American Christian heavy metal group Stryper announced that a new bassist is joining their ranks. After bassist Timothy Gaines was let go, the band recruited Perry Richardson, from the American glam band FireHouse as the new bassist.

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Season of Mist have recently announced the signing of Glorior Belli. The French black metal veterans led by Billy Bayou will release their next album to follow Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes) (2016) through the label. In fact, recently the band has shared some pictures of the recordings at Studio Henosis on their Facebook page.

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Latvian folk metallers Skyforger (special acoustic set) and Swedish Pagan black metal lords Ereb Altor (special Bathory set) will set sail to Brazil to play three shows, one in Porto Alegre and two in São Paulo as part of the Thorhammerfest 2017. Skyforger also announced a venue change for the show in Porto Alegre.

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American wild heavy metallers WildeStarr just shared news that they will bring to light a new record, entitled Beyond The Rain. The new album will be out on Friday, December 8th via Scarlet Records. The first single from the disc is the title track, and the official lyric video for it can be seen below.

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Today is Halloween and as Watain promised, you can listen to their new single. The black metal band from Sweden also revealed at last the cover and title of their new album: Trident Wolf Eclipse. The pre-orders launched today and the output will be released on January 5th, 2018 through His Master's Noise and Century Media. You can enjoy the "Nuclear Alchemy" single right now. Happy Halloween!

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Today is the day you get to hear a new Godflesh song! So, stop what you are doing and go spin the title song now! In case you didn't know, the industrial metallers are releasing the new album Post Self this November 17th on CD/digital/vinyl on Avalanche Recordings, and cassette on Hospital Productions. Allow yourself to be crushed by the new single via SoundCloud below or on Bandcamp.

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Two European black metal bands and label mates, Rotting Christ and Carach Angren, will join forces for an extensive co-headlining European tour that will happen in early 2018. The Greek veterans and Dutch masters of horror metal will be joined by French blackened death outfit Svart Crown. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.

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Finnish metallers Moonsorrow have announced that they will play at the Tuska Open Air in 2018. The band will perform on their home turf of Helsinki next summer. The Finns are among the first bands announced for the 2018 edition alongside Parkway Drive, Arch Enemy, Ihsahn, Clutch, and Beast In Black.

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German funeral doomsters Worship have recently enlightened us about their plans for 2018. While they did release their latest album, Terranean Wake, back in 2012, a new album is expected next year, despite all the delays after some health problems. The band even launched pre-orders for a new album called Dusk Of Legion, Morning Of One but it didn't see the light of day yet.

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Italian speeders Spidkilz announced that they are searching for a new drummer in the Turin area. The thrash metal band announced via Facebook that their drummer of seven years, Mattia Rubino, has left for "logistic reasons".

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Operation: Mindcrime, the band fronted by former Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate, will release their third album, A New Reality, on December 1st via Frontiers Music Srl. The band has released the first single, titled "Wake Me Up", which can be streamed below.

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Swedish heavy metallers Ram are set to release their new album, Rod, on Friday November 3rd, via Metal Blade Records. The band has now unleashed the third single from the forthcoming full-length, titled "Incinerating Storms", which can be viewed below.

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Swedish war machine Sabaton and German aggressors Kreator will invade North America and play some gigs together. You can see the co-headlining dates below, if you want to join the fun as well.

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Norwegian melodic black metal sons Iskald are currently recording new music, for their upcoming new album. Nedom Og Nord released in 2014 was the band's latest release. A few days ago, the violin recordings took place in Bodø Domkirke. You can also hear a guitar and bass sample below to whet your appetite.

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The first names that will perform at the fifth edition of Be Prog! My Friend 2018 have been announced. The festival will be held in Barcelona next year in June 29th and 30th. One of the headliners will be A Perfect Circle, who are about to release a new album. Katatonia will be playing The Great Cold Distance in its entirety. And there's more...

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