Wisdom Of Crowds, the interesting new collaboration project featuring Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief and Jonas Renkse from Katatonia, will release its debut album on June 3rd via Kscope. The album teaser is already available online and you can hear it here.

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While there is no news of a new album on the horizon, Norwegian sons of northern darkness Immortal have announced the release of a limited 10" vinyl box set of their last opus All Shall Fall, which came out in 2009.

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Hard rockers Uriah Heep have announced that they will be rejoined by an old friend for a limited run of dates in May 2013 when they tour The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. John Lawton, who was lead vocalist between 1976 and 1979, will reunite with the group to cover for Bernie Shaw, who requires some time off for a routine medical procedure.

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German metallers Freedom Call, who will release the 15th anniversary album Ages Of Light, on April 26th in Germany, April 29th in the rest of Europe and May 7th in North America via SPV/Steamhammer, have premiered a brand new video for the new version of the song "Rockin' Radio". You can watch it at this location.

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Legendary heavy metallers Satan have returned to action in 2011 and are readying the release of their first album in 15 years, Life Sentence. "Testimony", a brand new song from the group and taste of new music, can now be streamed right here.

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In preparation for the 15th annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, the organizers of the event have posted a brand new 15-minute documentary on the festival and you can watch it below to find out how the festival came to be, what it's all about and how some of the artists feel about playing there.

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Event:	New England Metal & Hardcore Festival XV

British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden's year keeps getting fuller and fuller. Now they have announced their return to Argentina this summer to make their first-ever appearance at the legendary River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires on September 27th. They will also be making a first-ever visit to Paraguay on September 29th to play the Jockey Club in Asuncion. On October 2nd, they will return to headline the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, where the Blu-ray/DVD En Vivo was filmed in 2011.

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Greek thrashers Suicidal Angels have set Divide And Conquer as the title of their fifth album, but you will have to wait until early 2014 to grab it when NoiseArt Records releases it. The band will start the recording process in July/August.

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Blackmore's Night have announced that they will be releasing their brand new album Dancer And The Moon, on June 11th in North America and June 14th in Europe via Frontiers Records, the band's 8th original studio album. Dancer And The Moon will be released in two editions, as a CD and a digipak deluxe edition with a bonus DVD that includes music videos of "Dancer And The Moon" and of "The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over The Sea)", plus an extensive interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night.

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Heavy metallers Stormwitch former guitarist Harald "Lee Tarot" Spengler has passed away yesterday morning at the age of 50. It was the band itself that broke the sad news. Lee Tarot was the original guitarist and part of the band from 1979-1989.

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Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno's previously announced US tour, which was originally scheduled to kick off in January and was then postponed until May/June, has once again been re-scheduled. According to Paul, "we have been informed that the USA tour is now being rescheduled to the later part of this year (probably December 2013). More details when we have them."

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Integrity, the hardcore band that formed in 1988, will release its tenth full-length album, Suicide Black Snake, on June 11th on vinyl via A389 Recordings and on CD via Magic Bullet Records. The artwork and tracklist, now revealed, can be seen below.

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Bulgarian atmospheric folk black metal band Shambless, the solo project of Arvelss Elfaros, has announced the release of their fourth full-length album Irke Ranefas.

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The Swedes Civil War have released the first sneak pre-listening from what their debut album The Killer Angels sounds like. You can now hear a teaser of the first single, entitled "I Will Rule The Universe", which will be available for download from April 11th. The album hits stores on June 11th via Despotz Records.

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The Last Days Of War, the brand new opus from death metallers Decaying is set to be released on the 20th of May 2013 via Hellthrasher Productions, it has now been revealed. You can take a look at the album's artwork here as well as the new music video for "Code Name Overlord" for a first taste of the new music.

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Band profile:	Decaying