"Let It Burn", a brand new video from Swedish melodic death metallers Avatar has premiered at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The song comes off the band's latest output Black Waltz, which was released in North America on February 14th through eOne Music.

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Band profile:	Avatar

Finnish gothic metallers Memoira have now checked in with this announcement about parting ways with guitarist Marko Heurlin: "Where there is good news there will be always bad news! Marko Heurlin and Memoira go separate ways! We circled every possible solution to make him stay with the band but with heavy hearts we have to let one of our founding members and the one who actually got everyone acquainted in the band go!"

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WAS IT GOOD FOR YOU?

Well, we hope you enjoyed yesterday's hijinks. While we are looking to raise enough revenue through advertising to cover operating costs, by no means would we turn into a metal-oriented adult website and the redirection to our new url, MetalPorn.net was just an April Fool's goof.

As usual, we had the jackwagons who figured it out early and had to post "look at the date!' bright and early on the news thread to ruin the fun rather than just play along. We're also sorry if we inconvenienced any of you with the NSFW images and sounds of yesterday's merry prank. To the one angry user who pm'd BitterCOld in all caps and curses that he was suspended from school when the teacher walked by his desk and heard the screaming female orgasm and braying donkey sounds looped over death metal riffing.... we'd feel bad for you, but hey, you should not have been visiting the site in class.

To the users that played along, we hope you had as much fun with it as we did. And when we said "SHOW ME YOUR DANGERZONES!" we were just kidding. There is not enough booze at the bar to scorch some of the images you sent us from our (now permanently scarred) brains.

And rest assured, the images of "The Devil's Threeway", featuring Marcel and Doc Godin banging Jasmine St. Claire on top of a T-34 tank in an abandoned steel mill were just photoshopped. They really made her airtight on a used mattress in front of a green screen in a lot in Van Nuys, California. As if we could afford tank rental? And yes, Marcel's washboard abs were absolutely real and in no way the product of digital manipulation. Same goes for Doc's superfluous 3rd nipple.

We are also sorry to say for you pervy fapsters, the dream is dead. The installment of Ms Wintersoul's sex advice column/blog, Moan Like Mora, entitled "A Metal Maiden's Masterful Mutual Masturbation Maneuvers Mapped Out", is the one and only entry of this blog, and has since been scrubbed from the internet in the name of common decency. Even teh interw3bs was not ready for smut this ribald and naughty. And while some of us might have lol'd at your dangerzone pics, she didn't find them so amusing. She'll be posting them up on metalfanswithlaughablysmallcocks.org shortly. Pun intended.

So with that is back to normal, with the naughtiest/raciest things on the site being greased up men in loin cloths on album covers and ascii penii in the shout box.

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Official Peaceville Records press release

From the US death metal pioneers comes an unrivalled insight into the world of gore & horror that is Autopsy, in the form of new DVD Born Undead, released May 28th (US June 5th) on Peaceville Records.

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Band profile:	Autopsy

"Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion", a brand new video from Swedish technical thrash metallers Meshuggah has premiered and you can watch it below. It was directed by Owe Lingvall of Village Road Film. The song is taken from Meshuggah's new album Koloss, which was released on March 23rd in Europe and March 26th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Singaporean grinders Wormrot have confirmed several dates for a UK headlining tour, which kicks off on June 1st this year.

Wormrot guitarist Rasyid commented: "We're super stoked for this one, more than usual! We promise a killer live show, plus we've added to our setlist some new songs that you can expect from our third full-length, so hope you guys stay tuned for them!"

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Event:	Wormrot: UK Tour 2012

Finnish power metallers Sonata Arctica have released a teaser for their upcoming new album titled Stones Grow Her Name, which can be heard below. The new album will be released on May 18th in Europe and May 22nd in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. More album details here.

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Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

UK heavy metal veterans Saxon have checked in with the following announcement about gearing up to record a new album, which is expected to be released early next year: "Hi everybody! We are very busy these days with the new album and we have already a few ideas together. I am writing melodies and lyrics and arranging them into songs. We will give the rest of the band a break for hols. After that we have a full session in April before heading to the mighty sugar loaf and rock São Luís! We are really looking forward to coming back to celebrate an awesome party with our South American fans! Needless to say that the Rock In Den Ruinen Festival in Germany is also going to be great!"

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Band profile:	Saxon

To commemorate Ulver's special performance at Roadburn 2012, Roadburn Records is releasing the band's new EP entitled Roadburn EP on Thursday, April 12th, in tandem with the festival. This 7" vinyl EP will be limited to 500 copies.

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Band profile:	Ulver

US metallers Shadows Fall have premiered the brand new track "Fire From The Sky" at this location. The song is taken from the band's forthcoming album Fire From The Sky, set for release on May 15th via Razor & Tie. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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Band profile:	Shadows Fall

"Who's To Blame", a new song from American doom metal outfit Hour Of 13 is currently streaming exclusively at Decibel Magazine. The song is off the band's upcoming album entitled 333, scheduled for release on May 21st via Earache Records.

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Italian grindcore act Cadaveric Crematorium has unveiled the album artwork for the band's fourth album and second for The Spew Records (a division of Punishment 18 Records) entitled One Of Them. The album is scheduled for an early May release.

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US metallers Wykked Wytch have been confirmed to take part in the Maximum Cavalera 15th Anniversary North American Tour with Soulfly, Incite and Lody Kong. The 24-city tour kicks off on April 13th in Colorado Springs, CO. Wykked Wytch is touring in support of their most recent album The Ultimate Deception, which was released on February 14th via Goomba Music.

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Alessandro Conti has been revealed as the singer of Luca Turilli's Rhapsody. The band released a video featuring excerpts from the upcoming album and issued this statement: "Hi to all, today, March 30th 2012, is a great and very important day for our band. We are finally proud to present the new singer of LT'S Rhapsody to the world, the person who, thanks to his unique vocal talent, will contribute to the artistic perspectives of the band in the years to come. The secret is finally revealed: the new singer is Italian and his name is Alessandro Conti."

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Band profile:	Luca Turilli

US industrial metallers Fear Factory have revealed the cover artwork and package details for their forthcoming album The Industrialist, set for North American release on June 5th via Candlelight Records. The album is a conceptual record based around a story written by vocalist Burton C. Bell and the artwork was created by American designer Anthony Clarkson with additional direction from the band. The album will be available on three formats ? standard CD, a limited edition deluxe digi-book (featuring two additional songs), and 180-gram double vinyl.

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Band profile:	Fear Factory