Aussie fans can expect hard-rocking performances from a hard-rocking lineup this March when Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top and Rose Tattoo join forces for a string of tour dates. The tickets go on sale this Friday, January 25th. All the dates can be seen below.

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Finnish doomsters Fall Of The Idols' newest release Solemn Verses is currently available for streaming on I Hate Records Bandcamp. Solemn Verses, which features six tracks, is the third full-length release from the band and came out last October.

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German black metallers Negator have started revealing some details about their upcoming offering. It will be titled Gates To The Pantheon and the tracklist can be seen below. The album will have a total playing time of 41 minutes and it will be available in two different versions: limited box set (including bonus track and more) and standard jewel case. The band promises to reveal the artwork and uncover more details about the limited box edition next week.

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Frontiers Records has announced that it will release Motherland, the new album from veteran Danish heavy metallers Pretty Maids, on March 22nd in Europe and March 26th in North America. The release of the new album will be preceded by the release of the single/video "Mother Of All Lies" which will hit the streets on January 22nd. You can listen to a sample of the single below.

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Irish death/doom metal band Mourning Beloveth has released 30 second previews of each of the songs on their upcoming new album Formless. You can finally hear something new from the band in what will be the follow-up to A Disease For The Ages here. You can expect the album to drop through Grau Records on February 22nd.

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Firewind have announced that Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter of Adagio, Beyond Twilight fame will be the band's new vocalist for their upcoming North American touring activities, after long term vocalist Apollo Papathanasio parted ways with the band.

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After cancelling last year's Wacken Open Air performance, American thrash veterans Forbidden have recently revealed that the band might not record any other albums even though they had written new material and had plans to "finish it up when Russ feels good enough to Thrash it up again!"

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With the demoing phase over, doom metallers Ordog have recently entered the studio. The Finnish band will begin recording their fourth album this month and promises more details about it soon. This will be the band's follow-up to 2011's Remorse, released by Violent Journey Records.

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Markus Berger, the bassist, guitar player and co-founder of German progressive metallers Dante has passed away. He suffered from a severe disease.

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Doom metallers DoomSword have announced that they have parted ways with their guitarist Alessio "Sacred Heart" Berlaffa. The band also welcomed guitarists Gianluca Silvi and Matteo Carnio, who have joined the band. Moreover, DoomSword already have new material for a sixth album.

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Folk black metallers Skyforger have been preparing their new album and follow-up to 2010's Kurbads. Recently, the band shared the first details about it and confirmed that the writing process is nearly finished. When they are done, the band will then record it and expect to release it in the autumn of 2013.

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Doom metallers Mar De Grises have announced today that longtime bass player and founding member Rodrigo Gálvez has left the band. No replacement has been announced so far.

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Italian metallers Death SS have posted a new video online for the song ''The Darkest Night''. The song comes off their upcoming new album Resurrection, to be released in March of 2013 through Lucifer Rising Records. You can watch the video directed by Salvatore Vitiello below.

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Keith Deen, former vocalist of 1980's Los Angeles thrashers Holy Terror, has died on December 15th after a three-month battle with cancer. Deen was 56 years old.

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Lordi has revealed the two new members that joined the band: Mana and Hella. Drummer Mana will replace the band's former drummer Otus, who passed away earlier this year. Hella replaces the band's long-time keyboardist Awa who left the band last summer. The band's new studio album To Beast Or Not To Beast will be released on March 8th, 2013.

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