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On July 1, 2015, a second tease of new material from Scale the Summit has been posted, with the preview of "The Golden Bird" available. The same day, a third audio preview of the track "Kestrel" has been uploaded. On July 4, two more song clips of the tracks "Oort Cloud" and "Soria Moria" have been
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