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Every fall she dies, only to be resurrected in the spring. The seasonal cycle of Mother Nature is a beautiful thing to behold, but perhaps most gorgeous—and haunting—is the time of year when her leaves crunch underfoot and the nights grow longer. For years, Daniel Mitchell's heavy metal band Autumns Eyes has created music that blends perfectly with the Halloween season, and his latest album, Ending Life Slowly, is no exception. Ahead of the atmospheric new album's release this Halloween, we've been provided with an exclusive look at the album's morbidly beautiful artwork by Sorrow Grips to share with Daily Dead readers.

You can check out the new album artwork for Autumns Eyes' Ending Life Slowly below, and we also have additional details and a video update from Mitchell himself with more information. To learn more about Autumns Eyes, visit the band's official website.

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California police arrested an 18-year-old man on Monday on child endangerment and abandonment charges after he allegedly left his 16-day-old son in the parking lot of a shopping center, and was caught on camera doing so, People confirms.

The Suisun City Police Department said in a statement that the infant is being treated for an unspecified condition at an area hospital and is listed in critical but stable condition.

Authorities said Daniel Mitchell, the child’s father, was taken into custody after being involved in an unrelated hit-and-run later that day in nearby Fairfield, California.

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Bondi’s Flickerfest has announced its Australian program with both World and local premieres on its list of 45 films.

The festival is in its 21st year, and is an Oscar-accredited festival for short films, with world and Australian premieres from the likes of Antony J Bowman, Nash Edgerton, Matthew Jenkin, Mike Hoath, Zak Hilditch and more.

Bronwyn Kidd, Flickerfest’s festival director said: “It’s fantastic to discover and celebrate such great Australian short film making talent in the festival again this year. Flickerfest is proud to be a platform for bold compelling stories told by fresh new storytellers with new perspectives on cinema and the telling of Australian stories on the screen. We look forward to sharing these amazing stories with audiences both over our ten day festival in Bondi and across Australia on our 37 venue national tour.”

Having it’s world premiere is Three Sixty, written and produced...

The Australian producer of a planned film trilogy has told Encore that his decision to take the production overseas was in part because Screen Australia was asking for too many changes.

Antony J Bowman, who previously directed Paperback Hero, told Encore that Stealing Sam – whose cast include Goodfellas star Ray Liotta and Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston – will now be shot in Louisiana in the USA. The decision was also driven by the rise of the Australian dollar making the Us a cheaper option.

Bowman said that early conversations with Screen Australia sent him in other directions. He said: “I did begin speaking with them at the beginning. But in those early days there was talk about, ‘what if you change this and that’ and I thought – I don’t need that.”

“It was developed as a full on Australian film, as part of a trilogy, Stealing Sam, Hunting Sam and Killing Sam.