Iron Maiden have just been announced as the first headliner confirmed for Download 2013. They'll be bringing their triumphant Maiden England tour to Donington Park on the 25th Anniversary of their first headline performance at the legendary home of rock.

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Deftones have released a new track from their upcoming album Koi No Yokan titled "Leathers". You can listen to it over here or in the Soundcloud player below. The track is also available for free limited-time download on the band's website, which can be found [url= http://www.deftones.com/main/]here[/url].

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UAE based independent record label Spellbind Records is shutting down and have released the following statement via their Facebook Page:

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Down IV Part I - The Purple EP, the brand new six-song EP from Down will be released on September 18th, but you are in luck and get to listen to it now in its entirety via Billboard. This is the first of four planned EPs the group hopes to release in relatively short order.

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Cradle Of Filth have released their brand new song "For Your Vulgar Delectation", available now for streaming and download at this location. You can now get a first taste of what to expect when the new release The Manticore And Other Horrors hits stores on October 29th in Europe via Peaceville Records and in North America on October 30th via Nuclear Blast Records.

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"Just A Beautiful Day", the new single for Canadian hard-rockers Danko Jones is now available for streaming at dankojones.com. The song is also up for download at the same location, for the price of an email address. "Just A Beautiful Day" comes off the band's upcoming album entitled Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue, to be released in North America on October 9th.

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Serbian progressive metallers Burning Circle are now streaming their entire first album Ruins Of Mankind, released earlier this year, at their Bandcamp page. The album is also available for digital download. So, this is your chance to listen to the entire album for free.

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Costa Rica's (melodic) death metal outfit Advent Of Bedlam are currently offering up their new release Flesh Over God for free download. The new album came out in February via Metal Blast Records. Head over to the band's Facebook page for the link(s). In case you are interested, you can find a review of the album here.

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As some of you may know, Down plan to release a series of four EPs in the next few years and now the band has revealed details about the first one, appropriately entitled Down IV Part I - The Purple EP. The cover artwork and tracklist have been unveiled, and you can see them below, and the new offering will hit stores on September 18th.

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Iranian melodic death/doom metallers Frequency Of Butterfly Wings are offering up a free download of their brand new single The Cinnabar, which can be found here. You can also stream the digital single at the same location or at the band's Myspace page.

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Thrash metal veterans Testament have recently released a lyric video for their new song "True American Hate" from their upcoming album Dark Roots Of Earth, set to be released on July 27th in Europe and July 31st in North America. Along with the lyric video, Testament has also made "True American Hate" available for free download at this location, requiring only an email sign up. More details about the album can be found here.

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The Kuwait-based melodic death metal band Divine Disorder has released a new two-track single titled Children Of Menace. The single features the mighty Karl Sanders from Nile and Pzy-Coma from The Kovenant in one of the tracks.

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You can now download and stream the entire Relapse Scion A/V Metal Label Showcase featuring performances from Exhumed, Black Tusk, Revocation, Royal Thunder and Tombs for free at this location. The monthly Scion Label Showcase event captures bands from the same record label playing at the same venue on the same day. In February 2012, four bands for Relapse Records converged on the Roxy on Sunset in Hollywood. Exhumed, Black Tusk, Revocation, Tombs, and Royal Thunder each played a thirty-minute set. All of the sets were recorded. This release captures the cream of those live performances.

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Iranian melodic death/doom metallers Frequency Of Butterfly Wings are offering a free download of four songs from their debut album, which can be found here. These tracks are "Chaos Dreams", "Nocturnal", "Scum" and "Across The Sorrows", taken from their debut album The Butterfly Effect, which was released last year through Palapal Productions. The band is currently working on a new single.

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US thrashers Bonded By Blood are offering a free download of their brand new song "Restless Mind" from their forthcoming album The Aftermath. This new track can be downloaded at this location, all you have to do is enter an e-mail address. The Aftermath will be released on July 2nd in Europe and July 3rd in North America through Earache Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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