French doom metallers Ixion have started working on the follow-up to last year's highly promising album To The Void. The band's debut was nominated at Metal Storm Awards 2011 for the best doom metal album category.

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Today the nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's class of 2013 were revealed. Among the 15 nominees, there are the mighty Rush and Deep Purple.

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Deftones have premiered online the new song "Tempest", from the forthcoming album Koi No Yokan. You can stream it over here. Alternatively, you can listen to it below. This single will be available digitally on October 9th, while the album release is set for November 13th via Warner Bros. Records. For now, you can whet your appetite with "Tempest".

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The animated band Dethklok has released a new music video for their brand new song "The Galaxy". Watch the video below. The song will appear on their upcoming third album Dethalbum III, due out on October 16th via Williams Street Records. A vinyl edition of the album will be released on November 6th. More album details were previously reported here.

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The countdown for the release of Monolithe III has begun. The new and third Monolithe album will hit stores on January 8th, 2013 in North America and on November 16th, 2012 in the rest of the world through Debemur Morti Productions. The band has also released a preview of the album, which can now be seen below. Find more album details here.

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US alternative metallers Gwar have announced their new guitarist by the name of Pustulus Maximus. Less than a year ago, the band's previous guitarist Flattus Maximus passed away.

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German death metallers Morgoth are taking a break after their recent reunion of two years celebrating the 20th anniversary of Cursed before deciding what's next for the band.

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Roadburn Festival has confirmed new bands for their 2013 line-up that will bring every fan-boy to Tilburg in The Netherlands.

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Event:	Roadburn Festival 2013

Metalcore oufit Killswitch Engage have decided to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough 2002 release Alive Or Just Breathing by performing the entire album on a US headlining tour in November/December as a gift to the fans, which is fitting after the return of singer Jesse Leach. The trek will feature the special guests Shadows Fall and Acaro. The band had announced that they would play the entire album at the California Metalfest VI, but it is now clear that it will not just be a one-off thing.

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Morbid Angel were scheduled to play in Montreal tonight and Toronto tomorrow on their North American tour with Grave and Dark Funeral but, without further explanation, vocalist David Vincent announced that the band was denied entry to Canada and so the band will not be playing.

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German melodic metallers Mob Rules have released their new video clip, filmed for their new single "Ice & Fire" and you can now watch it here. The song will appear on the band's new album Cannibal Nation, which is scheduled for an October 19th release via AFM Records.

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New Jersey metallers Mutiny Within have announced that the band has new music on the way and will release their second album Synchronicity. They had disbanded last year. The release date is yet to be announced but the group released the album preview, which can be seen below.

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Tributo di Sangue will be the new thrashy death metal offering from Italians Subhuman. The band will release it soon, on October 19th through Subsound Records. To build up the anticipation, Subhuman have made available online the new song "Fassaborto", which can be streamed on the video below. This will be the band's second album.

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Cradle Of Filth have released the second song off their upcoming opus The Manticore And Other Horrors. This time around it was the song "Manticore", which can now be streamed on the Soundcloud player below. You can expect The Manticore And Other Horrors to hit stores on October 29th in Europe via Peaceville Records and in North America on October 30th via Nuclear Blast Records and get the full picture then.

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Death/doom metal group Hooded Menace has premiered a brand new video for the crushing song "Crumbling Insanity". You can watch the video exclusively at this location. It was directed by Justin Oakley for Burial Offerings (Ulver). You can also enjoy the band's latest release Effigies Of Evil, where the song is taken from, since early September when Relapse Records unleashed it unto the world.

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