US thrashers Megadeth have now made the track "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" available for download and you can get it at this location (you need to give an email address to do so). The song comes off of Megadeth's upcoming new album entitled Th1rt3en, due out November 1st, 2011, via Roadrunner Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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Official press release

Metal Hammer is proud to announce that legendary death metal innovators Cannibal Corpse will headline the first-ever edition of Destroyers Of The Faith, and will be bringing with them some of the biggest names in extreme music.

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Source:	metalhammer.co.uk
Event:	Destroyers Of The Faith

Danish power/prog metallers Royal Hunt are putting the very last touches on their new album Show Me How To Live and getting ready to mix it, this time in Sweden, and have also unveiled the new album cover. The album will be first released in the USA on November 29th, then by Frontiers Records in Europe on December 2nd, and finally in Japan on December 7th. More album details were previously reported here.

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Source:	royalhunt.com
Band profile:	Royal Hunt

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Napalm Records is very proud to announce that the Swedish doom metal legend Candlemass has joined their ranks. The band is currently working on material for their farewell album, which is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2012 release.

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Band profile:	Candlemass

Official press release

After eight studio albums in fifteen years, after over 600 breathtaking live shows Die Apokalyptischen Reiter present their first official best-of collection of their career - The Greatest Of The Best. Full with liner notes for each album, a complete history time line, all lyrics, guitar tabs on selected songs, rare and brand new photos and of course ... the 20 best Reiter songs of all time.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
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Singaporean thrash/death metallers Rudra will not be playing in the highly awaited Brahmavidya Indian Tour 2011. The band released the following statement: "It is with great regret that we inform Rudra's fans in India that the proposed Brahmavidya Indian tour 2011 will be canceled. Both Rudra and management have tried very hard to make this tour work, even bending backwards at times. Unfortunately it was not meant to be. On behalf of the band and the management, we deeply apologize to our fans. Nevertheless, we are still keen to play India and will definitely make it a priority to play there soon."

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Hello Metalstormers,

Evile have been kind enough to supply us with 3 copies of their brand new album Five Serpents Teeth. All you have to do to qualify to win is:

A) Be a registered Metal Storm user.
B) Leave your mailing address where the album can be shipped to.
C) Go here and answer the skill testing question.

Good luck!

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Evile

US blackened thrash metallers Toxic Holocaust will team up with Havok, English Dogs and The Casualities to bring mayhem to the land of the free and home of the brave in a 2012 tour they have dubbed Forward Into Battle Tour.

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Unisonic - the new metal super group featuring Michael Kiske (vocals, ex-Helloween), Kai Hansen (guitars, Gamma Ray, ex Helloween), Mandy Meyer (guitars, ex-Gotthard, ex-Krokus), Dennis Ward (bass, Pink Cream 69) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums, Pink Cream 69) has signed a record contract with earMUSIC / Edel.
Drummer Kosta Zafiriou: "We had several promising labels being interested in Unisonic, but the enthusiasm of Max Vaccaro and his team convinced us that earMUSIC is the right company for us."

A first EP will be released in January 2012, followed by the band's debut album, which is planned for early spring. After the addition of Gamma Ray's Kai Hansen to the group's line-up early 2011, the band continued and implemented the songwriting process, assembling Kai's talent to write great anthemic rock songs in existing and new material.

The recordings for the album started at end of September at ICP studios in Brussels/Belgium. Unisonic's music is very versatile and shows a broad approach to heavy rock, but never misses the power and strong, sticking melodies that made all the members famous in the metal scene in the first place.

Says singer Michael Kiske: "It feels great to finally bring the band to the studio and record the songs we´ve been working on. We took our time to grow as a band, but it was definitely worth it and we are very proud of the result."

Bassist/producer Dennis Ward: "We have a bunch of very strong songs and can't wait until people can hear them. Everyone in the band is now looking even more positive into the future."

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Official Metal Blade press release

In conjunction with Rise Above Records, Metal Blade will be releasing the double-disc live album Anniversary from UK mainstays and international cult act Cathedral. Set for release on Monday, November 21st in North America, Anniversary captures Cathedral in all their raw and live glory and marks the first official live album to be ever released by the doom metal legends.

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Band profile:	Cathedral

German power metal band Iron Savior, recently signed to AFM Records, has unveiled the cover art for their upcoming album The Landing. The artwork was created by Felipe Machado Franco. The album is scheduled for release on November 18th, 2011.

The band is also streaming the new track "Heavy Metal Never Dies" at this location. More album details will be released soon.

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Source:	metalunderground.com
Band profile:	Iron Savior

Czech death metallers Pandemia have parted ways with their guitarist Vlasta Slí?. The band issued the following statement on their MySpace: "Since September we have added a new member, Vitaly to our ranks! We want to thank outgoing guitarist Vlasta for everything, especially for the last 5 years with the band and wish him the best!"

The band will also be hitting the road with Debauchery, Vermin and Bloodstained Ground in the course of an European Tour come this November.


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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Pandemia
Event:	Pandemia: European Tour

British progressive metallers Threshold are currently at Thin Ice Studios (DragonForce, Pendragon) in Surrey, England, to record their ninth studio album, the follow-up to Dead Reckoning, released in 2007.

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Source:	thresh.net
Band profile:	Threshold

US progressive power metal band Theocracy has announced that they will release their new album As The World Bleeds on November 25th in Europe through Ulterium Records and on November 21st in North America through Nightmare Records. The album will also be released as a double gatefold vinyl edition, strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide.

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Source:	theocracymusic.com
Band profile:	Theocracy

After revealing the cover and release date of their upcoming new album entitled Saivo, as reported here, Finnish neofolk metallers Tenhi have now also posted a sixty second album teaser online, which is available for viewing below. Saivo will be released on November 25th via Prophecy Productions.

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Band profile:	Tenhi