Progressive rock mastermind Steven Wilson has just announced his new album, very shortly after previously releasing Hand. Cannot. Erase., their newest album. The 22nd of January will see the release of a new Steven Wilson album, 4 ½, so titled because it forms an interim release between Steven's recently released fourth album Hand. Cannot. Erase. and the next studio album.

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Legendary thrashers Overkill have announced a very special anniversary show at Turbinenhalle 2 in Oberhausen, Germany on April 16th, 2016. On that evening, the band will play the records Horrorscope (1991) and Feel The Fire 1985) in their entirety. As if this wasn't enough, the show will be recorded for an upcoming DVD release as well! It will be a night to remember.

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The mighty Rush will release their R40 Live concert film later this month on November 20th. Until that happens, you can watch a performance clip of the classic song "Tom Sawyer" from the Canadian proggers, taken from this release below. "The Spirit Of Radio" and "Closer To The Heart" are also available here as a bonus.

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The new band of Delain's singer Charlotte Wessels is called Phantasma (NED). She teams up with Georg Neuhauser (Serenity) and Oliver Philipps (Satyrian, etc.) and together they will release their upcoming debut record, The Deviant Hearts, this November 20th via Napalm Records. While previously you had the chance of hearing "Let It Die", now you can enjoy samples to give you an idea of the full scope of songs.

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Blliigghhtted has just released a new split with Red Bible Black. You can listen to the entire thing as of now via Bandcamp. The first half of the album belongs to Red Bible Black's own brand of Italian brutal black metal. Blliigghhtted's part of the album "is a nightmare carved out of the pits of theological poetry. Three epic songs truly melt the brain."

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"Queen Of Fire" is the new video from Finnish melodic metallers Burning Point, whose current lineup includes singer Nitte Vänskä (ex-Battle Beast). The song is taken from their most recent new, self-titled album, which came out in June via AFM Records. The album includes five brand new songs and six re-recorded tracks from the band's first three albums. Enjoy their brand new clip here.

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Back in October, the UK-based blackened sludge/death metal outfit Dragged Into Sunlight revealed a new song from their upcoming collaboration album with Gnaw Their Tongues, NV, called "Visceral Repulsion". This time around, they have released a nasty one called "Omniscienza". The 7-minute track can be heard on the SoundCloud player over here. Enjoy!

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It seems like guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine (MegaDave) loves the current lineup of Megadeth so much that he even contemplated re-recording the band's debut album, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!, with the trio of musicians that surrounds him now for the album's 30th anniversary. The band is currently on tour in Russia, with more European dates still to come, where he revealed this.

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Avenged Sevenfold have a new drummer! The American metallers have announced that former Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman has joined the band. The group revealed last month that they found Arin Ilejay's replacement before their former sticksman had officially left the group. Now they've named the former Infectious Grooves and Bad Religion drummer as the man for the job. Wackerman has also played with Suicidal Tendencies, Blink-182 and Tenacious D.

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Avantasia continue to add new guests to the list of their new album. The German power metal band is working on a new record and have now announced that Marco Hietala will also be a guest on Ghostlights. He is known, of course, as the bassist/vocalist from Tarot and Nightwish. Furthermore, Robert Mason of Lynch Mob and Warrant fame can been confirmed to sing on the new album as well. You can grab the album on January 29th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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UPDATE: The Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta has announced his resignation along with his government following large protests over the nightclub fire that happened in Bucharest's Colectiv nightclub and killed more than 30 people, including metallers Goodbye To Gravity's two guitarists. The owners of the Bucharest nightclub have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and anger at the government has been growing, with many perceiving it as being corrupt, and last week's fire delivered the final blow.

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Nuclear Blast Records has announced the signing of British hardcore punk legends Discharge. Their new album is planned for a 2016 release after some years of silence in terms of new releases. But the band has just released a brand new song. Check out the clip of the track "NWO" below as well.

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Latvian gothic doom metal band Catalepsia recently shared their new single "Damnation" which was recorded especially for the "Supernova 2016" song contest (selection of the Latvian Eurovision representative). The group formed in 2005 and went on hiatus from 2011 to 2014, led by Heaven Grey's vocalist/guitarist Erwin Franz.

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After sharing the first details about their upcoming new album, Sunn O))) just revealed the cover that will grace Kannon. You only have to wait until December 4th, through Southern Lord Records, to get your hands on the record. Check out the cover below in the meantime. Do you like it?

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Entropia (POL) have spilled the beans and revealed many details about their new release. Their second album will be called Ufonaut and comes out in February 2016 via Arachnophobia Records. Feast your eyes on the cover art created by Polish artist Kuba Sokólski below. What do you expect from the new album?

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