Norwegian metal outfit Nocturnal Breed will release a new album, their first in 7 years. The band is coming back with a punch of old school thrash metal with a blackened rock and roll undercurrent, under a title yet to be announced. Featuring ten new tracks, the release is set for February 2014. More details will be unveiled soon.

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Alcest fans, your Friday just got better. Are you ready for a taste of the new album Shelter? In that case, here is the first single "Opale" with a video made by Toshadeva Palan available for your viewing pleasure at this location. A new song and a new video in the same day. Why complain really?

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Italian power metallers Kaledon just released the second video off their seventh album, Altor: The King's Blacksmith, out via Scarlet Records on April 23rd. The video was directed by Goffredo Passi, who already collaborated with band in its previous videos, as "Childhood", "Steel Maker" and "Surprise Impact". Here below you can enjoy the video with very special guest Fabio Lione of Rhapsody Of Fire.

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After showing off the cover and tracklist for their new album Djevelmakt ("Devil Power"), Kampfar shared today the first song off the upcoming release. The new song is called "Mylder" and you can blast it right now through the YouTube lyric video below or Soundcloud, if you prefer. What do you think about the first single off the album? It's the band's first new material since Mare.

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Good news from the Freedom Call camp. We already knew that the German power metal band is scheduled to release their newest studio album Beyond on February 24th, 2014 (Germany: February 21st; USA: March 4th). Now the band has revealed more details about what's in store.

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Three years after they released The Sun I Carried Alone, Norwegian black metal duo Iskald will return with their new album titled Nedom Og Nord, on January 14th in Norway and the rest of Europe, and January 17th in Germany/Austria via Indie Recordings. The album is a tribute to their artic, majestic and dark home, the northern part of Norway. For now, you can see the album tracklist below and be excited about the new opus.

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British heavy metal legends Saxon have released their brand new video for the acoustic version of "Frozen Rainbow" which is a special reworking of a classic Saxon tune from the band's 1979 self-titled debut album, taken from their new collection Unplugged And Strung Up now in stores via UDR Music. You can enjoy the group's performance below.

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Black metallers Eïs have announced an European tour set for spring of 2014. The guests on the tour dubbed Aufbruch in den Abgrund Tour will be fellow German black metallers Fäulnis. Fyrnask will also celebrate their first ever live performances on at least three dates of the tour. Eïs' latest album Wetterkreuz was released in 2012. Check out the tour dates confirmed so far below.

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Ulterium Records has announced the release of a limited 12" vinyl edition of the classic Rob Rock album Rage Of Creation. The edition includes an insert with lyrics as well as brand new liner notes and album history written by Rob Rock. The edition is strictly limited to 300 copies and features new artwork by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Theocracy). The release date is set for December 20th.

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Apart from working on new material, U.S. power metallers Attacker have laid down a cover version of the Riot classic "Fire Down Under" for the Keep It True Festival tribute album due next year on April 25th, 2014 via Skol Records. A preview of the track is available in the YouTube clip below.

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Napalm Death and Keith Harrison's live performance collaboration, Bustleholme, is taking place this Friday, November 29th. Originally planned to feature at the V&A Museum (London) in March, the Bustleholme project has been given a new life amongst the Modernist setting of the De La Warr Pavillion. The band will play a special live set through an experimental sculptural sound system constructed by Harrison. As the band starts to play, the raw-energy of the sound produced will reverberate inside the clay, causing it to slowly crack, disintegrate and explode, changing the music as it does.

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Nightwish mastermind Tuomas Holopainen has been working hard on his solo album. The Finnish keyboardist has spent most of the year 2013 writing and producing the solo album. The whole album will be based on a graphic novel called The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck, written and illustrated by Don Rosa. The author of the book, Don Rosa, has also done the artwork for the album called The Life And Times Of Scrooge, which is scheduled for a release in April of 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Currently working on new material, Bullet For My Valentine recently revealed a brand new song, "Raising Hell", and now they shared the video to go with it. It was directed, produced and edited by James Sharrock and you can watch it right here right now.

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While Heaven Wept have been working for quite some time on their new album that will follow Fear Of Infinity. Finally, they took the time to update fans on what is going on. Firstly, the band will start recording the album next April and you can expect it to be released in the autumn of 2014. Also, according to guitarist Tom Phillips, it will top Vast Oceans Lachrymose.

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A few months ago, Vallenfyre pleased their fans by revealing that their second album and follow-up to A Fragile King was in the works. Now the death metal band led by Paradise Lost guitarist Gregor Mackintosh has confirmed a worldwide release for the album in April of 2014 via Century Media Records. It's only a few months away.

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