"Passion Of The Weak", the first taste off Swedish death metallers Grave upcoming new album Endless Procession Of Souls is now available for streaming at this location. The band's 10th album will be out on August 27th in Europe and August 28th in North America via Century Media Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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"God Is Not Love", the brand new NSFW video from Ukrainian electronic black metal band Semargl is now available for viewing below. It contains partial nudity and was filmed by Mafiashot Films studio in 2011. You can also watch it at the band's official website. "God Is Not Love" comes off the band's new album entitled Satanic Pop Metal, which was released in February via Twilight Vertrieb.

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Kamen Manev, Claymore's original drummer, has now moved to bass following the departure of Velislav Danov as the Bulgarian melodic black/death outfit welcomed a new drummer by the name of Nikolai Nikolaev. The band posted the following about the changes: "It is time. It was decided that Kamen should take the bass and leave the drums to Nikolai Nikolaev (Dizexist, Division One). Nikolai is quite talented and is not here to replace Kamen's drumming. It is time for a change. It is done."

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Official Relapse Records press release:

Finland's doom/death-lords Hooded Menace have completed work on their devastating, down-tuned masterpiece Effigies Of Evil! Marking their first release for Relapse Records, Effigies Of Evil will be unleashed upon the masses on September 11th in CD, 2xLP and digital editions including a special deluxe edition vinyl release, which comes with a limited edition 7" featuring covers by Witchfinder General and Eternal Darkness.

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"Dehumanizer", a new video from Portuguese thrashers Prayers Of Sanity is now available for viewing below. The video features live footage of the band performing the song and was recorded in Évora at Coluna Maldita Café by Jorge Madeira. The song is taken from the band's new album Confrontations, which was self-released on June 1st.

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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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UK-based thrashers Sylosis have just released the cover artwork for their upcoming album Monolith, which was handled this time by Dan Goldsworthy. You can view the jewel case cover and O-card cover below. Monolith, the band's third album, will be unleashed on October 5th via Nuclear Blast Records unlike it was previously announced by the label.

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You can now check out the official trailer for Threshold's new album March Of Progress below to get a first impression of what to expect. The UK progressive metal band has also announced that the album is now due for release on August 24th via Nuclear Blast, a week earlier than originally announced. More details about the album were earlier reported here.

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Finns Wintersun have just posted online the second studio trailer for their upcoming album Time I, which will be released on October 19th via Nuclear Blast. The second Time I trailer can be seen below.

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After releasing Oro - Opus Primum in April, Italian stoner doom metallers Ufomammut are gearing up for the release of the second installment Oro - Opus Alter, which will see the light of day on September 14th via Neurot Recordings. The first movement of the upcoming album, "Oroborus", is now available for streaming on the video below as a teaser for the new album.

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Of Babalon, the brand new album from US black metallers The Howling Wind is now available for streaming exclusively at Invisible Oranges (not including the hidden bonus track from the CD). The album was recorded by Colin Marston (Krallice, Dysrhythmia, Gorguts) and has been scheduled for release on July 17th via Profound Lore Records, and will stream for a week until then.

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"Memories", the new video from Chicago-based thrash/metalcore band Dirge Within has debuted exclusively at Noisecreep. The song is taken from the band's new second album entitled There Will Be Blood, which came out in April via Rocket Science.

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Regression To Nothingness, the new album from French doom/death metal band Inborn Suffering is now available for streaming in its entirety at their Bandcamp page. Regression To Nothingness is the band's second album out on July 9th via Solitude Productions.

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US blackened thrashers Skeletonwitch are preparing to set out, with the US thrash assault Havok, on a massive US tour taking place from mid-September to mid-November. The band says: "Tired of weak-ass bands calling a handful of shows a tour? We put our money where our mouth is!"

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Band profile:	Skeletonwitch
Event:	Skeletonwitch & Havok: US Abomination Tour 2012

Norwegian progressive black metallers Enslaved have named their twelfth studio album Riitiir and have unveiled the album's artwork, which was created by Truls Espedal and can be viewed below. Riitiir is due out in Europe on September 28th and in North America on October 2nd through Nuclear Blast.

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