The new upcoming eleventh studio effort from Danish prog/power outfit, Royal Hunt, is set be called Show Me How To Live, and it will be released in November/December, 2011, through Marquee/Avalon (Japan and Southeast Asia) and Frontiers Records (rest of the world).

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Source:	royalhunt.com
Band profile:	Royal Hunt

Norwegian gothic metal quintet, Trail Of Tears, have finished the recordings for their upcoming new album.

The band posted the following on their MySpace page: "The recordings for the still untitled 7th Trail Of Tears album has been completed in Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France, with producer Terje Refsnes! Cathrine came through the extreme schedule with flying colours, putting the finishing vocals on the end result and delivered a performance for the history books!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Trail Of Tears

Swedish metallers Opeth have premiered a new video for their song "The Devil's Orchard" at Pitchfork.com. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The song is off of the band's latest output, Heritage, out now via Roadrunner Records. The video for "The Devil's Orchard" was directed by Phil Mucci.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Opeth

"The Lake", a new song from Swedish doom juggernauts Isole is now streaming online at the band's Facebook page. The song is the first single off of the band's upcoming new album entitled Born From Shadows, which will see the light of day on October 28th via Napalm Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Isole

"The Reverend", a new song from German prog/power outfit Lanfear is now available for streaming at the band's official Facebook page. The song is off of the band's upcoming new album titled This Harmonic Consonance, to be released later this year. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Lanfear

Hot on the heels of new album Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (released last August), Finnish metallers Ghost Brigade will embark on a two-week tour of Europe with opening acts A Storm Of Light and Intronaut. Below are the dates and venues.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Ghost Brigade
Event:	Ghost Brigade: Until Fear No Longer Defines Us Tour

German power metal band Mystic Prophecy is currently streaming a brand new song, "Ravenlord", online. You can listen to it below. The song is off of the band's upcoming seventh album, Raven Lord, to be released on November 25th via Massacre Records.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Mystic Prophecy

Dutch symphonic metal/rock outfit Autumn have announced their upcoming fifth album titled Cold Comfort, to be released November 8th via Metal Blade Records and 4th/7th in Europe. Cold Comfort, their third album on Metal Blade Records, offers a collection of striking songs blended into a diverse and yet surprisingly compact album, one that Autumn considers to be their most personal and meaningful to date.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Autumn

"Under And Over It", the new video clip from US metal outfit Five Finger Death Punch, has premiered at ARTISTdirect.com. The song is off the band's upcoming new album, American Capitalist.

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Source:	artistdirect.com
Band profile:	Five Finger Death Punch

Dutch symphonic metallers Within Temptation guitarist Robert Westerholt will step down from touring duties to focus on production and songwriting within the band.

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Source:	within-temptation.com
Band profile:	Within Temptation

Check out the new video clip for the song "Under Flaming Skies", from Finnish metallers Stratovarius below. The song "Under Flaming Skies" is off the band's latest output Elysium, released back in January via earMUSIC/Edel.

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Source:	stratovarius.com
Band profile:	Stratovarius

Emily Alice Ovenden, frontwoman of British symphonic metallers Pythia, is set to make a guest appearance on DragonForce's upcoming album scheduled for release sometime in early 2012. Further details about the new album are yet unknown. Pythia though, gave the following update:

"Just a quick note to let you know that Emily is currently in the studio recording guest backing vocals for the new DragonForce album, due to be released in early 2012! She is delighted to be working with the DragonForce guys and reports back that the new material is sounding great!"

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Pythia

New York death metal pioneers Suffocation have begun working on their new album, which they plan to release sometime next year through Nuclear Blast. Currently the band is writing new material for the follow-up to their most recent release, Blood Oath.

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Source:	lambgoat.com
Band profile:	Suffocation

Japanese heavy metal band Loudness is currently streaming audio samples from their new album titled Eve To Dawn, which you can check out below. The album has been released on September 14th.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Loudness

Dutch symphonic metallers Delain are currently in Stockholm recording their upcoming yet-untitled album. The band has teamed up with Jacob Hellner (Rammstein, Clawfinger, Apocalyptica), who will be producing the album.

In a short update the band had this to say: "After a long tour and changes, it's great to finally move on to writing and recording an album. Even more so in such legendary studios with people involved in such legendary albums! We have great songs written and these are the perfect conditions to make them come to life."

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.fr
Band profile:	Delain