Canadian heavy metallers 3 Inches Of Blood will release their 5th studio album entitled Long Live Heavy Metal on March 27th via Century Media Records. For the new album, the band reunited with producer and engineer Terry "Sho" Murray (City Of Fire, Exhibitionists), who worked with the band on their 7" Anthems For The Victorious.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
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UK power metal band DragonForce has announced a special show in London on February 16th to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, and the wrap-up of their new album.

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US black/death metallers Goatwhore revealed the tracklist and first single off the upcoming album Blood For The Master, both due out in North America on February 14th via Metal Blade Records. The new album was recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida, with producer Erik Rutan. The first single off the album, "Collapse In Eternal Worth", is available for streaming at this location. Alternatively, you can listen to it on the video below. The lyric video incorporates the artwork from both the CD and vinyl versions of the release.

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US grinders Brutal Truth premiered their new music video for the song "Lottery" on Metal Injection. The song comes off the band's 2011 release End Time.


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Spanish symphonic metal band Diabulus In Musica has revealed a new track entitled "Sceneries Of Hope" off their upcoming album The Wanderer. The album will be out on February 29th through Napalm Records. More album details available here.

"Sceneries Of Hope" is available for streaming at this location.


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Source:	diabulusinmusica.com
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Canadian brutal/technical death metallers Beneath The Massacre has set February 14th (US), 20th (UK), 24th (Europe) and 28th (Canada) as the release date for their upcoming album Incongruous.

Incongruous was produced and mixed by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy) and mastered by Alan Douches (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Converge).

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Swedish industrial death metallers The Project Hate MCMXCIX have announced on their official website that they have now gathered enough donations to record their new album. The band started the TPH Donation Experiment last year, which allowed people to donate money directly to the band, and plans to record the new album this year.

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Source:	theprojecthate.net
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US metallers Lamb Of God have posted on their official website the third trailer for the band's upcoming album Resolution, due to be released on January 24th via Epic Records. More album details were previously reported here.

The trailer can be viewed at this location and it features the song "King Me", which closes the album.

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US prog veterans Fates Warning have announced their touring plans for 2012. They will be touring through March in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Russia. They also announced a special show in South America, Brazil, on April 14th, where they will play as a special guest on a Queensrÿche show.
The line up for this tour is: Jim Matheos, Ray Alder, Joey Vera, Frank Aresti and Bobby Jarzombek.

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Event:	Fates Warning: European Tour 2012

Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil have posted online the third (Chapter III: Carnage Euphoria) and the fourth (Chapter IV: The Human Box) album teasers from the upcoming release Dark Adrenaline, due out via Century Media Records on January 24th. You can watch them below.

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Finnish progressive metallers Barren Earth have unveiled more details about their new album. The band posted the following on their official website: "Barren Earth will release their sophomore full-length album, The Devil's Resolve, in North America on March 13, Japan and Finland on March 7 and rest of EU on March 12 via Peaceville Records. The effort will be made available on CD and vinyl, with artwork provided by notable U.S.-based artist Paul Romano (Mastodon)."

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US thrashers Anger As Art have announced their new bassist Henry De La Cruz. Henry replaces Angelo Espino, who departed in October.

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Paul Stanley, guitarist/vocalist of American legendary hard-rockers Kiss has posted an update on the band's official website about the new album: "Friday we officially completed work on the new album. Listening to the tracks back to back is like sensory overload. Everyone who has heard any of it is completely blown away. Powerful, heavy, melodic and epic. It makes us very proud. You all will be too. Mixing starts next week."

Their new album Monster is set to be released sometime this year.

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Source:	kissonline.com
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Finnish melodic death metallers Naildown have announced that they are now finally recording a new album after a four-year hiatus.

The band posted the following on their official Facebook: "Naildown is back - recording of the third album starts today. Naildown's four year hiatus (it's latest album Dreamcrusher came out in 2007) ends today, as the band enters Sound Supreme studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland to start recording their 3rd album."

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Danish prog/power metallers Evil Masquerade have posted a short update on the band's website. Their upcoming album, entitled Pentagram, will be released in May 2012. The update also mentions that the album is "dark, heavy and melodic with a rock solid production".

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Source:	evilmasquerade.com
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