Pianist and drummer Hayashi Yoshiki from the Japanese power metal band X Japan has composed the musical theme for this year's Golden Globe Awards, which take place today in Beverly Hills, California. The awards show will feature new music for the first time in 15 years.

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Source:	xjapanmusic.com
Band profile:	X Japan

Paul Stanley, guitarist/vocalist of American legendary hard-rockers Kiss has posted an update on the band's official website about the new album: "Friday we officially completed work on the new album. Listening to the tracks back to back is like sensory overload. Everyone who has heard any of it is completely blown away. Powerful, heavy, melodic and epic. It makes us very proud. You all will be too. Mixing starts next week."

Their new album Monster is set to be released sometime this year.

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Source:	kissonline.com
Band profile:	KISS

The trailer for Twilights Of Sand, the upcoming album from Italian power metallers Skylark is now available online and you can watch it below. The album will be released tomorrow, January 11th, via Renaissance Records.


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Source:	skylarkrock.com
Band profile:	Skylark

An update on the official Black Sabbath Facebook page has announced that the legendary guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, a cancer related to the immune system.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Black Sabbath

About the band's upcoming 7th album and follow-up to 2009's Children Of The Dark Waters, Finnish extreme power metallers Eternal Tears Of Sorrow issue the following update.

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Source:	eternaltears.fi
Band profile:	Eternal Tears Of Sorrow

US metallers Killswitch Engage announced on their official website that the band decided to continue without vocalist Howard Jones. The band is now making preparations for the upcoming album, due to be released at some point later in the year. The band issued the following update:

"To our family, friends and fans: We have decided to continue on without Howard Jones as the singer of Killswitch Engage. We love Howard and are thankful for the nine years that we've had him in the band. Out of respect for everyone involved we will not be discussing the specific reasons behind this decision. Howard is a part of our family and always will be, and we wish him well. He has left big shoes to fill, so we certainly have our work cut out for us to find the next singer of Killswitch, something we plan on making priority #1 going forward. Most importantly, thanks to all of you for all the support throughout the years and for sticking by us for all this time. We really do appreciate it and we very much look forward to having a new record for all of you in the not too-distant future that we can all be proud of. Sincerely, Adam, Joel, Mike, and Justin."

Thanks also to CHEF METAL HEAD!

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Source:	killswitchengage.com
Band profile:	Killswitch Engage

The team of Metal Storm would like to wish all of you a happy new year. We hope your Christmas has been as good as ours and are looking forward to another year with the best metal community out there.

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The record label Audio Fidelity will release a newly remastered edition of Dio's classic debut album Holy Diver this month as part of its 24K Gold Compact Disc series. Although many remastered editions have been released, this edition promises to be a significant sonic upgrade over past releases of this timeless debut due to the use of the original 1983 Sound City studio analog 30 ips AES half-inch non-Dolby original stereo mix tapes along with the mastering expertise of renowned audiophile music restoration specialist Steve Hoffman. Most previous releases relied on post-EQ'ed cutting tapes.


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Source:	wackenradio.com
Band profile:	Dio

Finnish power metallers Stratovarius performed in Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland, on November 19th, where a DVD was filmed for a future release. The show was part of the band's Jörg Farewell Tour, the last one to feature Stratovarius longtime drummer Jörg Michael, who is leaving the group for personal reasons. Jörg, who has been in the band for sixteen years, will play all the remaining tour dates until the end of January.

Stratovarius is inviting its fans to come up with a title for the forthcoming DVD by posting their suggestions on the band's official Facebook page. The winner will receive two copies of the DVD and a credit in the liner notes.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Stratovarius

French metallers Alcest have posted a sample online from the song "Faiseurs De Mondes" and you can listen to it at this location. The band also posted a promo clip from a second song, "Autre Temps". Both songs are taken from their upcoming new album Les Voyages De L'âme, which is due for release on January 6th, 2012. Check out the clip below. More album details here and here.

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Source:	alcest-music.com
Band profile:	Alcest

German power metal band Freedom Call has revealed details about their upcoming new album. It will be entitled Land Of The Crimson Dawn and it will be released on February 27th, 2012 (Germany: February 24th, 2012; USA: February 28th, 2012) in three versions: as a jewel case featuring 14 songs, as a limited double CD digipak including six additional bonus tracks and on double coloured vinyl LP. You can check out the tracklist and cover art for the album below.

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Source:	freedom-call.net
Band profile:	Freedom Call

"Harvest Scythe", a new video clip from US metallers Novembers Doom is now available for viewing at this location. The song is taken from the band's latest album Aphotic, released in May. The video was directed by Erik Johnson.

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Source:	metalsucks.net
Band profile:	Novembers Doom

US atmospheric black metallers Wolves In The Throne Room have announced new North American tour dates in January. This special run of new performances will bring the band's final shows in support of Celestial Lineage, released this year, and the band is excited to perform alongside a range of acts on the ten-date expedition, including Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Mount Eerie, Ash Borer, Worm Oroboros and Chelsea Wolfe.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Wolves In The Throne Room
Event:	Wolves In The Throne Room: N. American West Coast Tour 2012

The organization of the festival announced yesterday the confirmation of the pioneers of black/thrash metal Venom: "Injected With Deadly Toxin: Please Welcome Venom On Board! To travel from the North Sea into the Atlantic Ocean, they must sail around the British Isles. Before doing so they decided to visit a town in North East England that they are familiar with from last year: Newcastle, and what a welcome they got! On arrival they all got injected by a deadly toxin: Venom!"

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Source:	70000tons.com
Band profile:	Venom
Event:	70000 Tons Of Metal 2012

World Of Glass Promotions are proud to announce the cover artwork and tracklist for their second compilation album, World Of Glass Compilation, Volume 2, which is set to be released on March 13th next year.

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Source:	worldofglasspromotions.blogspot.com
Band profile:	Ram-Zet