Canadians Blackguard have recently announced that they are working on the pre-production for their fourth album, Storm, and follow-up to 2011's Firefight.

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American symphonic metallers Kamelot have unveiled their new album's artwork, created by Stefan Heilemann, which can be seen below. The new opus Silverthorn will be released on October 30th in North America, October 26th in Germany and October 29th in the rest of Europe via Steamhammer/SPV. It will receive its Japanese release on October 24th via King Records.

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The guys from Clutch have commenced working on their new studio album. The band is currently in pre-production and is expecting to have the album out in early 2013. This is the first new studio material from the band since 2009's Strange Cousins From The West, and the first simultaneous worldwide release for Weathermaker Music.

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"Embers And Revelations", the title track from the upcoming new output from Weapon is currently available for streaming at this location. The four-minute track is taken from the Canadian quartet's third album Embers And Revelations, which will hit stores on October 9th via Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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After last year's riveting Celestial Completion album, US progressive metalcore band Becoming The Archetype has revealed details about their new upcoming fifth album. It will be titled I Am and is set to be released on September 18th through Solid State Records. The artwork and tracklist were unveiled and can be seen below. The album was produced by Shane Frisby.

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The wait for a new Neurosis album has been long but now the time has come to unveil the title of their tenth full-length studio creation, which will be Honor Found In Decay. This next chapter in the evolution of Neurosis will see a worldwide release through the band's own Neurot Recordings this Autumn, in Germany on October 26th, in the UK on October 29th, and in North America on October 30th. Further details will be made available over the coming weeks.

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UK heavy metal titans Saxon have released an update about their future touring plans and progression of the new album, which the band plans to release on February 2013.

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Tech metallers Dysrhythmia are gearing up to the release of their new sixth opus Test Of Submission and have also released a new song for streaming from their upcoming album. You can listen to the opening track "In Secrecy" at this location. This was the first song the band wrote for the album, almost three years ago. Test Of Submission is due out on August 28th via Profound Lore Records. The vinyl release will come via Nerve Altar.

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Swedish gothenburg kings Dark Tranquillity will return to Europe at the end of the year for the last leg of the We Are The Void tour on their Metal Attack Over Europe tour with the company on stage of Keep Of Kalessin, Warbringer, Dawn Heist and Reign Of The Architect. This tour will also allow the band to take a break from the pre-production work of the upcoming new album expected to be released next year.

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Event:	Dark Tranquillity: Metal Attack Over Europe 2012 [CANCELLED]

Instrumental trio Animals As Leaders have announced that they were forced to postpone their European headlining dates with TesseracT in October, including their show at the Euroblast festival. The band did not, however, go into details about the specific reasons behind it or the new dates.

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Three years after the release of Radical Peace, power metal veterans Mob Rules return with a seventh album this year titled Cannibal Nation. The recording of the new album is almost finished and we can expect more details about it soon.

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Horror punk rockers Wednesday 13 are on a roll and after releasing the album Calling All Corpses last year, they have a new offering almost ready for consumption. Frontman Wednesday 13 recently entered the studio to begin recording the new EP, Spook & Destroy, perhaps making fun of a little Metallica song titled "Seek & Destroy". The EP is penned for a tentative October 9th release and the cover artwork can be seen below.

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"Born Anew", a brand new track from UK metallers Sylosis is now streaming online at the band's Facebook page ('Like' required). This is the first taste off their forthcoming third opus Monolith, which will hit stores on October 5th (Europe) and October 9th (North America) through Nuclear Blast Records. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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German thrash metal veterans Destruction have set Spiritual Genocide as the title of their 30th-anniversary album, to be released in November via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has recently finished recording drums for the new release and posted the following update: "The drum-recording for the upcoming Destruction album Spiritual Genocide is finished! Vaaver did an amazing job on the fastest Destruction album in history! The release date of this thrashbomb will be around November 2012!"

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"Salamandra", the brand new song from Canadian duo Menace Ruine has premiered recently and is still available for streaming at this location. You will be able to find this song on the band's forthcoming album Alight In Ashes, which is set for release on October 2nd via Profound Lore (with a vinyl edition out on SIGE).

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