Atlanta metallers Mastodon have posted a video clip for "Spectrelight," a brand-new song from the upcoming album The Hunter, which is due to be out on September 27th through Reprise Records.

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Atlanta progressive metallers Mastodon will release their new upcoming album, The Hunter, on September 27th through Reprise Records. The band now revealed the tracklist for the forthcoming effort.

The Hunter was recorded at Doppler Studios in Atlanta with producer Mike Elizondo. Drum tracks were previously completed in Los Angeles at the legendary Sound City Studios (the place where Nirvana's Nevermind was recorded).

A brand-new track, called "Black Tongue" is still available for streaming at this location. The new single "Curl Of The Burl" will make its online debut on August 16th. More info on the limited edition can be found here.

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As previously reported, Atlanta progressive metallers Mastodon will release their new upcoming album, The Hunter, this October through Reprise Records. The band now revealed the cover artwork for the limited edition package, as can be seen below.

The artwork was once again created by AJ Fosik, a wood carver who is also responsible for the backdrop the band uses live. As said, this marks the first time Mastodon has not used acclaimed artist Paul Romano, who was responsible for all of the group's previous artwork.

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Young UK prog outfit Haken has announced the title of their second album to be Visions.

The new record will be a concept album, just like the debut Aquarius, which dealt with water and ecology, though the exact concept of Visions has not yet been revealed.

Singer Ross Jennings ensures: "We are confident this album will not disappoint fans of Aquarius. As well as pulling some signature stunts, we are also trying to raise the bar with our compositions, and as individual players..."

The band has also stated that they wanted to make the album available exclusive for those attending ProgPower USA in Atlanta on Saturday, September 17th. The tentative release date is planned for the beginning of October and will be announced later.

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Adagio guitarist Stéphan Forté has completed work on his solo album, entitled The Shadows Compendium.

He commented as follows: "At last after so many years of work, my first instrumental solo album is done. I'd like to thank Kevin Codfert (keyboard player in Adagio, who also helped mix previous albums of the band) for his incredible work on the mix, and of course my very talented friends / guests on this album: Jeff, Mattias IA, Glen, Daniele, Derek and Franck. Guys, your solos kicks some serious asses!"

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Pain Of Salvation have announced the dates for the upcoming European Road Salt II Tour taking place in October.

The band will be touring in support for their upcoming new album, Road Salt Two, tentatively scheduled for a September release.

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Transcendence, the new EP from French tech-death metaller Gorod, is now available for streaming over at VS-webzine.com.

The EP was released in late May this year and was available for purchase during the band's European Invasion Tour. It has recently become available at the band's online store.

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Worlds Torn Asunder, the new upcoming album of US thrashers Warbringer will be released in September through Century Media Records.

The album was produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Symphony X).

Commented vocalist John Kevill: "With this record we were trying to do 2 things: to make something that progressed in new directions from our previous work, but also to keep all the speed and intensity at the forefront. I really think we've pulled that off with this record, we have a great and diverse batch of songs. Musically I think we have songs on this record that move forward from the styles of both our previous records, and some that go in completely new directions that the band has never done before. We are really excited to put this record out, we are really trying to raise the bar with this one."

Worlds Torn Asunder tracklist:

01. Living Weapon
02. Shattered Like Glass
03. Wake Up... Destroy
04. Future Ages Gone
05. Savagery
06. Treacherous Tongue
07. Echoes From The Void
08. Enemies Of The State
09. Behind The Veils Of Night
10. Demonic Ecstasy

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Mark Evans, guitarist and founding member of Australia's progressive/fusion/thrash metal band Alarum, is leaving the band.

Evans announced his departure as follows: "For reasons for which at this time I would rather not disclose, I must inform you that I will not be continuing with Alarum. You will still get to hear the new album, a release date will be set shortly."

Later that day, drummer Rob Brens issued the following: "Just so people aren't getting the wrong idea, Alarum is NOT splitting up. The album will still be released and you will get to see it performed. Stay tuned."

The band is currently planning to release its third album, entitled Natural Causes, soon. On January 12th, the band revealed that "the final touches are being done on Natural Causes and mixing has begun."

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The remixed and remastered version of the track "Lack Of Comprehension" from Death's fourth album, Human, is available for streaming at Facebook (you'll have to let everybody know you "like" Death in order to stream the track).

The Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition of Human will be released on June 21th in North America (June 27th internationally) through Relapse Records. The album was entirely remixed by longtime Death producer Jim Morris and remastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Converge).

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Of Death, the new upcoming album of Norwegian blackened thrash metal Byfrost, will be released in June through AFM Records.

Two new tracks, entitled "Of Death" and "Buried Alive", are available for streaming over at MySpace.

The 8 track album, which is due for release on AFM Records in June in both CD and LP formats, was recorded at the Conclave & Earshot Studios in the band's home town of Bergen, Norway, and was produced by Enslaved's Herbrand Larsen together with Byfrost, and co-produced by Enslaved guitarist Ice Dale. Mastering was carried out by Knut Fug Prytz at the Magica Mastering Studio.

Artwork and Design are once again in the hands of Christian Sloan Hall, known for his work with bands like Dimmu Borgir and Slayer.

Of Death tracklist:

01. May the Dead Rise
02. Eye for an Eye
03. Buried Alive
04. Of Death
05. Full Force Rage
06. Shadow of Fear
07. Sorgh
08. All Gods are Gone

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"Elements", a brand-new track from French progressive thrash/death metal band Outcast, has been made available for streaming over at this location.

"Elements" comes off the band's upcoming new album Awaken The Reason, which will be released later this year through an as-yet-undisclosed record label. More album details were previously reported over here.

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French metallers Outcast will release their fortcoming album, entitled Awaken The Reason, which will be released later this year.

The album was mixed by Jochem Jacobs from Textures at Split Second Sound at the end of September 2010. Mastering was done by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Converge, Demolition Hammer, The Dillinger Escape Plan).

Awaken The Reason cover art] tracklist:

01. Elements
02. Abysmal
03. A Solace From The Shade
04. Awaken The Reason - Part IV: When Dawn Brings Clarity
05. Spin Angular Momenta
06. Unspoken
07. Isolation
08. Fallen Years
09. What Would Be My Final Commitment?
10. Man's Last Failure
11. Awaken The Reason - Part XI: Reprise


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US metallers Believer have issued the following update in regards to their forthcoming full-length album:

"We're pleased to announce that mixing and mastering for the upcoming album is complete. We decided early on in project that we wanted an outside person to mix the record so we could spend more time writing and recording. Kevin Leaman (Believer guitarist) recommended Kevin Gutierrez from Assembly Line Studios for mixing this record. Leaman had worked with Gutierrez previously and said that he was really easy to work with. From the first telephone conversation it was clear that Gutierrez understood exactly what we were looking for sonically and he seemed really interested in helping us achieve that.

We let Kevin know we wanted this album to sound very musical; not just be heavy. We wanted to use the whole frequency range and not have all the mids scooped out so that everything going on in the tunes was audible. Most importantly, we wanted to keep the dynamics. We were a little nervous about not being there physically for the mix, but we spent so much time tweaking in the sounds for tracking that we were confident he had good stuff to work with. The rough mixes we made for ourselves already sounded pretty decent.

Kevin was fast and efficient. He'd send us reference mixes as he completed each song and we'd be emailing/texting comments back and forth at all hours of the day and night. He was very responsive to our change requests and was really helpful in setting up the mastering session and communicating what we wanted to Maor Appelbaum of Maor Appelbaum Mastering.

Maor also understood what we were trying to achieve with the dynamics and the overall listening experience we wanted to create on this album.

Sonically we're extremely happy with this album and can't wait for other people to hear it. We feel like this is a really strong and unique album in the Believer catalog and it's something we're definitely proud of.

So what will you hear? As we mentioned, we focused more on the overall musicality which included more instrumental layers than we used before. The vocals were also more of a focus as we have had much feedback throughout the years, specifically to get out of the one dimensional realm. Kurt wanted the vocals to be more complimentary to the overall tune feel, so he used many facets of his vocal abilities. As with all Believer albums, this one is definitely unique."

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Official press release

Protest The Hero will release their third studio album, Scurrilous, on March 22 on Vagrant Records in the US and Universal Music Canada. Scurrilous is the follow up to the 5-piece band's, critically acclaimed 2008 sophomore release, Fortress, and reunites the band with producer Julius "Juice" Butty. Scurrilous will be available for pre-order in the first week of February at www.protestthehero.com.

Protest The Hero will begin their world tour with dates in Europe and the UK from January 26th through February 12th supporting Darkest Hour. Following an appearance at Australia's 2011 Soundwave Festival, the band will begin an extensive Canadian and US tour March 23 with support acts Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster and Tesseract. The Canadian leg of the tour will be sponsored by D-Tox Clothing.

Click here for a full list of dates. Pre-sale of tickets for the headline tour are available on Wednesday, January 19 over here and over here for the US shows.

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Event:	Protest The Hero: The Scurrilous Tour