Currently touring in Europe, the Finns Amorphis will perform a special show at the Olavinlinna Castle on July 13th, 2014 as part of the Savonlinna Opera Festival held in Savonlinna, Finland. The program for the Amorphis concert will include songs from their most recent album Circle and from the Eclipse album retelling the story of Kullervo.

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Due to problems with a nerve in the spine, drummer Lars Broddesson of Swedish black metallers Marduk will be unable to join his bandmates on their upcoming European tour with Grave, Death Wolf and Valkyrja. Filling in for him will be Fredrik Widigs. On this tour, the band is performing the albums Those Of The Unlight and Panzer Division Marduk.

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Lillian Axe and CME Records have announced the release of a limited edition Lillian Axe box set entitled Convergence. This box set will contain all of Lillian Axe's releases from their debut Lillian Axe up to the 2012 release The Days Before Tomorrow along with a bonus CD containing unreleased Lillian Axe material. It will be a treat for the fans.

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German metallers Axel Rudi Pell have released the first snippet of a new song called "Long Way To Go", which is taken from their forthcoming new album Into The Storm. This serves as the first taste of new music from the follow-up to Circle Of The Oath. Enjoy!

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Jack Starr and the boys have been busy and announced the impending release of an all new original Burning Starr album scheduled for 2014 entitled Stand Your Ground. The band will also be back in Europe in 2014 playing festivals and clubs in a full tour.

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A new band is born. Drummer Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), guitarist John Norum (Europe), singer Åge Sten Nilsen (Wig Wam), bassist Hal Patino (King Diamond) and keyboardist Mic Michaeli (Europe) have joined forces in a new band called Nordic Beast. Nordic Beast will play its first concert on January 31st, 2014 at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway.

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Folk metallers Heidevolk have found the replacement for Joris Boghtdrincker, who left the band earlier this year after more than ten years in the group. His name is Lars (Bláhrafn) and he is involved in the projects Lost Lament, Godenbloed, Valhaz and Cut Deeper. With their line-up now complete, you can expect a new album next year to follow Batavi.

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Rhapsody Of Fire have just released their new studio album Dark Wings Of Steel in Europe but it will only be available on December 3rd in the US and December 25th in Japan. The album was produced by keyboardist Alex Staropoli, with all songs composed by Staropoli and Manuel Staropoli, with Roberto De Micheli. All lyrics were written by singer Fabio Lione. The effort features a full orchestra, a choir and real string instruments. You can listen to an almost seven-minute preview of all the songs that you find on the album below.

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Quiet Riot announced Scott Vokoun last year as their new vocalist, but that didn't last long. They have now confirmed the addition of former L.A. Guns and Ratt vocalist Jizzy Pearl to the band. He will perform his debut Quiet Riot show on New Year's Eve, December 31st in Flagstaff, Arizona. Moreover, the band is in the studio at the moment preparing their next album to follow Rehab.

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Kiara Laetitia, Italian singer and former frontwoman of the band Skylark, has released a video for the title track of her first solo EP, Fight Now. The clip was directed by Lyda Patitucci and Andrea Fortis and can be seen below.

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Chicago thrashers Diamond Plate recently teamed up with director Lester Cohn (Mastodon, Neil Young, Chevelle) to shoot a video for the song "Dance With Reality" off the band's second album Pulse, available now via Earache/Century Media Records. The result is now available for your viewing pleasure right here. Do you like?

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Spirit Caravan is an American stoner/doom metal band from the late 90s formed by guitarist/vocalist Scott "Wino" Weinrich, bassist Dave Sherman and drummer Gary Isom. The group has now reunited and will be among the headliners for Desertfest both in Berlin and London in 2014. This will be their first live appearance in over a decade.

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Canadians Helix have set Bastard Of The Blues as the title of their new album, tentatively due in March next year. Helix released the Skin In The Game EP in 2011 and their last full-length was Vagabond Bones in 2009.

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Swedish death metallers Hypocrisy are currently terrorizing European stages with Heaven Shall Burn, Dying Fetus and Bleed From Within but for "personal reasons", bassist Mikael Hedlund is sitting out the tour. Filling in for him is André Skaug of Clawfinger. The tour started on November 20th in Germany and will continue until December. The Swedes will showcase their new album End Of Disclosure.

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British black metal force Code have recently posted online a new video for the song ''Glimlight Tourist''. It comes from the band's new album Augur Nox, freshly released by Agonia Records in Europe and coming on November 26th in North America. Let yourself be haunted by the video and watch it below.

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