Due to an injury sustained by Om's drummer Emil Amos (broken arm) during a skateboarding accident, the band has postponed all of their Eastern North American tour dates and is working on rescheduling the full run starting in mid-November.

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Brazilian guitar player Kiko Loureiro (Angra/Neural Code) will be touring throughout some cities in South America next August and September to promote his latest solo album Sounds Of Innocence. The events will be supported by Laney Amplification. More details about the album were previously reported here where you can also stream the video for the song "Conflicted".

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"Us Against The World", a brand new video from US hardcore punk band Agnostic Front is now available for viewing below. The song is taken from the band's album My Life My Way, released in 2011 via Nuclear Blast. The clip was directed and produced by Samantha Astolfi & Joseph James.

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After announcing Tim Yeung as the new drummer of the band a few months ago, Dutch death metal outfit Pestilence has now issued the following update: "We are very pleased that we can officially announce that David Haley (Psycroptic) will replace Tim Yeung for the upcoming Pestilence album and upcoming shows. Bassist Stefan Fimmers (ex-Necrophagist) already joined Pestilence for the new album Obsideo and live performances."

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What a complicated year it has been for Lordi. The Finnish glam/hard-rock band has now announced that their longtime keyboardist Awa will leave the band. She will be seen on stage for the last time at Simerock in Rovaniemi, Finland on August 11, 2012, when Lordi will be celebrating the band's 10 year anniversary. Awa joined the band in 2005 and her first Lordi album was the record The Arockalypse. Awa has played altogether on three Lordi studio albums.

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"Ashes", the brand new song from UK legendary progressive band Threshold can be heard below. This single is a radio-edit version while the one that will be featured on the album offers an additional two minutes of play time. "Ashes" comes off the band's new album March Of Progress, which will be available on August 24th via Nuclear Blast. More album details here.

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"Xen", the brand-new video from Australian experimental grinders A Million Dead Birds Laughing can now be viewed in the YouTube-video located below. The video was filmed by Col B. Cadell.

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Candlelight Records has confirmed October 9th as the North American release date for Daylight Dies' new album, A Frail Becoming, four years after the release of Lost To The Living. Mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Katatonia, Devin Townsend), the album features photography from award-winning Jonathan Mehring and packaging design by Agni Kaster. The cover artwork, final tracklist and album teaser can be found below.

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The first music video from Baroness' latest album Yellow & Green has been released and can be seen exclusively here. The six-minute clip for "Take My Bones Away" was filmed by director Jimmy Hubbard during the band's recent tour with Meshuggah. Yellow & Green hit stores on July 17th through Relapse Records.

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Iranian melodic death/doom metallers Frequency Of Butterfly Wings are offering up a free download of their brand new single The Cinnabar, which can be found here. You can also stream the digital single at the same location or at the band's Myspace page.

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US death/thrash metallers Dreaming Dead have issued an announcement stating that they have finally recruited a new guitarist, Chris McCarthy. Fans can also expect a new release in 2013.

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Death/doom powerhouse Hooded Menace are gearing up to unleash Effigies Of Evil unto the world, their first effort for Relapse Records, on September 11th. Now, you can have your first taste of music from the record as the band has released the album's title track, "Effigies Of Evil". The song is streaming out here.

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US doom metallers Pallbearer have announced the US Paths To Oblivion Tour, scheduled for this September. Support on the road will come from Royal Thunder and Samothrace. On this tour, the band will promote their debut studio album Sorrow And Extinction, released this year.

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German power metallers Black Abyss have inked a deal with Apostasy Records, which will release the band's new album later this year. The last album the band put out was Angels Wear Black in 2004. More details about their new comeback album will be announced soon.

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Finnish extreme power metal act Norther calls it a day and puts down their instruments.

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