US noisecore/grindcore band Anal Cunt are now streaming online a track which contains the band's entire side of their 1991 split 7" with The Meat Shits. You can listen to the track at this location. This track will be featured on a 2CD collection of all their earliest works, entitled The Old Testament, set for release on November 22nd via Relapse Records.

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Source:	analcunt.bandcamp.com
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German power metallers Blind Guardian have released this statement on their official site concerning the upcoming compilation album Memories Of A Time To Come: "Finally, after all these years, we have found the time to gather our most worthy songs into a best of compilation, representative of our career's first 25 years. From the very beginning it was important for us to undertake this project only if we could put the necessary time and attention to detail into it. With overwhelming nostalgia we have looked back on 25 years and came up with Memories Of A Time To Come, an organic mixture of some of our greatest songs."

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Source:	blind-guardian.com
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Finnish extreme power metallers Children Of Bodom have announced a North American headlining tour in celebration of the band's 15th Anniversary.

Presented by ESP in association with Full Metal Jackie, the quindecennial trek will kick off on January 30, 2012 in Rochester, NY and run through March 4, hitting 26 cities over the course of the five week jaunt.

Support on the tour will come from Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, Boston extreme metal band Revocation and Canada's Threat Signal.

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Band profile:	Children Of Bodom
Event:	Children Of Bodom: 15th Anniversary North American Tour

German progressive/technical death metallers Obscura will release a demo compilation, of the band's early recordings and brand-new cover songs, in March next year, entitled Illegimitation.

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UK speed power metal band DragonForce played their first US live show on Friday, October 21st, with the new singer Marc Hudson. They performed two songs from their upcoming studio album ("Cry Thunder" and "Last Fallen World"), as well as a selection from their earlier releases.

Prior to the show, bassist Frédéric Leclerq and drummer Dave Mackintosh did a short interview, where they talked about Hudson's recruitment, the new material, and more. You can now watch the whole interview below.

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Source:	dragonforce.com
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On Tuesday, November 1st, a plane going from New York to Warsaw, Poland, had to make an emergency landing after a technical malfunction prevented the plane from lowering it's wheels. Miraculously, the plane made it down just fine and there were no casualties. Polish death metallers Decapitated were on the plane. Due to that fact, the band decided to cancel their upcoming shows in Aalborg and Leeds.

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Source:	metalinjection.net
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Shining (NOR)Shining [NOR][/url] will release a live album and DVD entitled Live Blackjazz, on November 11th (January in North America) via Indie Recordings. A video of the track "Fisheye" can be exclusively viewed on Metal Hammer. Also a track-by-track preview of the DVD was previously posted at this location.

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Source:	metal-hammer.de
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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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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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German power metallers Blind Guardian have announced a new compilation album entitled Memories Of A Time To Come due out January 27th, 2012, via Nuclear Blast Records. The compilation album will feature re-recorded and remixed songs from the band's entire discography.

Blind Guardian is also working on a new concept orchestral album with fantasy author Markus Heitz also due out in 2012.

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Source:	blind-guardian.com
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German industrial metallers Rammstein have announced the release date of their upcoming new compilation album Made In Germany 1995-2011. The album will be released in three formats on December 2nd in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland via Universal Germany and November 22nd in the US via Vagrant Records.

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Source:	rammstein.de
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The US thrashing groove metallers Lamb Of God have completed work on their yet untitled new album, due in early 2012 via Epic Records.

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Source:	bravewords.com
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In a recent interview with Greek webzine Rock Overdose, Tom "Angelripper" Such of German Teutonic thrash metal band Sodom revealed that the band is currently working on a new album, with two songs completed and aiming for a 2012 release.

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Source:	bravewords.com
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Sumerian black metallers Melechesh have just returned from the Lux Mundi Europe Tour as special guests of label mates Samael. Mastermind, vocalist and guitarist Ashmedi offers the following positive summary: "So far we have completed our fourth tour, plus a festival run in support of The Epigenesis album. Yet we still have some more gigs to announce."

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Source:	jorzine.com
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Belgian death metallers Aborted have released a trailer for their upcoming new album Global Flatline, set for release on January next year via Century Media Records. You can now watch it below. The band posted the following on their Facebook page: "Here it is people! The official trailer for the upcoming album Global Flatline, check it out and keep in mind, in less than a week we release the single!" More album details were previously reported over here.

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