New York hardcore legends Sick Of It All announced that they will be releasing a new record entitled Nonstop on October 31st in Europe through Century Media Records. The album will consist of twenty songs from the band's catalogue, which have been re-recorded by the band to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Speaking about Nonstop, drummer Armand Majidi stated: "This whole thing is partially because of working with Tue Madsen - the man who has finally made SOIA sound the way we should in the studio."

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sickofitall.com

"Blood Of Hastur", a brand new song from Slovak death metallers Perversity has been made available for streaming. The song comes off of their new album Ablaze, released on August 31st. "Blood Of Hastur" and also "Merciless Messiah", which was previously available, are streaming at this location.

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perversity.bandcamp.com

Ulg, the fifth album by the Estonian folk metal act Metsatöll will be released by Spinefarm Records on the 1st of November 2011. The tracklist consists of eleven new and energetic songs. The first impression of them can be acquired by listening to the radio single "Kivine maa."

The album has been recorded in its entirety amidst the woods of South-Estonia away from city life and daily matters. The album will be released as CD, limited edition CD and also as gramophone record.

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Source:	metsatoll.ee
Band profile:	Metsatöll

"Ashes Falling Upon Us", a brand-new song from US metal super-group Charred Walls Of The Damned can now be streamed on Bravewords.

Another new song, entitled "Zerospan", can still be streamed on Metal Underground.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Charred Walls Of The Damned

Dualism, the brand-new upcoming album from progressive/technical death metallers Textures can now be streamed in its entirety over at Guitar World.

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Source:	guitarworld.com
Band profile:	Textures

Check out the new video clip for the song "Under Flaming Skies", from Finnish metallers Stratovarius below. The song "Under Flaming Skies" is off the band's latest output Elysium, released back in January via earMUSIC/Edel.

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Source:	stratovarius.com
Band profile:	Stratovarius

The Great Southern Darkness, the brand-new upcoming album by French black metallers Glorior Belli can now be streamed in its entirety over at Decibel Magazine.

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Source:	decibelmagazine.com
Band profile:	Glorior Belli

Korpiklaani have announced a line-up change. Violinist Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty will be leaving the band.

Here it is the official statement from the band: "The Finnish folk metal ambassadors Korpiklaani announce a change in the lineup for the first time since 2005. Hittavainen who's been with band since the beginning will leave the band. There is a mutual understanding between him and the rest of the band and there is no big drama involved. His personal health issues made the constant touring and recording impossible."

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Source:	korpiklaani.com
Band profile:	Korpiklaani

Norwegian black metallers Ragnarok have parted ways with Swedish label Regain Records.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Ragnarok

Ladies and gentlemen! It's a hot season for free stuff here at MetalStorm HQ! The Myconid were kind enough to donate 3 copies of their debut album Myconid Madness to give away to a few lucky MetalStorm users. All you gotta do to qualify for the draw is go here and answer the skill-testing question (hint: the answer can be found in this interview).

Contest closes September 26th. Good luck!

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A thirty-second song sample of the song "The View", created by the musical collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica is now available online and you can watch it below. The song is taken from the upcoming album Lulu, available worldwide on October 31st via Universal Music and in North America on November 1st via Warner Bros. Records. The full song will hit online music retailers (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) on September 27th.

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Source:	loureedmetallica.com
Band profile:	Metallica

"Stained Glass Sky", the new single from Arch/Matheos project new album entitled Sympathetic Resonance is now streaming online at their official website. This is only a five-minute clip of the song that clocks in at just less than 14 minutes.

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archmatheos.com

"Was Only A Dream", a brand new song taken from US sludge doom metallers Rwake's upcoming new album Rest is now streaming at this location.

"Was Only A Dream" is the 14-minute closing track from Rest, the fifth album of the band, out September 27th via Relapse Records. More album details were previously reported over here.


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Source:	pitchfork.com
Band profile:	Rwake

Emily Alice Ovenden, frontwoman of British symphonic metallers Pythia, is set to make a guest appearance on DragonForce's upcoming album scheduled for release sometime in early 2012. Further details about the new album are yet unknown. Pythia though, gave the following update:

"Just a quick note to let you know that Emily is currently in the studio recording guest backing vocals for the new DragonForce album, due to be released in early 2012! She is delighted to be working with the DragonForce guys and reports back that the new material is sounding great!"

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Pythia

"Wastelands Within", a brand new song taken from Mourning Caress' upcoming new album Deep Wounds. Bright Scars is now available online. The song features guest vocals from Dark Tranquillity's Mikael Stanne and can be watched below.

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Source:	mourningcaress.com
Band profile:	Mourning Caress