Finnish melodic death metal band Omnium Gatherum revealed the following announcement about recruiting a new bassist: "We're glad to finally make it official and announce that OG is a real 6-piece troop again - we welcome Erkki Silvennoinen as a new bass player to Omnium Gatherum. Erkki is a die-hard pro dude with a warm nice attitude, just the way we like it, and we know him well from sharing same stages than us since almost ten years ago. He used to play in Amoral as well as in Finnish Idols winner Ari Koivunen's band back in the day. At the moment he is also playing in awesome brutal tech death metal band De Lirium's Order."

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German thrashers Cripper have recently premiered a brand new official video for the song "Animal Of Prey" online. The song for this video, which can be seen below, is taken from the band's latest album Antagonist, released in June this year. The video was produced, directed and edited by Jonathan Stenger.

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Norwegian avantgarde metallers Vulture Industries have entered the Conclave and Earshot Studios in Bergen early last week to begin work on their third full-length studio album, which is set for release on Season Of Mist next year. The band plans to issue studio updates at regular intervals via Facebook and the group's official website so that fans can follow the progress of the album.

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Russian brutal death metal band Katalepsy has premiered a new video for the song "Evidence Of Near Death (E.N.D.)" online. The song for this video, which can be seen below, is taken from the group's new upcoming album Autopsychosis, which will be released on January 8th, 2013 via Unique Leader Records. Katalepsy has recently finished the recording sessions for the new album.

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German industrial metal legends Rammstein have announced headlining European festival appearances for next summer. The first tour dates confirmed so far can be seen below.

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After previously revealing that they would record their new album at the end of the year, Swedish death metallers Demonical have now announced that they will enter Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Unanimated, Deströyer 666) in Alvik, Sweden, in November to record their fourth album.

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"We Are The Others", another new video from Dutch symphonic metal act Delain, is now available for viewing below. The song for this track comes off the group's latest album with the same name, released in June this year via Roadrunner Records. The video was directed by Redline Music.

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Romanian atmospheric black metal band Dordeduh have premiered their brand new video "Dojana" online. The song for this video is taken from their upcoming debut opus Dar De Duh, which shall be released on September 28th via Lupus Lounge Records. More album details are available here.

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British heavy metallers Eden's Curse have officially confirmed the departure of vocalist Marco Sandron, who had joined the band earlier this year.

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Swedish gothenburg metallers Arch Enemy have recently announced that they will embark on their European Khaos Tour this October. It has been confirmed that support on the road will come from Canadian thrashers Titans Eve and German death metal band Hackneyed.

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AC/DC's first live album in 20 years, Live At River Plate, is coming Tuesday November 20th. Recorded in Buenos Aires in December 2009 in front of nearly 200.000 fans, Live At River Plate is the ultimate live recording, chronicling one of the largest rock shows in history. The live record will follow last year's Live At River Plate DVD.

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Irish post-rock band God Is An Astronaut have recently announced that they will embark on a 10th Anniversary European Tour, scheduled for November/December this year. The band will also release a new album next year.

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US death metal masters Cannibal Corpse never stop. Now they have announced that they will be embarking on their first US tour after having dominated stages as headliners of the Summer Slaughter Tour 2012. This headlining tour is scheduled to begin on November 16th and wrap up on December 7th. The dates and venues are listed below. Supporting them on this tour will be Misery Index and Hour Of Penance.

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Event:	Cannibal Corpse: US Torture Tour 2012

Swedish gothenburg metal band Scar Symmetry has just announced a number of German shows in October that they'll play on their way to the Euroblast Festival, taking Florida's djent/prog newcomers Akeldama with them.

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Event:	Scar Symmetry: German Mini-Tour 2012

"Fireblast", a brand new video from French symphonic/power metal band Kerion, is now available for viewing below. The track for this video comes from the group's new forthcoming album CloudRiders Part 1: Road To Skycity, the follow-up to The Origins, which is going to be released on September 25th by Metalodic Records.

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