Three years ago, Gwydion went on an indefinite hiatus. But hope rose earlier this year, when the band announced they would tour again. They are now preparing a new album, expected in July 2018. In order to help financing the recording of this album, a crowdfunding campaign has been launched last week with a fixed goal of ?2,500. It has long been known by the fans that Gwydion struggle with money, and this is a chance for those who care for their music to support the project. The campaign started here on Indiegogo on November 28th and it will last for 2 months.

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Lemmy's final studio recording has surfaced. Before his death in 2015, Motörhead's iconic frontman Lemmy finished what would be his last solo recording, a collaboration with guitarist Chris Declercq. Chris Declercq is a session studio musician, who has worked with many artists throughout his career including Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses), Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle), to Blaze Bayley, Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden), and many more. Declercq was working on a solo record and managed to land a guest appearance from Lemmy Kilmister, who he'd work with before in the past. This track, "We Are The Ones," which you can listen to below, is Lemmy's final studio performance.

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The follow-up to Grand Morbid Funeral released in 2014 by Swedish death metallers Bloodbath might be coming out sooner than you think. According to frontman Nick Holmes, the band has plans to enter studio in January 2018 to record the next album. Bloodbath will also tour in USA and Canada in May 2018.

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TesseracT have been releasing new albums every two years and their latest one, Polaris, came out in 2015. The good news is that the band hasn't slowed down and is currently in the studio working on album number four. You can listen to some new sounds on their Facebook page. The djent band has shared a picture from the recordings as well. They are tracking the album at 4DSounds.

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It's been a while since Arsis released their latest record, Unwelcome (2013). But the American melodic death metallers have some good news: new music is on its way! They have recently entered the studio with producer Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, DevilDriver, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse) to begin work on the 6th studio album. You can listen to the pre-production for the songs in a play-through by drummer Shawn Priest and frontman James Malone.

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Northern Virginia grindcore masters Pig Destroyer have entered the studio to begin recording their 6th studio album and follow-up to 2012's Book Burner. The yet-to-be-named full-length is being recorded at the band's own Visceral Sound Studios in Bethesda, MD and recorded/produced by guitarist Scott Hull. The album is expected to be released Summer 2018 via Relapse Records.

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Swedish melodic death metal pioneers, At The Gates are in the final stages of preparation for their upcoming new album, following up 2014's comeback release, At War With Reality. After the departure announcement of founding guitarist Anders Björler in March, the group has now given an update on the new album's status and officially announced the addition of guitarist Jonas Stålhammar (The Lurking Fear, Bombs Of Hades, God Macabre) to their line-up.

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Norwegian progressive metal unit Rendezvous Point have just announced they have entered PhatCat Studios, in Oslo, Norway, and are in course towards a new album that will follow their 2015 debut album, Solar Storm. Drummer Baard Kolstad (who also plays for Leprous, God Seed and ICS Vortex among others) teased with the short status: "New crazy-rhythm-album in the making..." on his official Facebook page. The band have yet to unveil further details.

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As you might know, Mastodon have released a new album this year, Emperor Of Sand, and next month they will embark on a North American tour to support it. As they gear up to get back on the road, the metallers have also unveiled an audio/visual clip of "Streambreather", taken from the current record. The trippy visual was created by Aaron Hymes.

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After debuting at last year's Wacken festival in Germany, a hologram of late heavy-metal singer Ronnie James Dio will set out on a world tour, backed by musicians who played with him, this fall. The trek, dubbed "Dio Returns", will kick off with a European leg of performances in theaters on November 30th in Helsinki before hitting South America, Australia and Asia. The tour will arrive in the U.S. in the spring of 2018 and hit select festivals next summer.

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Progressive folk metal pioneers Orphaned Land just announced that they will release a new studio album on January 26th, 2018 via Century Media Records. Most parts of the album, which will be entitled Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs, have already been recorded and Jens Bogren will once again take over mixing and mastering duties. What are your expectations for the album after the side project release with Amaseffer, Kna'an?

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Megadeth are busy touring in support of their current album, Dystopia, but they are also planning their next move. They even won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance for the song "Dystopia". The thrashers led by mastermind Dave Mustaine plan to return to the studio this November or December to start "throwing some ideas around" for their next record.

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Good news for post-metal fans. The French collective Eryn Non Dae. will soon enter the studio to record the follow-up to the praised Meliora album released in 2012. Their fourth record will be captured this August and the new songs will be recorded by long time collaborator Mobo from The Conkrete Studio. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Chilean Procession have finally revealed the full details of their new album. Now we know that it will be called Doom Decimation. Four years after they unleashed To Reap Heavens Apart, the epic doom metallers return in full force. You can take a look at the album cover as well as the tracklist for the opus right here. As for the release date, it is set for October 31st via High Roller Records.

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German power metal masters Evertale, that started their epic journey under the Blackened name, just announced that they are working on a new album called The Great Brotherwar, which is due out later this year. They also announced new tour dates. Together with Elvenking, Finsterforst and Firtan, they will kick off the "Your Heroes Are Dead" European tour.

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