GOD FOBID's new record, Earthsblood doesn't come out until February, but we got our hands on some exclusive audio samples from the record. Check them out below…

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Mainstream metalcore fans and underground alterna-metal obsessives unite! There's something for everyone coming out this November 18.

Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season (Epitaph)

Britain's fast-rising metalcore kids recorded their Epitaph debut with producer Fredrik Nordstrom (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Opeth.) They're promoting Suicide Season with a headlining tour of the US and UK, plus some some new songs streaming here.

Vocalist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett return from Hellyeah to produce the first full-length Mudvayne release in three years. Stream the whole thing right here and check out the first video here.

John LaMacchia (Candiria,) Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan,) Jeff Caxide (Isis) and Julie Christmas (Made out of Babies) join forces in an experi-metal supergroup that goes beyond the "side project" stigma into "when do we get a full-length and tour?" Check it out here.

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Tomorrow's new albums arrive on Veterans Day, giving you a chance to get incensed over years of sending our bravest into battle before blowing off steam with something particularly brutal. Prospects include:

The Bronx - The Bronx (White Drugs)
The inexplicably-named, L.A.-based hardcore dudes return with their third straight self-titled album, now streaming in its entirety right here.

On their debut for The End records, Japan's Dir En Grey are still delivering their alternative metalcore sound that broke them through worldwide. New song "Dozing Green" is streaming here, and their current US headlining tour runs through December.

Summer Slaughter staples from the West Coast realize their technical death metal potential on their latest, for which you can check out two new songs here. An extensive tour continues this month, while December dates with Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy and The Sword respectively have The Faceless poised for the big leagues.

It doesn't look like they'll have it out in time to grace our 2008 top ten lists, but Mastodon have chosen Crack the Skye as the title for their planned early 2009 release. Produced by fellow Atlanta native Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine), the album is reported to indulge the band's classic rock side. In an interview with Metalsucks, bassist Troy Sanders described it as "a rock kind of Count Chocula-meets-Deep Purple thing." Hopefully, that means it's awesome, and with Mastodon that's a safe bet.

Check out the Metal Injection interview with drummer Brann Dailor during Mayhem Fest 2008 below, and enjoy the tracklist (seven songs, including one divided into four parts) after the jump.

1. Oblivion
2. Divinations
3. Quintessence
4. The Czar
  I. Usurper
  II. Escape
  III. Martyr
  IV. Spiral
5. Ghost of Karelia
6. Crack The Skye
7. The Last Baron

This year, Halloween fell on a weekend–and as usual, some of the world's more horror-savvy metal bands released new music the week of All Hallow's Eve.

Abigail Williams - Shadow Of A Thousand Suns (Candlelight)

New York City's fast-rising black metal band are promoting their new album with a sport on the Planetary Duality tour with the Faceless, Decrepit Birth and Veil of Maya. Stream some new songs here.

A premier act in Quebec's thriving technical metal scene, BtM are coming off appearances on the Summer Slaughter and Radio Rebellion tours with their second full-length album. New song "Our Common Grave" is streaming here on their myspace–should give you much to think aboot.

One of the best-selling black metal bands in history returns with a concept album about something goth and spooky. The extreme yet tuneful Brits drafted Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Megadeth) to produce this one, and you can preview the results in the first video, Honey and Sulpher.

Following up progressive death metal smash Ruun is no small task, but Enslaved sound up to it on the Norwegian vets' latest. Take an early listen here.

Finland's answer to GWAR offers up a new album of hard rock camp, to be followed by a nationwide tour with the oddly-paired Lizzy Borden and Stolen Babies, plus an appearance on (!) "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."

Not much by way of metal releases this week, but it's not every day that AC/DC graces us with a new record, so enjoy.

AC/DC - Black Ice (Columbia)

Oft-imitated and never equaled, AC/DC sound pretty much just like they've always sounded over the past 35 years on their new studio album. Unless you've got an aversion to Wal-Mart, who have an exclusive on Black Ice, anyone who likes grimy, catchy hard rock should dig this. Enjoy some new songs streaming here.

Coming off a well-publicized spat with Axl Rose, Josh Homme's psychobilly band is back with a raging Heart On. Huh huh. Check out the video for the first single, "Wannabe in LA," right here.

Former Superjoint Ritual bassist/American music royalty Hank III offers up country-inflicted punk akin to Rebel Meets Rebel, the Pantera/David Allan Coe collaboration that Hank III also partook in. Preview the new record here.

Years ago, horror film director, comic book creator and TCM show host Rob Zombie was best-known as the frontman for White Zombie, an underground noise rock band that eventually became a gateway band for any metalhead who grew up in the '90s. Lest anyone forget, the entire White Zombie discography–out of print early records, self-released EPs, soundtrack cuts, remixes, and of course their major label studio albums are all re-released in a four-CD, one-DVD box set. Scheduled for release on November 25 and titled Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Mr. Zombie states on his myspace, "All I can say is boy the early shit is wacked. I haven't heard some of these songs in over twenty years. I don't know what the hell we were thinking. Everything is including on this set. Over 4 and 1/2 hours of music plus tons of never before seen videos. 5 discs in all."

Included in the box is "Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls," which you may remember from the scene that Zombie animated for Beavis and Butt-head Do America.

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October's slew of high-profile releases continues today with new albums from some of Europe's finest and some rising metal stars.

Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh (Prosthetic)
After gaining stature on tours with Lamb of God and Behemoth, plus an In Flames tour this fall, Gojira are on the verge of stardom with a serious album of the year contender. Check out the socially-conscious headbangers' new video right here.

The Haunted - Versus (Century Media)
Three-fifths of At the Gates return from their mighty reunion tour last summer with some melodic death metal in the vein of their legendary first band. The new songs streaming here contrast with their more experimental last album and reflects the thrash sensibilities that distinguished their earlier albums.

Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame (Rising Force)
Ummm…

Unearth - The March (Metal Blade)
Produced by Killswitch Engage's Adam Dutkiewicz, propelled by first video "My Will be Done" (watch here) and arriving on the heels of their US tour with Dimmu Borgir, Devildriver, and Kataklysm, The March may be the album that makes Unearth a household name.

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Old school hard rock fans are in for a treat this week with the latest comeback albums from some '80s-rock holdovers.

Godhead - At The Edge Of The World (Driven)
Remember when these guys were the only band on Marilyn Manson's short-lived vanity label? Years later, they're still releasing industrial-tinged, radio-friendly rock in the vein of the former Brian Warner.

Rose Tattoo - Blood Brothers (Wacken)
Chances are you know Rose Tattoo as the "other" Australian hard rock pioneers, and/or as the band that wrote "Nice Boys," which was famously covered by Guns N' Roses. Down under, they've been opening for both Motörhead and G n' R, surviving lineup shifts and recording a new album.

Tesla - Forever More (Electric Company)

The reunited, Sacramento-based power balladeers are still "Cumin' Atcha Live" like it's 1986.

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As Dr. Rockso would say "K-k-k-k-YAYUH!!!" Headbangers Blog has the scoop that season 2 of everybody's favorite death metal cartoon Metalocalypse will be released on December 2nd. No extras have been announced yet, but expect some hidden gems in addition to all 18 episodes from the last season. Amazon is listing the DVD going for $25.99.

If you are new to the site, or just have been living under a rock, click here to check out an audio interview we did with DETHKLOK members Nathan, Skwiisgaar and Pickles last year that will make your cheek bones fall out from laughing so much. \m/

Fall's arrival signals the year's busiest season for new music, and if death metal, thrash or metalcore raises your index and pinky, chances are there's something you'll enjoy hitting stores this Tuesday, September 30.

Amon Amarth–Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade)
Sweden's finest death metal vikings hit a peak with 2006's With Oden on Our Side, and the two new songs streaming from their Myspace (plus reported cameos from Apocalyptica and Children of Bodom's Roope Latvala) assure that we may be looking at another winner.

Bleeding Through — Declaration (Trustkill)
Devin Townshend's production on the latest from the Orange County-based crew is sure to turn some heads, possibly taking Bleeding Through closer to Townsend's own innovations and further from the mallcore bands that Bleeding Through shares a bill with on their upcoming winter tour.

In This Moment — The Dream (Century Media)
After a huge push from Headbanger's Ball, Sirius Satellite Radio, and separate opening slots for Ozzy Osbourne and Megadeth, In This Moment follow up last year's Beautiful Tragedy could very well make these guys (and girl) ubiquitous. Watch out.

Misery Index – Traitors (Relapse)
If current economic turmoil and the media frenzy over the '08 election doesn't have you fired up yet, then the third album from Relapse's politically-minded Marylanders is sure to do the trick. The whole thing is streaming here, and if you've never checked this band out, now's the time.

Trivium–Shogun (Roadrunner)
Whether you think they're the saviors of modern thrash or watered down metalcore, everyone seems to have an opinion on Trivium. But there's no arguing that they're one of the most talked-about bands in metal, and Shogun, streaming here in its entirety, is one of the year's most anticipated releases.

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