Vocalist Wattie Buchan of legendary British punk/hardcore unit The Exploited was rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage due a suspected heart attack during the band's concert in Colombia on Saturday night (December 10). The 65-year-old punk legend, who has a history of heart problems, was performing the song "Army Life" with his bandmates at La Estrella Roja Calle 66 when he started feeling unwell, clutching his chest and bending down before dropping to his knees.

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In one month, Sweden's black metal formation Grá will unleash their fourth long player titled Lycaon. It was mixed by Terry Nikas (Zero Gravity Studios) and mastered by George Nerantzis. The band's new studio album will mark the first cooperation between them and Avantgarde Music. Check out two streaming tracks, "Flame Of Hephaestus" and "Brännmärkt", via Bandcamp and YouTube.

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The Winery Dogs premiere a Vicente Cordero-directed video clip for the "Xanadu" song, taken from their upcoming studio album III, due out February 3, 2023.

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Former Death bassist Terry Butler announced that he has launched a new band Left To Die, feat. guitarists Rick Rozz and Matt Harvey (who also take over vocal duties) and drummer Gus Rios. The band will embark on a European tour in March 2023 and perform Death's classic Leprosy album in its entirety, along with cuts from Scream Bloody Gore.

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Avantgarde metal band Foscor are sharing a new cover for the song "This Twilight Garden", originally created by The Cure for their 1992's album Wish, as B-side for its first single published "High". The accompanying lyric video filmed and edited by Visual Noise Barcelona.

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Fredlös, gothic metal band formed by Entombed guitarist Alex Hellid, share details in connection with the release of their debut long player. Self-titled 9-piece effort has been set for February 10, 2023 official release via Threeman Recordings. Other details as well as two streaming advance singles can be found below.

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German folk metallers Crom reveal "Higher Ground", the second single of their forthcoming album The Era Of Darkness (out on January 13th). "Higher Ground" is a cover version of Danish artist Rasmussen, with which he represented his country at the Eurovision in 2018 (Lisbon).

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American rock veterans KISS have confirmed a string of tour dates across the United Kingdom as part of their never-ending farewell tour. All dates and venues are listed via tour flyer.

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Folk metal masters Heidevolk are unveiling a Jaap Hogendoorn-directed official video for "Drink Met De Goden (Walhalla)" track. The latter appears on the group's forthcoming studio album Wederkeer, due on February 24th.

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Kardinal Sin's next full length offering, S.A.L.I.G.I.A, is completed and ready to be released on March 3rd, 2023 via Massacre Records. All songs were mixed by Fredrik Folkare, and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory (Obey Mastering). Thomas Geson Gustafsson is responsible for the album's cover design.

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Funeral doom unity Pantheïst unveil a brand new single "Fthagn​-​Nagh". A 17-minute long music piece was composed and arranged by the band's mastermind Kostas Panagiotou. Engineering, mixing and mastering was handled by Jeremy Lewis.

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Doomers Khemmis proudly announce the 'Deceiver North America MMXXIII Tour' together with progressive rippers Conjurer and blackened death metal bringers Wake.

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Long-running symphonic metal collective Within Temptation have recently launched a visualizer for their brand new standalone single, titled "The Fire Within". Check it out via YouTube down under.

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On April 28th, 2023, Elvenking will continue their quest with Reader Of The Runes - Rapture, the sequel to our 2019 record Reader Of The Runes - Divination. The new effort was written between 2020 and 2022, and recorded between May and October 2022 by the band and producer Scott Atkins who also took over mixing and mastering duties. Cover artwork created by Zsofia Dankova. For a preview you give a spin to the first single - the album's opening track called "Rapture".

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After recently unveiling first info regarding their upcoming studio release, Overkill now announce a set of shows for their 'Killfest European Tour'. Booked in April 2023, it encompasses 16 tour dates in total.

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Event:	Overkill: Scorching The Earth European Tour 2023