English doom rollers Arkham Witch confirmed that they have parted ways with bassist Ben Snowden. Ben joined the band last year, when he replaced Raj Singh. Vocalist Simon Iff? will take bass duties from now on. In other news, Arkham Witch are in a working process for their upcoming new album. More details to follow.

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Nightmares Reign marks the fourth album of the German death metal quintet Deathrite. The first single, "When Nightmares Reign", delivers an eerie introduction to an album, that adds a darker vibe to the raw, riff packed mayhem that the band creates. This new track is now available for streaming down under.

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Tremonti have released their fourth studio album, A Dying Machine, couple of months ago, on June 8th, 2018 to be exact. In support of this release, the band announced a string of headlining tour dates across Europe, scheduled for November / December. Complete list of confirmed live dates can be found below.

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Event:	Tremonti: A Dying Machine European Tour 2018

Dutch death/thrash metal quartet Legion Of The Damned are pleased to announce the details for their upcoming new full length effort. On January 4th, 2019 the band will release Slaves Of The Shadow Realm via Napalm Records. Five years after the Ravenous Plague album, the shredding legion returns with producer Andy Classen and presents an album that merges the 'unadulterated fury of the early Legion Of The Damned years with the sophistication of a veteran band'.

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Following their release of Támsins likam on Metal Blade Records earlier in the year, and after touring Central Europe extensively, Faroese doom metal act Hamferð will embark on an exclusive tour of Scandinavia. This includes their very first visit to Sweden after 8 years of international touring.

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Icelandic black metal band, Potentiam, hasn't been active in quite a while since its band members have been busy with their other bands like Kontinuum and Katla. But a one-off reunion seems to come next year at Reykjavik Metalfest 2019, where the band will perform their debut album Bálsýn in its entirety for its 20th anniversary.

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Swedish progressive melodic death metallers In Mourning have introduced two new members. Having released their latest album Afterglow back in 2016, the group has introduced new blood: drummer Jocke Strandberg Nilsson (Wolves Within and Faithful Darkness) and bassist Tterrab Dys (Letters From The Colony). In Mourning has been working on new material for a while and their new fifth album is tentatively titled Epsilon.

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Soundgarden's legendary singer Chris Cornell tragically passed away last year. On November 16th, the 17-track self-titled album, Chris Cornell, and a 64-track limited-edition deluxe box set will be released. The album will be made available by Cornell's wife, Vicky Cornell, on behalf of the Chris Cornell estate through UMe. The centerpiece to the collection is the newly discovered, unreleased track "When Bad Does Good" found in Chris' personal audio archive which was performed, recorded and mixed by Chris himself. You can now hear it here.

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Back in May, Estonian black metal flamethrowers Urt released a 4-way-Split EP with Bestia, Isgalder and ​Zornestrieb. Recently, the group also shared the music video for their contribution to the split, the song "Uus ilma kord". Enjoy it here.

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Some months ago, Icarus Witch introduced their new singer Andrew Della Cagna (and the song "Goodbye Cruel World"). Now the heavy metal band has shared another new song, "Misfortune Teller," from the upcoming album, Goodbye Cruel World, which is due out on October 26th via Cleopatra Records. Feast your eyes on the cover art and hear the new tune.

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The last Saxorior album, Saksen (check it out on Bandcamp) was released in 2015, and after that the melodic black metal band has been active in the live front. Now they are back in the studio doing some recordings, but it's still unclear if it will be for a full-length or EP.

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German power metal band Sinbreed introduced the new vocalist Nick Hollemann a few months ago to replace Herbie Langhans. Now, the band will show his vocal skills in practice. They have revealed the cover art of their new album IV which is coming out on November 23rd on Massacre Records. Stay tuned for new music soon.

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Austrian power metallers Dragony have released a brand new lyric video for the song "Flame Of Tar Valon" from their upcoming album, Masters Of The Multiverse, which will be released on 12th October 2018 via Limb Music. The presale started on September 14th. The video was uploaded on the Limb Music YouTube channel.

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German black metal horde Thrudvangar just announced line-up changes and a new album. According to the band, they entered the KR MUSIC Studios and promise to share more info soon about the follow-up to Tiwaz (2013).

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Dutch hard rockers Vandenberg's MoonKings return with their new record, Rugged And Unplugged, which will be released on November 23rd via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. Rugged And Unplugged is a stripped back acoustic album which features songs from across Adrian Vandenberg's career. From his first band Teaser as a 20-year-old, he has always used an acoustic guitar in his recordings, which along with the electric guitar creates the light and shade dynamic that is the cornerstone to all of his records. Check out "Burning Heart" below.

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