German power metal masters Powerwolf are pleased to announce that they have added more shows to their North American spring tour. The (complete) itinerary is available down under.

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Event:	Powerwolf: North American Tour 2023

Dear MS community,

as some of you will have noticed, we had an extended maintenance downtime today. This was to push a huge under-the-hood update that we’ve been working on for pretty much a whole year. We decided not to give you a heads-up this time so as to not clutter our news feeds with too much site- and not metal-related content. We want our news section to be mainly about metal and not so much about Metal Storm.

The site you’re now visiting is pretty much still the old one. There are a few noticeable changes like re-working the login and registration system and some smaller updates here and there. Under the hood, however, we’ve changed a lot. Most of that relates to the way the database is handled. This also means that you’ll see new bugs or changed behavior. We did a lot of testing in the background but there is only so much we can do with the team size we have and still operate the live site.

So we decided to push the update live at a point where we are pretty satisfied with the experience and accept the possibility that it might explode on us because we missed something big. This means there's an increased chance for you to find parts of the site that don't work as expected or end up on a white page in general. At this point in our upgrade path that's pretty much unavoidable. We're making good progress with the updates but the original code is still very old and error-prone.

Everything we missed, you can report in the new January 2023 Update Bugs thread and we’ll look into it.

We’ll continue to work on the site, both under the hood and new features and functions. If you want to help, please contact a staffer of your choice. We are looking to build a small team of volunteer testers soon.

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Mork, a Norway-based black metal entity, announce the release of their sixth studio album. Entitled Dypet, it set to land in stores on March 24th 2023 via Peaceville Records. The entire music output was performed, recorded and mixed by Thomas Eriksen (the band's mastermind), with engineering assisted by Freddy Holm, and with mastering carried out by Jack Control at Enormous Door.

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Band profile:	Mork

As part of their soon-to-be-released studio album Den Tapte Krigen, Norwegian progressive black metal band Bizarrekult now stream Andrew Bam-directed music video for the title track.

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The Arcane Order, feat. members of Soilwork, Møl, and Dawn Of Demise, have inked a worldwide deal with Swedish label Black Lion Records. The first fruition of this newly sealed collaboration will be the band's fourth studio album, dubbed Distortions From Cosmogony. Produced, mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen.

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Band profile:	The Arcane Order

Depravation are premiering "Vampire Burial", the second single off their next full length effort - IV:LETVM - which will be set free by Lifeforce Records on February 17th, 2023.

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Band profile:	Depravation

Ventura, California's heavy metal institution Night Demon return with their third full length album, Outsider, via Century Media Records on March 17, 2023. Below you can give a listen to the album's title track.

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Band profile:	Night Demon

Although Twisted Sister decided to stop touring back in 2016, they will perform one more time later this month when they are inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame. Mike Portnoy will be joining them on drums.

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Band profile:	Twisted Sister

New single/video by Siena Root, "Keeper Of The Flame, is out today. The song is part of the band's forthcoming record Revelation, due out February 24th via Atomic Fire Records.

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Australian death doomers Subterranean Disposition will release their third studio album, the successor to Contagium And The Landscapes Of Failure, in the first half of 2023. Additional info coming soon.

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Band profile:	Subterranean Disposition

"Total War", the newest single from Memoriam's next full length instalment Rise To Power, has premiered online in the form of an official lyric video. The new music output is set for February 3rd official release.

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US power metallers Judicator are pleased to welcome guitarist Chad Anderson, best known for his work in Helion Prime, and drummer Dalton Jolley on board. More can be read below.

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Black metal operatives from Sweden, Scitalis, are pleased to share a brand new standalone single called "Thy Offering". Check it out now via YouTube player down under.

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Band profile:	Scitalis

Coming from early 90's, Swedish doom/death metal act Runemagick and Hammerheart Records unveil details for their fourteenth studio album - Beyond The Cenotaph Of Mankind. Due on 28th of April 2023, it was mixed and mastered by Johan Bäckman at Raven Noise Studio. Cover artwork was done by Denny Surreal Art.

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Band profile:	Runemagick

Big Brave are thrilled to announce first European dates in support of their upcoming new record Nature Morte, which is set to be released by Thrill Jockey Records on February 24th. Joining them on this trek will be Aicher.

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Band profile:	Big Brave
Event:	Big Brave: Nature Morte European Tour 2023