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Finland’s metal heroes CHILDREN OF BODOM have just released the first trailer for their upcoming masterpiece ’Halo Of Blood’.

The video resulted from the listening session of the new album, which took place at the Nuclear Blast headquarters in Germany on March 16th, and shows the first impressions of the international press.

Check it out here:

CHILDREN OF BODOM recorded ’Halo Of Blood’ at Finland’s Danger Johnny Studios (in a top secret, undisclosed location in Helsinki) with recording engineer Mikko Karmila, who worked on the ’Hatebreeder’ (1999), ’Follow the Reaper’ (2000), and ’Hate Crew Deathroll’ (2003) albums.

The album was produced by the band and Mikko Karmila, Keyboards recorded by Janne Wirman and vocal production by Peter Tägtgren.
’Halo Of Blood’ was mixed at Finland’s fa...

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Following a successful European run with Parkway Drive late last year, hard hitting heavyweights EMMURE will be returning to our shores for a 7 date strong headline tour next month. Main support will come from Chelsea Grin, also on the bill are Attila, completing the line up will be Buried In Verona.

CHELSEA GRIN – armed with THREE guitarists, the US 5 piece use a foundation of Hardcore grit combined with Death Metal technicality and Grind speed to produce as much aural harm as the back alley jaw split.

Watch the latest video ’Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ here:http://vevo.ly/TM5IRg

The ep ’Evolve’ is out now via Razor & Tie.

ATTILA – the Party death metal rockers formed in their hometown of Atlanta in 2005, meeting each other at their high school and through mutual friends...

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Win a CENTURY MEDIA record deal at the SUMMER BREEZE New Blood Award 2013

CENTURY MEDIA is teaming up with the SUMMER BREEZE Festival and EMP for the New Blood Award 2013, presented by Metal.de.

It’s CENTURY MEDIA’s 25th anniversary in 2013 and a good opportunity to support the metal scene that helped the label to grow since 1988. Jens Prueter, Head of A&R Europe: “When Robert Kampf founded CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS, the first signings were demo bands from the tape trading scene. ICED EARTH just released their Enter The Realm demo and GRAVE already released three demos (and some more under the names of CORPSE and PUTREFACTION), as well as ASPHYX...

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Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have named their 8thstudio album “Halo Of Blood” and have unveiled the album artwork.
Coverart was created this time by Sami Saramäki (Follow The Reaper, Are You Dead Yet?, Hate Crew Deathroll).

Mastermind Alexi Laiho commented:
“Halo Of Blood is the 8th studio album from Children Of Bodom and believe it or not but we still managed to keep it fresh
and new while still maintaining the elements that make COB sound recognizable. Its got the fastest and the slowest song
we ever made and lyrics wise there are themes we had never had before. Its 10 new songs of pure nordic metal and whether
you enjoy it with a beer or a glass of water, I’m sure you will have a good time.”

Bass player Henkka Seppälä states about the artwork:
”We wanted to ha...

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Everyone’s favourite Gin Swilling, Rawkus-bringing, UK Metalcore crew DEMORALISER have just premiered their brand new video for the song ’Eye To Eye’.

Featuring footage from their recent tour with Betrayal and Thick As Blood, ’Eye To Eye’ is the second video lifted from their brilliant debut full length ’A Living Nightmare’ and a testament to the heaviness of their album (mixed by Will Putney: Suicide Silence, TDWP, Amity Affliction) which has been recognised as one of the best debut albums of 2012.

Showcasing the band’s electric live show to the full, ’Eye To Eye’ is a pit anthem of the highest order and a taster of what’s to come for the band this Summer during the busy festival season.

The video can be seen here..

DEMORALISER will be ripping the stage up on the upcoming HATEBREED tour...

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After years as one of the UK’s most successful unsigned acts, London modern metal mob THE DEFILED have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment, who will release their second album “Daggers” this summer.

To whet the appetites of fans, the first song from the album, “Sleeper”, will be released via iTunes this Sunday March 17th. A lyric video for the track has been posted

Releasing their debut album “Grave Times” via Metal Hammer magazine in 2011, THE DEFILED have since enjoyed status as the UK’s biggest unsigned metal act. Making huge strides forward on their own, their achievements as a self motivated and independent band in the world of heavy music, which includes sold out tours, prestigious slots at the biggest festivals and a Golden God Award, is remarkable...

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Iron Knights will be heading out on the first European part of the ’New Tour Of War’ in May 2013 as support for American metallers Vicious Rumors.
The list of dates is as follows:

20 May – Club 202 Festival, Budapest
22 May – The Garage, Munich
23 May – UJT, Uelsen
24 May – Rock Temple, Kerkrade
25 May – Baroeg, Rotterdam
26 May – Little Devil, Tilburg
28 May – K19, Kassel
29 May – Meisenfrei, Bremen
30 May – Rock City, Uster
31 May – Palace Loisirs, Bartenheim
1 June – Schlachthaus, Dornbirn

Further shows in the UK and Europe are scheduled for the remainder of the year, including the German Swordbrothers Festival on 14 September.

A full list of the tour dates can be found on the band’s website www.ironknightsband.com

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Last week Heaven’s Basement had their new single ’I Am Electric’ added to the Radio One playlist. Aside from this being fantastic news for the band, we think this is quite a victory for rock in general – its not very often the harder stuff gets daytime airplay on Radio One. Check out the video for the song here…

The band play Download Festival in June and their debut album ’Filthy Empire’ is out now on Red Bull Records.

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ICED EARTH’s first officially recorded DVD/Blu-Ray, “Live In Ancient Kourion”, will hit the stores on April 15th in Europe. For this live release, the band recorded an epic 2.5 hour show in a 6,000 year old amphitheatre with an incredible and unique atmosphere. To give fans a preview of this must-have DVD, ICED EARTH has now teamed up with Metal Hammer Germany to premiere the live track “I Died For You”: http://www.metal-hammer.de/video-audio/premieren/article392306/iced-earth-schenken-euch-i-died-for-you-vom-neuen-live-album.html

Watch the official DVD trailer here!

You can now pre-order “Live In Ancient Kourion” at CM Distro Europe.

ICED EARTH online:
www.icedearth.com
www.facebook.com/officialIcedearth
www.myspace.com/icedearth

Century Media Records online:
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While BLEED FROM WITHIN are wrapping up their current tour throughout the European mainland supporting Testament and Dew-Scented their new album ’Uprising’ is finally out now in the UK.

’Uprising’ is available in the following formats
CD Jewelcase
Ltd. Digipak CD (incl. 2 bonus tracks)
Digital album
iTunes exclusive (incl. 3 bonus tracks)

Some press on ’Uprising’:
“… a new jewel in the crown of British metal.” (KKKK, Kerrang!)

”’Uprising’ is an honest, pureblood metal album with a euphoric theme of positivity running throughout.” (9/10 Metal Hammer, UK)

”If Lamb Of God had formed in Gothenburg, this could have been the result. Impressive.” (8/10 Rock Sound, UK)

“Expect them to become inescapable.” (4/5 Terrorizer, UK)

”How often can you claim that Lamb Of God have competition in ...