Swedish death metallers Nominon are busy working on their new, fifth upcoming album. The band posted the following update: "The recording of the new Nominon album is certainly moving on after a bit chaotic change of studio in the very last minute (due to some incompetent losers at the studio we had booked to start with), so with a very short notice we could start the recordings with engineer Robert Ericsson at Studio Hell, a small studio located here in Jönköping, Sweden. We actually used that studio for the latest 7" EP Manifestation Of Black, and since then the studio itself has been upgraded, that somehow was necessary before we felt that we could use it for a proper album recording."

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As Norwegian gothic metallers Trail Of Tears continue to put together their new album, the band has, in the meantime, announced their first ever South American shows. The band will play two shows in São Paulo, Brazil, this coming November. The dates are below. The band is currently finalizing the song titles and new album title.

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US funeral doom metal band Evoken has revealed the title and release date for their upcoming new album. The band posted the following on their Facebook page: "The new album Atra Mors is now set for release July 31, 2012 via Profound Lore. We'll be playing one new song from the album this Saturday. Plans to tour in support of the new album will be addressed quite soon stay tuned and doomed."

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"Pieces Of Red" and "Anger Is The Reason", two brand new tracks from US thrashers Anger As Art are now available for streaming at this location. Both songs are taken from the band's new album entitled Hubris Inc., which has been scheduled for release sometime in spring/summer through Old School Metal Records. More details about the album should be released soon.

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"White Skies", another new video from Portuguese gothic metal outfit Moonspell is now available for your viewing pleasure below. The song comes off the band's Alpha Noir bonus album Omega White, which was released on April 27th in Europe and May 8th in North America via Napalm Records. "Lickanthrope", the other video released by the band is still available for viewing at this location.

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German thrash metal heroes Tankard have revealed the album cover for their upcoming Nuclear Blast debut, A Girl Called Cerveza. Check it out below. Patrick Strogulski, who is a student of former Tankard cover artist, Sebastian Krüger, brought the artwork to life. A Girl Called Cerveza will be released on July 27th in Europe and July 31st in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. More details about the album were previously reported here and here.

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"Facing Tomorrow", a brand new video from Norwegian progressive metallers Communic has premiered and is now available for viewing below. The song is taken from the band's 2011 album entitled The Bottom Deep, which was released on July 22nd via Nuclear Blast.

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"ViolMachine", the new video from Polish progressive metal outfit Jelonek is now available for viewing below. The song comes off the band's most recent effort entitled Revenge, released back in November 2011 via Mystic Productions. The video was shot in several places, including the Museum of Coal Mining in Zabrze, Poland.

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Finnish traditional folk metal pioneers Korpiklaani reveal first details on their upcoming 8th studio record that at the same time will be their 4th release via Nuclear Blast Records! The record will be entitled Manala and is scheduled for a release on the 3rd of August 2012.

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"En Livstid I Krig", which translates to "A Lifetime Of War", a new song from Swedish heavy metallers Sabaton is now available for streaming in both English and Swedish versions below. The song comes off Carolus Rex, the band's upcoming album, to be released on May 25th via Nuclear Blast. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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"Stepping Stone Agenda", a brand new song from Swedish death metal band Miseration is now available for streaming below. The song comes off the band's upcoming effort entitled Tragedy Has Spoken, which comes out on July 2nd in Europe and one day later in North America via Lifeforce Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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Los Angeles prog-thrashers Hexen have premiered a new track entitled "Stream Of Unconsciousness", which comes off their new album Being And Nothingness, at this location. The album has been scheduled to be released on May 28th in Europe and July 17th in the US via Pulverised Records. More album details can be found here.

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US stoner/doom metal band The Sword has announced that they will embark on a short tour with US stoners Red Fang. The band posted the following update: "We'll be doing a short tour in June with the mighty Red Fang leading up to the Orion Music and More festival. After that we'll be recording a new album which is scheduled to be released next fall."

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Mastic Scum signed a worldwide deal with the German label Massacre Records!

Guitarist Harry comments: "We are proud to announce that we signed a deal with one of our favorite labels. We know this company since quite a long time and are happy to be a part of it now."

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Doro, the queen of heavy metal, has just revealed some details on the upcoming EP Raise Your Fist In The Air, which will be released on August 3rd, 2012. The EP will contain the following songs and will be issued on CD, vinyl and as digital download.

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