Finnish power metallers Sonata Arctica have announced on their official website that they are going to release the single I Have A Right on April 18th, prior to the release of their new album Stones Grow Her Name on May 18th in Europe and May 22nd in North America through Nuclear Blast Records. The band revealed the single cover art and tracklist, which can be seen below.

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"Chosen Time", another single off Jeff Loomis' upcoming new album Plains Of Oblivion is streaming exclusively at Guitarworld.com. "Chosen Time" is one of two tracks on the album that feature the vocal talents of Christine Rhoades.

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"Saviour", a new song from German power metallers At Vance is now streaming online at the following location. The song comes off the band's upcoming new effort entitled Facing Your Enemy, which is scheduled for release on April 27th through AFM Records.

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German black metallers Bethlehem will be co-headlining an European tour with Secrets Of The Moon this Autumn. Joining them on the road as support will be Dordeduh.

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Event:	Secrets Of The Moon & Bethlehem: The Devil's Asylum Tour MMXII

"Aureum", a brand new video from Italian stoner doom metallers Ufomammut has been released and you can watch it below. The song is taken from their forthcoming album Oro - Opus Primum, which will be released in North America on CD and LP this April 17th and April 13th in Europe via Neurot Recordings. The second installment Oro - Opus Alter will hit stores in September.

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Demonocracy, the brand-new upcoming album from US modern death metallers Job For A Cowboy can now be streamed in its entirety over at Revolver Magazine.

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Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom have revealed the artwork and tracklist for their upcoming 15th anniversary compilation album entitled Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth). More details about this compilation, which will be released on May 22nd, can be found here.

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Guitarist Paulo Schroeber has been forced to part ways with Brazilian heavy metallers Almah due to health problems. Band vocalist Edu Falaschi posted the following on the band's MySpace page: "Dear Almah friends and fans! I think many of you already know about health problems that our brother, partner and member of the band, Paulo Schroeber, has recently faced. Due to these problems we had to call another guitarist to replace him at the latest Almah shows during Motion tour, but we always hoped that Paulo would be with us again very soon."

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British speed power metallers DragonForce have premiered their new video for the song "Cry Thunder", taken from their upcoming album The Power Within, exclusively at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The Power Within will be released on April 17th via Roadrunner Records. More album details here.

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Legendary German heavy metallers Running Wild are currently streaming samples from their entire new album Shadowmaker at amazon.de. The album will be released via Steamhammer/SPV on April 20th in Germany, April 23rd in Europe and April 24th in the US/Canada. More details about the album were previously reported here.

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US avantgarde metallers Pelican have made their new EP Ataraxia/Taraxis available for streaming online in its entirety at this location. Ataraxia/Taraxis will be released on April 10th through Southern Lord Recordings.

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US thrashers Bonded By Blood have officially set the title of their forthcoming new studio album as The Aftermath. The album's artwork can be seen below.

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Audio samples of all 14 songs, including bonuses, from British hard-rockers The Cult's entire new album Choice Of Weapon are available for streaming at Amazon. The band's first full-length studio release in five years will be made available on May 22nd through Cooking Vinyl. More album details were previously reported here.

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Swedish all-girl heavy metal outfit Crucified Barbara have debuted a new video for the song "Into The Fire", which can be viewed below. The song comes off their third studio release The Midnight Chase, which will be released this summer via Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded at Music-A-Matic Vintage Recording Studio in Gothenburg with sound engineer Henryk Lipp and producer Chips Kiesby.

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"Light Through A Tomb", a brand new song from Irish black metallers Altar Of Plagues is currently streaming at this location. The song comes off a split with French drone metal outfit Year Of No Light, due out via Music Fear Satan/Radar Swarm Records. The band commented: "We are proud to finally share a piece of music that was conceived in 2007 prior to the recording of our album White Tomb. Revisiting older work which represents an early stage in our development has been a refreshing experience. It is interesting to observe how much the 'black' metal landscape has changed in such a short period of time. When this piece was created, the musical territory in which we resided felt small and largely unnoticed."

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