After sharing a couple of new songs previously, the official lyric video for the song "I Hurt" from Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom has made its way online now and can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's impending ninth studio album, I Worship Chaos, which will be released on October 2nd via Nuclear Blast. According to frontman Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho, the new album is "angry, dark and catchy as fuck." Tell us how you like/hate the song "I Hurt".

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
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Leaves' Eyes fans can now hear more material from the band's newest album. They have just released the official lyric video for the title song of the album, "King Of Kings". King Of Kings is out now in Europe and will be released in North America this Friday (September 18th) through AFM Records. Enjoy the video below which is also much more than just a lyric video.

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Diabeł (which means "The Devil" in Polish), the new album from the unconventional Non Opus Dei will be released tomorrow, on September 18th via Witching Hour Productions. However, you can already listen to the entire record as of now. The album is available for pre-listening at this location. Enjoy it while you can!

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Unfortunately, there are terrible news from the Bolt Thrower camp today. This past Monday, September 14th, British death metal pioneers Bolt Thrower's drummer Martin "Kiddie" Kearns has passed away unexpectedly. He was only thirty-eight years old and passed away peacefully in his sleep. According to the Black Conjuration Fest, the band's upcoming Australian tour has now been cancelled given these tragic circumstances.

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After cancelling a few shows in North America before, Epica are now forced to drop off their North America tour entirely. The tour will continue without them with the other bands on the bill, Eluveitie and The Agonist. As for Epica, they will reschedule the North American tour in support of The Quantum Enigma for the beginning of next year.

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As always, as soon as ProgPower USA current edition ends, the line-up for the next year is announced. And ProgPower USA 2016 will be big. Already confirmed are performances by Devin Townsend with special guest Anneke van Giersbergen; Fates Warning playing Awaken The Guardian in its entirety with singer John Arch; Green Carnation performing Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness in its entirety; Scar Symmetry, The Gentle Storm and many more.

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Nu metallers Otep have a new label home: Austrian based Napalm Records. The Los Angeles band will release a new album in 2016 with famed producer Howard Benson handling the productions duties. He has produced such artists as Motörhead, Santana, P.O.D., Chris Cornell, Halestorm, and many more.

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The Finns Dark Buddha Rising are gracing us with a new two-track album this year called Inversum. Before its release on September 25th through Neurot Recording, we get to hear part of a new track. The new album welcomes the addition of new Dark Buddha Rising recruits, V. Vatanen (guitar, vocals), J. Saarivuori (keyboards) and M. Neuman (vocals). You can enjoy below the audio excerpt of "E X O".

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Waltari's drummer, Ville Vehviläinen, will be forced to stay at home during the band's next European tour due to his recovery from a knee surgery. Atte Palokangas of Before The Dawn and Agonizer fame will be drumming in his place in the Finnish band. On this European tour, Waltari will perform in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovakia.

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Ecnephias have parted ways with bass player Miguel José Mastrizzi, and the split was amicable. The Italian metallers went on to wish him all the best in the future and thank his contribution to the band. Moreover, the gothic/death metal band is considering new musicians and soon will probably reveal their new bassist.

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There is plenty of new music out there today and Intronaut also decided to share new material. The Direction Of Last Things is the title of their new album, in case you didn't know, and the first cut made availabe is the heavy number "Fast Worms". Make sure you check it out below. How was that as an introduction to their fifth full-length release?

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The experimental black metal group Thaw are currently streaming their latest work, St. Phenome Alley. Recorded live during an improvisation session in 2013, this is a minimalistic mixture of ambient and drone. Check it out for yourself at this location or below. What do you think? Does Thaw breathe new life into the genre with this new album?

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Deafheaven continue to let out new material from the impending 5-track record New Bermuda. If you are curious about the successor of Sunbather, you can't miss the new track "Come Back". It is a long piece much like the previous tune "Brought To The Water". So, you can give it a try below.

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The Polish death metal tank Behemoth has launched a brand new video for the title track from The Satanist on the band's homepage. The video, directed by Andrzej Dragan, is another ambitious piece. The group is still touring in support of their latest album and will perform in Australia this month with Watain and Bølzer and later in Europe in early 2016 with Abbath, Entombed A.D. and Inquisition. Watch the video below and share your impressions.

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It seems that following original Electric Wizard drummer Mark Greening's abrupt booting out of the Electric Wizard camp last year at the time of Time To Die's release date (in which he recorded) and the reemergence of former bassist Tim Bagshaw with their previous label owner Lee Dorrian's (ex-Cathedral) new band With The Dead happening, it turns out that the Wizard drama is far from finished. According to Greening, main members Jus Oborn and Liz Buckingham still owe him money for the drumming work he did on the record before abruptly kicking him out.

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Source:	metalsucks.net
Band profile:	Electric Wizard