Fearless Records has officially added US tech metalcore band August Burns Red to their roster. Since forming in 2003, the band has released six studio albums through Solid State Records. August Burns Red are currently in the writing stage and will release their Fearless debut in 2015.

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NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 book, Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, is coming out on Bazillion Points Books this November. The book captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness.

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Liverpool atmospheric rock sextet Anathema release a brand new lyric video for the track "Anathema". The song is taken from their latest record Distant Satellites, out from June 6th, 2014. The video is available for streaming down under through the YouTube player.

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Indonesian avantgarde metal band Kekal released another, already the fifth track from their upcoming new album, called "Neutrality". The song is available for streming via SoundCloud widget down under. The official release of the Multilateral record is set to be released sometime in 2015. The album was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Jeff Arwadi, while the cover artwork was done by Levi Sianturi. Listen to the song and share your thoughts.

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Rigor Mortis are streaming their first new song in more than 20 years. Is it good? Well, you will have to see that for yourself. Listen to "Flesh For Flies" on the player below and tell us what you think about it. The song is intended as an homage to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and will appear on the band's upcoming Slaves To The Grave record.

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Sweden's Amaranthe announce that they will release their third full-length album Massive Addictive via Spinefarm Records on October 21st, 2014. The follow-up to The Nexus album was tracked at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with the sound sorcerer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica) at the helm. Other details, cover art and tracklist, can be seen below.

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After the confirmation of the European tour dates a couple of weeks ago, Lacuna Coil this time announce a headlining North America tour, which will be executed this September/October. This will be the second run of dates on this album cycle (Broken Crown Halo) in the U.S. and Canada for them. Devil You Know will be supporting Lacuna Coil on the entire tour and Starset are also appearing from Sept. 23rd - Oct. 12th except Oct. 7th and 8th, where Unlocking The Truth will join for those two nights. Up and coming Canadian band Incura have also been added to all Canadian shows.

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Continuing with the momentum of celebrating their 25-year anniversary, Sweden's extreme metal deviants Meshuggah announce the upcoming 26th of September re-issue of 2004's one song EP, I, via Nuclear Blast Records. The drummer Tomas Haake created the artwork which you can see below.

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It appears that the plot seems to be thickening in the new feud between Nuclear Blast and Wintersun's mastermind Jari Mäenpää. He issued a second, very lengthy update about crowd funding, Time II and his squabbles with Nuclear Blast.

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Swiss black metal act Darkspace are trying to tell us something. The strange message on Avantgarde Music's Facebook page is a code, a code that translates into a new album that will be released very soon, even sooner than expected. The band's fourth full-length record is finished, and is to be released on the 6th of September, 2014 and is titled Dark Space III I. To add to this, Avantgarde Music has started production on the release of their acclaimed debut Dark Space I on vinyl: this will come again with embossed gatefold cover and will be a double vinyl.

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San Francisco based one-man experimental black metal outfit Botanist is currently streaming the entire new opus called VI: Flora at this location. Alternatively, you can listen to it through the Soundcloud player below. How did you like it? The album will be out on August 11th, 2014 on The Flenser.

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The vocalist of American doom metal band Witch Mountain, Uta Plotkin, revealed during a recent interview (here) that she plans to leave the band for new projects. This announcement was issued a few months before the release of the fourth album titled Mobile Of Angels. Uta Plotkin is a member of the band since 2009 and participated in three albums.

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Monster rockers Lordi have revealed that their seventh studio album will be entitled Scare Force One. The album will be released in October this year, and is currently in the stage of mixing. The cover art is also in the works. The band also have the tradition of updating their costumes, and they will be revealed soon enough.

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As it has already been known, the Norwegian black metal band 1349 will release their upcoming new album, Massive Cauldron Of Chaos, on September 30th via Season Of Mist. In anticipation of it, the band is pleased to premiere the second new track, called "Cauldron", available for streaming through the SoundCloud player below. Check it out and let us know what do you think!

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Russian-Ukrainian folk doom/post-rock act Kauan have unveiled new details for their forthcoming sixth album. It will be entitled Muistumia, and will contain a collection of professionally re-recorded tracks from the early era in their career, privately crowdfunded during the period between the recordings of Kuu.. and Pirut. The album also features one new track, "Unsoi", as well as two bonus tracks on the vinyl edition.

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