French death metal outfit Benighted has broken the news about the departure of guitarist Liem "Litchy" N'Guyen. The band released the following statement on their official Facebook page: "Sad news for Benighted. We have to announce that our guitarist Liem N'Guyen is leaving the band, after 14 years of pure friendship and brutal shows."

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Soilwork's guitarist Peter Wichers has announced his departure from the band once again due to "creative differences". He had previously left the band in 2005 because he "needed a break from the touring" but rejoined in 2008. Daniel Antonsson was his replacement at that time.

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"Eula", a brand new song from American sludge metallers Baroness has premiered exclusively and is now available for streaming at this location. This one is the closing track off the first disc from the band's upcoming double album Yellow & Green, set for release on July 17th via Relapse Records.

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Why release one new song when you can release three? Luca Turilli's Rhapsody has done just that. The band released three new tracks, namely "Clash Of The Titans", "Tormento E Passione" and "March Of Time", which are now available for streaming at this location. All the songs come from Ascending To Infinity, which came out in Europe on June 22nd and is scheduled for North American release on July 3rd via Nuclear Blast.

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Chris Pernia has joined US atmospheric doom/gothic band Todesbonden as their new live drummer. The band made the following announcement: "We are happy to announce that has Chris Pernia has now joined the Todesbonden Family on live drums. He brings his many years of touring and studio recording experience to the band. He has worked in many different projects including Pessimist and Beyond The Scar. Please welcome him!"

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With only three days left until its release, Swedish melodic death metal outfit The Forsaken have unveiled the tracklist for their new upcoming album entitled Beyond Redemption. The album will be released via Massacre Records on June 29th. It was mixed by André Alvinzi and mastered by Jens Bogren at the Fascination Street Studios.

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"Theme From Pillpopper", the new live video from US sludge metal band 16 has debuted exclusively at Metal Injection. The video was directed by Tyson Montrucchio and filmed live at the Casbah in San Diego, California. The song comes off the band's recent output Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds, available now on Relapse Records.

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"Havets Nåd", another new track and the sixth to be featured on the new album Orkan is now available for streaming below. The track is taken from Swedish black folk metallers Vintersorg's upcoming new album, which is scheduled to be released on June 29th in Europe and July 10th in the USA and Canada via Napalm Records. In case you missed it, details about the album were earlier reported here, where you can also listen to the title track "Orkan".

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Danish thrash legends Artillery have announced that the new drummer that will replace departed founder Carsten Nielsen behind the kit is Josua Madsen (ex-Consumed). Carsten reportedly left the band in April for personal reasons.

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"Unconditional", the new single from Slovenian industrial metal band Neurotech is now available for streaming below. The song comes off the band's upcoming EP entitled Decipher Vol. 2, tentatively scheduled for release this October. Like on the upcoming EP, the song features vocals from female singer Tanja Ravljen.

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Hungarian thrash metallers Ektomorf have a new album coming up. Their new effort, entitled Black Flag, will hit stores on August 31st via AFM Records. The tracklist and the album artwork have just been revealed and can be seen below.

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French shoegaze outfit Alcest has recently updated its summer 2012 festival routing in Europe. The band will still be supporting their latest release Les Voyages De L'Âme, which came out in January via Prophecy Productions.

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US thrash metal veterans Hirax have entered Skull Seven Studio in North Hollywood, California, with producer Bill Metoyer (Slayer, W.A.S.P., Sacred Reich) to begin recording their fourth full-length studio album and follow-up to 2009's El Rostro De La Muerte. The new effort is expected to be released later this year via singer Katon W. De Pena's own label Black Devil Records.

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Finnish one-man black metal band Armath Sargon has announced new details about the release of his upcoming effort Under The Moon And The Sun. The album will be released via Nokternal Hemizphear Records in late summer of 2012.

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Colorado-based melodic death metallers Centimani are giving people the opportunity to listen to their entire debut album for free this weekend. The band is now streaming Aegaeon online over at their SoundCloud. The album will be self-released by the band on June 29th and you can pre-order it here.

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