Stockholm-based doomsters Avatarium have just released a lyric video for the track "Boneflower", which is featured on their first single output Moonhorse and will also be available on their self-titled debut. Also, the band has put up a solo trailer for both songs "Boneflower" and "Moonhorse" which you can enjoy below. Avatarium is the new project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass.

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Sahg's fourth album Delusions Of Grandeur is currently streaming in its entirety online ahead of its release. The stoner metal band presents us a concept album this time "about a person, whose delusions of grandeur escalate to the level where they consume him completely." Did the Norwegian riff-lords produce something great? Check it out below and tell us what you think.

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As Halloween approaches, female-fronted heavy metallers Crystal Viper announced the release of a special Halloween single on October 31st, titled "Fight Evil With Evil". The song features the legendary American singer Harry Conklin (Jag Panzer, Titan Force, Satan's Host), and will be coupled with an exclusive front cover artwork. The download single will be available as a free download from AFM Records' website and the band's website.

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After a long silence, Greek black metallers Astarte will enter the studio to record their sixth full-length album Blackdemonium for a 2014 release. The new opus will contain "9 or 10 tracks of black/death metal music with some thrash influences," according to the band. The cover artwork will be designed by Maggot Meister and will be revealed later. This is the first new material from the group since Demonized (2007).

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Surprise, surprise. Guitarist David T. Chastain and vocalist Leather Leone have reformed the original Chastain. David and Leather have been writing material since January and have solidified the tracks for the new album. Also back in the saddle is original bassist Mike Skimmerhorn. The heavy metal group will release its comeback album Surrender To No One on November 19th via Leviathan Records.

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What's with all the band van/bus crashes lately? Annihilator also suffered from that as they had a rough time yesterday in Spain. The band was involved in a bus crash. It could've been very serious but in the end all the band members are okay. However, the band did have to cancel the show in Barcelona.

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Legendary prog rock trio Rush has premiered a clip from the DVD/Blu-Ray version of their upcoming live release Clockwork Angels Tour, which will be released via Anthem/Roadrunner Records on November 19th. Anthem/Zoe Vision/Rounder will simultaneously release the companion Blu-ray/DVD. You can now watch the performance clip of the song "The Garden" at this location. Alternatively, the clip is available below as well.

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A few months ago, Scorpions announced special MTV Unplugged acoustic shows in Athens, Greece. The group played two acoustic sets in the Lycabettus theatre of Athens. The open air theatre was designed by the Greek architect Takis Zenetos in 1965 and thus is just the same age as the story of the Scorpions. The band recorded these shows for posterity and will be releasing MTV Unplugged - Live In Athens on November 29th, available as double CD, DVD, Blu-ray and in various other digital and physical configurations.

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Legendary heavy metallers King Diamond were supposed to be performing at Japan's Loud Park Festival 13 tomorrow but their appearance has been canceled. The festival organizers released a statement explaining that the band cancelled their performance "due to their equipment not arriving in Japan in time" and because they didn't want to use a substitute equipment. This morning, King Diamond responded to this by saying that their performance was cancelled by the promoter and not the band.

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Motörhead's new video for the song "Heartbreaker", from the metal trio's new album Aftershock, has debuted online. "Heartbreaker" incorporates concert footage from this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony in the U.K., a 2010 Manchester gig and several 2011 shows (including Rock In Rio, Wacken Open Air Festival and Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile). Watch the video here which also features sketch art created by frontman/bassist Lemmy Kilmister.

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After last year's Clash Of The Gods album, heavy metallers Grave Digger have recently announced that they will return to the studio from January to March 2014, which means they are working on new material. In other news, Back On Black Records, which specialises in vinyl editions of classic metal albums, also confirmed that they will release five Grave Digger albums on deluxe vinyl on October 28th.

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The newly released mini-LP Death's Crown Is Victory marks British epic doomsters Solstice's return and now you can hear it here streaming in its entirety. Composed and performed by Paul Kearns, Rich Walker, Andy Whittaker, Ian "Izak" Buxton and James Ashbey, it features the first new material from the band in a very long time. Start your weekend with some doom.

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As previously reported here, Danish metallers Illdisposed parted ways with drummer Thomas "Muskelbux" Jensen after a ten-year relationship but his replacement has already been announced. The new drummer is also a Jensen, but Kim Langkjær Jensen. He has been replacing Thomas at most of their 2013 shows already. Watch the new man in action on the video below.

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After a 10-year hiatus, Tad Morose are returning with their seventh album Revenant. You will still have to wait until November 20th to get the album but the band has released another new song for you to enjoy: "Millenium Lie". This is also their new single which is released digitally on October 20th. It is supposed to be one of the heaviest tracks on Revenant.

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Cronian will release their third album Erathems on November 12th (four days earlier in Europe) via Season Of Mist's Underground Activists division. And there is a new song called "Chemical Dawn" to be heard. It has now been unveiled and can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below.

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