track "Bad Vibes," directed by Jessy Fuchs of Slam Disques (Obey The Brave, Simple Plan).
"We've often been vocal about the classic death metal bands that have influenced us throughout the years but have rarely discussed the grindcore and hardcore elements in our music," states vocalist Alex Erian. "Our new single 'Bad Vibes' is raw, straight forward and reminiscent of bands like Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Biohazard, and Madball. The 90's were a defining decade for us and so we opted for that old school look when putting together this new music video. ‘Beast’ comes out in a week. Get into it!"
01. The Aftermath
02. Inner Demons
03. Drapeau Noir
04. Bad Vibes
05. Dedicated To Extinction
06. Grind Forever
07. Time Bomb
08. One Last Martini
09. Doomed
10. Beast More...
Fates Warning Album Hits The Charts
U.S. progressive metal pioneers Fates Warning just entered the sales charts in various countries with 12th studio album, "Theories Of Flight," released last week via InsideOutMusic. Here are some of the chart results:
Germany: # 12
Italy: # 80
The Netherlands: # 70
Belgium (Flemish): # 175
USA: # 2 Billboard Heatseekers / # 62 Current Top 200 Albums
Vocalist Ray Alder checked in with the following comment: "Thanks to everyone who contributed to this amazing first week. We're blown away by the response so far. Thanks again!"
A new drum and bass play-through video (with a slightly adapted audio mix) for the song "White Flag" has now also been launched online and can be seen below. More...
Sianvar Posts "Psychosis Succumbing"
Post-hardcore/experimental group Sianvar is now streaming "Psychosis Succumbing," the second single from upcoming debut full-length "Stay Lost."
The band - which is comprised of Will Swan (Dance Gavin Dance), Donovan Melero (Hail the Sun), Sergio Medina (Stolas), and Joe Arrington & Michael Franzino (A Lot Like Birds) - will release this new album on August 5th via Blue Swan Records.
"Stay Lost" follows Sianvar's self-titled 2014 EP and was produced by Dryw Owns at Little Russia Recordings. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Stay Lost
2. Omniphobia
3. Anticoagulant
4. Psychosis Succumbing
5. Foxholes and Deities
6. BedRoots
7. Coordinate Love
8. 1100 Days
9. Don't Carry This
10. Stay Scared More...
Assignment Posts New Video Clip "Evolution"
Germany's Assignment released a music video for the new track "Evolution." The song is the opening track from the upcoming new album "Closing the Circle" - due for release on July 22nd via Massacre Records. The album is the first to feature new vocalist Diego Valdez (Helker/Electro_Nomicon).
The track list for "Closing the Circle" is:
1. Evolution
2. Closing the Circle
3. Presence of Death
4. Genetic Slavery (see lyric video here)
5. Crimson Poison
6. Chemical Healing
7. Variaxis
8. Taste for Sin
9. Entering the Universe
10. Between Parallel Worlds
Check out "Evolution" here: More...
Hangar Releases "Reality Is A Prison" Music Video
Brazilian progressive/power metal act Hangar, featuring famed drummer Aquiles Priester, released a music video for the new track "Reality is a Prison." The song is the opening song from the upcoming new album entitled "Stronger Than Ever."
The new release marks the first new material since 2009's "Infallible" and the first new material for vocalist Pedro Campos who joined in 2013 and who provided vocals for re-worked classics on the 2014 best of release "The Best of 15 Years, Based on a True Story."
The track listing and album art for "Stronger Than Ever" can be found below:
1. Reality is a Prison
2. The Revenant
3. Forest of Forgotten
4. A Letter from 1997 (MHJ)
5. Just Like Heaven
6. The Silence of Innocent
7. Beauty in Disrepair
8. We Keep Running the Course
10. Just Like Heaven (Acoustic)
Check out the clip here: More...
Twilight Force Posts New Trailer
Twilight Force will drop sophomore album "Heroes Of Mighty Magic" via Nuclear Blast this coming August 26th.
After revealing a first sonic taster from the opus last week, it's time to experience more about the making-of and the concept behind this magical musical journey. Check out a new teaser below.
Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire) commented: "I remember I was on tour with Rhapsody Of Fire and Gamma Ray in Scandinavia and while I was doin' some shows, the guys from Twilight Force called me and proposed that I be a guest on their new record...well...it was a great experience! I went into the studio with them and we had a great time together... a cool time with very cool guys... It took place on a day off from the tour... so I had some hours to do the parts, listen to the song and talk with the guys (...and drink some cappuccinos together!)
"I think the band were very nice with me and they had in mind exactly what they wanted from my collaboration... my parts were ‘epic’ and the vocal lines were made for my voice and style... I would like to thank them and I'm happy to know that Nuclear Blast is releasing this new work! I'm so sorry I couldn't attend their show in Northern Italy some months later. I really wish the best of luck to the guys and to their new work!" More...
Ablaze My Sorrow Streams "One Last Sting"
On August 5th, Ablaze My Sorrow will break the silence after 14 years as "Black" continues the path of "Anger, Hate And Fury."
Today a new track from the impending album comes online - check out "One Last Sting" below. The full "Black" track listing is as follows:
01. Black
02. One last sting
03. Tvåenighet
04. When all is...
05. Send the ninth plague
06. To reclaim what is ours (instr.)
07. Insomnia
08. Blood heritage
09. Razorblade revolution
10. The storm
11. My blessing More...
Spirit Adrift Releases Preview Clip For New Album
Arizona doom metal act Spirit Adrift issued a preview for the upcoming debut full length effort "Chained to Oblivion," which you can check out in the player below. The album is set to drop via Prosthetic Records on August 12, 2016. Pre-orders are available at this location.
"Chained to Oblivion" is punishingly heavy and equally uplifting. Psychedelic currents ebb and flow throughout passages of unrelenting doom and entrancing melody.
The track list is:
1. Psychic Tide
2. Marzanna
3. Form and Force
4. Chained To Oblivion
5. The Hum Of Our Existence More...
Sabaton Releases "Blood of Bannockburn" Lyric Clip
Swedish power metal heroes Sabaton released a second new track from the upcoming new album "The Last Stand." Relive the tale of William Wallace in "Blood of Bannockburn" in the player below. The album will be released worldwide on August 19th via Nuclear Blast Records.
The "The Last Stand" track listing is:
1. Sparta
2. Last Dying Breath
3. Blood of Bannockburn
4. Diary of an Unknown Soldier
5. The Lost Battalion (see lyric video here)
6. Rorke's Drift
7. The Last Stand
8. Hill 3234
9. Shiroyama
10. Winged Hussars
11. The Last Battle
12. Camouflage
13. All Guns Blazing
Check out the clip here: More...
Details Of New Kryptos Album Revealed
2016 promises to be a breakout year for Indian metal act Kryptos with the imminent release of the fourth album entitled “Burn Up The Night," expected on September 23rd via AFM Records. With stunning 80’s cover art by Mattias Frisk (shown below) and a bare knuckles approach, the album brings back the glory days of heavy metal with razor sharp riffs, screaming solos and a raging twin guitar attack. Trends may come and go, but Kryptos continue to reinforce the old school ethos that they proudly swear by. Check out the music video for the new track "Full Throttle" below f you want a taste.
Highly influenced by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy and Accept, as well as Coroner and Kreator, Kryptos still manages to create an identity of it's own while staying true to it's roots. The band was formed in late 1998 in Bangalore, India, and have long been considered one of the spearheads of the Indian heavy metal revolution. Fighting the good fight for almost two decades, the band has released three critically acclaimed albums, supported some of the biggest names in metal and toured Europe multiple times. Kryptos released the first album, "Spiral Ascent," in 2004, which quickly spread through the Indian metal underground and other parts of the world.
In 2008, the band signed with Old School Metal Records from California and released “The Ark of Gemini” before embarking on their first European tour in 2010, making them the first Indian heavy metal band to do so. Kryptos then signed with AFM Records and released the third record “The Coils of Apollyon” in 2012, which met with stellar reviews from all quarters. The band followed this up with a first ever appearance at Wacken Open Air in 2013, a cross country European tour in 2014 and a supporting tour with Death Angel in 2015.
The track list for "Burn Up The Night" is:
1. Blackstar Horizon
2. Full Throttle
3. The Summoning
4. Unto Elysium
5. One Shot To Kill
6. Waverider
7. Prepare To Strike
8. Burn Up The Night More...
Atlas Pain Signs With Bakerteam Records
Epic/Folk metal band Atlas Pain have signed a deal with Bakerteam Records for the release of the full length debut album entitled "What The Oak Left." No release date has been confirmed, but the album is the follow up to the 2015 debut EP "Behind the Front Page."
Combining elements of extreme, pagan/folk and symphonic metal with a cinematic approach, the band is able to handle a multitude of musical genres yet maintaining a very personal touch that makes them stand out in today’s crowded music scene.
"What The Oak Left" was recorded at Media Factory studio with Fabrizio Romani (Skylark) and mastered by Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Children Of Bodom) at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The artwork - to be revealed soon - was created by Jan Örkki Yrlund of Darkgrove (Korpiklaani, Manowar).
More details will be revealed soon. More...
In Flames Reveals Details Of New DVD
They break the rules, reinvent themselves with every album and are considered to be Gothenburg's brightest metal pearl - since the early 90's, the members of In Flames have delivered a spectacular progression which has seen them transform their sound from classic melodic death metal to their current modern and unique style. The Swedes never cease to challenge their artistic boundaries, and on September 23rd, the band will be releasing an impressive demonstration of the current live expertise on DVD entitled "Sounds From The Heart Of Gothenburg" via Nuclear Blast Records. A teaser and first innstalment of the "making of" for the release can be seen below.
Nostalgia or a return to their roots has never been an option for the progressive In Flames, but the setlist of this bombastic concert DVD tears through the entire history. With 20 tracks, the show that was recorded at Gothenburg's Scandinavium reaches a length of one and a half hours, and achieves in capturing the band at their very best, celebrating current hits such as "Through Oblivion," "With Eyes Wide Open" and "Rusted Nail" to a packed out arena. But of course, old school classics such as "Trigger," "Cloud Connected" and the hypnotic finisher "Take This Life" are not left out.
Prepare for an intensive and visually explosive performance in front of 10,000 fans featuring pyros, circle pits, flying crowdsurfers and In Flames' incomparable riffs.
"This DVD is for everyone who was been following our career; we have songs from the early years, the middle years and the new era. It has to be fun for us to play but also fun for the audience to watch and we try to get a good flow with nice dynamics and different songs,” states axemaster Björn Gelotte. More...
Quinta Essentia Premieres New Song
Alabama’s blackened death metal band Quinta Essentia premieres a new song entitled "Mystical Union", taken from the upcoming new album "Initiates of the Great Work", which will be out in stores July 29 via Deathgasm Records. "Initiates Of The Great Work" was recorded and engineered by former drummer Lance Wright (former touring drummer for Vile, guitarist for Epoch Of Unlight, etc.) at Stargate Studios in Huntsville, Alabama, and it was mixed by Wright and Colin Davis (Vile).
Check out now "Mystical Union" in its entirety below.
Here’s the track list: More...
Terraform Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
Birmingham based progressive metal/metalcore quintet Terraform premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new EP "Adrift", which will be out in stores today.
Check out now "Adrift" in its entirety below.
The band considers itselve unique within its genre niche explains guitarist Joe Powell: More...
Knocked Loose Premieres Music Video "Deadringer"
Kentucky based hardcore/metal outfit Knocked Loose premieres a new song entitled and music video "Deadringer", taken from the upcoming new album "Laugh Tracks", which will be out in stores September 16 via Pure Noise Records.
Check out now "Deadringer" below.
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Megadeth Announces New Permanent Drummer
Megadeth has now officially recruited Ex-Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren as a permanent new member of the band. Verbeuren has also exited Soilwork for this opportunity. States the band in the following press release:
"Megadeth are happy to announce the addition of Dirk Verbeuren as the band’s new drummer. Verbeuren, formerly of Swedish metal band Soilwork, has been performing with the band for months, his first show was Rock on the Range festival in May, to a crowd of 40,000 concertgoers.
"Most recently, Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler had performed all the drums on the band’s latest album, Dystopia, and had toured with Megadeth when not otherwise busy with his band."
Said bandleader Dave Mustaine: “Chris Adler‘s contributions are sure to be felt for years to come. Megadeth has been revitalized by Chris‘ playing, as well as his excellent suggestion of Dirk Verbeuren to drum with us. Tremendous thanks to Chris, and a big welcome to Dirk.”
New drummer Verbeuren had this to say: “Dave, David and Kiko, I’m thankful for your warm welcome and thrilled at the opportunity to perform and create badass music with you guys. Chris Adler, thank you for introducing me to Megadeth – and for your encouragement and support.” More...
Parkway Drive Premieres New Music Video
Parkway Drive premieres a new music video for the new track entitled "Devil’s Calling", taken from the upcoming deluxe digital edition of the band's latest album "Ire", which will be out in stores today, July 15 via Epitaph Records. The track is one of three bonus tracks featured on that version of the album.
Check out now "Devil’s Calling" below.
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