Marking the release of Carbon-Based Anatomy, progressive metallers Cynic have confirmed a very special release party for this Wednesday, November 2nd, at Idle Hands Bar in New York. The band will be signing copies of the new EP and take part in a special intimate acoustic performance.

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Source:	cyniconline.com
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"Broken Neck", the new video from US thrashers Hirax, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by Donovan Vim Crony.

"Broken Neck" comes off the band's latest album, entitled El Rostro De La Muerte, which was released in November 2009 via Black Devil Records.


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"Mortify", the new video from Norwegian stoner metallers Sahg is now available for viewing below. The clip was directed by Tommy Naess. "Mortify" is off the band's third album III, released back in 2010.

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Posted on the band's Facebook page:

Craig Locicero, Russ Anderson, Matt Camacho, and Steve Smyth of the Bay Area thrash band Forbidden are proud to make the following announcement: "After a couple of grueling months of sifting through video auditions, we've finally got our man. Let it be known that on Halloween 2011, Sasha Horn from Chicago is Forbidden's new drummer!"

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UK metallers The Soulless have confirmed a new UK tour with Bury Tomorrow. The tour is due to kick off on Thursday, December 8th in Bristol, just a few weeks after the band wraps up a tour with Carcer City and Against The Flood.

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Source:	earachenews.blogspot.com
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Metallica's bassist Robert Trujillo revealed in a recent interview (you can read it at this location) that the band is already writing material for a new album and that the recording process will probably be done throughout next year.

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Source:	metalunderground.com
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Akercocke drummer David Gray has joined forces with other band members Peter Benjamin and Sam Loynes (also of Diminished Fifth) in a new black metal project called Voices.

The band commented: "We recently set foot in studio to record drums for the first full-length Voices release and there is going to be no let-up and we hope to complete the album before the end of the year. Also we shot a music video for a version of one of the tracks featuring on the album and is due for its imminent release."

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Akercocke

Lamb Of God have set January 24th, 2012 as the release date for Resolution, the follow up to their Grammy nominated album, Wrath.

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Source:	bravewords.com
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New Jersey's progressive metal juggernauts Symphony X will be returning to North America for a co-headlining tour with heavy metal stalwarts Iced Earth. Opening each night will be L.A. thrashers Warbringer.

The 32-show trek will launch in Hartford, Connecticut on January 31st, weave through the Great White North, then blow out the lights in Clifton Park, New York on March 11th.

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Event:	Symphony X + Iced Earth: North American Tour 2012

Insomnium have announced that guitarist Ville Vänni will leave the band after the two Finnish shows in Joensuu and Helsinki. He will be replaced by Markus Vanhala from Omnium Gatherum, who will join as a full-time member.

Here it is the message from Ville, taken from the band's website: "Dear all, time is now ripe to share the news about line-up changes in the Insomnium camp. With a heavy heart I have reached the decision to resign from Insomnium. The decision is mutual and final, and there is no big drama behind it."

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Source:	insomnium.net
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"Where The Dead Ships Dwell", the new video from Swedish metallers In Flames, can be viewed at this location. The clip was helmed by director Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company.

"Where The Dead Ships Dwell" comes off the band's latest album, Sounds Of A Playground Fading, which was released on June 2011 via Century Media Records.


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German metallers Axel Rudi Pell have issued the following update on the band's Facebook page:

"We're proud to announce that Johnny, Mike ,Ferdy , Volker and Axel will enter the studio in late November with Engineer and Co-Producer Charlie Bauerfeind, to record the next studio album, titled Circle Of The Oath, 2 years after it's successful predecessor The Crest."

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Source:	de-de.facebook.com
Band profile:	Axel Rudi Pell

According to a recent interview that you can read at this location, Kreator's frontman Mille Petrozza has revealed that the band will be entering the studio in January to record the new album and that Jens Bogren will be in charge of pre-production.

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Source:	kreator-terrorzone.de
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Japanese power metal/J-Rock outfit Versailles have announced new tour dates. The band will head to South America in the Versailles World Tour 2011: Holy Grail - South America tour and then return to Japan in January/February to do some additional shows.

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Source:	kamijo.syncl.jp
Band profile:	Versailles

"Vermicular Asphyxiation", the new video from progressive metallers Blotted Science is now available for viewing below. The song is off the band's new EP, The Animation Of Entomology, released earlier this month. Like "Cretaceous Chasm", which was scored for the King Kong movie, "Vermicular Asphyxiation" has been scored for the movie Slither released in 2006.

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