04:14 - psykometal Yea, it's a real shame that iTunes is a top entertainment technology company and yet their online music downloads are VBR compression.
Australian progressive metal band Karnivool have announced the premiere of a new song called "The Refusal" which is now streaming online. Their upcoming untitled album is due out in the summer, four years after the release of Sound Awake. The track can be heard here.
Back in December of 2012, progressive metal band Cynic announced that they were in the studio, working on their new LP. Early working titles for tracks include: "Endlessly Bountiful", "Moon Heart Sun Head", and "True Hallucination Speak". Now Paul Masvidal confirmed that the new album is coming in the fall of 2013.
Florida's melodic death metal band The Absence posted a "major announcement" video clip on their Facebook page. The clip plays for twenty seconds before showing the title for the next release, Oceans. Advanced pre-orders for the release along with other merchandise can be found on their website.
Irish post-rock group God Is An Astronaut has announced a September release date for their new album, the title of which has not yet been released. This will be the band's first release since 2010's Age Of The Fifth Sun.
Texas' instrumental progressive metal band Scale The Summit has posted online a six-minute album trailer with snippets of each song from their album The Migration. The trailer can be viewed below.
Irish black metal band Altar Of Plagues has announced that their newest album, Teethed Glory And Injury, is now available for streaming at this location in advance to its release on April 30th in North America via Profound Lore and in Europe through Candlelight Records. So, what are you waiting for to listen to it?
American black metal band Woe announced that their new offering Withdrawal is currently streaming in its entirety at this location. The album came out yesterday in Europe and is released today in the US via Candlelight Records.
German thrashers Sodom have released a new song called "S.O.D.O.M." for streaming. The song is off of their album Epitome Of Torture, which is set to be released in Europe on April 29th and in the US/Canada on May 7th via Steamhammer/SPV. You can listen to the track here. But that is not all as the group also premiered the new NSFW uncensored video for "Stigmatized" available at this location. It was directed by Ronald Matthes.
Germany's Teutonic thrash legends Sodom have just premiered a new song called "Stigmatized". The song is off of their new and 14th album Epitome Of Torture, which is set to be released in Europe on April 29th and in the US/Canada on May 7th via Steamhammer/SPV. You can listen to the track right now here and tell us what you think.
US tech death metal band Arsis has premiered their newest song online called "Unwelcome". The track is off of the same titled album which is set to be released this month on April 30th, via Nuclear Blast. The crushing track is available for streaming here and you can also download it by submitting your email address.
Texas thrash metal band Warbeast is currently streaming online their new song called "Nobody". The song is off of their forthcoming album Destroy, which is set to be released on April 2nd in North America via Housecore Records and April 12th in Europe through Season Of Mist. The song can be heard here.
US black metal band Woe is gearing up to unleash a new album, their third in total in their productive career, and has made another new song available online, entitled "Exhausted". The song is off their upcoming album Withdrawal, which is set to be released on April 23rd via Candlelight Records. The song can be heard over here.
US death metal band Arsis has a new song streaming online and it is titled "Scornstar". The track is the first single released from their forthcoming album Unwelcome. The album is set to be released on April 30th via Nuclear Blast. The track "Scornstar" can be heard on the player below.
After a few album teasers, Texas instrumental/progressive metal band Scale The Summit have announced on their Facebook page that Guitar World has posted the first studio trailer for The Migration. The album is scheduled to be released sometime this summer. The album trailer can be seen and heard below.
The grindcore band Gaza announced today on their Facebook page that they have broken up writing "Gaza is no longer a band. A big thank you to anyone that has supported us. Some of us will continue to make music together."
