With tongue in cheek, Chris Boltendahl of German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER has sent BraveWords.com this coy message:

"We released the first song from our upcoming album, The Clans Will Rise Again, via YouTube. 'Hammer Of The Scots' is the official album version. The photo gallery (which accompanies the track) was done on the last days of the video shoot for another song on the album, 'Highland Farewell'. It was a great experience to shoot a video about a Scottish topic in the UK. The video people were so nice and productive that we are sure that this video will be killer. Nothing more to say, (but) in about 14 days you will see the results!

Have fun with this song and stay tuned for the 1st of October, (when) another legendary Grave Digger record will find its way to the stores."

The Clans Will Rise Again is due for release in Europe on October 1st, and in North America on October 12th via Napalm Records.

The band recently stated: "Together with new member Axel Ritt on guitars, the band entrenched themselves from mid-May to mid-July at the Meadow Studios of Axel Ritt and the Principal Studios, the place all albums have been recorded since Heart Of Darkness in 1995.

Mixed by Jörg Umbreit and produced by Chris Boltendahl, The Clans Will Rise Again will lead the listeners back to the Scottish highlands.

Chris Boltendahl, Jens Becker, Stefan Arnold, HP Katzenburg and Axel Ritt offer an explosive mixture of the typical Grave Digger riff metal, combined with awesome epic chorus hooks, which will fascinate the fans from the very first note. The clans are back for the attack!

The Clans Will Rise Again is a loose sequel of the Tunes Of War album, but this time not a concept album about the Scottish history, rather a work about Scotland, it's mysticism and it's people.

The Clans Will Rise Again tracklist:

Days Of Revenge'

'Paid In Blood'

'Hammer Of The Scots'

'Highland Farewell'

'The Clans Will Rise Again'

'Rebels'

'Valley Of Tears'

'Execution'

'Whom The Gods Love Die Young'

'Spider'

'The Piper Mcleod'

'Coming Home'

'When Rain Turns To Blood'