"Return Of The Gods" and "The Blue Star", two new songs from Australian guitar virtuoso Denis Vlachiotis, are now available for streaming at his Reverbnation page. No word yet on an upcoming album or EP. You can also find "Wrath Of Heaven", a single which made its debut back in August, at the same location.

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Death metallers Necrophagia have now released another new track online, "The Dead Among Us". The song is a rough demo based on Lucio Fulci's film Zombie (1979), and should be featured on the band's new record. Check out the song below.

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Persian metal bands have gathered to release a tribute album on November 28th this year. It will be a tribute to Metallica in which every band will perform and record one of Metallica songs based on their own choice.

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As the release date of their new album approaches, Austrian metallers The Sorrow have released today a new song from Misery Escape for public consumption. Listen to "Burial Bridge" here at the band's Facebook page. Misery Escape will drop on October 26th via Napalm Records.

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The promoter of ProgPower USA 2013, or prog heaven, has announced that the annual festival's kick off show for 2013 will be held on Thursday September 5th in Atlanta at Center Stage Theater. The headlining act will be Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, with an extended two hour set, along with Circle II Circle, featuring Zak Stevens (Ex-Savatage), who will play a special The Wake Of Magellan set. The opening act will be the excellent up-and-comer Sacramento progressive metal band In The Silence.

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Deathgrind outfit Whorecore is currently streaming two new songs from their new album titled Headless. You can listen to "Schweinehund" and "Born Headless" at their Bandcamp page. Headless should be released at the end of this year.

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Danish thrashers Essence have signed a worldwide deal with Rock The Nation (Kreator, Exodus, Sabaton) and NoiseArt Records. The band was awarded the deal as part of the Rock The Nation Award 2012.

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Swedish gothenburg legends Dark Tranquillity will digitally release their Zero Distance EP on October 22nd in North America via Century Media. The songs come from the European tour edition of We Are The Void (2010). Dark Tranquillity is currently working on their 10th studio album, tentatively set for a summer 2013 release via Century Media Records.

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British metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine has announced the release of a brand new track entitled "Temper Temper" on November 25th in the UK and October 30th worldwide digitally. "Temper Temper" will be the first taster track revealed from the group's fourth studio album, produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park / Pearl Jam) and the follow-up to 2010's Fever, set to be released early next year.

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Symphonic power metal act Luca Turilli's Rhapsody has premiered a new music video for the song "Clash Of The Titans". The "Walking Dead Remix" version was directed, edited and filmed by Owe Lingvall (who also created the band's first video for "Dark Fate Of Atlantis") with animations by Magnus Jonsson. You can watch the video below.

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Rachel Grech, who has been Weeping Silence's female vocalist for over a decade has left the band. Rachel has sung on all the band's studio efforts including their most recent work For The Unsung, released last month via Ravenheart Music.

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Vermiform, the US death metal trio, has announced the release of their second album Of Chaos And The Void, scheduled for release on December 21st. The new album will contain 10 tracks and will be available for a free download via Masters Of Metal Productions.

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With a release date set for early December 2012, Blodarv has revealed the tracklist and artwork for Gâst, the fourth full-length album from the veteran Danish black metal act. The eight-track album will be released in two versions on Self Mutilation Services - regular CD format and a limited edition in A5 format, which will feature different artwork. Both versions come with a 16 page lyric booklet and 45 minutes of music.

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Cradle Of Filth have unleashed a new visual creation for their brand new song "Frost On Her Pillow". You can watch their new video directed by Stuart Birchall below. The British metallers will release their new opus The Manticore And Other Horrors at the end of this month, precisely on October 29th in Europe via Peaceville Records and in North America on October 30th via Nuclear Blast Records.

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The time has come for Alestorm's first ever headlining European tour under the banner of Paganfest 2013. Check out below the line-up and the dates announced so far. There's still a couple more shows in other countries to be confirmed.

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