Swedish psychedelic bluesy rockers Blues Pills have announced new European tour dates. The group will be back on the road for a 30 plus show European tour in February and March 2016. If you want to catch them live, check out the dates below. Also, they have been working on some new songs for the next album!

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Blues Pills

After coming back from a hiatus, Swedish gothic metal act Beseech released a few new singles last year. It was the first taste of new material from the outfit in years. But now a new album is finally taking shape. At long last, Beseech will release a new record called My Darkness, Darkness on the 4th of March after they signed a worldwide record deal with the Swedish label Despotz Records. Start getting excited!

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Band profile:	Beseech

The organizers want to make Hellfest 2016 one of the most memorable yet and they have made the first announcement of bands that will head to France next summer to perform live on 17-18-19 June 2016. Some of the big names include the highly requested Black Sabbath, Amon Amarth, King Diamond, Megadeth, Rammstein, and more. Mind you that there are still 7 months left before Hellfest's gates open, but all the 3-day tickets have been sold already. Check out the massive list of all names confirmed so far below and start saving up!

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Distorted Harmony are the fifth band that is confirmed to perform at the ProgPower Europe 2016, that will be held in JC Sjiwa, Baarlo, The Netherlands from September 30th through October 2nd 2016. The already announced bands that will take part in the festival include 6:33, Chaos Divide, Earthside and Subterranean Masquerade.

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Source:	progpowereurope.com
Band profile:	Distorted Harmony

The diabolical death/black metal force Belphegor is working on new material. In fact, as of now you can check out an exclusive clip of the Austrian outfit playing the new track "Totenkult - Exegesis Of Deterioration", recorded live right in their "rehearsal bunker", tracked and edited by Jakob Klingsbigl, and filmed by blood brother Barth Resch. This song will be included on the upcoming album, scheduled for a late 2016 release date which follows Conjuring The Dead.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Belphegor

UK's Download Festival 2016 brought the big guns and announced their three big headliners for 2016. The triple-threat bill includes the headliners for next year's Download Festival: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Rammstein. Rammstein will headline the Friday night. Black Sabbath will return to Donington to headline the Saturday night. Their appearance at Download Festival will form part of their worldwide The End tour, as they sign off their 50-year career. Iron Maiden will headline the Sunday night of Download Festival 2016. The British metal gods will headline Castle Donington for the sixth time on June 12th, 2016, and they'll be arriving at the festival site in true Maiden style.

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After entering the studio earlier this year, the technical death metal powerhouse Wormed just announced the release date for their new album and more! Krighsu will be the name of their third album to date and Season Of Mist will release it come March 18th, 2016. There is still a bit of waiting around to do but hopefully we will have more details revealed soon.

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Band profile:	Wormed

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans Exodus will embark on a European headlining tour in February/March 2016. The trek happens in support of their latest album, Blood In Blood Out (out: October 2014 via Nuclear Blast). Special guests for the tour will be announced soon!

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Exodus

Death Angel will enter the studio on October 9th to begin tracking a new album to follow The Dream Calls For Blood. The Bay Area thrash metal band shows no sign of slowing down and will work once again with Jason Suecof and Rob producing at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida. The band has been writing new songs in between tours and is now in the final stages of writing.

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Band profile:	Death Angel

As always, as soon as ProgPower USA current edition ends, the line-up for the next year is announced. And ProgPower USA 2016 will be big. Already confirmed are performances by Devin Townsend with special guest Anneke van Giersbergen; Fates Warning playing Awaken The Guardian in its entirety with singer John Arch; Green Carnation performing Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness in its entirety; Scar Symmetry, The Gentle Storm and many more.

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Nu metallers Otep have a new label home: Austrian based Napalm Records. The Los Angeles band will release a new album in 2016 with famed producer Howard Benson handling the productions duties. He has produced such artists as Motörhead, Santana, P.O.D., Chris Cornell, Halestorm, and many more.

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Band profile:	Otep

Roadburn 2016 continues to shape up with a string of new announcements today. Are you ready? Well, first of all, Green Carnation will perform their entire masterpiece, Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness, on the fest. Amenra will be playing a rare acoustic show, plus a fully electric mass; The Skull are also playing two shows. Lychgate are performing An Antidote For The Glass Pill in its entirety with an organist on stage, and Chaos Ech?s have been added to the bill as well as La Muerte, Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of Leading Hand, and Of The Wand And The Moon. Also, Roadburn 2016 tickets will go on sale on October 2nd! Mark your calendars, folks.

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Event:	Roadburn Festival 2016

It seems like 2016 could be a memorable year for Green Carnation. At least, their fans will be able to enjoy the 60-minute concept song masterpiece Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness being performed live with a full production on the album's 15th anniversary. The Norwegian progressive metallers reunited in 2014 to play Under The Dam for the second time. Later this year, they will also perform at Norway's Blastfest 2016.

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Source:	green-carnation.com
Band profile:	Green Carnation

Prepare for an Iron Maiden world domination as the legendary heavy metal band is preparing to embark on a world tour next year in support of the upcoming double album, The Book Of Souls which will be released worldwide next week on September 4th. And they have already dropped a few hints on the destinations. They are taking touring to a new level using a Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet (aka Queen of the Skies) for their World Tour next year. The new Ed Force One will take the band, crew and over 12 tons of equipment more than 55,000 miles (88,500km) around the planet with concerts in six of the seven continents (Australasia, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Europe) with the tour expected to visit around 35 countries.

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Band profile:	Iron Maiden

Chthe'ilist will be releasing their debut album next year, it has been announced. The Canadian death metallers will finally release a follow-up to their demo Amechth'ntaas'm'rriachth. Their debut full-length, Le Dernier Crépuscule, will be mixed by Greg Chandler of Esoteric in the coming weeks, and will be mastered by Brad Boatright at the end of the month. The release date, tracklist and painting by Paolo Girardi will be revealed later. The album will have about 50 minutes of music and will be released by Profound Lore Records (CD/digital), Dark Descent Records (vinyl) and Graceless Recordings (cassette).

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Band profile:	Chthe'ilist