Swedish dark ambient band Arcana have put up their most recent effort, As Bright As A Thousand Suns, up for streaming on their Bandcamp page. In case you are not familiar with the band's work or haven't yet got the band's new album, now is the chance to acquaint yourself. The band is also streaming songs from other albums, which include: Raspail, Inner Pale Sun, Cantar De Procella, Dark Age Of Reason and The Last Embrace.

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French avantgarde metallers Wormfood have recently inked deal with Apathia Records. The label will release a collector remastered and expanded reissue of Wormfood's first album Eponym, released in 2002 and sold-out for a long time now. A short trailer of the upcoming anniversary reissue of the first Wormfood album is now available below.

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Black metallers Ragnarok have released a video for the song "Collectors Of The King", the title track from their latest album released back in 2010. The video, available below, was produced by William Brovold, directed by Stefan E. Pedersen and features cinematography by Lasse Roed.

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German death metal act Obscenity has revealed new details about their upcoming release. The album will be entitled Atrophied In Anguish and it is scheduled for release in September (exact date will be announced soon) via Apostasy Records. The tracklist and the album's artwork, which was created by Remy (Headsplitdesign), can be seen below.

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Wintersun have posted the first studio trailer for their upcoming "epic" Time I online.

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Legendary grindcore act Nasum recently announced the final European tour dates of their 20th anniversary, starting September 20th and ending with a massive grind finale, free of charge, in the Swedish capital of Stockholm on October 6th.

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Event:	Nasum: The Final European Tour 2012

German progressive/power metallers Masterplan have recently announced that Martin "Marthus" ?karoupka (Cradle Of Filth's drummer) will record the drum parts on the new Masterplan album. However, nothing was said about what that can mean for Mike Terrana.

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Italian power/folk metal band Elvenking has issued a new update this time regarding their new yet-untitled, upcoming album and the guest musicians that will be featured on it. The band writes: "This summer is magical boys and girls! We hope you are already enjoying your summer holidays or that you planning your trips and your relax time."

"As you know the new Elvenking album is ready and it will be hopefully released in September 2012. We will inform you about the final release date as soon as we'll have more news about it. We'll try to give you some updates about the new album every week. In the meantime we are preparing things around the new video clip shooting and we will film it while you'll have a swim at your favourite pool or a good hot night at the seaside!"

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French progressive metallers Fractal Gates have announced a few weeks ago that they will be recording their upcoming CD near the end of August. The songs will be mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swanö. Dan will be singing in two of the songs. Also, Sotiris from Septicflesh will kindly be playing in one of the songs. The new album will be the band's second, after their debut Altered State Of Consciousness in 2009.

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The cover artwork for French black metallers Blut Aus Nord's upcoming album 777 - Cosmosophy, the third and final part of the trilogy, has now been revealed. The album is due out late September.

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Drummer Gera de la Garza is the newest member to join the ranks of Mexican death metal band Infinitum Obscure. The band posted the following: "We have found a new full time drummer! Darkness is sown in a new obscure soul, the circle is once again complete... We would like to welcome Gera de la Garza to take position as our new permanent drummer in Infinitum Obscure. Now with a complete line up once again, the band's focus remains 100% in completing the new full length album. More news to follow soon..."

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The official upcoming album teaser from Swedish black metallers Skogen is now available for preview below. The preview contains samples of the songs to be featured on their new third full-length album simply titled Eld, to come out via Frostscald Records. A release date is yet to be set but the band reckons the album will be released this fall.

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Thrash metal veterans Testament have recently released a lyric video for their new song "True American Hate" from their upcoming album Dark Roots Of Earth, set to be released on July 27th in Europe and July 31st in North America. Along with the lyric video, Testament has also made "True American Hate" available for free download at this location, requiring only an email sign up. More details about the album can be found here.

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Adam "Nergal" Darski, also known as the frontman of Polish death metallers Behemoth, will be releasing an autobiography titled "Sacrum Profanum" this coming October. The book cover has now been revealed and it was created with the help of Seth Spiro and Ivo Ledwozyw. The book is supposed to be about his fight with leukemia as well as his life as part of Behemoth.

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"Hell Or Hallelujah", the brand new single from US hard-rock legends KISS has premiered today and you can now view it below. The song will be featured on the band's upcoming new album Monster, their 20th studio album, to be released on October 15th through Universal Music Enterprises.

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