Gothic metallers Sirenia have recently entered the studio to record the follow-up to their 2011 output The Enigma Of Life.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Sirenia

Swedish metallers The Haunted have released the following statement regarding the departure of guitarist Anders Björler and drummer Per Möller Jensen: "It's with deep regret we have to inform you of another two departures from The Haunted, guitarist Anders Björler and drummer Per Möller Jensen. No animosity whatsoever caused these events, nor are there any other feelings than that they will both be dearly missed. We wish them all the best in whatever and wherever their future endeavors will take them."

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Source:	the-haunted.com
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And now for something completely different. A few months ago, Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Nightingale, etc.) and Lord K. (The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Torture Division) have entered a competition in Sweden, with the purpose of determining the next theme song for Ipren, a painkiller, just to have a laugh about it. The funny thing is that apparently the one-minute blasting death metal track has made it to the finals and seems to be winning.

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Source:	ultimatemetal.com
Band profile:	Dan Swanö

Dutch melodic doom/death metal veterans Officium Triste have announced the release of their 5th studio album, entitled Mors Viri, through Hammerheart Records on February 18th, 2013. Mors Viri was recorded on several occasions during 2011 at El Pato studios in Bergweiler, Germany.

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To mark the release of their new opus A Map Of All Our Failures, doom metallers My Dying Bride have released the first four songs on the album which can be streamed here. A Map Of All Our Failures was released in Europe yesterday and hits stores in North America today under Peaceville Records.

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Source:	decibelmagazine.com
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

Three years after the band's last studio release Sehnsucht, Lacrimosa is back with the new album Revolution, which will be released today in North America via End Of The Light Records. Revolution is now streaming in its entirety right here.

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"Forced Gender Reassignment", the new NSFW video from US grind stalwarts Cattle Decapitation, has premiered and is available for viewing exclusively at Bloody-Disgusting.com. The video features strong sexual violence including rape and sexual assault. Mitch Massie helped out with the video.

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Band profile:	Cattle Decapitation

Doom/black metallers Forgotten Tomb's forthcoming album ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil has been made available online. You can check out the album by streaming the entire release through Rockerilla.com or on the Soundcloud player below (courtesy of Agonia Records). The follow-up to Under Saturn Retrograde is due out officially on October 31st in Europe and November 6th in North America.

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Swedish death metal overlords Evocation will release their fourth studio album Illusions Of Grandeur on October 22nd in North America via Century Media Records. It was released in Europe on September 24th. To hear Illusions Of Grandeur in its entirety, head over here for the exclusive album stream.

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Progressive metal quintet Disperse has inked a deal with Season Of Mist, with new music slated for a 2013 release. The Polish band's second album, which title is yet to be unveiled, should hit the stores some time next year.

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Band profile:	Disperse

Finnish power metallers Stratovarius and Swedes Amaranthe are teaming up for a double headline bill for next year's spring. The Nordic Nexus Of Nemesis Tour 2013 will kick off in Munich, Germany, on March 20th, 2013. Check out the confirmed shows below with more to be announced soon.

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Source:	stratovarius.com
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Pig Destroyer will release Book Burner on October 22nd via Relapse Records but the album is already streaming online in its entirety over here. The grindcore band needed five years to release the follow-up to Phantom Limb. Let's just hope it was worth the wait.

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Over the last couple of weeks we gave you the chance to be entered into a draw to win one of two copies of the new As I Lay Dying album Awakened.

To be entered we asked you to tell us which State in the U.S.A. the band originate from. The correct answer was California, so here are the two lucky winners:

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Portuguese doom lords Process Of Guilt have confirmed a string of European tour dates in support of their third album Fæmin, which was recently released via Bleak Records/Division Records. The small run of dates will include an appearance at Dutch Doom Days Festival on October 20th and a performance at Amplifest on October 27th in Portugal along with Ufomammut, Barn Owl and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, among others. See the tour dates below.

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Source:	processofguilt.com
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Scott Ian Lewis, vocalist of deathcore outfit Carnifex, has recently issued an announcement about the band deciding to go on hiatus. Carnifex is playing a series of final shows in December.

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