Swedish metallers In Flames will release their tenth album, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" , via Century Media Records on the following dates:

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway: Friday, June 17
Finland, Hungary: Wednesday, June 22
Spain, Italy: Tuesday, June 21
Rest Of Europe: Monday, June 20
North America: Tuesday, June 21
Australia, New Zealand: Friday, June 24

13 songs were laid down for the CD, which was recorded at the band's If Studios in Gothenburg with engineer Roberto Laghi ( Hardcore Superstar , Lok , Sonic Syndicate ).

So Monday the 21st of March 2011 saw the Portland based dark metal band Agalloch come to Sonar in Baltimore. They put out an album late last year, Marrow Of The Spirit, that as per their usual won a lot of critical accolades and was put on many best of 2010 album lists. I did [...]

Well this is the final post in my series covering my 11 metal concerts in 9 straight days, aka my Metal Marathon. Friday I finally got my car back so I could actually drive myself around to shows in my own damn vehicle, what a concept. This was good because the last three days of [...]

More footage has been posted online featuring Canadian melodic metal act Blackguard performing on The Daily Habit. Blackguard is set to release the new album "Firefight" on March 29th, 2011.

Ethereal Collapse has checked in with the following announcement about recording a new album and adding songs to the Rock Band Network:

"It's been some time since the last major update, but Ethereal Collapse is still here, and we have two major bits of news.

"First, all three songs from our 'Categories' EP have been charted for play on the Rock Band video games, and they'll be available for download on the Rock Band Network very soon. Needless to say, we're very honored to have our songs featured, and we hope that you all enjoy playing them. Their exact date of availability will be announced soon

Betrayal have posted a new song dubbed "Without A Doubt". Stream here .

The band's new album, Abandonment , is due on April 26 via Mediaskare .

Svartsot has checked in from Lasse Lammert's LSD Studios with the following recording studio update:

"Day 15: Today started off with Uffe and Cris doing some extra spoken samples before the Les Paul was re-strung for the clean parts. Uffe had to leave during the afternoon, just slightly after Hans-Jørgen arrived in town.

Vampires Everywhere! will release the full-length, "Kiss the Sun Goodbye," this May. In the mean time the band is now offering fans a chance to hear an exclusive new song through the Vampires Everywhere! Facebook page.

Ealdath has issued the following announcement about entering the recording studio:

"On April 11th we enter the studio for 5 days with Billy Anderson to record the debut full length. Two new tracks and a rerecorded version of 'Age of Ice.' We also hope to finish the mix with Billy of the recording started 3 years ago and finally release the older tracks. Then in May we hit the road for the first time with our friends in the mighty Anhedonist."

The tour dates are as follows:

May 11th - Seattle, WA @ The Mercury w/Ealdath, Shadow of the Torturer
May 12th - Portland, OR @ Plan B w/Ealdath, Shadow of the Torturer, and Ritual Necromancy
May 13th - Eureka/Arcata, CA @ TBA w/Ealdath
May 14th - Oakland, CA @Victory Warehouse w/ Ealdath, Vastum, and Dispirit
May 15th - LA, CA @The BLVD w/Ealdath, Destroy Judas