An excerpt from the audiobook version of former Judas Priest's guitarist K.K. Downing's recently released autobiography, "Heavy Duty: Days And Nights In Judas Priest", has been made available and you can now hear it below. The book was read by Maxwell Caulfield. This is a memoir by the cofounder and former lead guitarist of heavy metal giants Judas Priest.

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French symphonic power metallers Nightmare have recently revealed that they are preparing a new album and plan to release it next year to follow Dead Sun. In other news, drummer Olivier Casula was replaced by Niels Quiais after he decided to quit the band following a serious hand injury.

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After releasing Lock Up The Living, British doom metallers Iron Hearse will enter the studio early next year, in January. The band has been asking fans to buy their merchandise from Bandcamp, in order to earn money to finance their trip to the studio.

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Swedish metallers Månegarm recently revealed that a new studio album was in the works. Now, the band gave a studio update revealing a little bit more of what's coming, including work on a new video with Svartna Film. They also shared a taste of the new album via Facebook. According to the band, the album is about to be mixed and features violins, blended vocals and Swedish lyrics.

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California glam metal favorites Steel Panther have entered the studio on Tuesday, November 13th to begin laying down drums for their fifth album at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles. Drummer Stix Zadinia tweeted on Sunday: "Holy shit. We are doin it again! These songs are gonna fuuuuck your face up. In the cool way." The band also announced new tour dates.

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Estonian black metal beasts Bestia have started recording their third studio album last weekend at Arhailised Helid studio. They haven't released a new record for almost ten years, since Ronkade Parved came out in 2009. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Remember when a hologram of late heavy metal legendary singer Ronnie James Dio set out on a world tour, backed by musicians who played with him? Well, there will be more of that in 2019. Billboard is reporting that Eyellusion, the hologram company behind touring shows for Ronnie James Dio, Frank Zappa and pianist Glenn Gould, has signed with the Agency for the Performing Arts for more than 100 Dio Returns shows in 2019. Also appearing are former Judas Priest singer Tim "Ripper" Owens and ex-Lynch Mob frontman Oni Logan.

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Irish death/doom metal act Mourning Beloveth are currently in the Skyhammer Studio recording material for a very special release. Stay tuned for more news regarding the release, because this is just the beginning. The band's latest release was their 2015 album Rust & Bone.

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Eluveitie are currently working on the follow-up to their highly acclaimed 2017 album Evocation II - Pantheon. The band have already ensconced themselves at Tommy Vetterli's Newsound Studio in Switzerland to kick off the recording. A year ago, the band released the first single "Rebirth", which gave fans an exclusive taster of what to expect from the forthcoming album. Now the band is back in the studio to record the whole album.

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Swedish prog/power metallers Evergrey have just shared the exciting details of their new studio album. To follow 2016's The Storm Within, the band is set to release their new studio album, titled The Atlantic, on January 25th 2019 via AFM Records. Feast your eyes on the cover artwork, tracklist and more details below.

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US metal veterans Metal Church are proud to announce that they will release their 12th full length studio album, Damned If You Do, through Nuclear Blast Records on December 7th, 2018 (Rat Pak Records in America, King Records in Japan). This release is the follow-up to their successful 2016 album XI, which saw the return of legendary frontman Mike Howe. More album details and comments, regarding this forthcoming effort, can be found below.

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Italian symphonic death metallers Fleshgod Apocalypse are currently in the studio with producer Jacob Hansen recording the follow-up to their 2016 release, King. The as-of-yet untitled record will be the band's fifth full length and is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2019 release. More details to follow in the near future.

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The last Saxorior album, Saksen (check it out on Bandcamp) was released in 2015, and after that the melodic black metal band has been active in the live front. Now they are back in the studio doing some recordings, but it's still unclear if it will be for a full-length or EP.

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Great news! The reunited classic lineup of German power metallers Helloween including former vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist Kai Hansen alongside current singer Andi Deris and guitarist Sascha Gerstner ? has captured "the very best moments" from their "Pumpkins United" world tour and will make the footage and recordings available as a live CD as well as on DVD and Blu-ray in early 2019. Furthermore, there will be a new Helloween studio album featuring Kiske and Hansen. The band will retreat to the studio in 2019 to begin work on the record, which is scheduled to arrive in 2020 via Nuclear Blast.

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Downfall Of Gaia just entered the studio to work on the successor to their 2016 album, Atrophy. The currently untitled fifth studio album will be recorded at Hidden Planet Studio in Berlin with Jan Oberg and at Backroom Studios New Jersey with Kevin Antreassian (The Dillinger Escape Plan). This time around, the mix and master will come from V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress). The band is aiming for a release in early 2019.

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