After they released Awaken To The Suffering last year, US brutal death metal act Pathology has now checked in with the following brief announcement about beginning the recording process for a new album: "We start recording our new album at the end of this month! Were recording once again with producer Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios. The new album will be out in October! More news coming soon!"

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Even though Swedish metallers Decadence were working on a new album the last time the band checked in, they have now released the following statement about splitting up: "Time passes fast when you are having fun and that's exactly how it has felt for almost 10 years rolling on the Decadence train. Next year of 2013, Decadence celebrates our 10th anniversary with a total of four albums and a demo, many great shows, memories and experiences to go along with that with us. Keeping this in mind, and the good spirit that Decadence has given every one of us, we have decided to bring this journey to an end and let it continue on its own with the help of all our amazing fans and friends and of course by own projects that will be initiated by the members of Decadence on separate ways."

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US death metallers Incantation and Listenable Records' working relationship resulted in Decimate Christendom and Primordial Domination albums respectively released in 2004 and 2006. The band has now renewed this unholy bond for their upcoming album currently recorded in June and July 2012 for a tentative release date in winter 2012, six years after they released their last studio album.

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US metallers Hammers Of Misfortune will be touring throughout the Midwest and east coast this July together with doom metallers The Gates Of Slumber. Fans in the band's hometown of San Francisco can also catch Hammers Of Misfortune with Grayceon and Wild Hunt on June 23rd at the Elbo Room.

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Still in the topic of departures, guitarist Roger Sjunnesson is no longer a member of Swedish metallers Sonic Syndicate. He was one of the founders of the band and the main composer.

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British progressive metallers TesseracT have parted ways with vocalist Elliot Coleman and are singerless once again. The band posted the following statement on their website: "Sadly, our good buddy Elliot has decided to leave team Tesseract. We'd like to thank Elliot for everything he has done for us. We have loved having him be a part of this beast. He introduced us to a completely different side of our sound, as well the delights of Pho! Things we will always be grateful for."

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Monolithe have finally revealed some details about their long-awaited new album Monolithe III, including the artwork. Debemur Morti Productions will release the album later this year.

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US heavy metallers Icarus Witch have unveiled details about their upcoming fourth album. The album will be called Rise and will be released on July 3rd via Cleopatra Records. "Rise", the title track from the upcoming album, can be streamed at this location.

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Swedish metallers Kongh have issued the following statement regarding the new deal and upcoming release: "We are glad to announce that we just inked a new record deal with Agonia Records. We will start recording our new album at the end of the summer and it will be released worldwide in early 2013."

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Norwegian metallers Djevel, who prefer to drink their coffee black, have just revealed the artwork for their forthcoming EP in all its majesty. This yet untitled 7" EP will include two limited versions of the upcoming album's tracks carrying these titles: "Besatt av Maane og Natt" and "Og Englene Dinglet fra Galgene...", and will be released on August 24th.

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US sludge/doom metallers Eyehategod have announced a set of European tour dates for this summer, scheduled for July/August. More dates should be confirmed soon.

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Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live In Tampere, the new DVD from Finnish power metallers Stratovarius is coming and the band has now released a clip with the performance of the song "Black Diamond". The DVD will include over two hours of live performance of all the hits and a brand new 30 minute documentary "Rewinding From The Past To 2012", interviews with each member as well as a special comment from Jörg Michael, and will be released on June 29th via earMUSIC on DVD/Blu-ray/2CD. The new Stratovarius studio album is coming in 2013.

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To celebrate two decades of existence, Slipknot will release Antennas To Hell, a "best of" collection documenting its career on July 24th. The album is scheduled to be released via Roadrunner Records while the band is spending its summer as the main attraction of the 2012 edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, as well as curating and headlining the inaugural year of their very own festival, Knotfest.

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Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes) has announced that she will release her fourth solo album this September, after 2010's Skintight. The new album will be titled Libertine, it was produced by Alexander Krull at Mastersound Studio and it will hit stores on September 7th.

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Luca Turilli's Rhapsody have released a six-minute official trailer for their upcoming album Ascending To Infinity, which can be seen below. Additionally, you can now listen to 90 second samples of all the songs here. It won't be long until the album is released on June 22nd through Nuclear Blast. The previously released video "Dark Fate Of Atlantis" is still available for streaming here.

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