The 55th annual Grammy Awards nominees have been revealed last night by the Recording Academy and the Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance category includes Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Halestorm and Marilyn Manson.

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"Lie To Live The Lie", a brand-new song from Canadian metalcore quintet, Orchid's Curse is now available for streaming below. The song was picked for premiering by 50 of the band's fans who had the chance to listen to four new songs (including this one) off the new upcoming album. The new effort entitled Words has been tentatively penned for a 2013 release.

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"You're The Voice", a new cover song done by heavy/power metal debutants I Am I, who feature ex-DragonForce vocalist ZP on vocals, is available for streaming below. The song is a cover of John Farnham's classic 80's track "You're The Voice". It will be released on December 10th in digital format, distributed worldwide by Plastichead and available from all the usual digital outlets.

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After the North American tour supporting Lamb Of God, In Flames will trek across America once again, this time as headliners on their Another Year Another Tour in 2013. The tour kicks off on February 2nd in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Demon Hunter, All Shall Perish, and Battlecross will provide support. The dates of the first part of the tour can be seen below. More should be announced soon.

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Exhumed have just announced a new US tour dubbed Squirm Across America Winter 2012 Tour with a string of headlining dates in December, set to commence this Friday in Lafayette, Louisiana. See all the dates below.

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The new edition of the Neurotic Deathfest has recently been announced. The Dutch metal festival has also confirmed the first bands that will participate. Around 45 bands will play at the 10th anniversary edition which is set to take place from May 3rd-5th, once again at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

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Event:	Neurotic Deathfest 2013 (10th Anniversary)

Portuguese grindcore masters Holocausto Canibal have premiered a brand new video for the track "Objectofilia Platónica", from their latest offering Gorefilia released this year via Xtreem Music. You can watch it below. The video was directed by Pedro Souto and produced by Stainless Paradox / Raising Legends.

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It has been nearly five years since Byzantine released any new music. The band reunited this year, launched a successful Kickstarter to record a new album, and recently has premiered a lyric video for the new song "Signal Path", which is available below. Byzantine's forthcoming self-titled album comes out on February 26th via Gravedancer Records.

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Brutal Assault has announced three extreme metal heavyweights that will perform on next year's festival in the summer on their 18th edition.

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Event:	Brutal Assault 2013

German thrash metal act Paradox is currently streaming the new track "Brutalized" from their forthcoming album Tales Of The Weird, the band's sixth. The album is scheduled to drop on December 14th, 2012 under AFM Records.

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Coils Of The Black Earth, the forthcoming debut from Finnish blackened death metallers Maveth, is now streaming in full at this location. The opus will be available on CD and double-LP (black & grey splatter) on December 15th through Dark Descent Records but now you have the chance to listen to it.

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Greek thrashers Suicidal Angels, who have recently parted ways with guitarist Panos Spanos, have now announced a new replacement joining the group ranks - guitarist Chris Tsitsis.

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Power metallers Stratovarius have revealed via their official website the artwork of the band's upcoming album entitled Nemesis, due to be released on February 22nd, 2013 via earMUSIC. The cover artwork can be seen below. Additionally, a new audio sample of the track "Unbreakable" is also available for streaming.

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Rise Of A Digital Nation, the new album from Swedish power metallers Machinae Supremacy is out now via Spinefarm Records. The band is currently gearing up for the album's first shows on January 10th and what better way to surprise their fans than announcing an addition to their lineup.

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Frontiers Records has announced the release of a special album from Jorn entitled Symphonic on January 25th in Europe and January 22nd in North America. Symphonic features a selection of tracks taken from Jorn's previous studio releases, which have been selected by the Norwegian singer himself and remixed in order to add a classical orchestra arrangement.

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