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Arsis are planning a January 15th, 2010 European release date through Nuclear Blast for their new album "Starve For The Devil". No word yet on a North American release date.

The track listing for the outing is as follows:

01 - "Forced To Rock"
02 - "A March For The Sick"
03 - "From Soulless To Shattered (Art In Dying)"
04 - "Beyond Forlorn"
05 - "The Ten Of Swords"
06 - "Closer To Cold"
07 - "Sick Perfection"
08 - "Half Past Corpse O'Clock...

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Official press release

Dark Tranquillity will release their fantastic DVD "Where Death Is Most Alive" on October 26th, 2009 in Europe and November 17th in the US! It contains an unbelievably great live show filmed in Milan, Italy 2008, a 47 minutes long documentary about the legendary Swedish melodic death metal act plus tons of additional rare live footage and all promo clips.

Now, you can already check out a trailer for this release at this location.

The stunning artwork was created by Niklas Sundin (http:///www.cabinfevermedia.com) and you can view it in higher resolution here.

Renowned for being part of the holy trinity of Melod...

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Austrian metallers Hollenthon will release a new EP, "Tyrants And Wraiths", on the following dates:

Oct. 28: Finland, Spain
Oct. 30: Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
Nov. 02: Rest of Europe
Nov. 03: Canada
Nov. 17: USA

"Tyrants And Wraiths" features four new tracks and two live videos from the band's performance at Graspop Metal Meeting 2008 in Dessel, Belgium.

"Tyrants And Wraiths" tracklist:

01. Tyrants And Wraiths
02. Innocent Sin
03. Deathly Dirges
04. Of Hollow Men
05. On The Win...

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Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will release their fourth album, "From Afar", on September 9 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced by Tero Kinnunen (NIGHTWISH, AMORPHIS) and Janne Joutsenniemi ('Victory Songs' producer) and was mixed by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED, AMORPHIS).

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. By The Dividing Stream
02. From Afar
03. Twilight Tavern
04. Heathen Throne
05. Elusive Reaches
06. Stone Cold Metal
07. Smoking Ruins
08. Tumman Virran Taa
09. The Longest Journey (Heathen T...

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Swedish metallers Hypocrisy have just revealed the final tracklist of their new album, "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity", which will be released on October 23 in Europe (November 3 in the US) via Nuclear Blast.

"A Taste Of Extreme Divinity" tracklist:

01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Week
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinitiy
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down ...

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A brand new Paradise Lost track, entitled "Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us", has officially been launched at the band's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/paradiselostuk

"Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us" is the title track from the band's forthcoming album, which will be released on September 28 in Europe (October 6 in the US) via Century Media Records.

The cover artwork, which is based upon a Danse Macabre woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger (first published in 1538), was created by Stefan Wibbeke at Medialogistics (Lacuna Coil, Poisonblack, etc.)....

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Dutch metallers Epica have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Last week we have finished the mixing and mastering of our new album "Design Your Universe" in the Gate-Studio. We are very pleased with the result!

The artwork has also been finished, so here it is the official cover for "Design Your Universe".

Nuclear Blast has set the release date on the 16th of October. More info about the release and the album will follow soon! So keep an eye on our website."

Source: blogs.myspace.com

Norwegian metallers Immortal have revealed the cover art for their forthcoming album, "All Shall Fall", which will be released on September 25 in Europe (October 6 in North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.

"All Shall Fall", the new album from Immortal, will be released on September 25, 2009. "All Shall Fall" was recorded at Grieghallen Studio in Norway and Abyss Studio in Sweden.

Immortal have announced the tracklist for the new album:

01. All Shall Fall
02. The Rise Of Darkness
03. Hordes To War
04. Norden On F...

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Katatonia, the Swedish masters of melancholy, are set to return with their follow-up to 2006's groundbreaking album, "The Great Cold Distance". It can now be revealed that the latest opus is to be titled "Night Is the New Day", with the band currently well along the road to completion of their eighth studio album.

"Night Is the New Day" will be released on October 19th (US - October 27th) on Peaceville Records.

Keep a look-out for the upcoming launch of http://www.nightisthenewday.com for exclusives & announcements on the final cover artwork, final tracklisting and the release of the new single.

Source: ka...

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