"Ministry Of Saints", the new video from the German melodic metal band EDGUY, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Belgrade, Serbia. The song comes off the group's new album, "Tinnitus Sanctus", which is scheduled for release in Europe on November 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD, which will be issued in North America in early 2009, was recorded at Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany with producer Sascha Paeth.

Check out an e-card for "Tinnitus Sanctus" at this location.

The track listing for the effort is as follows:

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Tampa, Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE have set "Evisceration Plague" as the title of their new album due on February 3, 2009 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Kill" was produced by Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, MORBID ANGEL) at his Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Commented bassist Alex Webster: "In CANNIBAL CORPSE, our goal has always been to try and make each new album we record our heaviest. That goal was a bit more challenging this time since we were extremely satisfied with our last album 'Kill', but we knew that by working with producer Erik Rutan ...

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Gary Wehrkamp, Shadow Gallery band member, officially releases this press statement:

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA -

It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Shadow Gallery vocalist, Michael A. Baker. Mike, 45 years old, suffered a heart attack, Wednesday afternoon, October 29th, 2008. Mike was a founding member of Shadow Gallery and for the past 16 years helped shape the sound of the band with his magical voice. Additionally, he made many appearances on rock records around the world. Those who knew him best were moved by his gentle spirit, sincere kindness, fun nature and passion for both music and sports. He was a warrior in the studio, a true profes ...

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"Perpetual Flame", the new album from the legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Short audio samples of all 12 tracks that appear on "Perpetual Flame" can be found on the

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have set "16.6" as the working title of the follow-up to last year's "New Religion" album. The CD will be recorded in November/December 2008 for a tentative early 2009 release via Frontiers Records.

Commented the band: "The pre-production for the new PRIMAL FEAR recordings is close to be finished and the studio and crew are finally booked. We've finished the songwriting and pre-production on ten songs so far and have some more little things to do on another four songs."

The group added, "The material so far makes us all very happy. Between real back to the roots Sinner/Wolter/Scheepers vi ...

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Ohio's sons of Midwestern darkness SKELETONWITCH have announce the addition of bassist Evan Linger to the group's ranks. Linger, a longtime friend of the band, entered the fold after the departure of Eric Harris. Evan has been out with the 'WITCH since October 2 when the pre-DANZIG dates kicked off.

"I'm stoked to be a part of SKELETONWITCH," Linger says in a press release. "I've been friends with these assholes for quite a long time so I have a pretty good idea of what I'm in for...a hangover!"

Guitarist Nate Garnette states: "We we would like to officially welcome our new bass player, Evan Linger, to ...

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"Inner Sanctum", the new video from Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Mateusz "Mania" Winkiel.

Commented BEHEMOTH mainman Adam "Nergal" Darski: "Here we finally come with our brand new video…surprised? I fuckin' hope so. I'm still blown away by the effect myself. Why? 'Coz it looks like NOTHING I've ever seen in the metal genre. Lately it felt like we've pretty much explored every territory in the world of music videos, especially with our last clip for 'At The Left Hand Ov God'. This time we took completely opposite artistic approach…we went black and white, absolutely no effects, analog ...

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D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Free Times recently spoke to vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) about Tim's forthcoming solo debut, which he has been recording in Los Angeles. Tentatively due in early 2009, the album will include guest appearances by Billy Sheehan (ex-MR. BIG,

David E. Gehlke of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.

Blistering.com: Did the re-recording of "Bonded By Blood" rekindle a lot of old memories of Paul (Baloff)?

Gary Holt: Yeah, sure. Anytime we're recorded anything, I tend to use Paul as my barometer to see if it's heavy enough. Whether we're working on "Atrocity" or "Shovelheaded" I always think what Paul would think. When we're doing dru ...

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HELLOWEEN's video for the song "Paint a New World" can be viewed below. The track comes off the German group's twelfth studio album, "Gambling with the Devil", which was released in October 2007 via SPV.

The regular "Gambling with the Devil" album consisted of eleven songs (plus an intro, spoken by SAXON's Biff Byford) with a total playing time of 57 minutes and 40 seconds. For the band's many faithful fans, there was also a limited first edition (40,000 units in a digipak with an embossed and stamped slipcase released in Europe, and 10,000 units in a jewel case in the U.S.) with a bonus CD featuring two extra tracks, the video for the ...

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