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Listen to Iced Earth’s forthcoming single, ‘I Walk Among You’, below. Move your mouse over the banner to activate the player.

Due to the re-tracking of the lead vocals these tracks have been remixed and remastered. There will be an iTunes-exclusive version of the single “I Walk Among You” that features “A Charge To Keep” which has also been re-sung by Matt, remixed and re-mastered.

All tracks were recorded at Jon Schaffer’s studio, Soaring Eagle Sound, and mixed and mastered at Morrisound. The single, and following full-length platter will be released by Steamhammer/SPV.

Iced Earth’s official web site, IcedEarth.com, was recently updated with a brand new audio interview with the band’s mainman, Jon Schaffer. The wide-ranging 37-minute chat is available as a free MP3 download at this location (35 MB).

The video for ‘Scorpion Flower’, taken from the upcoming Moonspell album has been posted at the band’s official myspace page. The new album, entitled ‘Night Eternal’, is scheduled for release in the U.S. on June 10 via SPV/Steamhammer. Watch the clip below…

Metallica have recently launched a studio diary type website, MissionMetallica.com, to offer fans a wealth of exclusive content and teasers of new songs. The site also has a “platinum” level, entitling fans to a copy of the new album delivered on street date, with weekly “fly-on-the-wall” video clips, contests to travel to shows and/or Metallica’s San Francisco compound, live show downloads, ringtones and more.

Drummer Lars Ulrich told a Los Angeles radio station on May 5, “We thought, instead of doing the usual DVDs and all that, why don’t we just do it on the Internet and people can kind of tune in every day, watch clips, contests, get updates for what’s going on with the record and kind of watch the last couple of months of song titles, album titles, final mixes…So it’s kind of a little bit of a countdown type of thing. It should be fun.” Ulrich also told the station, “Knock on wood, this week should be our last week in the studio,” adding that the group expects to get its ninth album out in September.

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Ulrich said that fans can expect to hear new material “about five minutes after we finish playing it — thanks to the Internet,” although he did not say how soon the band will begin playing some new songs live.

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Heaven And Hell, the band featuring Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice are preparing to release a new studio album by early 2009. Read the press release:

Five-CD Boxed Set Features Newly Remastered Versions Of Every Dio-Era Sabbath Album, Available July 22 From Rhino

Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice Are Currently Recording Long Awaited New Heaven And Hell Studio Album, Set To Be Released By Rhino In Early 2009

Heaven And Hell Will Return to the Road This Summer for the Metal Masters Tour With Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament

LOS ANGELES – Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath were reborn in 1980 when founding members Tony Iommi and Terry “Geezer” Butler added vocalist Ronnie James Dio to the lineup. The band’s short but memorable time together added an unforgettable chapter in Sabbath’s storied history. Rhino relives the demonic fury conjured by the Dio era with The Rules Of Hell, a boxed set featuring all three of the band’s studio releases (Heaven And Hell, Mob Rules, Dehumanizer) and their double live collection (Live Evil) – each recently remastered for the first time. The set comes packaged in a deluxe slipcase with extensive liner notes featuring all new interviews with the band. This five-disc boxed set will be available from Rhino on July 22 at all physical outlets, as well as www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $54.98. The set will also be available the same day at all digital outlets for a suggested list price of $24.99.

Two years ago, Dio, Iommi and Butler and drummer Vinny Appice reunited to record a trio of new songs for Rhino’s Black Sabbath: The Dio Years before launching a highly anticipated and greatly acclaimed world tour under their new moniker Heaven And Hell. Revitalized by the reunion, the lineup is back in the studio now recording the first ever full-length studio album from Heaven And Hell, set to be released by Rhino in early 2009.

To whet the fans’ appetites for the new album, Heaven And Hell will return to the road for a short stint on the Metal Masters Tour, a month-long North American trek with Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament. This blistering metal juggernaut will launch August 6 in Philadelphia.

Heaven & Hell - Live at Radio City Music Hall DVD Trailer (2007)

The Dio-era’s first effort, Heaven And Hell, hit the racks on April 25th, 1980. Greeted by ecstatic reviews, the album peaked at #9 in Britain. In the U.S., its Top 30 success gave the group its first platinum disc in six years. Opening with the chugging anthem ‘Neon Knights’, the album also includes the epic title track, ‘Wishing Well’, ‘Die Young’ and ‘Lonely Is The Word’.

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A new video by Swedish progressive rockers Mind’s Eye can be viewed below. The song is taken from the band’s latest album ‘A Gentleman’s Hurricane’, out now on Lion Music.

“Mind’s Eye is a progressive band with a strong sense of melody. Although making their own blend of heavy metal and progressive rock you can still hear influences from bands like: Rush, Yes, Queensrÿche, E.L.O, Winger, Toto and Genesis.”