Here’s your daily roundup of album news from across the areas of the rock and metal scene. As ever, it’s a mixed bunch of things so let’s get right into it!
Sonata Arctica
After announcing the new album The Ninth Hour, due on October 7th, the Finnish melodic metal quintet Sonata Arctica now present the first in a series of album trailers. Check out the first one below in which the band talk about the first single, ‘Closer To An Animal’:
The Album Leaf
Electronic / rock pioneers The Album Leaf have just premiered a full stream of their forthcoming studio effort Between Waves ahead of its release via Relapse next Friday, August 26. You can check out the album here:
Decomposed
Swedish Death Metal Unit Decomposed have announced the forthcoming release ofWither, the band’s third full-length album. Wither will be released October 3 on Mexico’s Chaos Records. You can check out the first two singles below: 
Rudra
Singapore’s unholy kings and the true pioneers of Vedic Metal, Rudra have finally released a new single and unleashed the artworks for their eighth album Enemy of Duality. You can check out the first single below:
