New York death metal veterans Suffocation have unveiled the track listing for their highly anticipated upcoming release, Pinnacle Of Bedlam. The album features 10 "genre-defining-bone-crushing" tracks and also marks the return of drummer Dave Culross, who played with the band previously on their Despise The Sun EP. Founding member and former drummer Mike Smith also makes a special guest appearance on the re-recorded Breeding The Spawn track, "Beginning Of Sorrow."

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Finnish Gothenburg metal act Mors Principium Est are streaming their new album ...And Death Said Live in its entirety. While the album is already available in Japan, it will be released on December 14th in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and will be released in North America on January 15th. The album can be streamed here.

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Hardcore Superstar have recently announced that their new album C'Mon Take On Me will be released via Nuclear Blast on March 1st, 2013. Now as a foretaste, the band has released their new single "One More Minute", which is currently streaming on the video located below. The band released their latest output Split Your Lip in 2010.

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Australian groove progressive outfit Circles has unleashed a new video for their new single entitled "Another Me". This song is taken off the band's upcoming new debut album scheduled for release in the spring of next year. The single was released through Basick Records and is available for a free download at this location.

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Death metallers Vader have finally announced the actual tour dates of their upcoming first leg of the Back To The Black Tour 2013 in Europe. Aborted and Bonded By Blood will be the special guests on the tour that will start with a show in Berlin on January 17th. See all the dates below.

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Sevendust is gearing up to the release of their ninth studio effort Black Out The Sun and has now unveiled the cover artwork that will grace it, which is available below. The release date of the follow-up to Cold Day Memory is set for March 26th, 2013 on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group).

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Gorath's vocalist Filip Dupont has recently been interviewed by metal-rules and confirmed that the band's new album The Chronicles Of Khiliasmos will also be their last and talked about the reasons behind this decision. The Chronicles Of Khiliasmos was released on November 30th and the vinyl release is scheduled for 2013.

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Up until this point, Leeds sludge metal outfit Humanfly had done a good job keeping us in the dark about their upcoming endeavors. Well, it's no longer a secret now that the band has been working on a new record scheduled for release next year. The new record entitled Awesome Science will see the light of day on February 11th, on a double gatefold LP & CD & digital download via Brew. The album artwork was done by Eoin Shea, check it out below.

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Morning Blood Requiem, a new single from Syrian post doom black metal duo Eulen, has officially been released. The new single contains 3 tracks which can be heard exclusively at the band's Reverbnation page. The art for the single was done by Hazem mallah.

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Avantasia's mastermind Tobias Sammet has just revealed that the upcoming album will be called The Mystery Of Time. The band has confirmed that they will embark on an indoor tour in April 2013 without any support band.

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The 55th annual Grammy Awards nominees have been revealed last night by the Recording Academy and the Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance category includes Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Halestorm and Marilyn Manson.

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"Lie To Live The Lie", a brand-new song from Canadian metalcore quintet, Orchid's Curse is now available for streaming below. The song was picked for premiering by 50 of the band's fans who had the chance to listen to four new songs (including this one) off the new upcoming album. The new effort entitled Words has been tentatively penned for a 2013 release.

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"You're The Voice", a new cover song done by heavy/power metal debutants I Am I, who feature ex-DragonForce vocalist ZP on vocals, is available for streaming below. The song is a cover of John Farnham's classic 80's track "You're The Voice". It will be released on December 10th in digital format, distributed worldwide by Plastichead and available from all the usual digital outlets.

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After the North American tour supporting Lamb Of God, In Flames will trek across America once again, this time as headliners on their Another Year Another Tour in 2013. The tour kicks off on February 2nd in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Demon Hunter, All Shall Perish, and Battlecross will provide support. The dates of the first part of the tour can be seen below. More should be announced soon.

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Exhumed have just announced a new US tour dubbed Squirm Across America Winter 2012 Tour with a string of headlining dates in December, set to commence this Friday in Lafayette, Louisiana. See all the dates below.

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