Come January 29th, doom metal trio The Gates Of Slumber will offer you their latest piece of work in the form of a new EP entitled, Stormcrow. The 5 song EP was recorded by Sanford Parker and will be released on Scion AV. Dave Quiggle was responsible for the EP cover art.

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Rotting Christ have posted a new lyric video for their song "In Yumen / Xibalba" which you can watch below. "In Yumen - Xibalba" is taken from Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Do What Thou Wilt), the brand new album from the Greek extreme metal band. The album is set for release on March 1st, 2013 in Europe (March 5th in North America) through Season Of Mist. More album details were earlier reported here.

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Following the departure of guitarist Rob Caggiano, Anthrax has announced that Shadows Fall guitarist Jon Donais will step in temporarily to replace him as the band soldiers on. Donais will temporarily fill in for Anthrax's upcoming tour dates in India, the series of Soundwave Festival shows in Australia, and the Metal Alliance Tour.

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Italian gothic metal band Mandragora Scream has released a video for the song "Medusa" which is available for viewing below. "Medusa" comes off the band's new album entitled Luciferland released in November via Lunatic Asylum Records.


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Italian female-fronted gothic metallers Lacuna Coil have today announced The Dark Legacy Tour Over Latin America, which will be scheduled for February/March this year. Complete list of tour dates can be seen below the official tour flyer.

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Guitarist Jochem Jacobs, of Dutch progressive technical metallers Textures, has announced his departure from the band. Jochem was part of Textures from the very beginning.

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Good news Devourment maniacs! You can finally listen to a new song from the band's forthcoming death metal offering, Conceived In Sewage. Go ahead and give a spin to the love song "Fifty Ton War Machine" on the lyric video below.

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Death metallers Aborted have just released their new lyric video for the song "Vermicular, Obscene, Obese" from their latest output Global Flatline in celebration of their upcoming tour with Vader and Bonded By Blood.

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Official statement from Relapse Records:

Gonzo grindcore terrorists Agoraphobic Nosebleed have entered guitarist Scott Hull's Visceral Sound Studios in Bethesda, MD to begin work on their highly anticipated new material for Relapse Records.

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Finnish metal musician Tuomas Saukkonen stunned the local scene by announcing that he has disbanded all his previous projects (including Before The Dawn) and started a new one under the name Wolfheart. There will be a farewell show where Before The Dawn, Black Sun Aeon and Routasielu will get up on stage for the very last time.

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Alice In Chains have uploaded the official music video for the song "Hollow" off their upcoming new album set to be released on spring this year through Virgin Records. The video was directed by Robert Schober (Metallica, Mastodon) and you can enjoy it below.

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Risen From The Ashes, the new Kahtmayan album is coming. In the meantime, you can listen to the new song "Dark Old Skies" here or on the player below. It is the first song ever featuring Homayoon Majdzadeh on vocals. Kahtmayan's previous albums were instrumental works, but it seems like the new effort won't be totally instrumental. More information on the new album, which includes 9 songs, should be released soon.

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With the demoing phase over, doom metallers Ordog have recently entered the studio. The Finnish band will begin recording their fourth album this month and promises more details about it soon. This will be the band's follow-up to 2011's Remorse, released by Violent Journey Records.

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"Wonderful Life", a brand new video from Swiss heavy metal band Shakra, is now available for viewing below. The song is off the band's new 9th studio effort Powerplay which is released today, January 11th.

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Portuguese thrashers Switchtense have released a new video for the song "The Right Track". The clip was directed and edited by Miguel Miranda and contains a mixture of the band's studio performance and some past footage. The new song has been streaming online for over a week now and will be released on the band's upcoming DVD/CD, Switchtense - 10 Unbreakable Years, in February.

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