UK's own Architects are currently in Gothenburg at Studio Fredman crafting their brand new album. The band just signed to Epitaph Records and also signed deals with UNFD in Australia and New Damage Records in Canada. The follow-up to Daybreaker is penciled for a spring 2014 release. In other news, Architects will be embarking on a European headline tour in support of their new record. These seem exciting times for the band.

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What's with all the band van/bus crashes lately? Annihilator also suffered from that as they had a rough time yesterday in Spain. The band was involved in a bus crash. It could've been very serious but in the end all the band members are okay. However, the band did have to cancel the show in Barcelona.

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Hate Eternal have some good and bad news to share. The bad news is that drummer Jade Simonetto has left the band to further his education and post-music career. The good news is that the brutal death metallers are currently writing material for the follow-up to Phoenix Amongst The Ashes and are seven songs deep into the process. Hate Eternal is tentatively scheduled to begin recording in the Spring of 2014.

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Norwegian black metallers Cor Scorpii have released an almost four-minute snippet from a song to be featured on their upcoming second album. The band's new album has a working title of Ruin and the exact release date is yet to be announced. Previously, the band released a small teaser of what they were working on. Enjoy it while you can here.

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Legendary prog rock trio Rush has premiered a clip from the DVD/Blu-Ray version of their upcoming live release Clockwork Angels Tour, which will be released via Anthem/Roadrunner Records on November 19th. Anthem/Zoe Vision/Rounder will simultaneously release the companion Blu-ray/DVD. You can now watch the performance clip of the song "The Garden" at this location. Alternatively, the clip is available below as well.

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Progressive/alternative metallers Klone have unveiled a new song from their yet untitled acoustic EP, which was mixed and mastered by the band's saxophonist Matthieu Metzger and will be available as free download later this year via Klonosphere Records. The acoustic version of "Rocket Smoke" can now be enjoyed here.

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A few months ago, Scorpions announced special MTV Unplugged acoustic shows in Athens, Greece. The group played two acoustic sets in the Lycabettus theatre of Athens. The open air theatre was designed by the Greek architect Takis Zenetos in 1965 and thus is just the same age as the story of the Scorpions. The band recorded these shows for posterity and will be releasing MTV Unplugged - Live In Athens on November 29th, available as double CD, DVD, Blu-ray and in various other digital and physical configurations.

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Hard rockers Airbourne have recently unleashed a new video for "Back In The Game" from their third album Black Dog Barking available now on Roadrunner Records. The video features footage from the band's shows and you can see their energy through the YouTube clip below.

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If you are thinking "what will I listen to next?", you can always listen to the new Protest The Hero album Volition because the band has made it available online in full and on YouTube. How is the band sounding on their fourth album? Is it better than Scurrilous or Fortress? You can be the judge of that. As for the official release date of the opus, it is set for October 29th.

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German happy metallers Freedom Call announced recently that their new studio album Beyond will be released on February 21st, 2014 in Europe and March 4th 2014 in North America. The band entered the studio in September to record new material. Following the release, the guys will hit the road on the tour entitled Light Over The Beyond 2014.

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Legendary heavy metallers King Diamond were supposed to be performing at Japan's Loud Park Festival 13 tomorrow but their appearance has been canceled. The festival organizers released a statement explaining that the band cancelled their performance "due to their equipment not arriving in Japan in time" and because they didn't want to use a substitute equipment. This morning, King Diamond responded to this by saying that their performance was cancelled by the promoter and not the band.

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Motörhead's new video for the song "Heartbreaker", from the metal trio's new album Aftershock, has debuted online. "Heartbreaker" incorporates concert footage from this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony in the U.K., a 2010 Manchester gig and several 2011 shows (including Rock In Rio, Wacken Open Air Festival and Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile). Watch the video here which also features sketch art created by frontman/bassist Lemmy Kilmister.

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After last year's Clash Of The Gods album, heavy metallers Grave Digger have recently announced that they will return to the studio from January to March 2014, which means they are working on new material. In other news, Back On Black Records, which specialises in vinyl editions of classic metal albums, also confirmed that they will release five Grave Digger albums on deluxe vinyl on October 28th.

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Progressive rock supergroup Transatlantic, featuring Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas, has recently announced the release of their brand new fourth studio album Kaleidoscope on the 27th of January 2014. The tracklist for the forthcoming record can be found below as well as the groovy artwork. The album will feature five, potentially long and epic, songs. The successor to The Whirlwind is coming.

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The newly released mini-LP Death's Crown Is Victory marks British epic doomsters Solstice's return and now you can hear it here streaming in its entirety. Composed and performed by Paul Kearns, Rich Walker, Andy Whittaker, Ian "Izak" Buxton and James Ashbey, it features the first new material from the band in a very long time. Start your weekend with some doom.

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