Polish Death metallers Hate have been working on their new compositions for a over 6 months now. The band will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland just after their North American tour with Hypocrisy - on June 5 to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. Hate have announced the title of their forthcoming material as Erebos which comes from ancient Greek and means literally "deep darkness or shadow". The new album will contain at least 9 new songs, which are said to be a fusion of blackened death metal, industrial and ambient sounds, deathcore and heavy metal.

Guitarist/vocalist Adam The First Sinner comments: "Since the premiere of Morphosis we have toured different parts of the world and faced a ton of challenges over the course of the last two years. All of the hard work that we have put in the band and everything that we have experienced is reflected in our new songs, which we know are our best yet. Erebos is going to contain extreme metal to the full with different musical styles incorporated. We explore areas that have not been associated with Hate before, and what we have created is a mixture of styles all packed in an extreme and vicious form. It is still 100 % Hate, but more elaborate, sophisticated and, in a way, redefined. We have titled the material Erebos which basicaly means darkness of human soul - and is full of analogies to condition of the human living in today's world who is a slave to his anger, weaknesses and complexes. Existing in a fictitious, virtual world, he is a slave to his dreams and does not really live but dreams that he lives."

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Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on Time To Be King, the forthcoming album from German metallers Masterplan, are available for streaming at this location.

Time To Be King will be released on May 21 via AFM Records.

Time To Be King cover art] tracklist:

01. Time To Be King
02. Fiddle Of Time
03. Lonely Winds Of War
04. Blue Europa
05. Far From The End Of The World
06. The Dark Road
07. Under The Moon
08. Blow Your Winds
09. The Black One
10. The Sun Is In Your Hands
11. Kisses From You
12. Never Walk Alone

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German metallers Grave Digger have issued the following update on their official website:

"Hello Fans,

Yes, everything's on it's way, we're right in the middle of the recordings to the successor of the Ballad Of A Hangman and a lot has happened since the release of the that album. Nothing stays the same, but nothing has changed.

From January to March, we took our time for the new songwriting. Because of the appearance of Axel, we finally returned to the virtue, that we've lost that long ago. The triumvirate of metal, Jens Becker, Axel Ritt and Chris Boltendahl battened in harmony while the whole songwriting session and created 12 explosive songs, which got the spirit of Grave Digger for two-hundred percent. Since the days of Tunes Of War and The Grave Digger, the creativity around the songwriting process hadn't got that easy going.

Axel already recorded the rhythm guitars in his own meadow studios, accompanied by some drum programmings done by Stefan. At the end of the month, We'll enter the Principal studios to record drums, bass, vocals, keyboards and some guitar overdubs. Of course, from now we'll keep you informed about our activities with some short videoclips. Stay tuned!

At the upcoming weekend, we'll do some rehearsal with the whole bunch at the TLC studios, to practice all songs of the new album and check out the live playlist for the upcoming festivals. We're highly motivated, more than this, we're burning. The fourth decade of Grave Digger has begun! For all of you, who can't hold off their curiosity; the concept album is dead, Long live the concept album!... Bye for now.

Chris, Jens, Stefan, HP and Axel."

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Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on We're Here Because We're Here, the forthcoming album from UK metallers Anathema, are available for streaming at this location.

We're Here Because We're Here will be released on May 31st via Kscope Records.

We're Here Because We're Here cover art] tracklist:

Disc I
01. Thin Air
02. Summernight Horizon
03. Dreaming Light
04. Everything
05. Angels Walk Among Us
06. Presence
07. A Simple Mistake
08. Get Off, Get Out
09. Universal
10. Hindsight

Disc II
01. Thin Air
02. Summernight Horizon
03. Dreaming Light
04. Everything
05. Angels Walk Among Us
06. Presence
07. A Simple Mistake
08. Get Off, Get Out
09. Universal
10. Hindsight

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Artillery will enter the recording studio on the 29th of November to record a follow up to their very successful album When Death Comes (2009). New material will be recorded again at Medley Studios in Denmark with Søren Andersen as producer.

Guitarist Michael Stützer says: "Artillery is very excited to start working on the follow up to When Death Comes, which received such a great response from both fans and media. It´s great to go back to the studio only 1 1/2 year after our last effort, to show the fans that Artillery is working very hard to make new recordings and to tour again. And this time it won't take us 10 years to make a new album! We feel that the new songs will continue the style and production of our last efforts and we are looking forward to play new songs live for the best and most dedicated fans of metal."

The forthcoming yet untitled album will be released by Metal Mind Productions in mid 2011.

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Irish metallers Mael Mórdha will release their new album, Manannán, on May 14 via Grau Records.

Audio samples from the new album can now be heard at this location.

Manannán tracklist:

01. Through The Lungs Of The Dead
02. The Summoning
03. The Doom Of The Races Of Éire
04. Our Ancestors Dwell Here
05. Manannán
06. A Nation In Ruins
07. The Gaelic Twilight
08. Back To Éire


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Finnish metallers MyGrain have issued the following update on their official website:

"MyGrain will start the recordings of the third album in the beginning of June. The recordings kick off with drums, in a marine environment at Seawolf Studios, Helsinki and continue in various places during the summer. The album will be produced by Janne Joutsenniemi (Suburban Tribe, Stone) and released by Spinefarm Records. The planned release date will be in the beginning of 2011.

We try to put a studioblog of the recording on our webpage, where you can check out how the process goes on..."

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Montreal-based death metallers Neuraxis will enter Wildsound Studio on June 3 with producer Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Last Felony, The Agonist) to begin recording their sixth album for a fall release through Prosthetic Records.

Commented vocalist Alex Leblanc: "Chris is an excellent producer. He's been a friend of mine for years, played in some bands with him and already worked with him in the studio on some other projects. He's also the most easy going guy around. Working with him is going to be a blast for sure.

We are almost done with the writing process for the new album; maybe one or two more songs to go.

It's going to be a powerful album. Dark, vicious, catchy, technical, melodic; everything you can expect from a Neuraxis album with some unexpected twists.

We have two more shows this weekend, then we will rehearse the new songs for a month, putting the final touches and get ready to shred in the studio.

"It's going to be a blast... We can't wait to play the new songs on the road for you guys."

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Australian power metal act Black Majesty have posted some song samples coming from the new album, In Your Honour. The album's European release date is set for May 14th through Limb Music with other territories soon to follow. In Your Honour was produced by Roland Grapow (Masterplan, ex-Helloween) and cover artwork was handled by Dirk Illing (Scorpions, Wizard).

Head to MySpace to check out the samples.

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The Swedish melodic power metal band Audiovision have released their video for the track "Invitation" online. The track comes off their upcoming album Focus, which will be released in Europe and North America on April 23rd through Ulterium Records.

The video is directed by Ronny Hemlin (Scar Symmetry, Steel Attack).


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Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on The Bride Screamed Murder, the forthcoming album from US metallers Melvins, are available for streaming at this location.

The Bride Screamed Murder will be released on June 1 via Ipecac Recordings.

The Bride Screamed Murder cover art] tracklist:

01. The Water Glass
02. Evil New War God
03. Pig House
04. I'll Finish You Off
05. Electric Flower
06. Hospital Up
07. Inhumanity And Death
08. My Generation
09. P.G. x 3

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Swedish Hard Rock/Glam Rockers Crashdïet have posted a widget online, offering samples for their upcoming album Generation Wild, scheduled for an April 23rd release. You can find the widget at this location.

Generation Wild cover art] tracklist:

01. Armageddon
02. So Alive
03. Generation Wild
04. Rebel
05. Save Her
06. Down With The Dust
07. Native Nature
08. Chemical
09. Bound To Fall
10. Beautiful Pain

The new Crashdïet video for "Generation Wild" can be watched below. The video was produced by Marcus CF. Tinnerholm and directed by Richard Blom.


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Abysmal Dawn will begin recording the follow-up album to their Relapse debut Programmed To Consume this May at Trench Studio in Corona, CA with John Haddad (Phobia, Intronaut, Hirax). The album will be mixed by Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Vital Remains, Cannibal Corpse) at his Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, FL. A fall release date is expected.

Abysmal Dawn's Charles Elliot commented on the upcoming album: "It's always great to work with John Haddad, whom we've worked with on our previous two releases. This time we thought we'd try something a little different though as far as the mix goes. After to speaking to Erik Rutan at great length we know he's the man for the job. He's a living legend and knows how real death metal should sound! Everyone in the band is really excited to be working with him and we know this is going to be our most crushing release yet. We've been hard at work demoing all the material before we enter the studio and things sound amazing already! This will be our catchiest yet most extreme and technical release to date.

We're also happy to be working with our new drummer Scott Fuller (ex-Havok, ex-Skitzo, ex-Ashes Of Icons). Scott comes from more of a thrash background but was born to play death metal and has never had the outlet for that until now. So far it's been a real pleasure to be in a band with someone with the same fire for this music as Mike and I again. A fitting replacement for Terry with even more chops to boot."

Additional recording details will be made available shortly. Audio samples and video from the band's Programmed To Consume album can be viewed online now via the Abysmal Dawn MySpace.

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German metalcore act Neaera have issued the following update:

"Hey there, just a quick update from the rehearsal space for you guys: the songwriting process is going fluently, we´re focused and very close to wrapping this thing up! We are very confident about the song material, this one is going to be a beast.

We will enter the studio in June to work on this next record which will be released in the fall of this year via Metal Blade Records. In compliance with the back-to-the-roots approach to this record, we will record the drums at Stage One Studio with the Mr. Myiagi among metal producers, Andy Classen, who already produced our first record, The Rising Tide Of Oblivion. Of course, we will also work again with our good friend Alexander Dietz, the self-proclaimed Brad Pitt among metal producers, on this one. The mixing / mastering will be done by none other than Tue Madsen. We will continue to update you guys as more information unfolds."

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German doom metal band Mirror Of Deception will enter Soundmann Studio in Stuttgart, Germany on April 1st 2010 to start recording their fourth album, entitled A Smouldering Fire.

More to the point info as we get it.

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