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Published: 18 April 2013

For a heavy metal band that’s been around for nearly three decades, selling more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy® nominations, scoring five consecutive platinum albums—including 1992’s two-million-selling Countdown to Extinction—Megadeth’s founder, leader and primal guitar-slinger and lyricist Dave Mustaine feels the best is yet to come, especially after signing an exclusive worldwide deal with Universal Music Enterprises. Currently working in their studio in San Diego on their 14th studio album titled Super Collider, Mustaine, along with bassist Dave Ellefson, drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick, are looking forward to its release on May 31, 2013. Megadeth’s Super Collider is the first release through Mustaine’s new label, Tradecraft, through UMe.

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Sweden's Classic-Rock heavyweights SPIRITUAL BEGGARS have released their 8th studio album, "Earth Blues", as of this week via InsideOutMusic. A full album stream is now available via the website of 3voor12 for you to check out this great new release. April 16th show by SPIRITUAL BEGGARS in Cologne's Underground was filmed by WDR's Rockpalast and will be broadcasted on TV Monday, May 13th from 0:15 - 2:00 AM. More details can be found here! A live teaser of the song "One Man Army" from last night's recording can be seen here! And here are two special acoustic tracks recorded with SPIRITUAL BEGGARS' Per Wiberg and Apollo Papathanasio as special bonus for the Rockpalast program:

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Acclaimed Norwegian Progsters LEPROUS are soon to release their much anticipated new album "Coal" on May 20th, 2013 in Europe and May 28th, 2013 in North America via InsideOutMusic. Now, the band is revealing the cover artwork for "Coal", conceived no other than acclaimed American artist Jeff Jordan, who already took care of the previous album release "Bilateral" and also worked for bands like The Mars Volta. Here is what LEPROUS had to say about the artwork: "The artwork for this album was a hard nut to crack. We wanted something dark, melancholic but with a distinct character. We tried several solutions without finding the perfect supplement for the music, before we decided to contact Jeff Jordan once again. Jeff immediately had wonderful ideas that we decided to pursue. The artwork of "Coal" is in my opinion the most iconic we've had so far."

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Just a few gaps remain to be filled in the lineup for the 2013 edition of Belgium's premier metal festival! Earlier this month HYPOCRISY, GRAVE DIGGER and KORPIKLAANI were confirmed. Today we are proud to add ROCKSTAR, AGNOSTIC FRONT, ESCAPE THE FATE, KING HISS, VANDERBUYST, ROTTING CHRIST and PRETTY MAIDS for this summer. The final four slots will be filled in the near future!

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A lot of bands have failed in the tricky undertaking to combine melancholy and heaviness, but not LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, who pull it off on "Antiadore"  without breaking a sweat. The band stayed true to their sombre roots on this album, but has elevated the characteristic sound to new heights. Thus, even exceeding their previous masterworks such as "The Grandiose Nowhere" or "Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts". "Antiadore" is heavy, melancholic, and touches upon the hidden feelings in the darkest corners of the soul. Ballads like "Still In Need" or "Head Held High" meet heavy breakers like "Abandon" or the punding "What I´m Not". The band revolving around Oliver Schmid presents itself with a newfound energy and offer their most diverse and mature album! Goth Rock enthusiasts will fall in love with "Antiadore"! Goth ‚N‘ Roll! More details will be revealed soon!

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