Finnish melodic metallers Arion have just published their very first music video ever, and it's made for the single At The Break Of Dawn, that also features Amaranthe's Elize Ryd. The new single was released back on March 11th via Ranka Kustannus, and it was the first Arion song to feature the band's newest vocalist, Lassi Vääränen. Take a look at the video below.

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The Israeli ProgStage Productions have just announced a small, exclusive acoustic Haken show in Tel Aviv, Israel. This special show was scheduled after the band's anticipated concert in Tel Aviv on June 26th sold out in a matter of only a couple of weeks after being announced. The acoustic show will be played on the day before, on June 25th, at the Gagarin Club, where only 150 tickets will be sold.

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It was already announced that the Finnish newcomers Arion would soon release their upcoming single, At The Break Of Dawn, featuring Amaranthe's Elize Ryd, but now it seems that their label Ranka Kustannus is streaming the catchy single via their SoundCloud, a week prior to the official date. You may listen to it at the following location. Tell us what you think about it!

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Brazilian power metal unit Shadowside have recently announced that King Diamond's Andy LaRocque will feature on the band's next album, which is already in pre-production stage. Shadowside's ex-HammerFall bassist, Magnus Rosén, collaborated with LaRocque, and wrote a few songs that will appear on their upcoming album as well.

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It is definitely the year of exploration for both Kotipelto & Liimatainen, since last month they hosted the very first live concerts of Cain's Offering since the band's inception in 2009. While they are more well-known for Cain's Offering, both Jani Liimatainen and Timo Kotipelto also share the stage in an acoustic duet project, which so far, only had concerts in the home turf of Finland, but the Finns have scheduled their very first concerts outside of Finland: a couple of shows at the heart of Italy. The pair have already released their debut album Blackoustic back in October 2012.

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Swedish power metallers Full Force have changed their name from Full Force to Full Force Inc. The news comes after a long hiatus on their part, which was justified by the band due to fans mixing them up with an 80's R&B band that was also called Full Force.

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After previously releasing the superb music video for "Believer", the Franco-Tunisian progressive metallers Myrath are now officially streaming another track off their newest album Legacy: "Nobody's Lives," which is the fourth track off the 12-track album. In contrast with "Believer", "Nobody's Lives" also features the Arabic language in the chorus. The lyric video was made by Myrath's label in the United States, Nightmare Records. Enjoy!

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Finnish melodic newcomers Arion have previously announced that Elize Ryd of Amaranthe will participate in the upcoming single the band is preparing. Today, they unleash the final details of the single; the name is "At The Break Of Dawn", the release date is 11/03/16, and of course the cover art, that you may see below. "At The Break Of Dawn" will also feature the debut studio recording of new vocalist, Lassi Vääränen.

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Earlier this month, progressive death metallers Fallujah announced their upcoming album Dreamless. Now comes the time for the premiere of the first snippet of the album; that is the new track "The Void Alone", featuring Tori Letzler‎ on vocals. This is the third track of the upcoming album. Listen to the tune below and rejoice.

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Norwegian progressive unit Leprous have announced their first-ever live DVD, scheduled to be recorded on June 4th at the Rockfeller Music Hall in home turf, Oslo, Norway. Nevertheless, Leprous have asked the fans to help cover things such as venue rental, film crew, editing, sound recording, mixing, mastering and more. This will be their first live release.

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Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen and Zakk Wylde will join forces perhaps on one of the biggest heavyweight supergroups the metal scene has ever witnessed: Generation Axe; joining them are Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi for a dream line-up and super tour. You can follow the giants on their official website and their Facebook page. Beginning on April 5th in Seattle, Generation Axe - A Night Of Guitars is hitting the road for 26 performances in North America.

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Faroese Vikings Týr have lost their drummer Amon Djurhuus Ellingsgaard who served them as a fill-in drummer back in 2008, and became a permanent member in 2013. For the time being, Amon will continue to be a member of Heljareyga, the brainchild of Týr's vocalist and guitarist Heri Joensen.

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Polish progressive innovators Riverside have just released a new lyric video for their upcoming single, the remixed version of Time Travellers, originally the ninth track of their latest album to date, Love, Fear And The Time Machine. You may enjoy this version of the track below. Do you prefer it to the one on the record?

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News just in: Finnish metallers Swallow The Sun were revoked from playing at their upcoming Dubai concert (February 12th) by the local authorities, says label Metal East Records. This comes after the band were accused that their concert in Dubai would be "promoting devil-worshiping". Just last year, Aborted's show in Dubai was also shut down.

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Not long ago, Greek melodic newcomers Sunburst have released the first music video off their debut album Fragments Of Creation. Now comes the time for the second music video to be previewed, and the track chosen is the first of the tracklist, "Out Of The World". You can watch the video below and discover their music.

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