While Therion's mastermind Christofer Johnsson said last year that the band's 25th anniversary tour would be the last for a while, things appear to have changed and the symphonic metallers have just announced an European tour with Arkona, Sound Storm and The Devil for December this year where the band will test ideas for their rock opera. Check out the dates below.

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Tiamat have released a new video for the song "Love Terrorists" taken from the album The Scarred People, released by Napalm Records in 2012. The video was directed by the band's frontman Johan Edlund and Ioanna Lampropoulou. You can watch the video here.

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Jon Oliva, the mastermind behind Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Doctor Butcher and Jon Oliva's Pain, announced late last year that he would release his very first solo album in 2013 via AFM Records. More news has emerged, announcing that the album is called Raise The Curtain and will be released on June 5th.

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Finns Shade Empire have shared a few songs from their upcoming new album Omega Arcane but now is your chance to listen to the entire piece. You can stream the whole Omega Arcane album in advance and read Harju's comments about the songs here. Enjoy!

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"The Evangelist", the new official video from Swedish power/doom metal band Memory Garden, is now available for viewing below through the YouTube player. The track for this video clip is taken from the band's latest new release Doomain, out in stores from April 12th, 2013. The video was filmed and directed by Ronny Hemlin at ProVid film.

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Kvelertak have released a brand new official video for their self-titled track and is now available for viewing below. The videoclip was directed by Stian Andersen and edited by Erik Treimann. It was filmed during the band's recently finished European tour, at several different locations - London, Paris, Cologne and Oslo.

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For the last week we've been giving you a chance to win Edge Of Attack's awesome debut album along with some goodies from the band. Alas, the contest has come to a close and the lucky winner is......

Ardynaika

Congratulations!

For everyone else, better luck next time! But you can still rock out to the full album and order it on the label's Bandcamp. And stay tuned for an Edge Of Attack tour announcement: rumor has it the band plans to hit the road soon!!

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German symphonic/progressive metallers Sons Of Seasons have announced that they have parted ways with vocalist Henning Basse, who has been part of the band since the beginning of their creation. In other news, the band will start working on their upcoming, third full length album in coming days.

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Last month, Hypocrisy announced North American tour dates planned for May. Unfortunately, the band has been forced to cancel their appearance "due to reasons beyond their control". The tour will continue as planned only without Hypocrisy and Aborted.

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Death metallers Sonne Adam will return to Europe in May to support the band's latest release Messengers Of Desolate Ways, a compilation of the band's previous demo/EP releases. After tours and shows with Venenum, Cruciamentum, Grave and others, it is now time again to bring darkness to European stages. This tour also marks Sonne Adam's first ever appearance in Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Italy.

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Irish post-rock group God Is An Astronaut has announced a September release date for their new album, the title of which has not yet been released. This will be the band's first release since 2010's Age Of The Fifth Sun.

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Spanish gothic metal band Tears Of Martyr has recently released a new video from their newest album, Tales, which was officially released yesterday by Massacre Records. You can now watch the video for "Golem" below which was produced by El Ojo Mecánico.

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Ukrainian doom metal band Narrow House have started recording their new album and successor to A Key To Panngrieb in March. Currently all the material is being mixed for further mastering and the group has now revealed the album art for the next album which is titled Thanathonaut. This time they have collaborated with Christophe Dessaigne, a French photographer and digital artist.

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US thrash metal legends Testament have confirmed more live dates for this coming summer across Europe. The band returns to Europe after a club tour in early 2013, and will be performing in support of their latest album Dark Roots Of Earth, released back in July 2012. This tour is a combination of club shows and several well-known festival appearances.

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"Spectrum Of Eternity", the new video from Swedish gothenburg metallers Soilwork, is now available for viewing below through the Youtube player. The song comes off the band's ninth studio and first dual-disc album, The Living Infinite, released on February 27th this year through Nuclear Blast Records.

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