The new Deeds Of Flesh album titled Portals To Canaan will be released on January 29th, 2013, which means there is still a bit of waiting to do. The new opus from the American death metallers is expected to hit stores through Unique Leader Records. While you wait, you can look at the album's artwork created by Raymond Swanland below, listen to Of What's To Come and hope for the best.

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US death/doom metal outfit Encoffination are currently looking for a record label to release their 12" MLP after Detest Records, the record label that was supposed to release it, went out of business. The band will also start working on a new album in the fall.

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"My Final Relapse", the brand new video from Israeli melodic death metallers Prey For Nothing has debuted and you can now watch it below. The song is featured on Prey For Nothing's latest album Against All Good And Evil, released last December via Massacre Records.

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Four years after the release of Contemptus Mundi, French black metallers Hegemon have announced that they will start recording its successor this August. This will be the band's fourth album and should be out through Season Of Mist. The band has a complete line-up again after welcoming their new drummer AD to the band in March, which replaced Pierre Beziat who passed away in 2010.

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Romanian black metal band Kistvaen has parted ways with their vocalist Stefan after four years of service. The band posted a brief statement on their Myspace: "Due to personal reasons, the vocalist Stefan is no longer a Kistvaen member. We wish him good luck and all the best in the future."

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According to BoweryBoogie.com, a hardcore show as part of the CBGB Festival at Weber Hall in New York featuring Sick Of It All, Cro-Mags and Vision Of Disorder, had to be cancelled on July 6th when Harley Flanagan, founding (and former) bass player of the Cro-Mags, reportedly entered the VIP Lounge with a knife and stabbed and injured current Cro-Mags bassist Mike Couls in the chest.

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Italian symphonic black metal act Stormlord is set to enter the studio in November. The band has checked in with the following update about gearing up to enter the recording studio: "The rehearsal/demo songs of the new album are almost done and they sound awesome. It's something between Mare Nostrum and Supreme Art Of War, but with a lot of brand new ideas and a strong Mediterranean feel."

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Canadian drone doom metal act Menace Ruine will be releasing their new album Alight In Ashes this fall via Profound Lore Records and SIGE Records. The cover artwork for the album has recently been revealed and can be viewed below. The album is expected to be released in late September/early October and the tracklist will be announced soon.

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Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro, also known as the guitarist of Angra, has premiered the first video off his new fourth album Sounds Of Innocence, which was released in Japan at the end of June and will be released in the rest of the world in July. The record was produced by Kiko Loureiro, mixed by Dennis Ward and mastered by Jürgen Lusky. The new video filmed by Alex Milesi for the single "Conflicted" can be seen below.

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"The Path Unsought", a brand new song from Canadian melodic death metallers Unleash The Archers is now available for streaming at their Bandcamp page. The song comes off the band's upcoming 7" vinyl three-song EP entitled Defy The Skies, out on July 26th. The EP artwork was designed by JP Fournier.

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Canadian speed/thrash metal band Striker, together with their record label - Napalm Records, have offered a preview of the band's upcoming new album entitled Armed To The Teeth, available for streaming below. Armed To The Teeth is the band's second album after their debut Eyes In The Night released back in 2010. The album will be available on July 27th via Napalm Records.

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Draw Back A Stump, the debut album from US hardcore punk band Primate is now available for streaming in its entirety at their Bandcamp page. Originally released as an EP, Draw Back A Stump was re-released as an album with bonus tracks on July 3rd via Relapse Records.

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Xen, the brand-new upcoming album by Australian experimental/technical metallers A Million Dead Birds Laughing is set for release on July 27th through Welkin Records.

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With 12 years of filthy sludge metal and five full-length albums, Long Island's trio Unearthly Trance are calling it a day.

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"The Wolf I Feed", the brand new video from grindcore legends Napalm Death has premiered exclusively at this location. Alternatively, you can view it below. The video was shot by Tim Fox (TesseracT, Skindred). The song is taken from their latest output Utilitarian, out since February via Century Media.

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