The Elves are back! Recently, Elvenking revealed the first track off of Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire, their first new album in a few years. You can check out what the Italian power/folk metallers have to offer with their new tune "Draugen's Maelstrom" on the lyric video below. The song "is about our worst inner fears and how we need to deal with them everyday, trying not to be stuck into their whirlwinds and drawn without fighting."

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You can hear more music from Communic today. The Norwegian progressive metallers recently shared the new track "Where Echoes Gather, Pt. 1 - Beneath The Giant" and now the second part of the concept track is also available for consumption online. It's called "Where Echoes Gather, Pt. 2: The Underground Swine" and you can watch the lyric video for it here.

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Unfortunately, Scorpions have bad news for their fans in the U.S. While they are currently touring the country with thrashers Megadeth, they are forced to cancel the last few dates of the tour. Due to severe laryngitis, singer Klaus Meine has been advised by top throat specialist in Los Angeles to rest his voice. If he continues the tour, he could risk permanent vocal damage.

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of HammerFall's classic debut album Glory To The Brave and the band will celebrate that. Glory To The Brave - 20 Year Anniversary Edition will be released with brand new cover artwork and is now available for pre-order here.

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Swedish blackened thrash metallers Witchery are now launching a second single and video for the track "Of Blackened Wing", off their upcoming album, I Am Legion, to be released on November 10th, 2017 via Century Media Records. Check out "Of Blackened Wing" in a video created by Martin Hultgren/Gryt Film below.

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Today, Tarja fans are able to get a first glimpse on her upcoming winter album, From Spirits And Ghosts (Score For A Dark Christmas). The Finnish soprano gives you a dark version of the classic Christmas hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel". The official video is set in a gloomy, dreamy surrounding and gives a deeper insight into the album's visual world - introducing Tarja's dark and light character.

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Denver progressive metal outfit Dreadnought have just released their new album, A Wake In Sacred Waves, the third studio album of their career, on Sailor Records. A Wake In Sacred Waves is now available on their Bandcamp page for streaming and also below. If you haven't had a chance to listen to the 4-track record yet, this is your opportunity. Also, share your opinion about the new songs.

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Get ready to hear more music from Enslaved's new album! The Norwegian progressive black metallers have just debuted a new music video and consequently, new material from the impending release, E. While the 10-minute-long opening track "Storm Son" gave fans a taster of what to expect, the single "The River's Mouth" reveals a heavier side of the 14th full-length release. Watch the official video for "The River's Mouth", which was once again created by Josh Graham (Soundgarden, Neurosis), here.

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Deep Purple are setting sails into new waters with their first ever animated video. The official video for "The Surprising", one of the fan favourites from the new album, inFinite, takes the viewer on a journey through the fifty year history of the band. With high attention to detail, the animated video follows the five heroes of our story - Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Don Airey and Steve Morse - through a stormy ship cruise full of allusions and sees them riding off into the sunset. Watch it below.

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Today you get the chance to listen to another new song from The Dark Element, the new band featuring Swedish singer Anette Olzon (ex-Nightwish) and Finnish guitarist and composer Jani Liimatainen (Cain's Offering, ex-Sonata Arctica). After releasing their debut video, the group has now premiered the song "Here's To You". Check it out here.

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The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has announced its 19 possible inductees for next year's class and legendary metallers Judas Priest and Rage Against The Machine are among them. The list also includes Radiohead, Bon Jovi, Depeche Mode, Kate Bush, the Cars, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, MC5, the Meters, the Moody Blues, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Link Wray and the Zombies.

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Avantgarde Music has just revealed the unexpected news that Danish doom/black metal one-man band Nortt is back! Ten years after their last album, Galgenfrist, saw the light of day, there is a new album on the horizon. According to the label, Endeligt will be released in December this year on CD and LP.

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Extreme metallers Deinonychus are also set to return this year with a new album titled Ode To Acts Of Murder, Dystopia And Suicide. We've last heard of the black/death metal band in 2007 when they released Warfare Machines. Their impending 8th full-length album, and the first one after 10 years of silence, celebrates Deinonychus 25 years of career. The album cover and tracklist have been unveiled.

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Skinlab are back after almost ten years with a new song! The U.S. nu metal band released their latest album in the distant year of 2009, The Scars Between Us. Now fans can enjoy a taste of new material with the fitting "End Of Silence". Enjoy it here!

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As you probably know by now, black metallers Watain will be releasing a new album next year. However, there's more good news as a new single is hitting stores before that, precisely on Halloween, October 31st. This will be the release date for the band's new single "Nuclear Alchemy", which comes from the band's new album set for release on January 5th, 2018.

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