Gotthard have released a brand new video for the song "Yippie Aye Yay", the fourth single from their last album Firebirth in a special radio-bagpipe version. At the start of "Yippie Aye Yay" you can hear the bagpipes of the Wild Boar Clan. Make sure you watch the video below.

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The 4th annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, featuring headliners Alice In Chains, Jane's Addiction, Coheed And Cambria, Circa Survive, Walking Papers, Danko Jones, and others, has announced its Charity VIP Ticket Auctions that will put fans onstage with their favorite bands. The proceeds will benefit MusicCares which provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need.

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Event:	Rockstar Uproar Festival North American 2013

Doom metallers Ataraxie have released big news today. The French group has presented their third album L'Être et la Nausée. This new album will be released as double CD in late summer through Weird Truth Productions. An LP version will be also released through Ostra Records later this year. You can already discover 10 minutes of music from the upcoming album right here.

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Four years after they released What We All Come To Need, Pelican return with a new album this year and are currently streaming their brand new song "Immutable Dusk" at this location. Alternatively, you can listen to it below. Their new album Forever Becoming will come out on October 15th via Southern Lord. What do you think about the new song?

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Symphonic power metallers Kamelot have released a music video for their song "My Confession" taken from their latest album Silverthorn. The video features the string quartet Eklipse also featured on the album. You can take a look at how the video turned out below.

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Epica have released an update now that their Requiem For The Indifferent touring cycle is over. As previously announced, the band will not be playing shows in the upcoming months due to Simone Simons' pregnancy but during this time, the group will complete the Retrospect DVD and the recordings for the new album start at the end of this summer for a 2014 spring release.

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Scottish folk power metallers Alestorm have announced a North American headlining tour for this fall, with the addition of guests Trollfest and Gypsyhawk. Alestorm released their last album, Back Through Time, in 2011. The band will also release a new DVD this fall called Live At The End Of The World, with more details yet to be announced. You can confirm the tour dates below.

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Running Wild have announced that their new album will be called Resilient. It is scheduled for release in October 4th in Germany and October 7th in the rest of Europe via Steamhammer/SPV. The exact US release date will be revealed soon, but the album has definitely been scheduled for release in America this October. The band has also shared some song titles.

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Good news arrive from the Swedish metallers Nightingale. After a long absence since the release of White Darkness back in 2007, the band is again in the studio as the recordings of their new album started this week. This will be the band's first album in almost seven years but according to them, it will be worth the wait. So far, the drum sessions with Tom Björn for the upcoming Nightingale album are underway with five tracks done.

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Izegrim have recently revealed the cover art that will grace their upcoming album Congress Of The Insane. It was created by Mariano Villalba and you can see it below as well as the tracklist. You can also listen to the new thrash/death metal attack "Relic Of The Past" as a foretaste.

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Metalcore outfit Misery Signals have premiered their new song "Lost Relics" from the forthcoming, self-released album Absent Light, out on July 23rd. You can get a taste now on the video below. The band hadn't released new material since 2008's Controller.

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UPDATE on 10.07.2013: Carcass are on a roll this week! After teasing us with new tunes, the grindcore/melodic death metal legends have finally revealed the cover that will grace Surgical Steel. You might have seen some of it on the teaser released yesterday. Ian Tilton created the cover and you can check it out below.

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One of the most anticipated albums of the year, Gorguts' comeback album Colored Sands is coming out on September 3rd in North America and August 30th in the rest of the world under Season Of Mist. The band has already given the fans its first taste with "Forgotten Arrows" but today you get to listen to another new song from the opus and that is "An Ocean Of Wisdom". You can stream the track here or here. May the wisdom be with you!

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Remember Thrawsunblat? The folk metallers released their debut album Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings this year but have now announced the release of a 3-song acoustic EP featuring raw and rearranged versions of "Vastland", "She Arboreal" and "Black Sky" from their first demo today, July 10th, at 8pm on their Bandcamp. Stay tuned for that. The EP will be called Vast Arboreal Sky.

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Tarja has premiered a brand new video for the track "Victim Of Ritual", the second she showcases from her new solo album Colours In The Dark. Are you curious about it? You can now watch it here. Tarja's forthcoming new album will be released on August 30th in Europe via earMUSIC and will be made available in North America on August 27th through Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records. The video was shot in Berlin by Florian Kaltenbach for Hunger Film.

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