Canadian folk metal band Scythia is streaming online the new track "Sailor's Accolade". The song appears on the band's forthcoming EP For The Bear, which is due for release on September 25th, 2012. You can listen to the song below, which is also available as a free download here. More EP details were previously reported here.

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A full stream of Grave's new album Endless Procession Of Souls is now available at invisibleoranges.com. Check it out and let us know what you think of this death metal offering. Endless Procession Of Souls will be released on August 27th in Europe (August 28th in North America) via Century Media Records. More album details here.

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Canadian drone metal duo Nadja have released a new track, titled "One Sense Alone", for streaming on their Bandcamp page. The track is from their upcoming album Dagdrøm, to be released on October 30th, and features live drums from Mac McNeilly of The Jesus Lizard. Listen to the track [url= http://nadja.bandcamp.com/album/dagdr-m]here[/url]. Dagdrøm will be out via Broken Spine Productions on CD and LP and with a special 2CD version available in Japan only from Daymare Records.

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Official press release:

Napalm is extremely proud to announce the signing of The Answer! The Northern Irish hard rock outfit has convinced numerous fans and music critics with their melodic tunes, soulful riffing, catchy refrains and energetic live shows including a highly acclaimed support tour with AC/DC. A new album is scheduled for a 2013 release! In addition, the band is confirmed as the special guest on the Gotthard Swiss Tour. Please see below for the dates!

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Following a tour of the West Coast of the United States at the end of 2011, including a devastating performance at Rites Of Darkness III, Australia's epic doom sorcerers Mournful Congregation will return to The States in the weeks ahead.

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Afterglow, the new album from the hard-rock supergroup Black Country Communion, has been penned for release on October 30th. Check out the cover art and official trailer for the album below. The album is the band's third and continues in the same vein as the first and second albums.

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Imaginaerum: The Score, the soundtrack to Nightwish's eagerly awaited movie have been scheduled for release on November 9th. The band has however uploaded samples of some of the tunes that will be featured in the movie Imaginaerum, which are available for streaming below. You can also pre-order the soundtrack at the band's shop.

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Dan Presland, Ne Obliviscaris' long serving drummer, has returned to the band after almost a year of absence. The band has already begun rehearsals for their second album on which Dan will be featured. The Australian extreme progressive metal band wrote: "It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that Dan Presland is returning as the drummer for Ne Obliviscaris."

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French prog ensemble Klone, who with their last album managed to finish 5th at the MS awards 2010 in the progressive metal category, have now consciously leaked some information concerning their newest demonstration of entertaining art. The release will be known as The Dreamer's Hideaway, and the release date is October 5th via Klonosphere/Season Of Mist.

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Unsung Heroes, the entire new album from the Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum, has been made available for streaming at this location. The album was released in Finland today on August 24th and will hit stores on August 27th and August 28th in the rest of Europe and North America through Spinefarm Records.

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The Gathering's new album Disclosure will be available for streaming in its entirety today only (Friday, 24th August 2012), from 00:01 until 23:59 CET. You can stream Disclosure at their Bandcamp page. The band's tenth studio album is released on September 12th in Europe and October 2nd in the US via Psychonaut Records.

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Legendary cult doom act Pentagram are set to play a very special set for the first Power Of The Riff - East festival on September 1st in Brooklyn, New York. The band will perform its album Relentless (the album Pentagram re-released in 1993 with the same songs in another order) in its entirety for the first time since the early 1980's. Pentagram will also play other songs spanning the group's career, including tracks from their most recent album Last Rites. The influential doom outfit will also support Down in Philadelphia and Maryland.

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French symphonic metal band Whyzdom has signed to Scarlet Records. The new label will see the release of their new upcoming album entitled Blind?, whose details are yet to be revealed. The band wrote: "We are very excited to announce that Whyzdom signed a deal with one of the most important growing European label: Scarlet Records."

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Alright folks, here it is - the final 3! The round is simple; pick your #1 favorite from these 3! The highest picked album artwork for this round will be considered the Metal Storm users favorite album art!

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Napalm Records and Skálmöld have revealed the artwork to be featured on the band's upcoming second album Börn Loka, which we now know it will be released on October 26th. The artwork can be seen below. The viking folk metallers had also previously released the album's tracklist here.

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