"Run With The Wind", a brand new song from Axel Rudi Pell, is available for streaming at this location.

"Run With The Wind" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled Circle Of The Oath, which will be released through SPV/Steamhammer on the following dates:

March 23: Germany
March 26: Europe
March 27: USA/Canada

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Axel Rudi Pell

Nuclear Blast Records press release

Legendary Swedish viking/death oufit Unleashed just announced the tracklist and the artwork of the upcoming album Odalheim.

With Odalheim Unleashed not only present the successor of As Yggdrasil Trembles in the year 2012, but also continue telling their post-doomsday story, of course embedded into the Norse mythology. After the mighty world tree Yggdrasil had trembled and rung in the end of the world, Fimbul winter followed: Three years of darkness and coldness, during which Mother Nature took back what was rightfully hers. This caused the end of life as we know it. Ragnarök. But the warriors who've survived will build a new world out of the old one's ashes. Right here, the story of Odalheim begins.

With Odalheim, the Swedes release their eleventh studio album. Once more, the mighty line up consisting of Johnny (bass & vocals), Fredrik (lead guitar), Tomas (rhythm guitar) and Anders (drums) has created a multifarious and hymnal album in typical Unleashed manner.

Johnny commented the artwork: "The artwork is made by Sebastian Ramstedt, just like our previous 4 albums. It shows the new world Odalheim, at the break of dawn at Birka shores, and just before the attack of White Christ. The concept of the album is taken from the book by the same name. A book I haven't yet had the time to complete."

Odalheim was produced by Fredrik Folkare and recorded in the Swedish Chrome Studios.

Odalheim tracklist:

01. Fimbulwinter
02. Odalheim
03. White Christ
04. The Hour Of Defeat
05. Gathering The Battalions
06. Vinland
07. Rise Of The Maya Warriors
08. By Celtic And British Shores
09. The Soil Of Our Fathers
10. Germania
11. The Great Battle Of Odalheim

Odalheim will be released on April 20, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Unleashed

French metallers Nightmare have unveiled the cover artwork for their new album, entitled The Burden Of God (formerly Mercury Rain). The album, which was recorded at the Peek studios in the south of France with producer Patrick Liotard, will be released on May 18 through AFM Records.


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Source:	fr-fr.facebook.com
Band profile:	Nightmare

Guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit Pestilence has issued the following update:

"Recently, bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Nufutic, Obscura) and drummer Yuma van Eekelen (Exivious, The New Dominion) have decided to work more intensively on their main projects. Therefore, bassist Stephan Fimmers (Necrophagist) and drummer Tim Yeung (Morbid Angel, Divine Heresy, Vital Remains, Hate Eternal) will join Pestilence for the upcoming new album Obsideo and live performances."

Stephan Fimmer gave the following statement: "I'm looking forward to be part of a great, new Pestilence album - Obsideo - I'm sure that the upcoming album is gonna blast!! It's great to join the band and play with these awesome musicians."

Patrick Mameli added: "I would like to thank Jeroen Paul Thesseling and Yuma van Eekelen for their hard work and great musicianship on the Doctrine album and live shows and we (Patrick Mameli and Patrick Uterwijk) wish them both good luck in the future with their projects."

Pestilence 2012 line-up:

Patrick Mameli - Guitar/Vocals
Patrick Uterwijk - Guitar
Stephan Fimmers - Bass
Tim Yeung - Drums

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Source:	pestilence.nl
Band profile:	Pestilence

"Fire & Damnation", a brand new track from German metallers Exumer, is available for streaming at this location. Also a trailer for the album can be viewed here.

"Fire & Damnation" is the title track for the band's forthcoming album, which will be released on April 10 via Metal Blade Records.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Exumer

"Twenty One", the new video from German metallers Rage, can be viewed at this location. The clip was shot at a casino in the Czech Republic.

"Twenty One" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled 21, which will be released on February 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. More details about the album were previously reported over here.


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Rage

"Als De Dood Weer Naar Ons Lacht", the new video from Dutch metallers Heidevolk, can be viewed at this location. The video clip was directed and written by Awik Balaian who also was in charge of animation and graphics.

"Als De Dood Weer Naar Ons Lacht" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled Batavi, which will be released on March 2 via Napalm Records.

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Heidevolk

Official press release

After a longer winter-sleep Summoning is back again and now works constantly for a new release. We promise that in the near future we will regularly update the homepage again, so it will we worth the costs to check the page in regular intervals.

The present situation of Summoning:

In the past years we have worked on new material just very rarely because of different reasons (partly personal, partly being not motivated enough) but since the last months ,we intensified the work for new material and realised that the old spirit is back again and we are very motivated for a cool new release and we are very committed in every terms of composing.

Meanwhile there are two songs which are fix starters for the album. Four or 5 songs are in a more advance state and we composed riffs for at least 10 or 15 songs in a very early state. By the way we still have one finished song from the last oath bound session which also will be in one or another way. so probably this time we are in the luck situation that we have more songs left, so maybe there will be some special limited fan releases beside the normal release, but this is of course just a wish right now.

We hope that until the end of this year most of the material for the new album can be finished. In the moment we have no concrete conception about the lyrical concept. All we can say right now is, that Summoning is still alive and middle earth will awake again.

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Source:	summoning.info
Band profile:	Summoning

Finnish metallers Ensiferum have entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album for a late spring/early summer release via Spinefarm Records. The drums, bass, grand piano and Hammond organ parts are being tracked at Petrax studio in Hollola, Finland while the rest will be laid down at Yellow House studio in Hämeenlinna, Finland with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Lordi, Apocalyptica, Sentenced, Amorphis).

The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the new CD recording process can be viewed at this location.


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Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

"Do Not Look Down", another brand new song from Swedish metallers Meshuggah, is available for streaming exclusively at the Nuclear Blast USA Web Shop (Click on any pre-order bundle item to get to the player).

"Do Not Look Down" comes off the band's new album, Koloss, which will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on the following dates:

March 23: Germany
March 26: rest of Europe
March 27: North America

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Meshuggah

"Religion Proof", a brand new song from US metallers Municipal Waste, is available for streaming at this location.

"Religion Proof" was recorded during the sessions for the band's forthcoming studio album, entitled The Fatal Feast, but will not be featured on the CD. The Fatal Feast will be released on April 10 in North America (April 13 in Europe) via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Source:	soundcloud.com
Band profile:	Municipal Waste

Official press release

Leaves' Eyes are proud to welcome Felix Born in the band! Unfortunately, Roland Navratil had to leave for private reasons, we wish him all the best for the future!

Felix commented: "I am really happy to announce that I am the new drummer of Leaves' Eyes. As I got the offer to do a jam session with the band I was highly motivated, because I love their music. The combination of grooves and nice melodies is exactly what I appreciate being a drummer. During the jam session I realized the fact that I wanted the job even more, because I felt very comfortable with the whole band. I am really happy about joining Leaves' Eyes and I am looking forward to seeing you all on the road soon!"

Liv added: "Felix convinced me straight away through his way of playing, for both Liv Kristine as well as for Leaves' Eyes. He is a highly talented drummer, probably one of the greatest talents in Germany, in the studio as well as on stage. He is a fresh breath to our music."

We also uploaded a video on Youtube introducing Felix at this location.


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Source:	leaveseyes.de
Band profile:	Leaves' Eyes

"So Speak The Voice Of Law", a brand new song from Canadian metallers Blinded By Faith, is available for streaming at the Galy Records' Facebook page (It requires to click on "like"). The the song is also available for streaming on ReverbNation at this location.

"So Speak The Voice Of Law" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled Tchernobyl Survivor, which will be released on March 10 via Galy Records.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Blinded By Faith

Quebec, Canada-based metallers Aeternam have announced the departure of bass player Jean-François Boudreault.

The band commented: "We wishe him success with all his projects and thank him for all those great moments shared together."

The band has also revealed the title and tracklist of their forthcoming album, for a late 2012 release via Galy Records. The album will be recorded at Badass Studios with engineer JeF Fortin within the next two months and will be called Moongod.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Aeternam

"Deathhammer", the new video from Dutch metallers Asphyx, can be viewed at this location. The clip was filmed earlier this month by Maurice Swinkels of Younique Film.

"Deathhammer" is the title track of the band's forthcoming album, which will be released on February 27 in Europe (February 28 in North America) via Century Media Records.

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Source:	metal-hammer.de
Band profile:	Asphyx