TesseracT have announced that they have recruited a new singer to replace Elliot Coleman, who left the band a few months ago. However, the progressive metallers are being secretive and have not revealed his name yet. It is still under wraps for now. The band also announced the release of the new single titled Nocturne, to come out through Century Media Records on October 12th.

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British death metal band De Profundis has premiered a brand new and also their first-ever video, for the song "Twisted Landscapes", online. The song for this video, which can be seen below, comes off the group's latest and third album The Emptiness Within, which was released in May this year through Kolony Records.

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New York progressive instrumental metallers Behold The Arctopus are back and will release their second full-length album, Horrorscension, on October 23rd via Black Market Activities. The album marks the first release from the band since 2007's Skullgrid. The first track off Horrorscension, "Disintegore," can be streamed at Behold The Arctopus' official Bandcamp page.

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Who's up for a new Devin Townsend song? As long as it is fun. The track "True North" has premiered exclusively and can be enjoyed at this location. As you probably know, "True North" will appear on the band's new album Epicloud, which is right around the corner. It will be released on September 18th in North America and September 24th in Europe through InsideOut.

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"Into The Arms Of Cruelty", a new and debut video from US melodic death metal band World Under Blood, is now available for viewing below. The song appears on the band's debut album Tactical, released back in July 2011 via Nuclear Blast. The video was directed by Shan Dan Horan and the 3D modeling was done by Oscar Alvarado.

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Mike, Schmier & Vaaver are currently in Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf, Germany with engineer Martin Buchwalter recording their new thrashing album Spiritual Genocide. The 30th band-anniversary album will be mixed by Andy Classen and feature guest appearances from Tom Angelripper (Sodom) and Gerre (Tankard)!

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Destruction

Swiss folk metal pioneers Eluveitie have announced the departure of their long-time guitarist Simeon "Sime" Koch. The new guitarist will be Rafael Salzmann, who will play on the upcoming tours with Eluveitie as a live session guitarist.

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"Arsenikon (Faded In Dischord)", a new song from Menace Ruine's new record entitled Alight In Ashes, is currently streaming online and available for public consumption at this location. The album will be released via Profound Lore on October 2nd, and the vinyl version will be handled by Sige Records.

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Just one day after the Finnish melodic thrash band Hevein announced they would disband, an anonymous fan gave them a generous pledge to donate 500 Euros. Hevein will try to raise the sum up to 1000 euros. The money will go straight to the recording of new material for the band's upcoming album Gentle Anarchy.

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Switzerland's death/grind maniacs Mumakil have entered the studio to record their third full-length album and first record in four years. The highly anticipated album is being self-recorded by the band at Terrier 5 in Geneva, Switzerland and will feature 24 brand new tracks of brutal grindcore with more of a death metal influence than their previous release Behold The Failure. Tentative song titles include "Death From Below", "Hailing Regression", "Designed To Fail" and "More Meat For The Grinder".

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A new extract from Décade(nt), the collector reissue of the first Wormfood album, is now streaming online. The song "Licking The Bones" can be streamed here. Décade(nt) will be out on September 24th through Apathia Records.

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No, it is not a new full song from Wintersun, but the band just announced that they and Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie will co-headline a North American tour this winter. They will be joined by Varg as well. The trek will celebrate Eluveitie's 10th anniversary and serve as Wintersun's introduction to North American shores. See the dates below.

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Cradle Of Filth promises to haunt neighborhoods across Europe on their next Creatures From The Black Abyss Tour that will feature God Seed, Rotting Christ, Darkend and Blynd (subject to dates). The band will be presenting their new album The Manticore And Other Horrors to the masses in November and December.

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Artwork and tracklist for UK extreme metal act Anaal Nathrakh's upcoming album Vanitas has now been revealed and can be seen below.

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Groove thrash metallers Lamb Of God have announced via their official website that the band will tour the US with In Flames as direct support. Hatebreed will join these bands from October 30th until November 19th at which point Hellyeah will replace them for the remainder of the shows. Sylosis will open all dates. Below are the dates for the tour.

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