Firewind have recently released online the first song taken from Apotheosis - Live 2012, their upcoming live release. "Few Against Many", the title track from the latest album, can now be streamed using the Soundcloud widget below in anticipation of the release.

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Arizona metallers TOAD are gearing up for the release of the successor to their debut Rotten Tide. Their new album will be titled Endless Night. The album's tracklist and cover can already be viewed below. According to the band, you can expect sinister melodies and violent hooks on this one.

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After releasing a very promising debut album last year, Grind The Ocean, The Safety Fire have announced the release of their forthcoming second album, entitled Mouth Of Swords on September 2nd, 2013 through InsideOut Music. The band started recording it in March and has now completed it and also revealed its tracklist. You don't have to wait much longer to hear new material as the band will be premiering the song "Red Hatchet" next week.

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Hard rockers Tesla released their last studio album Forever More back in 2008 but the band is now recording a brand new original song called "Taste My Pain". You can expect to hear it this summer although no further details are known at this point.

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Polish death metallers Behemoth, which were one of the main attractions of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, have been forced to cancel their upcoming appearance in North America due to their drummer Inferno taking ill and requiring an appendix surgery.

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It seems like Randy Blythe can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Richmond Times Dispatch is reporting that an appeals court has upheld the acquittal of the Lamb Of God frontman accused of manslaughter due to the death of a fan at a concert in the Czech Republic. He had been found not guilty of manslaughter charges in March but the State Attorney promised to appeal but that verdict was upheld by the High Court in the Czech Republic and is final.

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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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