Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno's April 9th performance at Lizard Club in Krakow, Poland as part of the Doładowanie festival, was professionally filmed for an upcoming DVD, titled The Beast Arises. It will be released on October 6th in Europe through Metal Mind Productions and October 7th in North America via MVD. The Beast Arises will also be made available on CD and vinyl. You can see the Maiden classic "Charlotte The Harlot" down below.

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The German black metal outfit Der Weg Einer Freiheit is the new signing of Season Of Mist, which means... yes, you guessed it, a new album is coming soon. The band's third opus that follows Unstille (2012) is planned to be released next year and the band will start recording it this month. Stay tuned for some studio updates.

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UPDATE: According to Chimaira's Facebook page, the band called it quits today. This follows the departure of five members.

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How about some new music from At The Gates? Okay, but only a little to whet your appetite. This is the first teaser with new material from At War With Reality. The Gothenburg metal pioneers are soon to release their highly anticipated comeback album, their first studio effort in 19 years. Check out the teaser here featuring more artwork designed by Costin Chioreanu and see the tracklist too.

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Terrible news from Germany today: Tobias Graf, former drummer and co-founder of Deadlock, has passed away at the age of 35. Details regarding his passing are scarce, but several websites have speculated cancer to be the cause.

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After teasing their fans for days, Australian progressive metallers Ne Obliviscaris have finally released a sample off their upcoming album. Citadel opens with a 23-minute song entitled "Painters Of The Tempest". This song is made up of 3 parts and is the centrepiece of the new album. Hear "Movement III: Curator" from Part II now here.

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Here is Persuader's brand new video! The Swedish power metal band has created a clip for the track "One Lifetime," that opens their most recent album The Fiction Maze. It was performed, filmed and edited by Persuader. And you can now enjoy it and watch it below.

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Atriarch are back with a new album. If you enjoyed their last album Ritual Of Passing, prepare for the new one which will be called An Unending Pathway. It is coming out in October via Relapse Records. As for the music, you won't even have to wait to listen to some of it. You can stream the new song "Collapse" right away!

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"Gotta Love The Ride", a brand new song from Mr. Big, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track is taken from the band's eighth studio album, ...The Stories We Could Tell, which will be released on September 30th in North America and four days earlier in Europe via Frontiers Records. Enjoy!

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Since 2013, Italian stoner/doom metallers Ufomammut have been slowly working on a video project which will be released on DVD this October via the band's Supernatural Cat Records. The DVD features over 3 hours of live footage, interviews and outtakes: a documentary about these first15 years of the band called XV and also Magickal Mastery Live, a 12-song live act. A preview trailer of what the XV DVD has in store has been released.

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In a moment of spontaneous surprise, Japan's post-rock band Mono has announced that not only will there be a new album this year, but two companion albums will be released on the same day. The Last Dawn, and Rays Of Darkness are the two new albums from the group, which have several release dates that go from Europe (October 24th), the UK (October 27th), North America (October 28th) and Japan (November 5th). Enjoy "Where We Begin" now from The Last Dawn and check out the cover artworks.

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Just a few weeks after the recent update on their upcoming album IV - One With The Storm, Finnish metallers Ghost Brigade have now released a two-minute teaser on YouTube. The teaser, made by Anssi Korhonen, features snippets of what we can expect from the album. Not only that but they also showed us the cover artwork that will grace the album as well as the tracklist.

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Earlier this year, Opeth announced their tour dates for an European Tour. Alcest have now revealed that they are going to join them on this tour, in support of the release of Opeth's new album Pale Communion. The French group also has a new album, Shelter, to present. If you have the chance to go, do not miss this lineup!

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After its release in Europe, The Haunted's fresh new album Exit Wounds has now also been released all over the world via Century Media Records. If you still haven't checked it out, here is your chance. The album sees a revamped line-up that includes founding members Jonas Björler (bass) and Patrik Jensen (guitars) teaming up with former members Adrian Erlandsson (drums) and Marco Aro (vocals), together with newest member Ola Englund (guitars).

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Good news for the Corrosion Of Conformity fans who have been awaiting the return of Pepper Keenan (Down) to the group. It's finally happening, folks! It was the drummer Reed Mullin who confirmed it in a new interview with Heavy Blog Is Heavy. The band will make an album and tour with guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan next year.

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Band profile:	Corrosion Of Conformity