One notable release is Earache Records’ The World’s Shortest Album, which features 13 songs in 83 seconds. Of course, bands like Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Anal Cunt and more are included.

A list of metal and hard-rock releases are below:

• All That Remains – Fall Of Ideals 12”

• Avenged Sevenfold – Live In The LBC & Diamonds In The Rough 12”

• Avenged Sevenfold – Carry On Picture Disc

• Between The Buried And Me – Parallax 1 & 2 Vinyl Boxset

• Between The Buried And Me – The Anatomy Of 12”

• Botch – American Nervoso (deluxe 2xLP)

• Coheed And Cambria – The Afterman: Descension (Big Beige Demos) 12”

• Deep Purple/Type-O Negative – Side by Side: Highway Star 7”

• Deftones – Live: Volume 1 – Selections from Adrenaline 12”

• Dio – Magica Picture Disc

• Dio/Killswitch Engage – Side by Side: Holy Diver 7”

• Katatonia – Buildings 7”

• Lamb Of God – New American Gospel (Grey Marble Edition) 12”

• Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory 12”

• Misfits/The Lemonheads – Side By Side: Skulls Picture Disc

• Puscifer – V is for Vagina 12”

• Soundgarden – King Animal Demos 10”

• Testament – Dark Roots Covers Picture Disc 7″

• Touche Amore/Title Fight – Split 7″

• Rob Zombie – Dead City Radio And The New Gods Of Supertown/ Teenage Nosferatu Pussy (Explicit Only) 10”

You can find more information about Record Store Day here.

The band expects to release the album later this year and August Burns Red will be performing on the main stage of the Vans Warped Tour this summer.

1.  “While tracking Leveler, we had a huge band fight over a drum part that Suecof and Matt came up with over a section in the song ‘Divisions.’ We were split down the middle on the part and Suecof poked and prodded at everyone until I exploded on him and cussed him out, which caused Jake to lose it and storm out of the room. It was quite uncomfortable and will be remembered as one of the more dramatic moments we’ve had together as a band as we are generally very even-keeled as a group.”

2.  “While tracking Messengers with producer Tue Madsen, we ran into a tremolo-picking riff in a section in the song ‘Redemption’ that was a real bugger and took us forever to get a good take of. It was to the point where we were just passing the guitar around the room between Brent , Tue, Dustin , and myself. Each of us would take a shot at tracking it and eventually give up and pass the guitar on to the next person. Tue was the first one to get a usable take. Pathetic!”

3.  “While tracking Constellations with Suecof, we had Tommy Rogers from Between the Buried and Me come in and track a clean singing part in the song ‘Indonesia.’ While we are friends with the BTBAM guys, we are also big fans of their band so to have Tommy come in and sing on our album was really special for us. It was also the first clean singing part we had ever had on an album and to this day is the only non-gang vocal singing part we’ve ever had on album. Very cool moment for us.”

4.  “When we tracked our Christmas album Sleddin’ Hill, we had an idea for a vocal choir part over the end of the song ‘Oh Holy Night.’ Our drummer Matt’s sister was in the choir at her college and Matt was buddies with the director, Dr. Bigley. He had his choir learn a part he had written specifically for the section in ‘Oh Holy Night’ and producer Carson Slovak brought in a portable Pro-Tools rig and recorded the entire 50-plus person choir live. It gave me goosebumps and was a cool moment as we had never done anything like that before.”

5.  “When we were just starting out, we tracked our first full length with producer Adam D , which was quite an honor for us as we were simply a group of unknown metal wannabes. When our drummer Matt setup his kit, his cymbals were covered in green gunk from all the local shows we had played over the past year or two. The concept of cleaning cymbals was foreign to us at this point and we had planned on just tracking the album with the gear we had. Adam took one look at the cymbals and informed us that we would be visiting a music store immediately because those cymbals were far too shot to use in the studio. That was one of many lessons we learned over that session.”

5. Spiritualized, Sweet Heart Sweet Light
“I was criminally late to hearing this band, and when I discovered Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space, I instantly went out and bought their whole catalog. ‘Hey Jane’ is a perfect example of how well this band balances melody and brilliant song writing with space-rock freakouts.”

4. Astra, The Black Chord
“One of my favorite modern bands, probably because they sound like they just time traveled here from the ’70s. The Weirding floored me when I discovered it in 2009, and they went even further on this one developing their own sound while retaining influence from the powerhouse progressive rock bands of the ’70s. Goddammit, Astra are amazing!”

3. Anglagard, Viljans Oga
“I was introduced to this band in high school and their song ‘Jordok’ is one of my favorite symphonic prog songs to date. I was quite beside myself to see they had a new record out, their first since 1996. The composition and arranging skills they have are amazing. They definitely sound like a small chamber orchestra at times.”

2. Field Music, Plumb
“These guys have been my favorite modern British band since the first time Between The Buried and Me went overseas in December 2006. I read a review of their record Tones of Town which likened it to the Genesis classic The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and I was sold! Progressive pop rock written by the smartest and most talented men.”

1. Ulver, Childhood’s End
“Ulver is a band I love for always coming out of left field with their releases, and this one is no different. Brilliant renditions of psychedelic pop songs from the ’60s, turned me on to a whole bunch of new (old) bands.”

In the meantime, we’re asking you to choose 2012′s Song of the Year. We’ve put together a list of the biggest and baddest songs in hard rock and heavy metal below; all you have to do is pick the best. And feel free to vote as many times as you want–until the poll ends on January 1.

UPDATE: The poll is closed. For the results, click right here.

Just announced is a slate of 2013 tour dates featuring Coheed and Cambria and Between the Buried and Me. Opening all dates of the tour is Chicago-based post-rock act, Russian Circles. Watch a trailer for the tour and get all the dates below.

Coheed and Cambria released The Afterman: Ascension, the first half of a planned double album, last month. The band will release the second part, The Afterman: Descension, on February 5, the day after the tour kicks off.

Between the Buried and Me released their sixth studio album, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, last month as well.

Coheed and Cambria, Between the Buried and Me 2013 Tour Dates

Feb 04 2013 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Feb 05 2013 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Feb 07 2013 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Feb 08 2013 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Feb 09 2013 – Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre
Feb 10 2013 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Feb 12 2013 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
Feb 14 2013 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Feb 15 2013 – Salt Lake City, UT – SaltAir
Feb 17 2013 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Feb 18 2013 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
Feb 19 2013 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Feb 21 2013 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theater
Feb 22 2013 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Feb 25 2013 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
Feb 26 2013 – The Marquee – Tempe, AZ
Feb 27 2013 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Mar 01 2013 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Mar 02 2013 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Mar 03 2013 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
Mar 05 2013 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Mar 06 2013 – Saint Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
Mar 07 2013 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
Mar 08 2013 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore
Mar 10 2013 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Mar 11 2013 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
Mar 14 2013 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Mar 16 2013 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall

UPDATE: The poll is closed. Thanks for your vote. To view the results, click here.

• The 69 Eyes – X
• The Acacia Strain – Death Is the Only Mortal
• All Time Low – Don’t Panic
• August Burns Red – Sleddin’ Hill, A Holiday Album
• Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence
• Beyond All Recognition – Drop Dead
• Blackmore’s Night – A Knight in York
• Blut Aus Nord – 777 – Cosmosophy
• Coheed And Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension
• Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
• Danko Jones – Rock and Roll Is Black and Blue
• Daylight Dies – A Frail Becoming
• Defiler – Nematocera
• Dio – The Very Beast Of Dio: Vol. 2
• Downfall Of Gaia – Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes
• Inhale Exhale – Movement
• KISS – Monster
• Nonpoint – Nonpoint
• Sylosis – Monolith
• Texas In July – Texas In July
• Trash Talk – 119
• Weapon – Embers and Revelations

Check out “Telos” off The Parallax ll: Future Sequence below:

“Astral Body” is taken from the band’s upcoming new album, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, which follows last year’s widely acclaimed EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (buy on iTunes).

“The two main characters of the story take on a journey through space and time with the unenviable task of having to cure the flaws of humanity by any means necessary,” says guitarist Paul Waggoner. “While the EP served mostly as an introduction to the characters, Future Sequence contains the action of the story. The lyrics are written in the stream of consciousness style, which really helps to capture the perspective and emotion of the characters. We really enjoyed the challenge of writing this record, and I think we were all pleasantly surprised with how well the music and lyrics jived with one another. I couldn’t be happier with how Future Sequence turned out.”

Watch an exclusive clip of the band in the studio recording The Paralax II here.