German metallers Unisonic, featuring former Helloween members Kai Hansen (guitars) (Gamma Ray, ex-Iron Savior) and Michael Kiske (vocals) (Place Vendome, Avantasia) are streaming an audio premiere online. You can now listen to it below.

The band will release the debut mini album Unisonic: Ignition in late January 2012 through earMUSIC/Edel. The EP will feature the single "Unisonic: Ignition", a demo track and a cover of the Helloween song "I Want Out." A full-length album is set to be released in March 2012.


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After inking a deal with SPV/Long Branch Records, US metallers Prong have entered the studio with producer Steve Evetts. Evetts' recent work includes the likes of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Suicide Silence.

Tommy Victor comments: "He understands Prong in a way no other producer we've ever worked with has. We have a lot of history and have always evolved as a band. The goal for all of us was to take all of that and make a definitive Prong album."

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Heavy metal veterans 3 Inches Of Blood will be entering the studio to begin tracking their fifth full length album, set for release in 2012.

The band will be working out of Vogville Studios and Profile Studios in Vancouver with engineer and producer Terry Sho Murray, who also worked on the band's last 7". 3 Inches Of Blood's 2009 album, Here Wait Thy Doom showcased the band's distinct, traditional heavy metal sound and debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts. The band promises fans they will not have to wait long for the impressive planned follow up.

The band added: "Pre-production for our next record has been fucking excellent! Our new tunes are sounding awesome, and I know all of you are in for a real fucking metal album! Get ready!"

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Swedish death metallers Unleashed just checked in from the Chrome Studios in Sweden where they have finished the recordings of their 11th full-length album, which is set for a spring 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The production will be handled by guitarist Fredrik Folkare at his Chrome Studios in Sweden.

Johnny Hedlund (bass/vocals) commented: "We are now ready with most of the recording, final vocals were done last week and we are very satisfied so far. We will now spend some real time on mixing this and creating a crushing sound. Anders just asked me if this might be the fastest Unleashed album to date. I'm not sure but it's likely close anyhow."

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US funeral doomsters Evoken are preparing to enter the studio in the upcoming week to lay down their next full-length album.

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Audio samples of all the tracks from The Quiet Resistance, the new album from Dutch metallers Nemesea, are available for streaming at this location.

The Quiet Resistance will be released via Napalm Records on the following dates:

November 17: Spain, Finland, Sweden
November 18: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy
November 21: Rest Of Europe
November 22: USA, Canada

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After former vocalist Federica "Wild Sister" De Boni came back, the Italian power metal band White Skull has been working on their new album. Finally, the band announced that their new album will be entitled Under This Flag. They also confirmed that the band entered the studio on November 3rd to begin recording the new album to be released sometime during 2012.

The band posted the following on their official Facebook page: "The band will enter the studio on 3 November to begin work on new album, the title will be Under This Flag. In the near future other news."

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Swedish all-girl heavy metal outfit Crucified Barbara have entered the studio to begin recording their third album, the follow-up to 2009's 'Til Death Do Us Party.

The band posted the following short update on their Facebook page: "On Monday (today), we start the recording of our 3rd album, in Music A Matic studio in Gothenburg with Chips Kiesbye and Henryk Lipp. We're leaving tomorrow and the van will be packed with the best equipment and the best grrrrls. We are extremely excited, we've got so many great new songs that we can hardly wait to share with you! Of course we'll keep you updated with studio reports and exciting gossip.... stay tuned!"

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Audio samples of all the tracks from Weightless, the new album from US metallers Animals As Leaders, are available for streaming at this location.

Weightless was released today in Europe via Prosthetic Records. The album will be released on November 7 in the UK and November 8 in North America.

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German metallers Rage have entered the studio to record their 21st studio album. Here's what Rage frontman Peter "Peavy" Wagner had to say about the album: "Finally we entered the studio again to create new songs for our 21st official studio album. We already started the recordings of 10 new works, one title is even "Twenty One", we were also thinking about taking '21' as the album title."

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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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Greek death/doom outfit Daylight Misery have confirmed that they will be entering studio next year to record their second and follow-up to their debut effort Depressive Icons. In a short update issued on the band's MySpace, the band states: "We would like to inform you that the pre-production of our second album is almost ready and we will enter the studio in the beginning of 2012 for the final product! Stay tuned for more and once again, thanks for the support!"

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Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani will enter Petrax Studios next month to prepare their new album. The band posted the following on their official Facebook: "We are happy to announce that on November 7th we will invade the Petrax-studios in Hollola again to record our next album. The title is still subject of discussion, so we cannot reveal it. The amount of songs is unsure yet; we keep on writing? inspiration flows!"

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Allegaeon is preparing to enter the studio to record their second album for Metal Blade, and the follow up to the highly rated Fragments Of Form And Function. This time around, the guys will be heading to San Diego to record with immensely talented up-and-coming producer, Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios. The band plans to record this December.

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British progressive metallers Threshold are currently at Thin Ice Studios (DragonForce, Pendragon) in Surrey, England, to record their ninth studio album, the follow-up to Dead Reckoning, released in 2007.

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