On their first ever North American tour, New Zealand brutal death metal band Ulcerate's van was broken into in New York and much of their equipment was stolen. However, the band is still planning to continue the rest of their tour.

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Swedish viking folk metallers King Of Asgard will release their second album entitled ...To North on July 27th/30th via Metal Blade Records as a digi-CD and on vinyl. The album was recorded at Sonic Train Studios with engineer Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) at the helm and will also feature two guest musicians.

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Swedish black/death metallers Diabolical have released the following statement about entering the studio in the coming month: "We are entering Necromorbus Studio in June to begin the recording sessions that are supposed to lead up to the fifth Diabolical album. More than enough material has been written over the past year, so we are right now in process of figuring out what material to leave out. We will try to keep you posted here on the development. The album will be considered finished as soon as it's the goat."

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"The Serpent's Tongue", a brand new song from Dutch black/doom metal duo Nachtvorst is currently streaming online and you can listen to it below. The band has just released their new album Silence through Aural Music/Code 666 Records.

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With the new release Blood Fetish due out on Sevared Records on June 1st, US one-man death metal band Putrid Pile has given a glimpse of the new album by streaming the title track, which is available on the video below. The new DVD Live At Obscene Extreme 2011 will also be released on the same day.

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Metal Blade press release:

Metal Blade is proud to announce the signing of Entrails, one of the best death metal bands ever to come out of Sweden!

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"Delirium Of The Fallen", a brand new video from Swedish melodic death metallers Nightrage is now available for viewing below. The song comes off the band's 2011 album entitled Insidious, which came out last September via Lifeforce Records and features Apollo Papathanasio from Firewind on vocals. The video was directed by Gabriel Psaltakis.

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German heavy metallers Grave Digger have announced that they will release their new album on August 24th in Europe and September 4th in North America via Napalm Records. A six-song mini-CD will precede their full-length effort on July 27th in Europe and August 7th in North America. The new album will be the follow-up to 2010's The Clans Will Rise Again.

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Swedish black metal band Marduk has issued the following statement about having the band's appearance in Minsk, Belarus, cancelled: "The Prosecutor General's Office has banned Swedish black metal band Marduk from playing a show in Minsk, Belarus."

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Swedish melodic death metallers Zonaria have recently announced that they have signed a deal with Listenable Records for the release of their new album, which will be entitled Arrival Of The Red Sun. The band recorded 11 tracks with Jonas Kjellgren at the Abyss studios to be released on July 23rd (Europe) and August 14th (North America). The tracklist of the follow-up to 2008's The Cancer Empire is available below.

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French death metallers Ashka have issued the following announcement about deciding to call it a day: "After 5 years of fantastic musical adventures, we have decided to end the band Ashka. We would like to thank all the bands we met, Rogue Records America, all the webzines/ radios that followed us, and main of all our wonderful audience who supported us the past 5 years. But for all of those who wants to keep following our singer Syhem, check out her new band Beyond The Dust!"

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Canadian heavy metallers 3 Inches Of Blood have released a new lyric video for the song "Look Out", as a tribute to metal legend Ronnie James Dio, and in honor of the two year anniversary of his death. The song is taken from the band's most recent effort Long Live Heavy Metal, released in March via Century Media.

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Russian melodic death metal band Shturm has released their third full-length album Karmaruna via Russian independent label Darknagar Records in April. The new album is currently streaming in its entirety at their Bandcamp page.

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Canadian heavy metal trio Cauldron have recently entered the studio to begin recording their third full-length album.

The follow-up to Burning Fortune is being recorded in Parkdale, Toronto, where the band is once again working with producer Jameson Elliott. The as-yet untitled new album is due to be released later this year through Earache Records.

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US goth shock rockers Vampires Everywhere! have revealed the details for their second album Hellbound And Heartless, which will be released on June 19th via Hollywood Waste Records. The album was co-produced by the band and Mike Sarkisyan and Tommy Decker of Grammy-nominated, alternative-metal act Spineshank.

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