Norwegian progressive metallers Circus Maximus present a brand new and also their debut official music video "Namaste" online. The song for this videoclip, which can be seen below, appears on the group's latest full length album Nine, released back in June, 2012 via Frontiers Records. This video was directed by Sven Erik Nordset.

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Scorpions have returned to the studio. It seems like they abandoned their retirement plans as the band announced last year that they were working on unfinished songs from the early 80s, leftovers from the Blackout album and Love At First Sting. The quintet has worked on a dozen tracks with producers Mikael "Nord" Andersson for an album that is tentatively scheduled for release later this year.

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Canadian technical death metallers Gorguts have announced that they will release their fifth album to be titled Colored Sands on August 30th in Europe and September 3rd in North America via Season Of Mist. This is the long-awaited follow-up to From Wisdom To Hate released back in 2001 after which the band went on a hiatus.

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Doom metallers Saturnus have announced that they have a new rhythm guitarist, Gert Lund. The band had previously also confirmed the addition of the new member Mika Filborne which took over the place of a permanent keyboardist.

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Czech metallers !T.O.O.H.! have gone through a rough patch. Josef "Humanoid" Vesely was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but the band persevered and continue to work on their new album Democratic Solution despite the announcement that they had decided to break up after its release. Now the time has come to finally hear new material from the band, more specifically the new song "Democratic Solution", the title track of the album which should come out this year. Enjoy!

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Newsted led by former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted have been working on their upcoming debut album and have finally started revealing more about it. The release which follows the EP Metal will simply be called Heavy Metal Music and will be available worldwide on August 6th, 2013. The cover and tracklist of the album were also unveiled but the most important part is that the brand new song "Heroic Dose" has made its online debut. You can stream the new song below to get a feel of the album.

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Oh, Portnoy, not again. Adrenaline Mob have lost their drummer Mike Portnoy which cited "scheduling conflicts" as the reason he is leaving the band. He has kept himself busy since he left Dream Theater with numerous different projects including Flying Colors and The Winery Dogs.

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After recently releasing the first full song off his first-ever solo album, Savatage mastermind Jon Oliva has now presented samples from six new songs that will appear on the debut Raise The Curtain which drops in Europe on June 21st and July 2nd in America via AFM Records. You can find out what else to expect from the album here.

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Russian power/progressive synth driven metallers Hammerforce have presented an unreleased instrumental version of their song "I Am I" from the recently released album Access Denied. It is available for free (or name your price) on their Bandcamp page. This release is dedicated to the birthday of Hammerforce's second guitarist Ilya Mamaev.

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Dream Theater's singer James LaBrie latest solo studio albums have proven to be solid progressive metal releases. Even with his band working on a new album, James LaBrie hasn't forgotten about his solo work. So, rejoice because the album's cover has officially been revealed today. Impermanent Resonance, as it will be called, shall be released on July 29th, 2013 in Europe and August 6th, 2013 in North America via InsideOut Music. The first sound samples will be revealed soon.

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While they don't release their new album Time II, and that could be a while but the plan is 2014, Wintersun have announced a North American headlining tour for this summer. The band played a series of sold-out shows last year in North America with Eluveitie and the Finns will now return for a headlining tour this August/September. Joining them are Italian symphonic death metal champions Fleshgod Apocalypse, melodic tech-death outfit Arsis and up-and-comers Starkill.

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Swedish melodic death metallers Amon Amarth have released part two of their mini-documentary Forging Mjölnir which has three parts in total. The mini-documentary was filmed and directed by Luke Daley and celebrates the upcoming release of their ninth studio offering Deceiver Of The Gods. The latest fifteen-minute segment which sees Amon Amarth members recalling their earliest metal memories as well as the band's primitive beginning can be seen here by logging in with your Facebook account.

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German heavy metal legends Accept are very busy this year headlining European festivals, preparing a new album as well as working on their first live DVD and CD but why stop there? The band has also announced the making of the first official Accept documentary. Helming the project will be Stefan Kaufmann as an expert of Accept's history.

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If you are a fan of Christian Älvestam's work, then you might have the chance to hear some new material from one of his oldest bands known as Unmoored which was formed prior to his glorious days in Scar Symmetry.

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It has been a while since we heard from French black metallers Temple Of Baal. Well, the group is currently putting the finishing touches to their fourth album. The recording sessions are taking place at Hybreed Studios with Andrew Guillotin (Glorior Belli). The new album will consist of ten tracks with a running time of about one hour, and shall be released by Agonia Records in the fall of 2013. The band describes the effort as "a blend between Lightslaying Rituals aggression, and the last split CD The Vision Of Fading Mankind's epic atmospheres."

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