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Long-running industrialists Front Line Assembly will release their new album, Echogenetic, on July 9. In anticipation, the group is streaming the record in its entirety right here right now. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Avenged Sevenfold have posted a 30-second preview of the title track off their highly anticipated new album, Hail to the King, which will hit stores on August 27. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

In the exclusive RevolverTV video below, Butcher Babies dish on their debut run on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, their debut album, Goliath, and the truth behind "Magnolia Blvd."

Goliath will be released Tuesday, July 9, through Century Media Records. In anticipation, the band is streaming the entire album right here, right now. Let us know what you think of the video (and the new album) in the comments!

Goliath is available for preorder at the Century Media online store. Butcher Babies will be on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival all summer long and will be doing daily signings at their tent.

At their June 23 Hellfest show in Clisson, France, Canada's Voivod were joined by a pair of special guests.

In the 12-minute video below, you'll see former Pantera frontman Philip Anselmo join the band for a cover of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine," one of the many highlights of Floyd's early Syd Barrett era.

Then, at around the 7:06 mark, Voivod are joined by their former bassist, Jason Newsted, for "Voivod."

Check out a professionally shot video of the two songs below.

Chris Krovatin is the author of three young adult novels, Heavy Metal & You, Venomous, and Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones. He is currently working on multiple new writing projects, as well as new material with his local New York metal band Flaming Tusk. He is a contributing writer for Revolver and generally comes off as a good-natured pain in everyone's collective ass. This column represents his opinions–and probably only his opinions.

Within extreme metal, there is a tradition of accenting one's music with a sharp, guttural grunt—in layman's terms, an "UNGH!" While I'm sure some music snobs would argue about the origin of this vocal utterance, its widespread use can be accredited to Thomas Gabriel Fischer, A.K.A. Tom G. Warrior of the seminal blackened thrash act Celtic Frost. His forceful, throaty "UNGH!" has inspired generations of death and black metal vocalists to "UNGH!" over drum accents like an army of people who have just tasted some cold, nasty coffee.

There are few comparable vocalizations—one might say Hetfield's "YE-HAI!" is similar in status—but undoubtedly the hoarse, commanding "GO!" of At the Gates/Nightrage/Lock Up/The Great Deceiver/The Crown vocalist Tomas Lindberg is one of them. Where Warrior's intestinal grunt is an expression of uncontrollable distaste, Lindberg's battle cry is the official call to arms of melodic-death-metal fans the world over, a seemingly simple instruction that is in fact the sound of a barrier breaking between the scum and the filth, leading to an utterly insane mosh pit of the truly depraved and unholy.

Therefore, to honor these two great metal frontmen and their signature sounds, I present the Six Best "UNGH"s of Tom G. Warrior and the Six Best "GO!"s of Tomas Lindberg. Whose phrase wins? Tell us in the comments section!

The Six Best "UNGH"s of Tom G. Warrior

1. Celtic Frost, "Procreation of the Wicked"
Arguably the original. This slow, stomping tune begins with a squeal of feedback, followed by a solid, almost clean-voiced "UNGH" that opens up the floodgates to a deluge of obsidian riffery. Hell yes.

2. Triptykon, "Goetia"
On the opening track of Warrior's long-awaited Triptykon debut, the seasoned grunter culminates the song's creeping intro with a spirited "UNGH." It also helps that the first word of the song is, "SATAN."

3. Celtic Frost, "The Usurper"
The ultimate "UNGH" resides in this rager off of Celtic Frost's greatest album, coupled with Warrior's other signature phrases, "HEY!" and "I SAID"—" Full-bodied, throaty, powerful—the great "UNGH" of our time.

4. Celtic Frost, "Progeny"
Off of the opening track from Frost's comeback album Monotheist, Warrior's "UNGH" is both a guttural grunt and a reintroduction to his fans. This "UNGH" reminds us that Celtic Frost are back and more evil than ever.

5. Triptykon, "A Thousand Lies"
This song doubles your pleasure with two "UNGH"s, one just as it kicks in and a second soon after. Both are necessary—this furious maelstrom of darkness requires all the nasal grunting it can muster to keep it from exploding like some sort of chthonic bomb.

6. Celtic Frost, "Nocturnal Fear"
This is a rare Frost track, where the "UNGH" doesn't cue in the song. For a while, you're raging along, and then, when you think it's not coming, Warrior "UNGH"s all over your eardrums. Brilliance, truly.

The Six Best "GO!"s of Tomas Lindberg

1. At The Gates, "Slaughter of the Soul"
This is the "GO!" that launched a thousand pits. While the album which bear's this song's name opens with the wicked "Blinded By Fear," it's not until Lindberg utters this "GO!" that the record truly begins.

2. The Crown, "Devil Gate Ride"
This song comes from Deathrace King, when Tomas was simply a guest star and not yet fronting The Crown. One wonders if his "GO!" here got him the gig and lead to him taking over on vocals for Crowned in Terror.

3. Lock Up, "Detestation"
The "GO!" present on this classic track by Lindberg's grindcore outfit is somewhat longer than his earlier ones, which is strange given the brevity of a given Lock Up song. That said, its placement and cadence is brilliant.

4. At The Gates, "World of Lies"
The groovy ass-shaker of a riff that opens this song (I've always wanted to see someone pole dance to it) is completed when Lindberg lets loose with a firm, decisive "GO!" that brings in the drums and completes this giant-sized death-metal anthem.

5. The Great Deceiver, "Today (Is The Tomorrow You Were Promised Yesterday)"
Though Lindberg's industrial-hardcore band always remained a little under the radar, their 2004 album Terra Incognito is an odd but satisfying hunk of mid-2000s metal experimentation. The "GO!" here is much like the song—succinct, unfamiliar, but very cool.

6. Lock Up, "Brethren of the Pentagram"
To be fair, this last "GO!" is questionable—while it kicks off the song in classic Lindberg fashion, Tomas might just be saying "ARRR!" Still, this introductory growl is so awesome, I officially deem it "GO!"-worthy. Got a problem with that? "GO!" fuck yourself.

Flyleaf have teamed up with Revolver to stream their new five-track EP, Who We Are, in its entirety right here right now. The EP, which will be released on July 9, features four live songs from their latest full-length, New Horizons, including "Call You Out," "Fire Fire," "Broken Wings," and "Sorrow," along with the new track "Something Better," which features Sonny Sandoval from P.O.D. and is the band's first original song with new frontwoman Kristen May. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Flyleaf hits the road with P.O.D. for a co-headlining nationwide tour beginning July 13 through August 10. Stay up to date with everything Flyleaf on their Official Website, as well as their Facebook and Twitter pages.

Vancouver, BC's West of Hell, featuring vocalist Chris Valagao of Zimmers Hole, have teamed with Revolver to release their brand new music video for the track "Water of Sorcery." The track is from the band's debut album, Spiral Empire, which was produced by Rob Shallcross (3 Inches of Blood, Strapping Young Lad) and hit stores in May 2012 via Reversed Records. Spiral Empire is available for purchase now at iTunes, Amazon, and other digital retailers.

West of Hell will head out on a headline tour of Canadian cities beginning July 18. The band plans to release a vlog series throughout the tour, dubbed "Fly On The Wall." See under the video for all upcoming tour dates.

West of Hell tour dates:
July 18th – Edmonton, AB @ Wunderbar w/ Holy Grail.
July 20th – Armstrong, BC @ Metal Fest
July 22nd – Regina, SK @ The Exchange
July 23rd – Winnipeg, MB @ The Zoo
July 25th – Sault St. Marie, ON @ TBA
July 26th – North Bay, ON @ TBA
July 27th – Trois Rivieres, QC @ TBA
July 28th – Ottawa, ON @ TBA
Aug 1st – Montreal, QC @ Piranha Bar
Aug 2nd – Belleville, ON @ Belle Pub
Aug 3rd – St. Catherines, ON @ The Vintage
Aug 4th – Toronto, ON @ Bovine
Aug 9th – Saskatoon, SK @ Rock Bottom
Aug 10th – Lloydminster, AB @ The Pussy Cat Club
Aug 15th – Red Deer, AB @ The Vat
Aug 17th – Lethbridge, AB @ TBA
Sept 7th – Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw

Ghost B.C. have premiered a new performance video for the closing track off their latest album, Infestissumam. Directed by Rob Semmer, the clip was shot on location at the El Rey in Los Angeles and Webster Hall in New York City.

Taylor Momsen and her band The Pretty Reckless have premiered a teaser for their new song "Burn" on the band's new website GoingToHell.xxx. Listen to the sample of "Burn"—the second song to be previewed from the group's upcoming album Going to Hell, out later this year—below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Scar the Martyr, Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison's new project, have announced tour dates opening for Danzig. The band also consists of former Darkest Hour guitarist Kris Norris, ex-Strapping Young Lad guitarist Jed Simon, Nine Inch Nails keyboardist Chris Vrenna, and vocalist Henry Derek. The dates are listed below.

The band will release its debut album later this year.

8/9 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
8/13 – Sands Bethlehem Event Center – Bethlehem, PA
8/14 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
8/16 – Congress Theatre – Chicago, IL
8/17 – Myth – St. Paul, MN
8/18 – Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE
8/20 – The Great Salt Air – Magna, UT
8/21 – Revolution Center – Garden City, ID
8/22 – Roseland Theatre — Portland, OR
8/24 – Flames Central – Calgary, AB
8/25 – Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
8/27 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, AB
8/28 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
8/30 – Gibson Amphitheatre – Universal City, CA
8/31 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ