After the split with Immortal, frontman Olve Eikemo (Abbath) formed Abbath but is already facing another line-up change. Following the recent departure of drummer Kevin Foley (Creature), now it's live guitarist Per Frank Valla who jumps ship. Both cited personal reasons to leave the band while Abbath hasn't addressed any of this so far.

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Band profile:	Abbath

You thought Baard Koldstadt was Abbath's drummer under the name of Creature? Well he was not. Kevin Foley, Benighted's drummer, has just revealed he was the mighty Creature. He has been working with Abbath on their tour this year, and also performed on Abbath's new album. He was because he is now leaving Abbath for personal reasons. Surprisingly, he is also leaving Benighted after ten years, but will be touring with them for the last time on January/February.

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Norwegian black metal bringers Abbath have shared their new song "Count The Dead" from the upcoming album. The limited edition 7" single itself is officially released today but the self-titled album will hit stores only on January 22nd via Season Of Mist. You can hear Abbath's new single at this location for another slab of new music.

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The bands and tour dates have been revealed for the fifth annual Decibel Tour and it's looking tasty! Abbath, High On Fire, Skeletonwitch and Tribulation spearhead this new tour taking place this upcoming March in North America. How do you like this line-up?

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Abbath is now streaming the first song from their highly anticipated self-titled debut album, now available for pre-order here. Abbath has been slated for worldwide release on January 22nd via Season Of Mist and it's the band's debut record. The song "Winter Bane" is now exclusively available here or over here. Abbath describes the song as "epic, honest, powerful, and a heavy headbanger". How do you like it?

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While we still don't know who will be behind the drumkit on Black Sabbath, the legendary English band from Aston, Birmingham will embark on their farewell tour next year. Due to overwhelming demand, the road to The End just got longer. After adding some European dates to the trek, the heavy metallers have now added more dates to their North American tour. These shows will follow a mix of summer headlining and festival performances throughout Europe.

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Band profile:	Black Sabbath

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 the video for the new song "Fenrir Hunts" was released recently, the newly formed black metal band Abbath have now shared a live video for ''Warriors'' which is an I cover. Fans of Immortal and Abbath might be familiar with I, another band from the Norwegian guitarist/vocalist. But there is more from Abbath to hear. It's the video for Immortal's "Nebular Ravens Winter". Both songs are from a live session recorded in September 2015.

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After announcing the first dates of their farewell tour for North America, Australia and New Zealand, heavy metal legends Black Sabbath have finally announced European tour dates as well. Black Sabbath's farewell tour begins on January 20th, 2016 and it promises to surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever. The Euro tour includes some festival appearances as well. See the shows scheduled so far below where the U.K. is still not included for now.

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After sharing a new song recently, Abbath will release a seven-inch single, Count The Dead, on December 11th via Season Of Mist. This will be the first official release of the band led by former Immortal frontman Abbath Doom Occulta. The A-side features the title track, a new song, while the B-side consists of a cover version of the Judas Priest classic "Riding On The Wind". Count The Dead will be released in two versions, which are both limited to 500 copies worldwide.

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Stryper's cover version of the Black Sabbath classic "After Forever" can be streamed below. The song is featured on band's new album, Fallen, which will be released worldwide on Friday, October 16th via Frontiers Music Srl. While the heavy metallers have already shared a few new songs before, now they share a different side of the record.

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Today fans get to hear the first solo song of Abbath since he parted ways with Immortal. You can check out the song on the video for a live recording of "Fenrir Hunts". This is a different version of the track that will appear on the band's highly anticipated debut album set for a January 2016 release through Season of Mist. The clip can be enjoyed below and is the first new material available from Abbath so far. This is a live-in-the-studio version of the track that will appear in fully mixed form on the forthcoming album.

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Black Sabbath have surprised fans today by announcing their farewell tour. The end is near, my friend. Frontman Ozzy Osbourne had revealed last year that there would be a farewell tour and album from the legendary band. At least the tour part has now been confirmed. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler will close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible Black Sabbath story. The band's farewell tour begins on January 20th, 2016 and it promises to surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever. See the dates announced so far!

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With Immortal working on new songs and after the legal Battles In The North with his former band, Abbath went solo and his new band project is simply called Abbath. Now we know that Abbath's debut album is coming in January via Season of Mist. His line-up also features bassist King ov Hell (Gorgoroth, I, God Seed, Ov Hell) and drummer Creature. Stay tuned for more details regarding the album.

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Europe will be able to witness soon another Behemoth tour. The Polish death metal heavyweights have announced that they will be touring Europe in early 2016 still supporting their latest effort, The Satanist. This tour happening in January/February will feature as well Abbath, Inquisition and Entombed A.D. Get ready for one of the hottest extreme metal packages of 2016, Europa Blasphemia Tour.

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Band profile:	Behemoth
Event:	Behemoth: Europa Blasphemia Tour 2016 E.D.