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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Have Officially Entered The Studio

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The photo attached to this post is of drummer Blake Richardson and producer Jamie King tuning drums in the studio. Why are they tuning drums? Because Between The Buried and Me have officially kicked off recording sessions for their new album, the sequel to their EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues. The working title is currently Parallax 2. But don't expect it to sound anything like Parallax. As we posted recently, bassist Dan Briggs described it as being "pretty fucking out there." It will be a cohesive concept record, in the vein of Colors. The band plan to be in the studio for about six weeks, and then kick off their run as one of the co-headliners of this year's Summer Slaughter tour. [via BTBAM's Facebook]

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PERIPHERY Confirm Album Release Date, Announce New Guest Musicians

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Yesterday, we showed you the ad for the new Periphery album that has surfaced in the latest issue of Revolver Magazine, which states their highly anticipated sophomore release will be coming out July 3rd.  Today, the band confirmed to Guitar World that the release date is indeed true. They also confirmed that besides a guest solo from John Petrucci of Dream Theater, there were two other guest soloists on the album: Wes Hauch, the new guitarist of The Faceless (who was recommended to the Faceless by Periphery) and Guthrie Govan of The Aristocrats. Not too familiar with The Aristocrats myself, but if they're good enough for Periphery, they're good enough for me. Periphery will be spending the summer on the Summer Slaughter tour with Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried and Me and others. Get dates here.

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In Case You Had Any Doubts About DETHKLOK's Dethalbum III Happening…

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A few weeks ago, we learned that Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small is beginning work on the third album from the cartoon death metal band, Dethklok. With a huge summer tour just announced, teaming up with Lamb of God and Gojira, it seems like the perfect time to start working on a new album. That's why Brendon tweeted the photo attached to this post with the caption "Uh oh…. Look at this file I just created…" Clearly, this is the start of something big! [via Metal Insider]

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PERIPHERY's Next Album Now Has A Release Date

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The thing about magazines is, everything needs to be in at least two months before the issue comes out. That includes advertising. Turns out somebody at Sumerian Records jumped the gun on Periphery advertising. An advert for the band's forthcoming sophmore release can be seen in the newest Revolver, the Golden Gods special issue. While there is no title, we do know it will be out July 3rd and it will feature a guest solo from John Petrucci of Dream Theater. Turns out the band might be a little upset about this news surfacing…  (more…)

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Chuck Schuldiner's Pre-DEATH band, MANTAS Demo Collection To See Release

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Relapse Records has been on a mission to release as much Death material as humanly possible, and we absolutely love it! Anything that the legendary Chuck Schuldiner was involved in, is being excavated and re-released. Death, Control Denied and now Mantas; It's all being properly re-released as it should have been many years ago, and the next chapter in Relapse's re-release campaign is an extremely historic and essential release. The label has painstakingly collected all of evil Chuck's pre-Death material from his first band Mantas into a deluxe collection, entitled Death By Metal. (more…)

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METALLICA Update Us On Their New Album's Progress

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When we last talked about Metallica's new album, the successor to 2008's Death Magnetic, the band was promising shorter, heavier songs. While I don't neccisarily agree they can do "heavier," I really hope that they attempt shorter songs, as that was my biggest complaint with Death Magnetic (which I liked). Now, while out promoting Orion Fest, the band gave some new quotes to Metal Hammer magazine about how the writing process is going:  (more…)

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THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases Out Today – 5/8

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The metal gods have spoken, and the cosmic wheel of new releases ever turns. Last week we got by on the strength of no-names and hidden gems; this week, we're bombarded with major releases from across the globe and across all genres. Two highly anticipated and longggggg awaited debuts from Storm Corrosion and Ne Obliviscaris will finally see the light of day, we'll get some shiny new tech-death from Gorod and Cattle Decapitation, and we'll reflect on the re-issuing of Sleep's legendary Dopesmoker. And as always, there's some other cool stuff that I'm too lazy to mention. Check it out: (more…)

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GWAR Begin Search For New Member; Begin Writing New Album

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GWAR have just completed a massive amount of touring, as documented by our "Eye of Oderus" video series, all in tribute to their fallen guitarist Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus. The band has retired the character, sending him into outerspace forever. The band performed as a four-piece on the tribute tour, but are looking to once again expand to five. Now the band have issued an update on their next guitarist and the future of the band. (more…)

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SLIPKNOT Eyeing 2013 For New Music

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One of the biggest questions in metal right now is when is Slipknot going to put out new material. We know it will happen. Heck, we interviewed Clown a few months ago, and he told us so himself. Drummer Joey Jordison is writing new material. The band has hinted before that they hope to enter the studio in 2013, and now we have more confirmation. DJ Sid Wilson spoke to NME about the possibility of new music and said this: (more…)

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OLD MAN GLOOM's New Record Will Be Available This Week!

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When the Old Man Gloom news rains, it pours. We got really excited a few weeks ago that OMG was touring, then, a few days ago, we learned they finished a new album! Now, we learn the band will be selling said album at said upcoming tour. Brilliant! The tour kicks off this week, and the album, titled NO will be for sale. If you can't make it out to the shows, the official release date is June 26th. YES!

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THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases Out Today – 5/1

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A glance at this weeks release schedule will immediately reveal two things; a lack of major releases, and an absurd amount of releases you've never heard of. It seems disappointing, I know, but let me say this: any opportunity to discover some gems is an opportunity worth taking. And boy have I discovered some gems. I hope you all like your metal black, epic, and full of atmosphere; this week we'll see two phenomenal releases from Aquilus and Agruss that make pretty strong bids for a spot on my year-end list. And I guess we can look at some other stuff too. Here's what's coming out today: (more…)

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CONVERGE Announce 7" Split With NAPALM DEATH, All-Star Contributors

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Who releases full albums anymore? Split 7" are all the rage, and Converge have just announced a new split they'll be putting out in the near future with grind godfathers Naplam Death. No release date has been announced yet, but it sounds ridiculous. Napalm's contribution will come in the form of two new tracks, "Will By Mouth" and  "No Impediment To Triumph (Bhopal)". For their part, Converge will be including "No Light Escapes," the new track they have been performing live and a cover of Entombed's classic, "Wolverine Blues" featuring this ridiculous all star lineup:  (more…)

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So OLD MAN GLOOM Is Releasing New Music After All

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Those lying mother fuckers! Last year, mega-producer and Converge guitarist, Kurt Ballou let it slip that Old Man Gloom would be entering his Godcity studios to record a new album. I got really excited. Then, Kurt was all like syyyykkkeee!!! and I was really bummed. But, turns out it's a double-sykkkeee because the band DID actually record a new album, they just wanted to keep it under wraps because they wouldn't be able to tour to promote it until May, which heyyy, they did announce tour dates, so it totally makes sense. Wow, the grammar in this post is awful, but that's just how excited I am at the potential of more Old Man Gloom. Here's a teaser the band's label, Hydra Head, posted on their Facebook page: (more…)

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The New WHITECHAPEL Track Is Ridiculous

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Whitechapel have kept a relatively low profile to kick off 2012. Sure, they have announced Recorruptour and will be spending the summer on Mayhem Fest, but the main duty of the band to kick off the year was to finish a new full-length album, which they worked on with Mark Lewis and the geniuses at Audiohammer studios. The band will be releasing a self-titled LP on June 19th and have just released the first full track from the album, "Hate Creation" (more…)

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DEATHSPELL OMEGA Announce New EP

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Black metal fans rejoice; Deathspell Omega, in their typical low-key, don't-explicitly-mention-this-to-anyone style, have just revealed Drought as the name of their upcoming EP (it was really less of an announcement, more of 'the product appeared in the Season of Mist e-shop') The EP is set for a June 22nd release date, and you can pre-order it here. If you're familiar with the band (and you should be), you know exactly what you're in for; some of the most genre-bending, mind-fucking, wildly extreme music in recent memory. Paracletus, the conclusion to a trilogy of monumental albums, was without question one of my favorite albums of 2010. I'm incredibly eager to hear what they've conjured up next. The artwork for Drought is yet to be revealed, but you can hit the jump for a tracklist and a short but powerful teaser-paragraph from Season Of Mist.

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