UK power metallers DragonForce have premiered their new song "Cry Thunder", taken from their upcoming album The Power Within, at this location. The new album will be released on April 17th via Roadrunner Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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Source:	dragonforce.com
Band profile:	DragonForce

UK progressive metallers TesseracT have announced additional details to the band's upcoming acoustic EP Perspective, set for a North American release on May 22nd and a European release on May 21st via Century Media. Perspective will be available digitally, while a physical version will be available exclusively through CMDistro.com in North America and the band's webshops here and here.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	TesseracT

Canadian sludge metal outfit Bison B.C. are currently working on their fourth album. The band checked in with the following update: "The new batch of songs that will become our 4th album are frighteningly close to being completed and ready to record. there are some long, slow ones; some short fast ones; some that start fast then slow down; some that start slow and then speed right up; and even some that have nary a single awkward tempo change! We are excited to play them live and in the studio and anxious to see if our loyal followers will hear the same influences that we do! (Seaweed? Tad? Melvins? Integrity? Born Against? Tool?) who knows?!"

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Band profile:	Bison B.C.

US blackened death metallers Dawn Of Ashes have parted ways with bassist Othuum and guitarist Volkar Kael. They issued the following statement: "Fans, Friends, Vile, our time with Dawn Of Ashes has been quite a ride. Writing and performing for you has been such a reward. However it is time that we moved on to other ventures. It is with no ill blood that we depart from DOA, we simply no longer feel we share the same vision or views as the other half of what was Dawn Of Ashes. Thank you for all of your support, and we hope to see many of you spreading the word for things to come!"

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Band profile:	Dawn Of Ashes

Italian death metal band Nerve has posted online a teaser for their upcoming new album entitled Fracture. You can watch it below. The album will also feature drummer Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski of Dimmu Borgir.

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Russian pagan/folk metal band Arkona has announced a set of tour dates across South America and Mexico. The tour is scheduled for the end of April this year.

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Source:	arkona-russia.com
Band profile:	Arkona
Event:	Arkona: South American/Mexican Tour 2012

Swedish industrial death metal outfit The Project Hate MCMXCIX have been working on new material which has been penned in for a late 2012 release. Band guitarist, Kentha "Lord K." Philipson, has now issued the following update about it: "It's been a bit silence here as of late but fear not. I am working daily on our next album and it seems like I just put the final touches on the musical side of things for the new material. The past weeks I have been going back and forth within the songs and added stuff that really enhances the stuff at hand. It's been some insane work, to say the least - but now it seems like I am 99% done with the actual music. Some small things might change as we go along, but nothing major."

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Source:	theprojecthate.net
Band profile:	The Project Hate MCMXCIX

Danish prog/power metallers Evil Masquerade have unveiled the cover art for their upcoming album. Entitled Pentagram, the new release will hit stores on May 21st via Dark Minstrel Music. The band also released a teaser for the new album, which can be viewed below. More album details have been previously reported over here.

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Source:	evilmasquerade.com
Band profile:	Evil Masquerade

Polish heavy metallers Crystal Viper have released a trailer for their upcoming new album Crimen Excepta, which is available for viewing below. The new album will be released on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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Band profile:	Crystal Viper

"Let It Burn", a brand new video from Swedish melodic death metallers Avatar has premiered at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The song comes off the band's latest output Black Waltz, which was released in North America on February 14th through eOne Music.

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Band profile:	Avatar

Finnish gothic metallers Memoira have now checked in with this announcement about parting ways with guitarist Marko Heurlin: "Where there is good news there will be always bad news! Marko Heurlin and Memoira go separate ways! We circled every possible solution to make him stay with the band but with heavy hearts we have to let one of our founding members and the one who actually got everyone acquainted in the band go!"

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WAS IT GOOD FOR YOU?

Well, we hope you enjoyed yesterday's hijinks. While we are looking to raise enough revenue through advertising to cover operating costs, by no means would we turn into a metal-oriented adult website and the redirection to our new url, MetalPorn.net was just an April Fool's goof.

As usual, we had the jackwagons who figured it out early and had to post "look at the date!' bright and early on the news thread to ruin the fun rather than just play along. We're also sorry if we inconvenienced any of you with the NSFW images and sounds of yesterday's merry prank. To the one angry user who pm'd BitterCOld in all caps and curses that he was suspended from school when the teacher walked by his desk and heard the screaming female orgasm and braying donkey sounds looped over death metal riffing.... we'd feel bad for you, but hey, you should not have been visiting the site in class.

To the users that played along, we hope you had as much fun with it as we did. And when we said "SHOW ME YOUR DANGERZONES!" we were just kidding. There is not enough booze at the bar to scorch some of the images you sent us from our (now permanently scarred) brains.

And rest assured, the images of "The Devil's Threeway", featuring Marcel and Doc Godin banging Jasmine St. Claire on top of a T-34 tank in an abandoned steel mill were just photoshopped. They really made her airtight on a used mattress in front of a green screen in a lot in Van Nuys, California. As if we could afford tank rental? And yes, Marcel's washboard abs were absolutely real and in no way the product of digital manipulation. Same goes for Doc's superfluous 3rd nipple.

We are also sorry to say for you pervy fapsters, the dream is dead. The installment of Ms Wintersoul's sex advice column/blog, Moan Like Mora, entitled "A Metal Maiden's Masterful Mutual Masturbation Maneuvers Mapped Out", is the one and only entry of this blog, and has since been scrubbed from the internet in the name of common decency. Even teh interw3bs was not ready for smut this ribald and naughty. And while some of us might have lol'd at your dangerzone pics, she didn't find them so amusing. She'll be posting them up on metalfanswithlaughablysmallcocks.org shortly. Pun intended.

So with that is back to normal, with the naughtiest/raciest things on the site being greased up men in loin cloths on album covers and ascii penii in the shout box.

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Official Peaceville Records press release

From the US death metal pioneers comes an unrivalled insight into the world of gore & horror that is Autopsy, in the form of new DVD Born Undead, released May 28th (US June 5th) on Peaceville Records.

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Source:	peaceville.com
Band profile:	Autopsy

"Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion", a brand new video from Swedish technical thrash metallers Meshuggah has premiered and you can watch it below. It was directed by Owe Lingvall of Village Road Film. The song is taken from Meshuggah's new album Koloss, which was released on March 23rd in Europe and March 26th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Band profile:	Meshuggah

Singaporean grinders Wormrot have confirmed several dates for a UK headlining tour, which kicks off on June 1st this year.

Wormrot guitarist Rasyid commented: "We're super stoked for this one, more than usual! We promise a killer live show, plus we've added to our setlist some new songs that you can expect from our third full-length, so hope you guys stay tuned for them!"

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Wormrot
Event:	Wormrot: UK Tour 2012