With recently confirmed European dates, Powerwolf's 'The Sacrament Of Sin Tour' will also continue this coming fall. Joining them on the road will be UK's Gloryhammer. Check out the November dates at the official tour fyler down under.

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Event:	Powerwolf: The Sacrament Of Sin European Tour 2019

Children Of Bodom are going to release their tenth studio album, Hexed, on March 8th, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band reveal the official music video for the third single "Platitudes And Barren Words". This videoclip was directed, edited and produced by Ykä Järvinen. Check ii out below.

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German power metal machine Blind Guardian had set the idea to record an orchestral album originally in the 90s. In recent years the giant project started to take shape, and parallel to epic sound cascades, the lyrical concept was developed. For this, Blind Guardian was able to find support in German bestselling author Markus Heitz, whose new novel 'Die Dunklen Lande' is being released today (March 1st). The book is set in 1629 and contains the prequel to Blind Guardian's opus Legacy Of The Dark Lands, which will be released on November 1st via Nuclear Blast.

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Zornheym have some news to share. The band confimed that they have parted ways with drummer Angst. He has already been replaced by the new addition to the group ranks: Steve Pygmalion. Zornheym have also started working on their sophomore album. Recordings have already commenced.

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Lord Dying's new record Mysterium Tremendum will meet an April 26th release via eOne Music. Recording sessions for the album took place this past August at West Valley Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA with Mike Plotnikoff (Fear Factory, In Flames) behind the desk. Lord Dying is also pleased to share the album's first single, "Envy The End", available for streaming below.

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Swedish melodic death/doom metallers October Tide announce details surrounding their sixth studio album, follow-up to Winged Waltz from 2016. The new album is titled In Splendor Below and will be released on May 17th via Agonia Records. It was mixed and mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén at Tri-Lamd studios (Bloodbath, Katatonia), and produced by Alexander Backlund from Nailvillage Studio together with October Tide.

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German thrash legends Destruction are proud to welcome Damir Eskic as their second guitarist alongside Mike Sifringer. Damir is a Swiss guitar player with Bosnian decent and works as a guitar teacher, himself being a former pupil of Tommy Vetterli (Coroner). He also plays in a heavy metal band called Gomorra and already contributed to 3 solos of Destruction's 2016 album Under Attack. Frontman Schmier also confirmed that they have composed and recorded the whole new album, to be released on August 8th, 2019 via Nuclear Blast.

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So the 2018 version of the Metal Storm Awards have been closed & winners determined. You can find the results here. Note the albums listed in green are your choices, not the winners.

(Note to author - preemptively insert annual disclaimer here:) It's less about who the winners are than it is about how the big bands and ones most people have never heard of are all on the same platform. The real winners are those who take the time to check out all the nominees and find new bands they really enjoy... and those bands who end up with a few more people discovering them. Hooray. Beers for all.

Feel free to discuss your disappointments and how superior your taste is to the general audience below!

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Saint Vitus will have a self-titled new record out on May 17th via Season Of Mist. The band now shares "12 Years In The Tomb", the official first track that has premiered from the album. Check out this first taste of new music just down below.

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Mighty Primordial are happy to announce that this spring, and mostly summer, they will attack several festival grounds all over Europe. The band will of course perform also in support of their latest full length offering, Exile Amongst The Ruins, released back in March, 2018. Dates are available at the official tour flyer below.

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As being reported couple of weeks ago, Sacred Reich are working on their first album in more then two decades. In other news, the band announced that guitarist and founding member Jason Rainey had to step down for health reasons. He was replaced by Joey Radziwill, son of drummer Tim Radziwill, who also helped to record the demos for the band's new songs.

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The official music video for "Genesis", a brand new song from the Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend, is available for you to enjoy below. It is taken from his upcoming album, entitled Empath (details here), which will be released on March 29th via InsideOut Music.

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California-based metallers Castle announced a set of tour dates, booked for this coming May. This tour will cover west coast part of United States. Prior to this tour, Castle will be touring also in other parts of US in March and April.

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The Swedish doom metal providers Mammoth Storm are back. The trio has inked a worldwide record deal with the ever-growing Argonauta Records, and will return with a brand new, sophomore album during 2019, to be entitled Alruna. Stay tuned for many more news, details and first album tunes to be revealed soon.

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German viking black metal act Thrudvangar announced the departure of bassist Günther, who decided to leave the band. Günther was part of the band for 20 years, since the very beginning. Official statement from the band can be read below.

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