The follow-up to Titan is dropping next year and the Greeks Septicflesh are about to record it. The symphonic extreme metallers recently updated on the new album process. The band will record once again with the Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague on the 18th and 19th of December as part of their next album (due late spring 2017). Guitarist and award winning classical composer Christos Antoniou has already collaborated with the Czech orchestra for the three previous Septicflesh releases: Communion (2008), The Great Mass (2011), and Titan (2014).

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Alcest recently revealed that they will tour in North America next year, along with two supports, The Body and Creepers (Deafheaven members). The 28-dates tour through the USA and Canada will happen in early 2017. Want to be there? Check out all the dates below. The French group is presenting their new album, Kodama.

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Event:	Alcest: Kodama North American Tour 2017

Black metal is raging into the Baltic region and bringing chaos and destruction in last weeks of winter. The Estonian capital city of Tallinn will hold the Howls Of Winter IV festival. For now, we know that the warm-up bands will be Urfaust, Thou Shell Of Death and Au-Dessus. Other bands confirmed are: Horna, Hetroertzen, Protean, Kalmankantaja, Todestriebe, Tarm, Pestilentia, Ic Rex and Sorts.

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Following the 2015 Sensory Records release of their album The Great Lie, France's epic symphonic metal collective Melted Space has issued special remixed versions of several tracks from the album through a new digital EP, titled Remix Remodel, which is now streaming online. Additionally, an official video for the revamped version of the track "Titania" has been completed, and is available for your viewing pleasure below.

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The Aussies Twelve Foot Ninja just released a video from one of the songs from their newest album, Outlier. The album dropped in August and "Sick" is their latest single. The progressive band is currently touring in home turf of Australia. Enjoy all the craziness below!

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SubRosa have released a new music video. As of now, you can watch the clip for the track "Troubled Cells" below in all its glory. It was directed by Danica Vallone and Thomas Dekker. The song is taken from the group's latest opus, For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages, inspired by Yevgeny Zamyatin's 1921 novel We. Enjoy!

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Spiritus Mortis' new album, The Year Is One, has been made available online and can now be streamed in full here. This is the first new material from the Finnish doom metallers in over seven years after The God Behind The God. The album contains 8 new tracks and is scheduled to be released in November 11th via Svart Records.

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The Finns Mors Principium Est have just revealed the cover that will grace their new album. Titled Embers Of A Dying World, the opus features artwork painted by the always busy Eliran Kantor (Testament, Iced Earth, Sodom). The album will be out on February 10th via AFM Records! Mark your calendars and check out the visuals below.

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After releasing the album Venom last year, Bullet For My Valentine have unveiled their brand new single today. It's called "Don't Need You" and you can now hear it on the video available below. The song is out now as a digital single via Spinefarm Records / Search & Destroy. The video was directed by Ville Juurikkala.

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The first bands have been announced for Bloodstock Open Air 2017! The organizers revealed a batch of Ronnie James Dio main stage bands for 2017, including their Friday night headliner! Amon Amarth will invade Catton Park shore as Friday night's headline band; landing the special guest slot on Friday are power metal kingpins Blind Guardian. Their set will be a UK exclusive for 2017. Other confirmed acts include Testament, Hatebreed, Whitechapel, Possessed and Hell.

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Italian punk band Garçon Fatal just posted via Facebook that Italian bassist Riccardo Lampani aka Baka Bomb has recently passed away. He was part of Italian legends of horror and doom metal Paul Chain, and he also played in Witchfield, Cane Mangia Cane and Boohoos.

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Metal quartet Volbeat has recently released a brand new video off of their latest musical offering, Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie, out this year. The video was made by Martin and Magnus at Gaucho Film for the track "Seal The Deal" and features fighter Frank Galarza. Watch the action unfold below.

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If the first song off of Khonsu's upcoming second album wasn't enough to whet your appetite, we have good news. The progressive black metallers just premiered the new song "The Observatory" this time around with clean vocals by vocalist Rune Folgerø (Manes live, Atrox) and a guitar solo by Arnt "Obsidian Claw" (Keep Of Kalessin). More new material! Listen up below and tell us how The Xun Protectorate is sounding to you so far.

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Although Black Sabbath have repeatedly stated that they are not going to tour anymore, guitarist Tony Iommi recently told Ultimate Classic Rock that he might write new music with the band again. When asked if there is a future for Black Sabbath beyond the farewell tour, Iommi stated: "Maybe. As I said, I'll be doing some writing. Maybe I'll be doing something with the guys, maybe in the studio, but no touring." So, Black Sabbath could be releasing new music in the future; at least the door is open.

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Norwegian Viking metallers Helheim have completed work on what will be the band's ninth full-length album, which is set for release on Dark Essence Records in January 2017. In the run-up to the release of the album, which will be titled landawarijaR, the band will be releasing two videos of tracks from the album, the first of which will appear in November.

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