Swedish legendary guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen recently confirmed officially a string of dates for the exclusive Australian Masterclass Clinic Tour. The tour, consisting of four dates, will go through this December. The venue for each single date will be announced in near future.

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Norwegian jazz-metalists Shining (NOR) have just announced a headlining North American tour for this coming September. The tour will also include their first-ever performance in Canada. They will be touring in support of their latest new album One One One, out in stores from April 8th, 2013. Support bands for this tour will be announced subsequently.

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Danish power/progressive metallers Royal Hunt have announced that they have completed the songwriting for their upcoming yet-untitled album. The follow-up to 2011 Show Me How To Live is expected to be released in November this year through Marquee/Avalon (Japan & Southeast Asia) and Frontiers Records (Europe & North America). We can expect more details to be announced soon.

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Satyricon are pleased to present their first single, "Our World, It Rumbles Tonight", off their upcoming self-titled album. The band has also signed a record deal with Indie Recordings, who will release their new album in Norway, on September 9th. Check out the new song in the YouTube player below.

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Canadians Kataklysm have revealed the alternate cover art for their highly anticipated upcoming release Waiting For The End To Come. The artwork, made by Eliran Kantor, will be featured on the deluxe digipak and LP versions of their new album, which will be released on October 29th (North America) via Nuclear Blast.

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Michael Monroe and his band are about to release their new upcoming product Horns And Halos, to be out in stores on August 27th via Spinefarm Records. To taste the piece of the album, the band is now streaming a brand new track, "Eighteen Angels", which can be exclusively listened at this location.

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"Captive Bolt Pistol", the new official lyric video from reactivated British extreme metallers Carcass, is now available for viewing below through the YouTube player. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, Surgical Steel, to be released on September 16th in UK, September 13th in rest of Europe and September 17th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. It is almost coming...

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Danzig's cover version of the classic Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra song "Some Velvet Morning", featuring a guest appearance by Cherie Currie (The Runaways) has been made available online and can now be streamed at this location.The track will appear on Danzig's upcoming covers album, which will also include Glenn's renditions of classic songs from Black Sabbath, Elvis Presley and ZZ Top, among others.

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As if Windrider's triumphant review wasn't enough for you fellow metalstormers, here's another reason to check out the upcoming Fleshgod Apocalypse release, Labyrinth; the band's label, Nuclear Blast Records, just posted a link on its facebook page for the full streaming of the album, which will be out on August 16th.

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German heavy metal pioneers Running Wild have revealed a full tracklist for their upcoming new album Resilient. The album will be released in Germany on October 4th and in rest of Europe on October 7th, 2013 through Steamhammer/SPV Records.

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After they have signed a new record deal with Massacre Records last week, Danish metallers Hatesphere now present us a complete tracklist and cover artwork of their upcoming album Murderlust, to be released on September 27th, 2013. The album will be released as standard CD as well as digipack version, which will also contain 2 bonus tracks. The cover artwork was once again made by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie, with whom the band already worked on The Great Bludgeoning and Ballet Of The Brute albums.

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Oliver Palotai, the keyboardist of US metallers Kamelot, has checked in with the information about his decision to not perform on the Kamelot's upcoming Silverthrone US Tour. The reason of this decision is the expectation of his and Simone's (Epica) first child, who will be born just in time of this US tour.

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US extreme metallers Ævangelist have finally unveiled the cover art that will grace Omen Ex Simulacra, their brand new second album that will be available on October 11th via Debemur Morti Productions. Take a look at the cover below which was rendered by Polish artist Andrzej Masianis.

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As they are currently working hard on their second release, Norwegian black metallers Cor Scorpii have now announced the working title for their upcoming album - Ruin. This will be the band's follow-up to their 2008 debut album Monument. Further details - tracklist, release date and cover artwork - shall be announced soon.

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After you enjoyed this year's Bloodstock festival via livestreaming, Bloodstock organizers have announced that revered black metal innovators Emperor are confirmed as one of the headline acts for next year's festival, which is due to take place from 7th-10th August 2014. Emperor will also play at Wacken Open Air next year, already sold out.

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Event:	Bloodstock Open Air 2014