Heavy metal veteran Jørn Lande will release this summer a brand new album due out in stores on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America. Jorn's upcoming album will be entitled Bring Heavy Rock To The Land and will be released via Frontiers Records. A sample from the song "Bring Heavy Rock To The Land" is available for streaming here.

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Source:	frontiers.it
Band profile:	Jorn

Danish death metallers Illdisposed have announced that they will enter the studio next month to start recording their new album and follow-up to 2011's There Is Light (But It's Not For Me). Tue Madsen will be producing it at Antfarm Studio in Denmark.

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Band profile:	Illdisposed

American death metal band Vore has issued the following short statement: "We are proud to announce that Vore has signed a deal with well known German metal label AFM Records! AFM Records will be re-releasing Gravehammer worldwide on July 20th in CD and vinyl formats! We'd like to thank all our fans, family and friends for their years of support! Prepare for Vorefare worldwide!"

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vore.org

Danish black metallers Denial Of God have been streaming the new single "Black Dethe" from their upcoming album Death And The Beyond. Now the band is streaming a second single for the track "Behind the Coffin's Lid" at this location. Death And The Beyond will be released on July 13th via Hells Headbangers Records.

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Elephant Brand Skateboards, owned by professional skateboarder Mike Vallely, has released the Dimebag Darrell tribute skateboard, a collaboration between Elephant and Dimebag Hardware. In support of the tribute board, a video was filmed at Abbott & Haney's home in Dalworthington Gardens, Texas. The soundtrack, "Twisted", is a previously unreleased track written and performed in its entirety by Dimebag, legendary guitarist of Pantera. You can listen to the song below.

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Band profile:	Pantera

Norwegian black metal outfit 1349 will be bringing Aural Hellfire to Puerto Rico for the first time ever on June 1st. The band will then continue on to support Marduk on their North American tour, ending with a string of dates in Mexico.

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Source:	legion1349.com
Band profile:	1349

Frontiers Records has announced the release of the new album from Norwegian progressive metallers Circus Maximus, entitled Nine, on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America. You can listen to a sample from the new song "Reach Within" here. "Reach Within" will be released as a digital single on April 27th.

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Source:	frontiers.it
Band profile:	Circus Maximus

"The Law", a brand new song taken from Polish avantgarde/grindcore outfit Antigama's upcoming EP titled Stop The Chaos, is currently streaming online and you can listen to it below. Stop The Chaos will be released on May 18th through Selfmadegod Records. This year the band will also release a split with Noisear and The Kill, as well as record a new full-length album later in the year.

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Band profile:	Antigama

Greek electronic symphonic metallers Dol Ammad have just presented their new music video for the song "Magus Invicta", taken from their new album Cosmic Gods: Episode I - Hyperspeed, which has recently been released on CD and vinyl via Electronic Art Metal Records. You can watch the video below. More album details were previously reported here. 

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Source:	electronicartmetal.com
Band profile:	Dol Ammad

"The Circle", a brand new video from British symphonic power metallers Pythia is available for streaming at the following location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. It was directed by Graham Trott. The song comes off the band's new album The Serpent's Curse, which came out in February through Golden Axe Records.

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Band profile:	Pythia

Canadian progressive rockers Saga have announced via their official website that Mike Thorne is the band's new drummer, replacing the previous drummer Brian Doerner.

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Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds, the upcoming new album from US sludge metallers 16, which will be released on April 24th via Relapse Records, is streaming entirely and exclusively at Invisible Oranges. More album details were previously reported here.

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"Get The Devil Out Of Me", the brand new video from Dutch symphonic metallers Delain has premiered at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The video contains all sorts of video footage including studio recordings and live material, footage from the Sonisphere Festival in the UK (used with kind permission of BlinkTV). In less than a week the band will kick off their European tour where they will perform new songs from the upcoming We Are The Others, set for release on June 1st via Roadrunner Records.

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Source:	site.delain.nl
Band profile:	Delain

Spread The Metal Festival, which has a goal to raise $100,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada with 100% of ticket revenues, has announced the line-up of bands who will be supporting the festival and charity fundraiser.

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Event:	Spread The Metal Festival

Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from Kamelot.

The band commented: "Prepare your voices for screaming and your heads for dreaming! We are bringing Imaginaerum over to North America! This will be the one and only North American leg during the Imaginaerum World Tour, so make sure you'll be there!"

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Source:	nightwish.com
Band profile:	Nightwish
Event:	Nightwish: Imaginaerum North American Tour 2012