In anticipation of the release of Anvil's 15th studio album Hope In Hell, the group has premiered the new song "Badass Rock N Roll" at this location. The track is from the band's new album, which will be released May 28th in North America by The End Records. Enjoy!

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After releasing the new song "Next Republic", melodic black metallers Chthonic have now premiered a brand new video for the song "Defenders Of Bú-Tik Palace", which sounds pretty epic in perspective. You can check it out for yourself below and tell us what you think about this video.

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Darkest Hour have announced on their website the addition of Travis Orbin to their line-up. Travis brings his unique perspective and talents to the table as a seasoned touring musician (Periphery, Sky Eats Airplane) and as a noted session drummer. Travis has joined the band in the writing process for their much-anticipated eighth studio full-length. Darkest Hour's new album is slated for a late 2013 release.

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Good news for Mastodon fans. The band has officially confirmed that they are already brewing a new album which will follow The Hunter released back in September of 2011.

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Iced Earth's drummer Brent Smedley has announced his departure from the band, owing to personal responsibilities. After recording three albums in his third, seven-year-long stint with Iced Earth, Smedley will be departing to devote more time to his older family members in Jacksonville, Florida.

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The long-awaited new album from Sweden's death/thrash metallers Darkane and follow-up to Demonic Art is finally taking shape. The band has announced its title, which will be The Sinister Supremacy. Also, the group has set the release dates for the album: June 28th in Europe through Massacre Records, July 2nd in North America through Prosthetic Records and June 19th, 2013 in Japan through Trooper Entertainment.

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"All Lips Go Blue", the new video from Finnish group HIM, has premiered online and can now be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album Tears On Tape, which was released on April 30th via Razor & Tie.

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Thrash metal veterans Hirax entered the studio in April with producer Bill Metoyer (Armored Saint, Fates Warning, W.A.S.P., Slayer) to begin recording their new full-length album, which we now know will be titled Immortal Legacy.

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Heavy metallers Stryper have recently entered the studio and are in the process of recording a brand new album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Frontiers Records.

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Spanish symphonic/power metallers Dark Moor will release a brand new single, "The Road Again", at the end of the next week, on May 18th. The song for this single, which is already available for pre-order, comes off the group's upcoming album Ars Musica, which is scheduled to be released on June 18th via Scarlet Records.

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Finnish singer Tarja has announced more details about the upcoming new album. It will be entitled Colours In The Dark and will be released on August 23rd through EarMUSIC Records. The album was mixed and mastered by Tim Palmer in Austin, TX. Tarja has also revealed a string of tour dates (mainly in Germany), which you can check out below.

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Finnish heavy metallers Amorphis have announced that they will be embarking on a headlining tour across Australia this October, for the first time in the band's twenty three year history. The tour will be performed in support of the group's latest studio album, Circle, which was released last month, on April 19th, through Nuclear Blast Records. Check out the tour dates below.

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Event:	Amorphis: Circle Australian Tour 2013

One-man black metal band Arckanum is about to release its newest opus Fenris Kindir this Friday but you can already listen to the whole thing which is currently available here and also here. This is the first new release Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger has conjured up since Helvítismyrkr.

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Kvelertak's drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød will have to sit out the band's upcoming North American shows following an arm injury. He has returned to Norway to get treatment and in the meantime Jay Weinberg will be touring with the band in support of their new album Meir.

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Prepare for a new Artillery album because the band has already recorded two songs for the successor to 2011's My Blood and plans to enter the studio again in June to record the rest with producer Søren Andersen.

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