Helloween have surprised fans with big news today! 2017 and 2018 will see them tour with Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen again. The fans asked for it and now is the time. Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen will once again mount a Helloween stage together and resurrect the band's legendary original line-up. Weikath, Kiske, Hansen, Grosskopf are going to play Helloween classics live and on a joint tour. But that's not all of it! Under the flag Pumpkins United, all pumpkin heads will step up, meaning Andi and Michi on vocals, Kai, Weiki and Sascha on guitars, and Markus and Dani in the rhythm section.

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Beheaded from Malta are about to release a new album. Titled Beast Incarnate, you can expect more brutal death metal from the quintet. In fact, the first song from the record has already been released. Witness "The Horror Breathes" below. Their fifth full-length will drop next year via Unique Leader Records on the 27th of January 2017, four years after Never To Dawn.

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Swiss metallers Dreamshade just shared a brand new song! The melodic death metal band has announced their new album Vibrant, which will be released on December 9th through Artery Recordings. Their latest single is called "Up All Night" and you can give it a spin below. Do you like the new material?

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French metallers Betraying The Martyrs have shared a new song from their upcoming album. The group decided to release the track today as it marks one year after the terrible Paris terrorist attacks. "Won't Back Down" can be streamed below via YouTube. The video was directed and edited by Scott Kennedy at 12 Inch Media.

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Back in October, Vanhelga released their latest album, Ode & Elegy. Now, the Swedish black metal group has premiered a video of the track "Utan Mening". Directed by J. Ejnarsson, the video features A. Rohtsalu in the role of a depressed young woman who is slipping further and further into darkness and despair, from which she is unable to escape. Watch it unfold below.

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Have you already listened to Superjoint's new album? The sludge metallers have just released Caught Up In The Gears Of Application, their first new full-length in over a decade. Their previous offering, A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred, dated back to 2003. You can listen to the entire new record now via Bandcamp. Enjoy the sludge!

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Sirenia have just released their brand new studio album, Dim Days Of Dolor, and to celebrate that, they also debuted a brand new video clip for the title track. This is the symphonic band's first album with new singer Emmanuelle Zoldan, who replaced Ailyn this year. The video was shot in Stockholm together with director Owe Lingwall and also features singer Joakim Næss. Enjoy!

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Ex Deo are about to unleash The Immortal Wars upon the world. The Canadian death metallers return following a short hiatus and present their new album. Today, you can take a look at the album cover art below as well as a teaser of the opus, which is set to be released on February 24th 2017 via Napalm Records. The teaser features new music.

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You can start your weekend by listening to some symphonic metal! Diabulus In Musica have just premiered a brand new single and video to accompany it. The Spaniards are about to release the offering Dirge For The Archons on November 18th through Napalm Records and now share "Invisible". Don't miss the opportunity to hear more music from the new record.

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The new Rhapsody Of Fire line-up is shaping up. The symphonic power metallers have just revealed their new singer, following the departure of long-time vocalist Fabio Lione. Drummer Alex Holzwarth also left the band, by the way. So, who is the new singer? Giacomo Voli, the vocalist of symphonic metallers Teodasia, is joining them. Hear the new singer below.

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Earlier this year, Arch Enemy revealed that they filmed a new live DVD. Now, the melodic death metal band has announced As The Stages Burn!, which features one of their largest stage production to date from their performance last summer at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. The DVD highlights an impressive live production! As The Stages Burn! is scheduled for a worldwide release through Century Media Records on March 31st, 2017. More details will be revealed soon. The group also announced exclusive release shows with special support from Lacuna Coil and The Haunted.

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Fans have been eagerly awaiting Pain Of Salvation's new album which will follow 2011's Road Salt Two. Their new studio record, however, is hitting stores next year and is called In The Passing Light Of Day. Now finally they have revealed more details about it. The Swedish progressive innovators have announced the worldwide release of the opus for Friday the 13th of January, 2017 via their longtime label partners InsideOutMusic. Check out the cover and tracklist available below.

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The Japanese metal sensation Babymetal just announced the release of a live album for December. It's called Live At Wembley and the CD will be available on December 9th, 2016 and digitally on December 30th. The 13-track album was recorded at the London venue in April, when the band became the first Japanese band to play there.

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On December 9th, the symphonic metal visionaries Nightwish are set to release their new live output on DVD and Blu-ray, Vehicle Of Spirit, featuring not only two full concerts, but also plenty of bonus material. Today, they have unveiled a second appetizer with their live track "Alpenglow" (from the Endless Forms Most Beautiful album). Watch the clip from their show at Wembley Arena below.

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Singer Jake E, who is among the founding members of Amaranthe, will be taking a break from touring with the band to pursue other things. The Swedes just released their new album Maximalism and are touring in Europe to support it. However, there is speculation that the vocalist won't come back to the band. In fact, he doesn't specify if his absence could be permanent or not.

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