"In The Name Of Winter's Wrath", the new video from US metallers Hammer Horde, can be viewed at this location. The video was directed by guitarist Ryan Mininger.

"In The Name Of Winter's Wrath" comes off the band's debut album, Under The Mighty Oath, which was released on March 2009.


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Source:	hammerhorde.com
Band profile:	Hammer Horde

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on Time To Be King, the forthcoming album from German metallers Masterplan, are available for streaming at this location.

Time To Be King will be released on May 21 via AFM Records.

Time To Be King cover art] tracklist:

01. Time To Be King
02. Fiddle Of Time
03. Lonely Winds Of War
04. Blue Europa
05. Far From The End Of The World
06. The Dark Road
07. Under The Moon
08. Blow Your Winds
09. The Black One
10. The Sun Is In Your Hands
11. Kisses From You
12. Never Walk Alone

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Source:	amazon.com
Band profile:	Masterplan

An e-card for Reptilian, the forthcoming album from Norwegian metallers Keep Of Kalessin, can be found at this location.

Reptilian will be released on the following dates:

May 10 in Europe (except G/A/S) via Indie Recordings
May 14 in G/A/S via Nuclear Blast Europe
June 8 in North America via Nuclear Blast USA

Reptilian cover art] tracklist:

01. Dragon Iconography
02. The Awakening
03. Judgement
04. The Dragontower
05. Leaving The Mortal Flesh
06. Dark As Moonless Night
07. The Divine Land
08. Reptilian Majesty

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Source:	keepofkalessin.indierec.net
Band profile:	Keep Of Kalessin

Dark Millennium Records press release

We're happy to announce that extreme metal outfit Exussum has joined forces with Dark Millennium Records.

Hailing from Colorado, Exussum is a brutal death metal outfit who's goal is creating dark, crushing death metal with an old school vibe. The Exitium Per Ignis and Seeding the Bastard Race EP's, recorded and produced by the band themselves, are both solid examples that high caliber talent doesn't strictly lie in the hands of polished, big label bands. Sharing the stage with Cephalic Carnage, All Shall Perish, Caliban, Dreaming Dead, Suffokate, among others, Exussum has been able to spread their brutality to a large audience in their 5 year existence.

Exussum is currently working on material for a full length album to be released later this year on Dark Millennium Records.

For more information on the band visit MySpace.

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Twisted Talent press release

Trying to find a great band which has a unique style and approach to its music is a job for a very patient and observant man - or a pearl diver. In fact, it might be as hard as finding a pearl in the River Of Tuoni.

However, we at Twisted Talent have the great luck to have a few good pearl diggers around who came up one day with a Finnish band called Amberian Dawn. Mr. Jens Johansson himself, notorious keyboarder of Stratovarius and a real expert when it comes to good music gave us an important hint. Checking them out for the first time meant listening to their debut album River Of Tuoni... struck by the impressive virtuosity of guitar & keyboard player Tuomas Seppälä, the fragile & complex melodies and the clear, mellow voice of classical soprano singer Heidi Parviainen, it got more and more obvious to us, that we had found something very special!

This impression was overwhelmingly assured after listening as well to their second album The Clouds Of Northland Thunder. Symphonic metal meets extreme technical skills, talent, poesy, a great voice and dark, mythical, beautiful stories packed in extraordinary songs.

To complete the picture with one more interesting component, Amberian Dawn have released 2 of their songs on Rockband Network so far. 5 more songs are to come very soon and it is planned to release all other songs of their current albums in the near future as well, so stay tuned! The Rockband Network page is based on the idea that bands can upload their songs in a game-compatible (we're talking about the video game Rock Band, of course!) way in order to give fans and gamers all around the world the opportunity to download the tunes and to compete with their favourite musicians - oh, by the way... Amberian Dawn's songs are classified as difficulty level "5" - the most difficult one.

After all these words, we would like to announce very proudly that we have the honour to welcome Amberian Dawn on our roster. Twisted Talent will be in charge of Amberian Dawn's booking in Europe, the world and furthermore takes over the band's management.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Amberian Dawn

"Bone Crown", the new video from UK metallers Annotations Of An Autopsy, can be viewed at this location. The video clip was directed by Big Chocolate.

"Bone Crown" comes off the band's latest album, The Reign Of Darkness, which was released on January 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Annotations Of An Autopsy

Krisiun have uploaded an unreleased bonus track from 2005's Assassination record on their official MySpace page. The song is called "Down" - it's a mid tempo pace song within fast breakneck speed groove parts which deliver the best elements of Krisiun's music. A non trendy expression of a brutal assault of fast and relentless extreme metal. Check it out here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Krisiun

The Powerless Rise, the forthcoming album from US metallers As I Lay Dying, is available for streaming online in its entirety at the band's MySpace page.

The Powerless Rise will be released on May 11 via Metal Blade Records.

The Powerless Rise cover art] tracklist:

01. Beyond Our Suffering
02. Anodyne Sea
03. Without Conclusion
04. Parallels
05. The Plague
06. Anger And Apathy
07. Condemned
08. Upside Down Kingdom
09. Vacancy
10. The Only Constant Is Change
11. The Blinding Of False Light

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	As I Lay Dying

Dutch symphonic metal act Epica have confirmed a headlining North American tour for late 2010. Support will come from Scar Symmetry, Mutiny Within, and Blackguard.

Pre-sale tickets for the tour are on sale now at EnterTheVault.com till June 3th. Regular tickets go on sale on June 4th.

11/16 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
11/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
11/19 - New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
11/20 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/21 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
11/23 - London, ON @ Music Hall
11/24 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
11/26 - Detroit, MI @ Blondie's
11/27 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
11/28 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
11/30 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
12/02 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
12/03 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
12/04 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
12/05 - San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
12/07 - Hollywood, CA @ The Key Club
12/08 - Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
12/09 - Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
12/11 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
12/12 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
12/14 - Orlando, FL @ The Club at Firestone
12/15 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
12/17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
12/18 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11

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Source:	epica.nl
Band profile:	Epica
Event:	Epica: North American Tour

Saxon have updated their tour section, and are now confirmed to play the following festival dates this summer:

22.05.2010 - DE - Alsfed - Hessen Bike Week
13.06.2010 - UK - Donington - Download Festival
20.06.2010 - FR - France - Hellfest Open Air
25.06.2010 - BE - Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting
07.07.2010 - NO - Storekvina - Norway Rock Festival
09.07.2010 - ES - Madrid - Sonisphere Festival
10.07.2010 - SE - Sweden - Rockweekend Festival
15.07.2010 - DE - Balingen - Bang Your Head!!! Warm-Up Show
17.07.2010 - DE - Jüterbog - Motorcycle Jamboree
24.07.2010 - UK - London - High Voltage Festival
14.08.2010 - FR - Colmar - Foire Aux Vins

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Source:	saxon747.com
Band profile:	Saxon

Equilibrium have uploaded a first trailer for the upcoming album ReKreatur as well as an acoustic version of the well known song "Heimwärts" which will appear on the ReKreatur bonus CD. You can listen to the acoustic track on MySpace, the album trailer can be found below.

Commented mainman René Berthiaume: "The compositions of Equilibrium just ask for being played in different constellation. A lof of fans already did it and showed it on YouTube! Since we wanna offer our fans a lot more with each release than just the album itself, we recorded a bonus cd with acoustic versions of old and new songs for the limited edition of ReKreatur."

Rekreatur is the first Equilibrium album to feature new vocalist Robse Dahn. The album will be unleashed on June 18, 2010 via Nuclear Blast.


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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Equilibrium

Official press release

Known for their ability to combine the hardest elements of European death metal, American hardcore and old-school thrash, Hell Within are poised to release their new full-length album, God Grant Me Vengeance, on July 13. God Grant Me Vengeance was recorded in February at Damage Studios with Peter Rutcho (Bury Your Dead, Unearth, Revocation, etc) at the production helm.

Check out Hell Within's studio report video here.

You can listen to the MP3s "Condemning The Bloodline" here and the title track "God Grant Me Vengeance" here.

Hell Within will be hitting the road in advance of the release from May 21st through July 2nd. All dates will be supported by Letter to the Exiles (Strike First Records).

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hell Within

Mnemic just released their video for the song "Diesel Uterus", which comes off the bands latest effort Sons Of The System. The clip was directed and produced by renowned Swedish director Patric Ullaeus.

Commented mainman Mircea Gabriel Eftemie: "We brought our robots to Sweden, and Patric produced again a video that goes beyond any expectation. We are definitely and extremely happy with the outcome, and we hope that you will enjoy our ugly mugs as much as we did, when we first saw the video." Drummer Brian Rasmussen added: "Nice to see we are having fun, instead of looking serious and evil all the time... Cool video!"

A making of the video can be viewed here.


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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Mnemic

Evergrey have finally made their "big changes" announcement. The full statement goes as follows:

"As promised here is the first part of news regarding Evergrey as a band. At first it might seem devastating and frightening as it did to us when making this decision. People change, evolve and grow, sometimes in different ways and in different directions. This happens to everyone and it has certainly happened to Evergrey as a band throughout the years.

Me and Rikard Zander (keyboards) have together with guitarist Henrik Danhage and drummer Jonas Ekdahl made the mutual decision that it was best for us all that they leave Evergrey. They wanted to and we wanted them to. The last tours, recordings and just hanging with each other has not been as fun and giving as earlier and before it would go too far, resulting in a collision in between friends, which could ruin everything we have built up during the years, we decided to call it quits. It's sometimes both smart and foreseeing to end situations before they get out of hand and create something that is totally unnecessary and irreparable. To be in a band must be experienced as fun, giving and fulfilling. There is so much time during a life as a touring musician that is boring that if you don't even enjoy yourself while playing then it's better to do something else.

Henrik and Jonas also got DeathDestruction that also has evolved and became more and more serious during the years and now they even recorded a debut album and naturally it felt fresh and reviving for them to enter something new and unexplored as opposed to Evergrey where they more or less experienced the same things over and over.

It is very important for us to tell you that we are still great friends and most likely always will be since we have shared 10 years of our lives and dedicated it to the progress and evolvement of Evergrey. The friendship is what we value the most and nothing could be more important than that, at least for the four of us.

So please take some time to digest and understand. That is what we have done and I am glad to say that all of us are happier than in a long time. This is something I think you can feel when watching the video version of the statement.

But that is not the end of it. Jari Kainulainen (bass) also decided to leave the band, and the reason was that he would rather play with a band called Killing Machine as they could offer him a salary we couldn't and that was the sole reason of his decision. We were really sad to see Jari leave as he is a tremendous bass-player and person.

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Source:	evergrey.net
Band profile:	Evergrey

In Legend, the new project of Van Canto drummer Bastian Emig, which introduces the piano as primary element into heavy metal music, has now released its first official music video for the song "Pandemonium" (off the debut EP Pandemonium).

Just in time for the release of this insane and destructive visual work, the band also launched its new official homepage, which can now be found at http://www.inlegend.de and which contains a lot of information and specials about the band and their music! In order to always stay up-to-date in terms of the visual releases of the band, feel free to subscribe to their official YouTube channel!

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inlegend.de