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SANCTUARY signs worldwide deal with Century Media Recor

   

Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of the legendary Seattle metal band SANCTUARY. In 2010, four of the founding members, Warrel Dane, Jim Sheppard, Lenny Rutledge and Dave Budbill, came together for a few select reunion performances. At first, it was just going to be a handful of shows, but the response and chemistry on stage was so overwhelming that the guys changed their minds. Now, some 20 years after they left off, SANCTUARY will continue with their unique mix of US power metal, hard rock and progressive elements and begin work on a new LP. To complete the line-up, Brad Hull (FORCED ENTRY) will be filling in for former guitar player Sean Blosi. A late 2013 release is planned.

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WHITE WIZZARD releases new track, “Strike The Iron”

WHITE WIZZARD has launched a new track, “Strike The Iron,” taken from their upcoming third full-length album, The Devils Cut. Due out on June 3rd in Europe via Earache Records and on June 25th in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records, The Devils Cut features artwork by Cameron Davis (http://www.cdavisart.com), who is known for his work as the lead character designer and illustrator for the Guitar Hero video game series.

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THE SAFETY FIRE reveals the vest choir in final studio diary

                                             

      

London progressive metallers THE SAFETY FIRE have been hard at work on their forthcoming second album and have been documenting the process through their fantastic studio diaries. The fourth and final studio diary has now been released, and it shows the band enlisting the help of what has been dubbed the “Vest Choir”. Check out the video here:

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ORPHANED LAND premieres new track, “Let The Truce Be Known,”

In anticipation of their upcoming release, Israel’s ORPHANED LAND has premiered a new track, “Let The Truce Be Known,” on Brave Words.com. Taken from the band’s new 6th studio album, All Is One, which is due out June 24th in Europe and June 25th in North America via Century Media Records, “Let The Truce Be Known” can be heard here:

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TESSERACT Altered State Full Album Stream Available

May 15, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA) – UK’s progressive rock band TESSERACT are less than two weeks away from releasing their highly anticipated new album ‘Altered State’ via Century Media Records.  The band has been working with Horsie In The Hedge / Pari Passu Films on the video for “Singularity”.  The video features Emmy Award winning director of photography, Mark Wolf as well as the practical effects team that worked on Sky Fall and Prometheus.  Today Bloody Disgusting has posted exclusive photos from the video.  Check them out HERE.

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS to play show in Mexico; confirms additional tour dates worldwide

                                                    

Sweden’s classic rock heavyweights SPIRITUAL BEGGARS recently released their 8th studio album, Earth Blues, via InsideOut Music, and the band has now just successfully completed a European tour, which included an intense show at Holland’s prestigious Roadburn festival. Next up, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS will be heading to Mexico for the first time ever! See below for all upcoming tour dates.

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WATAIN announces “All That May Bleed” single release

  

The first single from WATAIN’s new album, The Wild Hunt, will be released on Summer Solstice, June 21st (see exact worldwide release dates below). The name of the single will be “All That May Bleed”.

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LEPROUS launches video clip for “The Cloak”

                                                

     

Norwegian prog metallers LEPROUS will release their new album, Coal, on May 28th in North America (May 20th in Europe) via InsideOut Music. In anticipation of this release, the band is now premiering the album’s first video, “The Cloak,” on Metal Underground.com. Shot by David Solbjørg of Twichty Films (http://www.twitchyfilms.com), fans can watch the video here:

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DARK TRANQUILLITY premieres “Uniformity” music video online

Melodic death metal pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY will release their much-anticipated 10th studio album, Construct, on May 27th in Europe and on May 28th in North America via Century Media Records. In anticipation of this release, the band has now teamed up with Metal Hammer UK to launch the video for the new single “Uniformity”. This video-clip was produced and directed by Revolver Film Company and Patric Ullaeus, who previously worked with IN FLAMES, HAMMERFALL and LACUNA COIL.
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Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth talked about Live In Ancient Kourion with The Age Of Metal

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Live albums are a tricky thing. For one thing the right venue choice has to be made then an excellent mix must be made or else the album will sound like a wall of noise. For Iced Earth newest live album Live in Ancient Kourion became a daunting task for the band. Kourion was situated in Cyprus and was at one point a city from antiquity to the early Middle Ages. In the present time however Kourion is in ruins for the most part. For Iced Earth to be putting on a show let alone one that is a site of ruins is definitely not most easy of challenges.

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