Italian metallers Krampus have posted online a new song titled "Unspoken" from their upcoming album Survival Of The Fittest, due out on August 24th via Noise Art Records. You can listen to it here. More album details were previously reported here.

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Source:	krampusfolk.com
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US metallers The Acacia Strain have announced that they will be releasing their new album Death Is The Only Mortal this coming October 9th via Rise Records. The cover artwork and tracklist have also been revealed, which are available below. This will be the follow-up to 2010's Wormwood.

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Band profile:	The Acacia Strain

Finally, Lamb Of God's vocalist Randy Blythe has been released from prison. A spokesperson for the Czech prison Randy was being held at confirmed that he was released yesterday afternoon. The Prague Municipal Court's ruling against the prosecutor of the Prague 8 District Court was made on Thursday afternoon behind closed doors.

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Dutch death metal veterans Sinister are streaming online the new track "Transylvania (City Of The Damned)", which can be heard below. The song appears on the band's forthcoming album The Carnage Ending, which is scheduled for release on September 28th via Massacre Records. More details about the new album can be found here.

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Anthrax's drummer Charlie Benante was reportedly arrested this last Friday night on domestic battery in front of a child. Benante and wife were allegedly arrested at the Hilton Garden Inn in Elkhart Indiana after arguing in front of their daughter, age 6.

According to a local report from WSBT.com, the two were arrested and picked up at the Hilton Garden Inn and both were subsequently released from jail the next day. Benante's booking form shows a court date set for this Friday, Aug. 3rd.

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Source:	loudwire.com
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Death/doom powerhouse Hooded Menace are gearing up to unleash Effigies Of Evil unto the world, their first effort for Relapse Records, on September 11th. Now, you can have your first taste of music from the record as the band has released the album's title track, "Effigies Of Evil". The song is streaming out here.

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The French black metal giants Deathspell Omega are currently streaming their entire new EP titled Drought online through the Season Of Mist Bandcamp page. Drought was officially released on July 3rd in North America through Season Of Mist.

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Germany's folk metallers Varg have announced that the band's new album will be titled Guten Tag. The release follows the band's previous album Wolfskult from last year and will be out on October 5th via NoiseArt Records.

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As previously reported, Phil Anselmo (Down, Pantera) has been working on his solo project over the last few years. It has now been revealed that Phil's solo songs will be featured in a split with Dallas Ft. Worth's Warbeast tentatively due out in late September. The two songs that Phil will contribute with will also be featured on his solo album Walk Through Exits Only. The Warbeast previously unreleased songs "IT" and "Birth Of A Psyco" will be exclusive to the split even though the Texas thrash band just finished recording their second album.

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Band profile:	Down

"Dead Whores Love To Fuck", a bonus track from death metallers Dying Fetus' latest album Reign Supreme is streaming exclusively at this location. This song is only available on the deluxe iTunes edition of Reign Supreme, which hit stores on June 19th through Relapse Records.

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Source:	craveonline.com
Band profile:	Dying Fetus

Iron Maiden's bassist Steve Harris announced that he will release a solo/side project album entitled British Lion through EMI Music on September 24th. The album features ten songs that Steve and his collaborators have been working on for the past few years between Iron Maiden tours and releases.

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Swiss industrial metallers Sybreed's new album titled God Is An Automaton is set to be released on Listenable Records this coming September 24th (Europe) and October 2nd (North America). The first single from the new album, "The Line Of Least Resistance", has now been made available online for streaming through their SoundCloud page. The band will also shoot a video with director Benjamin Cappelletti for this single.

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Legendary Florida death metal tyrants Obituary have recently announced their upcoming North American headlining tour. The near month-long Carnival Of Death Tour 2012 will run through September and include Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot and Encrust. The tour will also feature the return of Chicago's Broken Hope 12 years later. The tour dates and further info will be announced in the coming days. In the mean time, check out the tour poster below.

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Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie will be hitting the road together this fall, co-headlining the Twins Of Evil tour with European and US tour dates.

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Children Of Bodom's frontman Alexi Laiho checked into the hospital with severe stomach pain last week, which later turned out to be a serious infection, forcing the band to cancel a few dates this past weekend. Earlier this morning, the band checked in with an update, and Alexi will be leaving the hospital tomorrow (July 12th) and will be back on stage this Sunday to play at Ilosaarirock in Finland.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom