After completing his epic quadrology last year, renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Devin Townsend is ready to start the next chapter in the Devin Townsend Project's career with their new effort, Epicloud. Due out on September 18th in North America and September 24th in Europe via InsideOut, Epicloud boasts guest vocal appearances by Anneke van Giersbergen. For the first taste of Epicloud, featuring the album's intro, "Effervescent", stream the video available below.

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Alcest waste no time. The band's mastermind Neige announced via Facebook today that he and Winterhalter are already working on a new album, which they will start recording in March 2013.

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As some of you may know, Down plan to release a series of four EPs in the next few years and now the band has revealed details about the first one, appropriately entitled Down IV Part I - The Purple EP. The cover artwork and tracklist have been unveiled, and you can see them below, and the new offering will hit stores on September 18th.

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Silencing Machine, the brand-new upcoming album by US black metal act Nachtmystium can now be streamed in it's entirety over at Spin Magazine.

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It has been revealed that British doom heroes My Dying Bride will entitle their forthcoming opus A Map Of All Our Failures. It will be released on October 15th in Europe and October 16th in the USA via Peaceville Records on CD, double vinyl and special edition CD/DVD. The album recording and mixing was recently completed at Futureworks Studios in Manchester, UK, with production maestro Mags at the helm.

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German symphonic/progressive metal band Sons Of Seasons has released a brand new video for the song "Bubonic Waltz", which is now available for viewing below. The song for the video, which was directed and produced by Maximilian Schwarz, comes off their second studio album Magnisphyricon, released in April last year through Napalm Records. This is also the first official video clip of the band.

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Antiseptic Bloodbath, the new album from US thrashers Tourniquet is now available for streaming at the band's Youtube channel and you have the opportunity to listen to it for free. The album will be released this summer via Pathogenic Records and was produced by Neil Kernon. The album's artwork was created by Travis Smith. Their last studio release had been in 2003, Where Moth And Rust Destroy.

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"Rising Sun", the brand new video from Brazilian power metallers Scelerata, is now available for viewing below. The song for this video comes off the band's new upcoming and third album The Sniper, which will be released on July 31st. In North America, it will hit stores on September/October 2012 through Nightmare Records. The video was directed by Frederico Cabral.

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Russian progressive power metallers Eclipse Hunter's latest album Unlimited Edition (2011) is now available for purchase in digital format on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Nokia/Ovi, MediaNet and eMusic. The new album can also be found at free streaming services, such as Grooveshark, Bandcamp and Spotify.

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Ready to troll? Well, "TrinkenTroll", the freshly released video from Norwegian folk metal band Trollfest, can now be seen below. The song for this video comes off the group's forthcoming album, entitled Brumlebassen, which will be released on August 24th through NoiseArt Records. The video was produced by Manskow Productions with photography by Oddbjørn Hofseth.

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"Acid Rain", a brand new video from US hardcore/thrash metal band This Is Hell, is now available online and you can watch it below. The song for this video is taken from their latest album Black Mass, which was released in October last year through Rise Records. The video was directed, shot and edited by Jamie Horton (Chasing Safety Media).

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Lamb Of God's North American tour with Dethklok and Gojira was scheduled to start on August 1st, but now comes the confirmation that it has been cancelled because Randy Blythe is still in jail and is uncertain when he will be released.

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Event:	Lamb Of God & Dethklok: North American Tour 2012 (CANCELLED)

Peter Tägtgren's project Pain has announced that the band recorded the final show of the first leg at Debaser Medis in Stockholm last November and parts of the show at the Masters Of Rock festival this July, which will be released on a DVD later this year together with backstage and behind the scenes material. The release date is expected to be announced soon.

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Legendary queen of metal, Doro Pesch, will release Under My Skin: A Fine Selection Of Doro Classics in North America via AFM Records next month. Set for release on August 14th, 2012, the retrospective includes more than 30 tracks spread across two CDs. It was already released in Germany and compiled in close collaboration between AFM Records and Doro herself.

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"The Cross", a brand new song from Hungarian neo-thrashers Ektomorf is now available for streaming below. The song is taken from the band's new output entitled Black Flag, scheduled for release on August 31st via AFM Records.

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