The lyric video for "Apocryphon", the title track off The Sword's fourth upcoming album has premiered at SPIN.com. Alternatively, you can enjoy the video directed by PR Brown below. The band will release their upcoming album Apocryphon on October 22nd under Razor & Tie. A full video for the track "The Veil Of Isis" is currently in production and will premiere the week of release.

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As you probably know, Iron Maiden's bassist Steve Harris has recently released his debut solo album British Lion through EMI Music last month. Now the first video for the song "This Is My God" has premiered and can be viewed here. "This Is My God" is the opening song of the album. More album details were previously reported here.

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US alternative metallers Gwar have announced their new guitarist by the name of Pustulus Maximus. Less than a year ago, the band's previous guitarist Flattus Maximus passed away.

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Check out the first installment of Lateral Constraint's teasers below. The new album from Finnish extreme metal horde Gloria Morti has been penned for release on November 2nd.

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US female-fronted blackened heavy metal band Faethom has posted an update at band's Facebook page. They plan to release their new and second album in 2013.

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Aeon Of Horus's writing for a new album has been boosted by the addition of bassist Adam Brown, who will play on the band's second release and future shows. No new information about the new album has been provided by the Australian progressive death metal quartet, however, you can check out a video of Adam playing to a pre-production track off the upcoming album.

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The first trailer for HammerFall's upcoming live DVD/2CD, Blu-Ray/2CD Gates Of Dalhalla has been released today and can now be watched here. The new release will hit stores on November 30th via Nuclear Blast. More details about this release were previously reported here.

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News from the Edenbridge camp suggest that the band is currently working towards completing their new album. As was reported earlier this year, the Austrian symphonic metal outfit begun work on a new eighth album.

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Javier Reyes, part of the trio that makes up the US instrumental progressive outfit Animals As Leaders, has inked a deal with Sumerian Records for his project Mestis. This will see the release of a debut EP, Basal Ganglia, set to be released on November 27th, 2012. The EP is a five-track offering showcasing Reyes' vast musical diversity and features an intriguing variety of instrumentation performed by highly acclaimed musicians.

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"Forging Towards The Sunset", a brand-new song from UK extreme metal duo Anaal Nathrakh can now be streamed on BrooklynVegan and in the YouTube-video located below.

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Apparently, Arcturus fans can expect a blessing from the band as ICS Vortex's official Facebook page has hinted that a new Arcturus album is in the works and it is expected to be released in the fall of 2013, almost 8 years after their latest effort Sideshow Symphonies. This comes after the band had confirmed that they were working on several new songs and expected to enter the studio next year. The band also posted a new banner on their official Facebook page to build up the suspense.

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German death metallers Morgoth are taking a break after their recent reunion of two years celebrating the 20th anniversary of Cursed before deciding what's next for the band.

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US metallers Wretched have released a brand new video, this time for the song "Karma Accomplished". You can watch the video below. The song comes off the band's third full-length album Son Of Perdition, which was released on March 27th via Victory Records.

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Klone's new album The Dreamer's Hideaway is set to be released on October 5th, 2012 via Klonosphere/Season Of Mist and is now available for streaming entirely at this location (just click on "Écoutez The Dreamer's Hideaway" or follow the news source link directly). This is the band's 5th studio album.

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"Death Of Me", a brand new song from German heavy metallers Pump (featuring ex-Brainstorm singer Marcus Jürgens), can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's new upcoming album Waiting For The Rapture, which will be released later this year.

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