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Hirax - Ink Deal With Steamhammer/SPV, New Album Due In September

Legendary thrash metal band Hirax has inked a worldwide deal with SPV / Steamhammer. The band will enter the studio in early 2013 for a release in September followed by a world tour. Hirax has also recently joined the booking agency Flaming Arts in Europe.

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Source: spv.de
Band profile: Hirax
Posted: 08.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (2)


Smohalla - Unreleased Songs Streaming Online

French avantgarde metallers Smohalla have uploaded three re-mastered and unreleased songs to their Bandcamp page, including "Le Trône de la Tragédie", an Ulver tribute, "Ils Flottent (feat Eleni)" and "Une Longue Marche". The band released their debut album Resilience last year.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Smohalla
Posted: 08.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (2)


Centurian - New Album Details Revealed

Remember Centurian? The last album the band released was Liber Zar Zax back in 2002. But now Centurian has a new album coming up entitled Contra Rationem. The band's first studio album in 11 years will be unleashed on January 28th, 2013 via Listenable Records. The Dutch death metal band has revealed its cover art (created by guitarist Rob Oorthuis) and tracklist, which are available below.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Centurian
Posted: 08.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (2)


Hardcore Superstar - New Single Streaming Online

Hardcore Superstar have recently announced that their new album C'Mon Take On Me will be released via Nuclear Blast on March 1st, 2013. Now as a foretaste, the band has released their new single "One More Minute", which is currently streaming on the video located below. The band released their latest output Split Your Lip in 2010.

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Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Hardcore Superstar
Posted: 07.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Vader - Announce Dates For European Tour

Death metallers Vader have finally announced the actual tour dates of their upcoming first leg of the Back To The Black Tour 2013 in Europe. Aborted and Bonded By Blood will be the special guests on the tour that will start with a show in Berlin on January 17th. See all the dates below.

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Source: vader.pl
Band profile: Vader
Posted: 07.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (4)


Sevendust - Reveal New Album Cover Artwork

Sevendust is gearing up to the release of their ninth studio effort Black Out The Sun and has now unveiled the cover artwork that will grace it, which is available below. The release date of the follow-up to Cold Day Memory is set for March 26th, 2013 on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group).

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Sevendust
Posted: 07.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


2013 Grammy Awards - Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance Nominees

The 55th annual Grammy Awards nominees have been revealed last night by the Recording Academy and the Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance category includes Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Halestorm and Marilyn Manson.

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Source: grammy.com
Posted: 06.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (31)


Exhumed - Announce Squirm Across America Winter 2012 Tour

Exhumed have just announced a new US tour dubbed Squirm Across America Winter 2012 Tour with a string of headlining dates in December, set to commence this Friday in Lafayette, Louisiana. See all the dates below.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Exhumed
Posted: 06.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Holocausto Canibal - New Video Online

Portuguese grindcore masters Holocausto Canibal have premiered a brand new video for the track "Objectofilia Platónica", from their latest offering Gorefilia released this year via Xtreem Music. You can watch it below. The video was directed by Pedro Souto and produced by Stainless Paradox / Raising Legends.

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Source: gorefilia.wordpress.com
Band profile: Holocausto Canibal
Posted: 06.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (3)


Brutal Assault 2013 - Announce New Bands

Brutal Assault has announced three extreme metal heavyweights that will perform on next year's festival in the summer on their 18th edition.

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Source: brutalassault.cz
Event: Brutal Assault 2013
Posted: 05.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Jorn - Releasing Retrospective Album In January

Frontiers Records has announced the release of a special album from Jorn entitled Symphonic on January 25th in Europe and January 22nd in North America. Symphonic features a selection of tracks taken from Jorn's previous studio releases, which have been selected by the Norwegian singer himself and remixed in order to add a classical orchestra arrangement.

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Source: frontiers.it
Band profile: Jorn
Posted: 05.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (2)


Long Distance Calling - Announce European Tour With Sólstafir And Sahg

Post rockers Long Distance Calling have announced their first European headliner tour dubbed The Flood Inside Tour. It will be the first time on stage with the new line up including vocalist Marsen Fischer. The band will be sharing the stage with Sólstafir, Audrey Horne and Sahg.

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Source: longdistancecalling.de
Band profile: Long Distance Calling
Posted: 05.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (1)


Helloween - New Single Streaming Online

Power metallers Helloween have premiered their brand new seven-minute single "Nabataea" at this location. You can now listen to the first taste off their upcoming opus Straight Out Of Hell. The single will be released on iTunes on December 18th via The End Records while the album will come out in Europe on January 18th and in North America on January 22nd, 2013.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Helloween
Posted: 04.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (17)


Satan - Sign With Listenable Records, New Album Next Year

Heavy metallers Satan have signed a deal with Listenable Records. The band is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to an album entirely of new material written over the last 18 months. The new album, to be titled Life Sentence, is scheduled for release in March/April 2013. This will mark the 30th anniversary of their greatly acclaimed debut Court In The Act.

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Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Satan
Posted: 04.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Leprous - Recording New Album

2013 is shaping up to be another good year for progressive metal releases, in theory. Now Leprous is back in the studio to record their next album, which is set to be released sometime before the summer of 2013 via InsideOut. The follow-up to the brilliant Bilateral is in the works. You can watch the first studio report on the video below.

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Source: youtube.com
Band profile: Leprous
Posted: 04.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (11)