Finnish melodic death metallers Omnium Gatherum have officially entered the studio and began recording their sixth studio album and follow-up to last year's New World Shadows.

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After revealing that their new album would be called Reprisal, US-based metallers Devolved have now released the cover artwork for the new album, which is available below. The album will see a worldwide release on November 20th through Unique Leader Records.

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Ukrainian speed power metallers Conquest have recruited a new vocalist for the band, Konstantin "Laars" Naumenko. He is also the singer of Sunrise. The band also released a retake of the song "Frozen Sky" with the new vocalist. You can listen to it in the video below.

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US brutal death metal band Malignancy has revealed details about their new upcoming album, which will be entitled Eugenics. The album's artwork created by Slasher Designs and tracklist can be seen below. Eugenics is scheduled for release on October 9th via Willowtip Records (US) and Hammerheart (Europe).

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Following their debut album One, Swedish melodic metal five piece Full Force are currently recording their second album, which will be entitled Next Level and will be released worldwide via SPV/Steamhammer in October. Rainer Kalwitz was once again recruited to create and organize the artwork and he has previously made covers for Praying Mantis, Metal Church and many more. Next Level will be mixed and mastered at Roastinghouse Studios by Anders "Theo" Theander.

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US death metal veterans Doom Syndicate have recently signed a deal with the label Born of Chaos Records for the release of their upcoming second full-length album Midsummer's Fall, expected to be released in late summer. The cover artwork has been unveiled and can be seen below.

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Norwegian ambient black metal act Posthum, which announced its signing with Indie Recordings earlier this month, has now revealed the artwork for the band's upcoming album Lights Out.

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Japanese metallers Blood Stain Child have broken the news of the departure of their Greek singer Sophia, who joined the band in 2010 after their former vocalist Sadew left, and made her debut with the band on their 2011 release, εpsilon. She has now decided to leave the band.

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We are beginning to know more about Enslaved's new album bit by bit. Now the Norwegian metallers have revealed Riitiir's tracklist. Riitiir, which will be their twelfth studio album, is due out in Europe on September 28th and in North America on October 9th through Nuclear Blast.

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Truth Inc Records Australia have signed melodic death/thrash act Mors Principium Est from Finland. The label will be releasing the band's forthcoming new album in December throughout Australia. The band previously signed with the German label AFM Records for Europe and the US. The Marquee Records/Avalon label will release their new album in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

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As previously reported, Phil Anselmo (Down, Pantera) has been working on his solo project over the last few years. It has now been revealed that Phil's solo songs will be featured in a split with Dallas Ft. Worth's Warbeast tentatively due out in late September. The two songs that Phil will contribute with will also be featured on his solo album Walk Through Exits Only. The Warbeast previously unreleased songs "IT" and "Birth Of A Psyco" will be exclusive to the split even though the Texas thrash band just finished recording their second album.

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"Let It Burn", the brand new video from Canadian speed thrashers Striker has debuted exclusively at this location. The song is taken from the band's upcoming new album - Armed To The Teeth, which will see a worldwide release on July 27th via Napalm Records.

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Finnish prog/power band Thaurorod has parted ways with their singer Michele Luppi. In a statement, the band said: "Unfortunately we have had to let Luppi go as he don't have enough time for Thaurorod and we just see it impossible to go on with him. He is an phenomenal vocalist and we wanted to give him time to complete his duties with Thaurorod. Finally we realized that a right thing to do is to continue with someone more motivated who shares the same passion and hunger to go on with Thaurorod as the rest of the band."

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Bad news from the !T.O.O.H.! camp. The band's vocalist and guitarist, Josef "Humanoid" Vesely, has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The band informed us via their Facebook page. Despite that, the band has completed the writing process for their forthcoming album, which they expect to start recording around September/October.

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You can now check out the trailer for US doom/death metal act Serpentine Path's self-titled debut album below. The trailer features a sample of the song "Crotalus Horridus Horridus". The band, which has been dubbed by some as doom's next big thing, will release their self-titled album on September 11th via Relapse Records.

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