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Staggered-by-region release dates make no fucking sense. Still White Wizzard’s new album, The Devil’s Cut, will be released on June 3 in Europe and weeks later on June 25 in North America. Because, you know, the Internet, which created a global economy, isn’t a thing and everyone will wait patiently for the staggered release, I’m sure of it.

Below you can hit play on a Youtube video to hear a new track from the album, Strike With Iron, but I’d like everyone to ahere to the following staggered-by-region viewing restrictions:

-If you live in North America you may watch the video immediately.

-Those in Europe please wait 25 min.

-Readers in Central and South America: you may listen tomorrow.

-Any Asia continent readers must listen yesterday, Friday, or after sundown in Xuancheng.

-The video will be made available for any and all regions I’ve not mentioned thus far as soon as you finish reading this sentence.

Enjoy.
 

US based heavy doom Sinister Realm released the following music video for the title track of their forthcoming third full-length, World of Evil.

Summing up what you’ll see here: a brilliant, beacon of hope for the heavy metal genre with not much of a budget for a video. If visuals can easily turn you off to a band, maybe press play and go work in another tab until the song's done. Then come back and let us and everybody else know what you thought.  

Enjoy! 
 

World of Evil will be released on July 21, 2013 though Shadow Kingdom Records. 

Anvil, who has released multiple singles through the last month, has now released their entire album availble to stream.  Their new album 'Hope In Hell' will be releasing May 27th by SPV / Steamhammer.

A look through Metallica’s illustrious (and at times not so) career and there is one album among many that we can all agree upon: Ride The Lightning.

One of only a handful of sophomore albums not to fall to the old “sophomore slump” adage, Ride The Lightning was released in 1984 on the indie label Megaforce. Certified gold in 1987 and then 6x(!!!) platinum in 2012 despite never cracking the top 100 in the US. This was the record that put Metallica on the map if for anyone who may have ignored or overlooked their debut, Kill ‘Em All. This is truly a great record. This is a record everyone that would call him or herself a heavy metal fan should own and put on regular rotation.

Next time on Heavy Metal Albums Every Fan Should Own…we venture across the ocean to a cold, white north.

As HMAEFSO is an ongoing column, feel free to let us know what albums you’d like to see on the list and why in the comments section below.
 

After releasing their latest album 'Beyond' back in February 2013, Omnium Gatherum has released a new video featuring track 6 from that album called "Formidable".  The band quoted this about the new video:

"As you can see, it is not a huge stage, where bands usually do the 'live-like' music videos, but we hope this video captured the special feeling of the evening…"

Omnium Gatherum - Beyond Tracklist

01. Luoto
02. New Dynamic
03. In The Rim
04. Nightwalkers
05. Formidable
06. The Sonic Sign
07. Who Could Say
08. The Unknowing
09. Living In Me
10. White Palace

Darkane have posted a brand new lyric video called "The Sinister Supremacy".  This is off their new album 'The Sinister Supremacy' that is set to release on July 2nd, 2013 from Prosthetic Records.

Darkane - The Sinister Supremacy Tracklist

01. Sounds of Pre-Exsistence
02. The Sinister Supremacy
03. Mechanically Divine
04. Ostracized
05. The Decline
06. Insurrection is Imminent
07. In the Absence of Pain
08. Humanity Defined
09. Hate Repentance State
10. Collapse of Illusions
11. By Darkness Designed
12. Existence is Just a State of Mind  

A second lyric video to come out of the Orphaned Land camp in the last week or so, this one for the track Let the Truce Be Known, is available to stream below.

The track comes off the band’s forthcoming new album All Is One, set to release on June 23 though Century Media.

Previously the band released a lyric video for Our Own Messiah, which can be seen here.
 

A new music video for the track Your Voice, a cut from Swiss melodeath metal outfit Dreamshade’s sophomore album, The Gift of Life, can be seen below. 

That is all.

Sterbhaus have released a new video from their latest album 'Angels For Breakfast ...And God For Lunch'.  This album was released back in August 2012 by Killhead Productions. The new video features track 9 from the album called "Frogboiler".

Amon Amarth has released a new trailer for an upcoming mini-documentary called "Forging Mjölnir".  This will be a three part series that will feature some of the making of their upcoming album "Deceiver Of The Gods", which is set to release on June 25th from Metal Blade Records.

Almost exactly a month ago Megadeth released their first single from their upcoming album 'Super Collider'.  This week they have released another song from the new album called "Kingmaker".  'Super Collider' is set to release on June 4th, 2013 from Tradecraft.

Super Collider Track List

01. Kingmaker
02. Super Collider
03. Burn!
04. Built For War
05. Off the Edge
06. Dance in the Rain (Featuring David Draiman)
07. The Beginning of Sorrow
08. The Blackest Crow
09. Forget to Remember (Featuring David Draiman)
10. Don't Turn Your Back...
11. Cold Sweat

I hope the weekend's treating everybody well! We'll be back tomorrow with more heavy metal news, videos, music, and reviews. Until then, enjoy this absolutely classic melodic black metal album from Abyssos-- Together We Summon The Dark. 

Have a great weekend! 

Battle Beast, the unapologetically cheesy Finnish heavy metal outfit have released their new, self-titled record and for a limited time you can listen to the entire thing right here via SoundCloud.

This, the band’s second full-length and their first with new singer Noora after the departure of Nitte, is available online and in select stores in Europe now through Nuclear Blast Records.

Enjoy!
 

Abbygunn suggested the artwork to me for this week’s segment, and while neither her nor I like Psycroptic any more than two people who’ve only listened to them once, there’s no denying that their album art is well done.  Not just the above picture either.  As I flipped through their catalogue, cover after cover caught my eye and I quickly realized that this Australian band was worthy a spot on our site – or at least their album covers do.  The above cover is taken from their 2006 album ‘Symbols of Failure’, art duties performed by Par Olofsson.

Olofsson is a Swedish artist that has worked all over in the heavy metal community, designing cover art and merchandise for bands such as Exodus, Immortal, The Faceless, Skyfire and too many others to mention here.  Chances are you’ve stumbled upon an album featuring his work at one time or another, and now the next time you do, you can impress your friends with your superior knowledge of such things.

Another notable album cover from Psycroptic comes from their most recent effort ‘(Ob)Servant’, released in 2008 with art duties preformed by yet another legendary illustrator, Raymond Swanland.  Swanland has been featured on numerous metal albums as well as illustrating comic books, Magic: The Gathering cards and working on the video game Oddworld. You can see his contribution to the band after the jump.

Say what you will about the band, personally not my cup of tea, but talented nonetheless, and I think we can all agree their album covers deserve a special place in the annals of great metal art.

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Omnium Gatherum is on their way to do a European tour. This tour will be featuring new songs from their latest album 'Beyond' which was released back on February 22nd, 2013. Special guest Mercenary will be joining them on their journey. The tour will start on August 8th in Germany and continue through September 15th to the Netherlands.

Omnium Gatherum 2013 Tour Dates

08-30-2013 GER - Leipzig, Hellraiser
08-31-2013 GER - München, Backstage Club
09-01-2013 SUI - Pratteln, Gallery
09-04-2013 ROM - Bucharest, The Silver Church Club
09-05-2013 HUN - Budapest, TBA
09-06-2013 AUT - Wien, Escape
09-07-2013 CZE - Brno, Melodka
09-08-2013 GER - Berlin, Magnet
09-11-2013 BEL - Vooselaar, Biebob
09-12-2013 GBR - London, The Underworld
09-14-2013 GER - Stuttgart, Club Zentral
09-15-2013 NED - Eindhoven, Dynamo

The doom metalers from Tokyo, Coffins, have just released a new song entitled "The Vacant Pale Vessel".  This will be track 5 off their new upcoming album 'The Fleshland'. The album is pushing for a July 9th, 2013 release by Relapse Records.

Coffins - The Fleshland Tracklist

01. Here Comes Perdition
02. Hellbringer
03. The Colossal Hole
04. No Saviour
05. The Vacant Pale Vessel
06. Rotten Disciples
07. Dishuman
08. The Unhallowed Tide
09. Tormentopia

Evile are getting ready to release their new album 'Skull', but for the meantime they have released a new song from their new album called "Head of the Demon". You can check it out below. The new album 'Skull' is due to release on May 27th by Century Media / Earache Records.

Evile - Skull Tracklist

01. Underworld
02. Skull
03. The Naked Sun
04. Head Of The Demon
05. Tomb
06. Words Of The Dead
07. Outsider
08. What You Become
09. New Truths, Old Lies

Orphaned Land has released a new lyric music video called "Our Own Messiah".  It comes from their new album 'All Is One', set to release on June 24th, 2013 by Century Media. This is their follow up from their 2010 album The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR.

Orphaned Land - All Is One Tracklist

01. All Is One
02. The Simple Man
03. Brother
04. Let The Truce Be Known
05. Through Fire And Water
06. Fail
07. Freedom
08. Shama'im
09. Ya Benaye
10. Our Own Messiah
11. Children

Children Of Bodom has released a new song from their upcoming album'Halo Of Blood'.  The track is also named "Halo Of Blood" and can be heard over at pitchfork.com.  The new album is set to release on June 11th from Nuclear Blast.

Children of Bodom - Halo Of Blood Tracklist

01. Waste Of Skin
02. Halo Of Blood
03. Scream For Silence
04. Transference
05. Bodom Blue Moon (The Second Coming)
06. The Days Are Numbered
07. Dead Man's Hand On You
08. Damage Beyond Repair
09. All Twisted
10. One Bottle And A Knee Deep