Alestorm are taking their pirate metal to North America next year. They will be touring in support of their new record Sunset On The Golden Age on the Piratefest America. Swashbuckle (January 29th - February 15th), The Dread Crew Of Oddwood (January 27th - February 26th), and Rainbowdragoneyes (February 16th - February 26th) were also invited to the party. See the full schedule below. Are you going?

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Event:	Alestorm: Piratefest North America 2015

Skogen's classic debut album Vittra, originally released in 2009, will be available again in February 2015 through Nordvis. The visual presentation has experienced a major upgrade and will come with custom art by Folkingrimm Art, who was also responsible for the I Döden design. Check out the artwork below and listen to the song "Ur Mörkret Hon Kommer".

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Stop what you are doing and immerse yourself in some doom courtesy of Cult Of Herodias. The New York metallers recently unveiled the track "The Night Sky Part II" off of their upcoming album which is called Greyvein. It's six minutes of new material from the band. Enjoy!

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The second batch of bands for Hellfest 2015 have just been announced. The French festival has added to its tenth edition line-up the Americans Mastodon, Cock Sparrer, Superjoint Ritual and many more...

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Event:	Hellfest Open Air 2015

Mere days after they announced the first details of their new album, Melechesh have now revealed the cover art for the band's impending studio album, Enki. Furthermore, due to unforeseen productional issues, the release of Enki had to be pushed to February 27th (Europe), March 2nd (UK) and March 10th (US), 2015 through Nuclear Blast Records. Take a look at the intricate artwork now.

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Heavy metallers Virgin Steele have set Hymns To Damnation as the title of their new album, which is due out around March/April 2015 via SPV/Steamhammer. The fans had to wait five years for the successor to The Black Light Bacchanalia but the new material is right around the corner.

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Igorrr has just made available the new song "Barbecue", which is the opener for the upcoming collaboration EP Maigre with Ruby My Dear. The EP is coming out soon on December 15th via Ad Noiseam and you can already enjoy a new song below as well as watch a teaser previously released. What do you think of this first song released?

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Morgoth's founding member Marc "Groo" Grewe has left the band. The Germans recently returned to the new releases with their single God Is Evil and are working on their new record titled Ungod. However, they will move on without their long-time singer. In fact, they are already working with a new vocalist. The death metallers also released a little (rough mix) teaser of new music straight from the studio. Check it out below.

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Austrian gothic/power metallers Illuminata have just revealed the title, the cover artwork as well as the tracklist for their upcoming third album entitled Where Stories Unfold. Though the band has yet to reveal the release date for the record, you can expect it to drop pretty soon. The tracklist and cover artwork are available below.

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The follow-up to Paraìso is coming. The progressive metallers Subsignal recently announced that they have finished song writing and pre-production for their fourth studio album. The output will be entitled The Beacons Of Somewhere Sometime, containing eight new songs with a full playing time of about 70 minutes. You just have to wait a little while longer.

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Here it is, finally, a new song from Desolate Shrine. "Black Fires Of God", the new single from the band's upcoming third full-length album The Heart Of The Netherworld, is available for streaming now through the player below. Don't forget the album will be released via Dark Descent Records on January 13th, 2015.

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Today, the nominations for the 57th annual Grammy Awards were announced. As usual, there is a metal category. In the best metal performance category, you find Anthrax, Mastodon, Motörhead, Slipknot, and Tenacious D. Two of those nominations are for cover songs included in the Ronnie James Dio tribute This Is Your Life.

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Powerwolf have shared some good news today. During the past six months, the power metal band has been secretly busy writing songs for the follow up album to Preachers Of The Night and the recording process will begin in January. You can look forward to their new opus next summer. Are you excited?

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New Zealand's based blackened death metallers Witchrist are currently streaming online yet another new song entitled "The Golden Ascent", the final from their upcoming 12" mini LP Vritra and so you can get a good idea of the dimensions the band is exploring. Listen to the song below. The album release date set for January 15th via Iron Bonehead Productions.

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Finns Callisto are pleased to share new details for their upcoming new studio effort Secret Youth, which will hit the stores on January 30th, 2015 via Svart Records on CD, vinyl, and digital. Celebrating the new album, the band will perform select dates across Finland (dates below) and will afterwards embark on an extensive European tour in the Spring of 2015. Check out the album artwork and full tracklist of Secret Youth down under.

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