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It's been the perfect surprise: the German metallers PowerWorld have enlisted American vocalist David Reece (Accept, Bangalore Choir) to replace Andrew "Mac" McDermott, who recorded the vocal parts on their second album Human Parasite in 2010 and sadly passed away in August 2011. Rumours that interims shouter Michael Bormann, who helped out on PowerWorld's tour with Axel Rudi Pell, would sing on the upcoming album, have proved unfounded.

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Source:	powerworld.org
Band profile:	PowerWorld

US death metallers Incantation have revealed the album artwork (courtesy of Worthless) and tracklist for their anticipated new release Vanquish In Vengeance. The long-awaited follow-up to 2006's Primordial Domination carries a recurring lyrical theme that addresses the countless acts of genocide in the name of religion throughout our history.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Incantation

Technical metalcore act War From A Harlots Mouth has released another new track, "To The Villains", which is now available for streaming below. The song comes off the band's new and fourth album Voyeur, which will be released on October 19th and November 6th in Europe and North America respectively via Season Of Mist. More album details can be found at this location.

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	War From A Harlots Mouth

Aftermath Music has recently issued the following announcement about releasing previous albums from Finnish funeral doom masters Shape Of Despair on vinyl: "News from Aftermath music for all the vinyl lovers & collectors: we are proud to present the back catalogue from the most influential doom band of the 21st century, Shape Of Despair, on vinyl."

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Source:	shapeofdespair.com
Band profile:	Shape Of Despair

Brazilian heavy/power metallers Almah present their fourth official video for the song "Days Of The New". The track for this video, which can be seen below, is taken from the band's latest album Motion, released back in September 2011 via AFM Records. At the moment, the band is composing new stuff for the next studio effort.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Almah

"Heic Noenum Pax", a brand new video from French death metallers Trepalium, is now available for viewing below. The song for this video is taken from the band's latest album H.N.P., released in June this year via Season Of Mist. The video was directed by Guillaume Jolly.

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Trepalium

Patrick Mameli, guitarist/vocalist of Dutch technical death metal masters Pestilence, has posted a short update about the band's new upcoming album. The band had previously announced that it would be titled Obsideo.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Pestilence

US metallers Wretched have released a brand new video, this time for the song "Karma Accomplished". You can watch the video below. The song comes off the band's third full-length album Son Of Perdition, which was released on March 27th via Victory Records.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Wretched

"Death Of Me", a brand new song from German heavy metallers Pump (featuring ex-Brainstorm singer Marcus Jürgens), can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's new upcoming album Waiting For The Rapture, which will be released later this year.

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Source:	soundcloud.com
Band profile:	Pump

After releasing a new demo song, Swedish death metal act Eternal Oath has recently issued the following announcement about gearing up to record a new album: "Hi folks, in December we will kick off the recording of the new album. We have decided not to go to Gothenburg this time, but stay in Stockholm."

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Eternal Oath

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Danish death metallers Corpus Mortale have signed deal with Deepsend Records. Deepsend will release the band's third full-length album FleshCraft this fall. FleshCraft is the follow-up to Corpus Mortale's 2007 sophomore album A New Species Of Deviant and first for Deepsend Records.

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Source:	deepsend.com
Band profile:	Corpus Mortale

Indie Recordings has announced that Norwegian black/thrash metal act Aura Noir is heading out to tour across Europe in October and November this year. The currently announced shows and the tour poster can be viewed below. The band will be presenting their latest release Out To Die.

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Source:	indierecordings.net
Band profile:	Aura Noir

Lights Out, the brand new album by Norwegian ambient black metal trio Posthum, is now available for streaming in its entirety below (courtesy of PureGrainAudio). This is the band's second full-length album and was released on September 21st in Europe and 25th in North America via Indie Recordings.

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Source:	soundcloud.com
Band profile:	Posthum

Official press release:

It's with extreme pleasure that we welcome one of Cyprus most established bands into our roster. Blynd were formed in 2003 and have released since then 2 EP's and a full length album The Enemy in 2010.

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Source:	pitchblackrecords.com
Band profile:	Blynd

Norwegian black metallers Crest Of Darkness have announced a change in lineup that sees the departure of Kjell Arne Hubred after seven years with the band, and the arrival of guitarist Jan Fredrik Solheim (Djevelkult) to replace him.

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Source:	patriciathomasmanagement.com
Band profile:	Crest Of Darkness