Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away today aged 49 due to liver failure. Jeff was one of the founding members of the American thrash band, and will certainly be missed by many the world over.

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Slayer

Metal Storm has a new feature for each Monday. We're pleased to be working together with the guys from the Visions From The Darkside radio show to bring you a weekly metal radio show.

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The 2013 edition of Belgium's Power Prog & Metal festival has announced Avantasia as their first headliner.

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Source:	ppmfest.com
Band profile:	Avantasia
Event:	PPM Fest 2013

Over the last couple of weeks we gave you the chance to be entered into a draw to win one of two copies of the new As I Lay Dying album Awakened.

To be entered we asked you to tell us which State in the U.S.A. the band originate from. The correct answer was California, so here are the two lucky winners:

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As I Lay Dying

American metalcore group As I Lay Dying have just released their sixth album Awakened. To celebrate we have two copies of the album to give away; for your chance to get your hands on one, all you have to do is head over to the contest page and answer the question to be entered into the draw.

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As I Lay Dying

French Avantgarde/Gothic metal band Wormfood are about to unleash Décade(nt) into the world via Apathia Records on the 24th September 2012. Décade(nt) is a reissue of their debut album Eponym with an additional eight bonus tracks of live recordings and Type O Negative and Serge Gainsbourg covers.

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Wormfood

Mike, Schmier & Vaaver are currently in Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf, Germany with engineer Martin Buchwalter recording their new thrashing album Spiritual Genocide. The 30th band-anniversary album will be mixed by Andy Classen and feature guest appearances from Tom Angelripper (Sodom) and Gerre (Tankard)!

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Destruction

Two members on board the tour bus have been injured as a result of the bus falling 30 feet (10m) from a viaduct near Bath.

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Source:	bbc.co.uk
Band profile:	Baroness

Over the last month we've been running a contest giving away three tickets for the Bloodstock Open Air festival. For your chance to win, we asked you to tell us who the festival's second stage is named after. It is of course the Sophie Lancaster stage, so here are the three lucky winners:

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Bloodstock Open Air 2012

A post on the official Killing Joke Facebook page states that the group's singer Jaz Coleman is missing after having some words to say about The Cult and The Mission. The three bands were scheduled to play together on tour later in the year, but Killing Joke have since been kicked off the tour.

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Band profile:	Killing Joke

Due to the cancellation of The Exploited, Deicide, The Generators and Resistance (BEL), some new bands have been announced for the festival. Replacing these bands will be grindcore legends Napalm Death, Brazilian death machine Krisiun, Dutch rock group Peter Pan Speedrock and French doom group Ataraxie.

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Motocultor Festival 2012

For the last month we have been giving you the opportunity to win a pass for the Heavy T.O. and Heavy MTL festivals in Canada. For your chance to win, we asked you to tell us which of the two headlining bands Slipknot or System Of A Down released their debut full-length album first. System Of A Down's self-titled debut was released one year before Slipknot's, making System Of A Down the correct answer. So let's find out who has won:

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Heavy MTL Festival

Wintersun have posted the first studio trailer for their upcoming "epic" Time I online.

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Wintersun

Festival season is under way now, so here's a chance to win a ticket for the UK's #1 metal festival. For the month of July, we are running a contest giving away three weekend tickets for Bloodstock Open Air 2012. All you have to do is head over to the contest page and correctly answer the question to be entered into the draw!

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Bloodstock Open Air 2012

Over the last month we were giving you the chance to win one of two tickets for the Brutal Assault festival in the Czech Republic. For your chance to win, we asked for what the festival took place within. Perhaps unsurprisingly the correct answer is indeed a fortress - so let's find out which people have won the festival tickets:

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Brutal Assault 2012