Can't wait to hear the new Iron Maiden album? The wait has been long since 2010's The Final Frontier but now the iconic band is about to release a double album, The Book Of Souls. To whet the appetite of their fans even more, a 30-second preview of a new Iron Maiden song from the band's forthcoming album has been released and is now available in the YouTube clip below.

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Finnish power metal legends Stratovarius have just released a new lyric video for a brand new track from Eternal, called "Shine In The Dark". The elaborate lyric video of the song features the band's vocalist Timo Kotipelto singing the lyrics in what seems to be their recording studio, and it can be watched below. What are your impressions of the first song revealed from the album?

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The new music continues, this time around with a new song from Motörhead. The legendary band has just premiered their brand new lyric video for the tune "Electricity." By now, you are probably aware that the heavy metal titans' upcoming 22nd studio album, Bad Magic, is due out on August 28th this year via UDR Music/Motörhead Music. Stream the new track below, and let us know what you think about it.

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UK heavy metallers Saxon have shared a brand new video for the upcoming single and album of the same name, Battering Ram. "Battering Ram" is the title track from the band's upcoming 21st full-length album, due out on October 16th through UDR Music. If you want to hear new material from the veteran band, just click play on the video below for a first taste of the new record.

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Joel Hoekstra has announced the release of his new melodic hard rock studio album Dying To Live from his electrifying new side project, Joel Hoekstra's 13. Hoekstra is best known as the current guitarist for Whitesnake/David Coverdale, and also known for his work with Night Ranger, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the popular Broadway musical show Rock of Ages. Dying To Live features an all-star cast of rockers including Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), Russell Allen (vocals), Tony Franklin (bass), Vinny Appice (drums), and Derek Sherinian (keyboards), and will be available via Frontiers Music SRL on October 16th.

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Bay Area thrashers Hatchet have posted the new song ''The World Beyond'' online. The band will release their third studio album, Fear Beyond Lunacy, on October 30th via The End Records. Moreover, they also revealed the cover art that will grace the opus. It's all here below. The album will debut a new Hatchet lineup behind founding member, vocalist, and lead guitarist, Julz Ramos.

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No Temple, the new full-length by Turkish black metal band Blliigghhtted, is now available through London-based Merdumgiriz Records. After releasing Zeroes this year, this is the second album of the experimental band. You can listen to the entire opus on Bandcamp. Enjoy!

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Shortly after unveiling the first track "Piety Carved From Flesh" from Charnel Passages, their impending new album, Cruciamentum are sharing another new song today. The new release comes four years after Engulfed In Desolation EP. Sit back, relax and enjoy "Tongues Of Nightshade" through the SoundCloud player down below.

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The American trio Ares Kingdom have announced the release of The Unburiable Dead, due out in early September, while an LP release will come later. The Unburiable Dead is the follow-up to 2010's Incendiary and 2013's cover album Veneration.

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Xandria are releasing a new EP tomorrow, Friday 31st through Napalm Records. The release features 3 brand new tracks, 2 re-makes and 2 cover songs. Today the symphonic band has released a lyric video for one of the new songs, the powerful "Voyage Of The Fallen". You can be the judge of the song after you listen to it below.

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Five years since the release of the debut Psalms Of Misanthropy, Nashville's one-man tech-death metal project A Loathing Requiem is stoked to announce the release of Acolytes Eternal. Acolytes Eternal is due out tomorrow through The Artisan Era, but can now be streamed for free here.

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Krallice's new opus is called Ygg Huur. The follow-up to Years Past Matter was surprisingly released today by the band itself. Luckily, you can listen to the entire piece right now at Bandcamp, where you can also pre-order the CD. The vinyl version will be available this fall through Gilead Media. Do you think it is a worthy successor of their last album?

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Orlando-based Trivium have just announced their upcoming new full-length album, Silence In The Snow, and with it, they released a music video for its title track, that can be watched below. The album is set to be released on October 2nd, 2015 via Roadrunner Records, their long lasting label.

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Russian/Ukrainian folk/doom outfit Kauan have premiered a music video/lyric video for their upcoming 7th album, Sorni Nai. The album is a single, 52-minute-long track, ruminating on the infamous Djatlov Pass Incident - a case where 9 hikers mysteriously perished in the frost-laden Ural Mountains, and the case was shut by Soviet investigators before any explanation could be offered, leading some to believe extraterrestrial forces were at work. The video showcases the first 7 minutes of the album.

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There has been much discussion around Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this year and not the good kind. The festival's co-founder Kevin Lyman said in an interview that "metal got gray, bald and fat" and that pissed a lot of people. Then Slayer's Kerry King got involved, criticized the organization of the event and blamed the festival's low attendances on the fact that the 2015 Mayhem lineup sucks, angering some of the smaller bands. Now co-founder of the festival, John Reese, has penned an "open letter" to the heavy metal community, asking everyone to support the genre and not continue to make divisive comments regarding the event. A bit of damage control it seems but things already got out of hand.

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Event:	Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2015