Finnish gothic metallers Dark The Suns have decided to take a break from the band's activities. However, it is not clear how long they plan the hiatus to last.

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US black metal outfit Enfold Darkness has just unleashed a pre-production demo of their brand new song "Banishment", to be featured on the band's upcoming new album, expected to be released later this year following 2009's Our Cursed Rapture. Chason Westmoreland is not drumming on this recording. The drums were programmed by James Turk (the band's bassist). You can listen to the song below.

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Canadian metallers Odium have released a new video for the song "No Way Out", which is also their new single. The video was shot by Chad Archibald (Black Fawn Films) and can be seen below. "No Way Out" is taken from the band's most recent release Burning The Bridges To Nowhere, out since April through Year Of The Sun Records.

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Canadian folk metallers Blackguard have gone through some line-up changes. The band announced the departure of guitarist Kim Gosselin and welcomed Louis Jacques to the band as his replacement.

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On Death And Cosmos, the soon to be released new EP from Italian avantgarde metallers Ephel Duath is currently streaming online in its entirety. Head over to this location to listen to it. The three-song EP comes out via Agonia Records on June 21st in Europe and on August 14th in North America. All the details about this release were previously reported here.

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French progressive/death metal band Hacride will enter the studio at the end of this month to record a new album, three years after the release of Lazarus. The band has also announced the Klonosphere Tour across France, which is scheduled for October this year. The tour will also feature two other French groups: Klone and Trepalium.

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According to a recent interview with the organizer of The Gothenburg Sound festival Per "PK" Carlsson to Göteborgs Posten, Ceremonial Oath will reunite for a one-off performance at the festival taking place next year on January 5-6 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden, 17 years after disbanding.

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Finns Ensiferum will be releasing their new album Unsung Heroes on August 27th through Spinefarm Records. The group has now checked in with the following announcement about new Finnish tour dates in September: "Before the band take to the road for the Bearers Of The Sword European Tour in support of the new album, Ensiferum are pleased to announce the Unsung Heroes Finland Tour. Featuring 5 shows across the country, Ensiferum will bring their signature folk-infused metal to all corners of Suomi, with support on this trek coming from Finnish "Reindeer" metallers A.R.G."

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"From Womb To Waste", a brand new video from US brutal death metal trio Dying Fetus is now available for viewing below. It was directed by Scott Hansen. The song is taken from the band's new album, Reign Supreme, which is about to be released on June 19th through Relapse Records. More details about the album were previously reported here.

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Heavy metallers Jorn have released the second video off their new album Bring Heavy Rock To The Land for the song "Live And Let Fly", a bonus track. As in the video for "Bring Heavy Rock To The Land", this one was also directed by Thomas Tjäder and you can watch it below. The new album came out on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America via Frontiers Records.

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Bulgarian melodic black/death outfit Claymore have parted ways with their longtime bassist Velislav Danov. The band posted the following about his departure: "Velislav Danov is no longer part of Claymore. Since this in an internal matter, it has to be handled internally. We would not share anything else, yet. Claymore will continue its work and future strategies will be revealed shortly."

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Good news for those who were waiting for a new Fu Manchu album. The US alternative metallers have started writing new material for their next album, the follow-up to 2009's Signs Of Infinite Power.

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Black metal knights Nachtmystium have premiered another new song from their upcoming album Silencing Machine. This time, "Borrowed Hope And Broken Dreams" was the chosen song, which is currently streaming at this location. Silencing Machine will hit stores on July 31st via Century Media. Meanwhile, you can also check the album's title track, previously released, here.

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US melodic tech-death metal masters Arsis have started recording their fifth full-length release. The album is being tracked at Audiohammer Studios in Florida with producer Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, DevilDriver, Deicide, Six Feet Under). The follow-up to their 2010 release Starve For The Devil is tentatively scheduled for fall 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Former Megadeth American guitarist Marty Friedman has signed a deal with Prosthetic Records for the North American release of three of his recent solo albums, namely 2010's Bad D.N.A., 2008's Future Addict, which have only been available in Japan, and 2006's Loudspeaker, originally released in the US by Shrapnel Records.

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