Firewind frontman Apollo Papathanasio (who also sings in Spiritual Beggars and Evil Masquerade) is forced to sit out the band's imminent European tour due to family issues.

Apollo will be back with Firewind for their North American Frets Of Fury tour in October (with Arsis, White Wizzard and Nightrage). Apollo's replacement for the European Defiance Over Europe dates is the hugely talented singer Mats Levén (ex-Therion, Yngwie Malmsteen, Krux).

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Firewind

The new Nightwish single, called Storytime, will be released on Friday, the 11th of November. Presale will start soon.

The band's new album Imaginaerum will be released in late 2012 through Nuclear Blast Records in Europe and through Roadrunner Records in North America. The complete album tracklist with teasers of each song and the precise album release date will follow in a week. Stay tuned!

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Source:	nightwish.com
Band profile:	Nightwish

"Everything's Burning", the new video from Italian metallers Eldritch, can be viewed at this location. The video clip was directed by Skrotosound.

"Everything's Burning" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Gaia's Legacy, which will be released on September 25th via Scarlet Records.

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Band profile:	Eldritch

"This Neon Grave", a brand new song from German metallers Night In Gales, is available for streaming at the band's Facebook page.

"This Neon Grave" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled Five Scars, which will be released on November 7th in Europe (November 8th in North America) via Lifeforce Records.

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A six-minute teaser featuring audio samples of all the tracks that will appear on Dualism, the new album from Dutch metallers Textures, can be found at this location.

Dualism will be released on September 23 in Europe and September 27 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. More details about Dualism were previously reported over here.

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Textures

Having last trekked through the U.K. in 2009 with Lamb Of God and Five Finger Death Punch on Metal Hammer U.K.'s Defenders Of The Faith tour, Dimmu Borgir have changed gears and will be performing in eleven small clubs from Brighton to Birmingham to provide fans with the ultimate intimate show experience.

There will be no support band and Dimmu will perform two sets. The first set will be a full album in its entirety as chosen by the fans and the second set will include a variety of Dimmu classics.

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Band profile:	Dimmu Borgir
Event:	An Evening With... Dimmu Borgir

"Her Circle Is The Noose", a brand-new song from US ambient black metaller Leviathan can now be heard over at Pitchfork.

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Source:	pitchfork.com
Band profile:	Leviathan

Le Mouvement Perpétuel, the brand-new split EP between French blackgazers Les Discrets and Italian post-rocker Arctic Plateau can now be streamed in its entirety at this location.

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Band profile:	Les Discrets

"In Blood And Fire", a brand-new song from German melodic black metallers Thulcandra can now be heard on their official Facebook page.

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Band profile:	Thulcandra

Swiss Celtic folk metallers Eluveitie are currently working on their fifth full-length album, Helvetios, due out in early 2012 through Nuclear Blast Records.

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Source:	eluveitie.ch
Band profile:	Eluveitie

Grave mainman/guitarist Ola Lindgren has posted the following update in regards to his black/death metal solo project, Grey Heavens:

"Very proud to announce that Norman Lonhard from the mighty Triptykon will be doing drums on the upcoming Grey Heavens recording later this year. I'm superstoked and I'm sure it will be amazing! Stay tuned..."

Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Grave

Fragments Of Death, the new upcoming album from Italian symphonic black metal band Graveworm will be released on October 21th via Nuclear Blast Records.

The follow-up to 2009's Diabolical Figures was recorded in July at the Dream Sound Studios in Munich, Germany and was mastered by Jan Vacik.

According to a press release, the songs are about the death in its thousand faces, which is also reflected in the album title and cover art. Musically, the album can be seen as a mixture of the best of the last four records, with some old-school roots and definitive darker than its predecessors.

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Source:	metalunderground.com
Band profile:	Graveworm

Alpha-Beta, the brand new debut album from Montreal experimental death metallers Krokmitën, is now available for streaming in its entirety in the YouTube clips below. The album is also available for free download over at the band's website.

The concept album consists of one single 46-minute track accompanied by an animated video synced to the music directed by Krokmitën's guitarist/vocalist Simlev.

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Peaceville Records will be reissuing The Second Ring of Power by Finnish doom act Unholy on October 17th, 2011. The new version includes a bonus DVD featuring the band live in Finland from a rare 1994 performance.

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Source:	burningshed.com
Band profile:	Unholy

TesseracT is in the studio for the first time with newly announced vocalist, Elliot Coleman.

Originally featured on their debut album One , the band is re-recording "Eden" with Coleman on vocals and will also be releasing a music video in for the track. More details will be announced shortly, but in the meantime TesseracT has released studio footage of the recording process which can be seen below.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	TesseracT