Following the release of Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I in February 2011, US drone doom metallers Earth have now announced the details of a new album, the 2nd installment of the series, which will be titled Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II. The new album will be released by Southern Lord in North America on February 14th in CD, LP and digital download.

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"Phoenix Down", a brand new video from Swedish melodic death metallers The Unguided is now streaming online and can be seen below. The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company. The song comes off the band's debut album Hell Frost, which was released last November via Despotz Records.


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Tampa-based death metal legends Cannibal Corpse will unleash their twelfth studio offering on March 13th via Metal Blade Records. Aptly titled Torture, the follow-up to 2009's Evisceration Plague offers up 12 tracks of maniacally precise, soul-searing death metal.

Torture was again produced by Hate Eternal's Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and features the maniacal cover art by longtime Cannibal Corpse artist, Vincent Locke.

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As of January 7th, US grinders Cattle Decapitation has entered Flatline Studio to record the follow-up to 2009's groundbreaker The Harvest Floor.

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Norwegian melodic black metallers Borknagar have finalized mixing duties for their upcoming studio album with Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Paradise Lost, Katatonia, etc.) in Sweden and have now checked in to announce that their new effort will be titled Urd and is to be released on March 26th, 2012 in Europe as well as March 27th, 2012 in North America via Century Media Records.

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US thrashers Vektor's official Facebook page has been updated with new tour dates for a Western US tour in February. This will be Vektor's first tour since the release of Outer Isolation on December 6th through Heavy Artillery Records.

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Event:	Vektor: North American Tour 2012

"Left Hand", a brand new lyric video from Canadian technical death metallers Beneath The Massacre is now streaming online and you can watch it below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album Incongruous, set for release on February 14th (US), 24th (Europe) and 28th (Canada) via Prosthetic Records. More album details here.


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Lebanese guitarist Amadeus Awad has announced Mark Boals, who has played with Yngwie Malmsteen, Royal Hunt, Uli Jon Roth, and is currently in Iron Mask, as guest vocalist on his new album entitled Time Of The Equinox, which was released on January 13th. The songs "Spiritus Devi" and "The Origins Of Light" taken from the album are streaming at this location.

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Ronnie James Dio's widow Wendy Dio has revealed that she will be putting together a tribute album to honor one of the greatest metal legends that ever lived, her husband. So far, names such as Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Ian Gillan (Black Sabbath), Alice Cooper, Glenn Hughes (Black Sabbath), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Chris Jericho (Fozzy) and Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) have promised to take part of the tribute, planned to be released until the end of the year.

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US thrashers Megadeth will headline the Metalfest 2012, playing exclusively at the Metalfest Open Airs in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic. Tickets are on sale at this location.

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Event:	Metalfest Open Air Austria 2012

Jordanian doom/death metallers Bilocate have announced that they will be supporting Israeli folk-oriental metallers Orphaned Land on their upcoming tour through Turkey in February. The band will play four dates: in Istanbul, Izmir, Eskisehir and Ankara. Pre-sale tickets are available here. Proceeds from the Istanbul show will be donated to the survivors of the Van Earthquake.

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Pianist and drummer Hayashi Yoshiki from the Japanese power metal band X Japan has composed the musical theme for this year's Golden Globe Awards, which take place today in Beverly Hills, California. The awards show will feature new music for the first time in 15 years.

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Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish will release the second single "The Crow, The Owl And The Dove" off the album Imaginaerum, on February 29th via Nuclear Blast Records. You can pre-order it at this location. Along with the title track, the single will include a previously unreleased song called "The Heart Asks Pleasure First". The cut will be available in two different versions, including an instrumental one. "The Crow, The Owl And The Dove" is featured in three versions: the radio-edit, album version and an instrumental.


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Century Media press release:

Century Media Records is happy to announce the signing of Evocation - one of the vanguards of Swedish death metal.

Evocation's guitar player Marko Palmen comments: "It's time to kick in the year of the apocalypse with the writing of a new chapter and a new era in Evocation's history. We are very pleased to announce that we have signed a new worldwide recording agreement with Century Media Records. The label feels for us as a natural choice and a perfect partner due to their long experience and commitment with the death metal scene. To become a part of the CM family feels for us as coming home. Huge thanks to Jens Prüter, Philipp Schulte, Stefan Franke and CM for making this happen!"

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In a series of messages posted on the band's Facebook page, ex-Mercenary bassist/vocalist Henrik "Kral" Andersen and Mikkel Sandager announced that they are working again on their project called Firesoul, with an upcoming album to be released later this year.

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