"Chosen Time", another single off Jeff Loomis' upcoming new album Plains Of Oblivion is streaming exclusively at Guitarworld.com. "Chosen Time" is one of two tracks on the album that feature the vocal talents of Christine Rhoades.

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"Aureum", a brand new video from Italian stoner doom metallers Ufomammut has been released and you can watch it below. The song is taken from their forthcoming album Oro - Opus Primum, which will be released in North America on CD and LP this April 17th and April 13th in Europe via Neurot Recordings. The second installment Oro - Opus Alter will hit stores in September.

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Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom have revealed the artwork and tracklist for their upcoming 15th anniversary compilation album entitled Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth). More details about this compilation, which will be released on May 22nd, can be found here.

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Legendary German heavy metallers Running Wild are currently streaming samples from their entire new album Shadowmaker at amazon.de. The album will be released via Steamhammer/SPV on April 20th in Germany, April 23rd in Europe and April 24th in the US/Canada. More details about the album were previously reported here.

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Official press release:

Midnight In The Labyrinth is the latest inspired work from the UK's most successful extreme act & sets out to explore a more cinematic side with a soundtrack of classical & symphonic material; a style the band has always woven seamlessly into their compositions throughout their career. The release contains 2 discs, with disc 1 featuring an accompanying narration courtesy of Dani Filth, plus additional vocals from Sarah Jezebel Deva, notable for her history of work with the band. Disc 2 contains purely orchestral & symphonic recordings.

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Canadian drone outfit Nadja has announced a full Northern Europe tour in May where they will be supporting their new compilation album entitled Excision, a collection of previously vinyl only tracks, and also the re-issued Thaumogenesis.

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Irish thrashers Gama Bomb have revealed the following statement about parting ways with rhythm guitarist and founding member Luke Graham: "It's with much sadness we announce that after 10 years Luke is parting ways with Gama Bomb."

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Finnish melodic death metallers Omnium Gatherum have announced that they have parted ways with bassist Toni Mäki. The band released this statement: "OG have decided to go separate ways with our bass player of the last three years, Toni Mäki. The decision was made already some time ago after our latest European tour Neckbreaker's Ball and it wasn't an easy one."

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After eight years of pagan folk metal and three albums, Kromlek have announced the split up of the band.

Here it is the official statement posted on their Facebook page: "Greetings Followers, we have some bad news for all KromleK fans and maniacs. KromleK has decided to dissolve the band forever. Different opinions within the band and the desire for different music styles force us to take this step for our further musical development. But if you are a real fan and you believe in us you need not be disappointed. Follow us and stay tuned. In the near future you will see..."

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UK heavy metal veterans Saxon have checked in with the following announcement about gearing up to record a new album, which is expected to be released early next year: "Hi everybody! We are very busy these days with the new album and we have already a few ideas together. I am writing melodies and lyrics and arranging them into songs. We will give the rest of the band a break for hols. After that we have a full session in April before heading to the mighty sugar loaf and rock São Luís! We are really looking forward to coming back to celebrate an awesome party with our South American fans! Needless to say that the Rock In Den Ruinen Festival in Germany is also going to be great!"

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US alternative/industrial metallers Rob Zombie have announced that the band will enter the studio in June to begin recording their next album, which is set for a late 2012 release.

Rob Zombie recently stated: "It has been way, and I mean way too long without any new music. I am dying to get back to it. I have not felt this much excitement within the band since recording the first Hellbilly Deluxe record almost 15 years ago. We have been working on tons of songs for quite some time and I can safely say this will definitely be our best record yet."

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The folks at Season Of Mist have announced the signing of German deathcore act War From A Harlots Mouth. The band issued the following statement: "Even if this will sound like your stereotype statement for record deal-related news, we're still gonna say it: we are proud and actually honored to announce, that we have signed with Season of Mist, home to many of our favourite bands out there. Deathspell Omega, Cynic, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Misery Index, Septicflesh, Kylesa, Sólstafir, Nightbringer... and the list continues!"

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In January, it was revealed that legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi had been diagnosed with lymphoma. Now, he has posted the following message on his Facebook page updating on his health condition: "Hiya, a little update on how it's all going: well, I've had the last dose of chemotherapy so hopefully my body will start to get back to normal soon, the steroids were the worse. I've now got three weeks of radiotherapy coming up which I'm told can be very tiring so we'll see."

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"Empireum", the brand new video from Italian stoner doom metallers Ufomammut is now available online and you can watch it below. The video was crafted at Malleus Rock Art Lab. The song is the opening track taken from the band's upcoming album Oro - Opus Primum, the initial release in a pair of albums in the "Oro" series, and the band's debut with Neurot Recordings, due out on April 13th.

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"Regain The Fire", a brand new video from Finnish melodic death metallers Insomnium has premiered at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. This is the second video for songs taken from the band's most recent output One For Sorrow, which was released last October through Century Media Records.

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