Enemy Of The Sun, the international metal band lead by top producer Waldemar Sorychta, are proud to announce Reina Schauff as their new bass player. The four-piece band, which is the follow-up to Sorychta's Grip Inc., is currently holed up in the studio working on their third album. Reina Schauff is no stranger to the Enemy camp as he hails from the band's homebase of Dortmund, Germany.

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French death/black metal band Svart Crown has officially entered St Marthe studio (Kickback, Hangman's Chair, Arkhon Infaustus) to begin the recording process for a new album. The new album will be released in the fall of 2013 via Listenable Records.

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Israeli progressive metallers Orphaned Land have prepared a treat for their fans this Saturday, December 8th. The band's show in Tel Aviv Harbor, Israel, will be broadcast live at 20:00 GMT or 22:00 (Middle East time) via CultureBuzz - Israel. The band even created a small video inviting fans for the event, which can be seen below.

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Legendary thrash metal band Hirax has inked a worldwide deal with SPV / Steamhammer. The band will enter the studio in early 2013 for a release in September followed by a world tour. Hirax has also recently joined the booking agency Flaming Arts in Europe.

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French avantgarde metallers Smohalla have uploaded three re-mastered and unreleased songs to their Bandcamp page, including "Le Trône de la Tragédie", an Ulver tribute, "Ils Flottent (feat Eleni)" and "Une Longue Marche". The band released their debut album Resilience last year.

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Remember Centurian? The last album the band released was Liber Zar Zax back in 2002. But now Centurian has a new album coming up entitled Contra Rationem. The band's first studio album in 11 years will be unleashed on January 28th, 2013 via Listenable Records. The Dutch death metal band has revealed its cover art (created by guitarist Rob Oorthuis) and tracklist, which are available below.

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New York death metal veterans Suffocation have unveiled the track listing for their highly anticipated upcoming release, Pinnacle Of Bedlam. The album features 10 "genre-defining-bone-crushing" tracks and also marks the return of drummer Dave Culross, who played with the band previously on their Despise The Sun EP. Founding member and former drummer Mike Smith also makes a special guest appearance on the re-recorded Breeding The Spawn track, "Beginning Of Sorrow."

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Finnish Gothenburg metal act Mors Principium Est are streaming their new album ...And Death Said Live in its entirety. While the album is already available in Japan, it will be released on December 14th in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and will be released in North America on January 15th. The album can be streamed here.

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Hardcore Superstar have recently announced that their new album C'Mon Take On Me will be released via Nuclear Blast on March 1st, 2013. Now as a foretaste, the band has released their new single "One More Minute", which is currently streaming on the video located below. The band released their latest output Split Your Lip in 2010.

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Australian groove progressive outfit Circles has unleashed a new video for their new single entitled "Another Me". This song is taken off the band's upcoming new debut album scheduled for release in the spring of next year. The single was released through Basick Records and is available for a free download at this location.

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Death metallers Vader have finally announced the actual tour dates of their upcoming first leg of the Back To The Black Tour 2013 in Europe. Aborted and Bonded By Blood will be the special guests on the tour that will start with a show in Berlin on January 17th. See all the dates below.

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Sevendust is gearing up to the release of their ninth studio effort Black Out The Sun and has now unveiled the cover artwork that will grace it, which is available below. The release date of the follow-up to Cold Day Memory is set for March 26th, 2013 on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group).

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Gorath's vocalist Filip Dupont has recently been interviewed by metal-rules and confirmed that the band's new album The Chronicles Of Khiliasmos will also be their last and talked about the reasons behind this decision. The Chronicles Of Khiliasmos was released on November 30th and the vinyl release is scheduled for 2013.

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Up until this point, Leeds sludge metal outfit Humanfly had done a good job keeping us in the dark about their upcoming endeavors. Well, it's no longer a secret now that the band has been working on a new record scheduled for release next year. The new record entitled Awesome Science will see the light of day on February 11th, on a double gatefold LP & CD & digital download via Brew. The album artwork was done by Eoin Shea, check it out below.

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Avantasia's mastermind Tobias Sammet has just revealed that the upcoming album will be called The Mystery Of Time. The band has confirmed that they will embark on an indoor tour in April 2013 without any support band.

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