German heavy metallers Sinner led by Mat Sinner (Primal Fear's bassist) will soon release Touch Of Sin 2 on the 30th of August in Europe and September 10th in North America via AFM Records, and the band has offered up their new version of the song ''Comin' Out Fighting'' for us to hear. You can watch the lyric video below.

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The debut full-length from Denver misanthropes Primitive Man is currently streaming in its entirety online to celebrate its imminent release on Relapse. You can give the album a listen at this location. Relapse Records will reissue Scorn on CD, LP, and digitally on August 20th, 2013.

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"Destiny Forged In Blood", a new song from the heavy metal supergroup Twilight Of The Gods, has made its online debut and can be streamed below through the Soundcloud player. The track comes off the band's debut album Fire On The Mountain which will be released on September 27th in Europe and October 1st in North America via Season Of Mist. This is the second song released from the album.

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Polish death metallers Armagedon have recently informed us about their future plans. Their new album Thanatology will be released in October 2nd via Mystic Production and contains eight new songs. In fact, you can already hear one of them, "Cemeteries", here.

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Progressive metalcore outfit Protest The Hero are slowly starting to reveal more about their new album. Now we know that the follow-up to Scurrilous is coming out on October 29th and will be called Volition. That is all we know for now but the band promises that the tracklist, artwork, and "all that other crap" shall be unveiled soon too. Hopefully, new tunes will also be released.

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Israeli deathgrind outfit Whorecore have announced September 3rd as the official release date for their upcoming album, Headless, as digital release. The album will be released on 12" vinyl a month later. The band's also released a new song, entitled "Release Through Torture", which you can enjoy below or on Bandcamp, where three previously released songs from the album can also be heard.

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Another musician has fallen. Founding Blue Öyster Cult keyboardist and guitarist Allen Lanier has died at the age of 66 after being hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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File this one under the category: "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all".

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Apparently, the Swedes Sabaton are being considered Nazis and their performance in Stalingrad is in jeopardy. The band was supposed to play a show in Russia next weekend but now political people and organizations are trying to prevent the band from entering Russia due to some politician who tries to convince the Russian immigration and government that Sabaton are Nazis. Curiously enough, the band recently played in Russia in support of Iron Maiden.

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Celtic doom metallers Mael Mórdha have unveiled the brand new song "All Eire Will Quake" online, which you can listen to now through the Soundcloud widget below. It is taken from the band's upcoming new album Damned When Dead, to be out in stores on September 16th, 2013 via Candlelight Records. Other album details were previously reported at this location. Tell us if you like the song.

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Belgian blackened sludge metallers Alkerdeel and mastermind Mories from Gnaw Their Tongues decided to join forces to record 20 minutes of horror, doom and filthy black metal. Did you expect something else from these guys? Dyo Dyo Asema will be available in November, 2013 via Consouling Sounds on CD and limited vinyl with edged B-side. Now you can also check out a teaser of this release below.

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Female-fronted gothic metallers from Norway Tristania are delighted to announce that they will be supporting Swedes Dark Tranquillity on their upcoming headlining European Construct Tour this November/December. Tristania will be performing in support of their latest critically acclaimed album, Darkest White, which was released on May 31st through Napalm Records.

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The Black Dahlia Murder will be embarking on a headlining tour across North American this coming Fall. Joining them on this tour will be Skeletonwitch, Fallujah, Noisem (10/24 - 11/19), and Wolvhammer (11/20 - 11/27). The Black Dahlia Murder will be touring in support of their latest new album Everblack, released on June 11th via Metal Blade Records. The tour will begin on October 24th in Cleveland, OH and ends on November 27th in Flint, MI. Check out the complete list of confirmed dates and tour flyer below.

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Norwegian black metallers Sarkom are pleased to announce that they have inked a two-album deal with Dark Essence Records. The band is currently working on their third full-length album, entitled Doomsday Elite, which will be released later this year. More exact details will follow soon.

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Swedish death metal veterans Grave present the new official lyric video for the song "Venial Sin". The track comes off the band's new five-song EP, Morbid Ascent, which will be released as a limited 12-inch MLP (with full-color, 180-gram vinyl and full-color inlay) as well as digital download. Both digital download and vinyl version will be available from August 26th through Century Media Records.

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