Fire In The Sky is a new book which might interest fans of Deep Purple. It covers the story of the making of Deep Purple's classic album Machine Head and the worldwide rock anthem "Smoke On The Water". This forthcoming title is due in the Spring 2017 on Easy On The Eye. The author Simon Robinson has been closely involved in the ongoing archive programme overseeing many of the reissues of the group's classic back-catalogue and live recordings. He has written extensively on the group's history for magazines around the world as well as CD booklets. Stephen Clare worked on the previous book and has been heavily involved in research and tracking down people close to the actual events.

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Vanhelga just released their new album today on Talheim Records. It's called Ode & Elegy and you can already discover it in full as it's streaming online. This is the fourth album from the Swedish black metal band. If you want to hear it, head over here.

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French black metal gods Deathspell Omega recently confirmed that they will release their new album, The Synarchy Of Molten Bones, on November 8th via Norma Evangelium Diaboli. The Ajna Offensive will make the album available in North America. The cover artwork for the album has now been unveiled and can be seen below alongside the song titles. You can expect a total playing time of 29:12.

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Glam metal jokesters Steel Panther are about to release a new album! And because they don't do anything without a bang, they went ahead and also premiered a new video today for "She's Tight" featuring Robin Zander from Cheap Trick. Check out the Lower The Bar album details below and the new single!

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Dead Congregation will release a new EP entitled Sombre Doom on CD on October 20th through Martyrdoom Productions while the vinyl version shall be released through Norma Evangelium Diaboli. It will feature a 14-minute track "of death metal somberness and doom". For now, you can take a look at the album artwork. Moreover, you can still catch the band live on their last shows of 2016. See the dates below.

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Those who waited patiently enough can rejoice as Riverside are now streaming the first track off their upcoming instrumental album, Eye Of The Soundscape: "Where The River Flows". It is the very first snippet to deliever a more ambient and electronic tone by the Polish trio. Give it a listen, and tell us what you think!

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As the release date for The Serenity Of Suffering approaches, Korn continue to promote their new record and now reveal another new song from it. One of the new songs features vocals by Corey Taylor of Slipknot fame. Check out "A Different World" now and see if you like the collaboration.

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Perhaps it was to be expected but ReVamp have officially called it a day, having released two albums, their self-titled in 2010 and Wild Card in 2013. Singer Floor Jansen joined Nightwish, of course, and since then ReVamp haven't been very active. Curiously enough, she is now pregnant as well. The other band members will focus on new projects.

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The Russian folk metal band Arkona just presented the song "Pod Mechami" from their re-recorded debut album Vozrozhdenie, which will be released on November 11th in a super fat digibook with beautiful illustrations of "Pagan artist" Kris Verwimp! Arkona's debut album Vozrozhdenie was originally released in 2004 (it means "revival").

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Russia loving Finns Kypck have shared another video from their newest album, 3epo, which came out on the 16th of September 2016. Watch "Rusofob" (Russophobe) down below for another dose of doom metal. The video was directed by Harri Haataja and filmed by Vesa Ranta.

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Avantgarde Music has presented the single "Pillars" by the Italian atmospheric black metal project Earth And Pillars - taken from the upcoming second studio album Pillars I set for release on October 30th. As of now, you can stream the song at Bandcamp. Take the eighteen-minutes journey now.

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Opeth's new album, Sorceress, will see the light of day tomorrow (30th September) but you can enjoy it before that. Sorceress is the band's 12th album already. Stream the entire piece of music from the Swedes right here or over here, among other options. Finally, all the pieces of the puzzle are put together. Enjoy!

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After exciting fans by announcing their new album, Theocracy have now shared the first full track from it. Check out the brand new lyric video for the 5-minute track "Wishing Well" on the YouTube player below! Ghost Ship, their first new album in five years, drops on October 28th in Europe and North America through Ulterium Records. Do you think it's a good start for the rest of the album?

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The moment Root fans have been waiting for is coming. It's pretty big news. The Czech black metal pioneers just revealed that they are releasing their new album, the long awaited 10th studio album titled Kärgeräs - Return From Oblivion via the band's label Agonia Records on November 25th, 2016. Take a look at the album cover, which was hand-painted by Thomas Bruno, and all the details below.

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UK progressive rockers Crippled Black Phoenix have previously showed us "No Fun", a new track taken from their new album Bronze. If you liked that, you will be pleased to know there is another new tune to enjoy. This one is called "Winning A Losing Battle". Watch out for the release of Bronze on November 4th (worldwide) via Season Of Mist.

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