The remaining members of Immortal have talked about the trademark case which was closed by "Patentstyret" (Norway's Patent Office) in November 2015. Guitarist/lyricist Demonaz and drummer Horgh can now share their side of the story for the first time. Former frontman Abbath Doom Occulta has formed his own project Abbath after he left the Norwegian metallers saying at the time that he attempted to secure exclusive rights to the band's name and logo because he thought Horgh and Demonaz had quit the band. Now Demonaz and Horgh claim that the conflict was due to personal problems and that Abbath ruined the band's progress.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
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In support of Repentless, the band's 12th studio album and its career-highest chart debut, Slayer will launch 2016 by pillaging and marauding its way across North America, headlining some two-dozen dates over a five-week period. With special guests Testament and Carcass on all dates, this tour of metal heavyweights starts on February 19th in Chicago and wraps up in Las Vegas on March 26th.

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Event:	Slayer: North American Tour 2016

The XXIV Polish YACH film awards have one of Behemoth's videos among their nominees. Fans have until today (December 3rd) to help vote for Behemoth's "The Satanist" video at Polish YACH film awards for the best direction. The video, which was directed by Andrzej Dragan (http://andrzejdragan.com), serves as another ambitious piece of art from the Polish death metal band that released their last album The Satanist back in February of 2014. Fans can vote for the band by "liking" the post on Facebook here.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Behemoth

In a recent interview, Voivod singer Denis Bélanger revealed that part of their new 5-track EP has already been recorded, with the band approving mixes while on the road in Europe. He discusses the Deathcrusher tour with Carcass, Napalm Death and Obituary, the recent Paris attacks, an album which will be released next year, musical direction as compared to Target Earth, his opinion on who will headline festivals after Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, the upcoming tour with Vektor, Black Sabbath's final tour without Bill Ward and much more.

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You can finally hear a new Bucovina song. Only a demo pre-master version, but a new song nonetheless. The song is called "Dă-mi Mâna, Toamnă" and it is taken from the band's upcoming new album, Nestrămutat. You can listen to it at this location or in the embedded player below.

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Are you ready for some prog? Check out Dissona's new song! After revealing their new album title, cover and tracklist exclusively on Metal Storm, the American band has now premiered its first new track. The first full song we get to hear from the Paleopneumatic record is called "Odium". Make the best of it and enjoy it below.

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Currently at the end of their Abigail U.S. tour, King Diamond have been forced to announce the cancellation of their Tulsa, Oklahoma show. Unfortunately, the band didn't perform yesterday because frontman King Diamond is suffering from a severe case of acute laryngitis. The last two shows of the tour are Houston and Dallas and King Diamond won't be able to perform at the House of Blues this Friday the 4th of December neither.

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Prepare to hear some new material from thrashers Exmortus! They have unveiled another pulverizing new track from their forthcoming release, Ride Forth, and made a lyric video for "Death To Tyrants." Take a listen to the song via the video directly below. Due ou on January 8th, Ride Forth features cover artwork by the legendary Philip Lawvere (Kreator, Celtic Frost) and marks Exmortus' sophomore release with Prosthetic Records.

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American atmospheric one man black metal act Utstøtt will stop being a solo effort. The band's mastermind Navnløs (real name Alex Rosenberg) has added his good friend Stormning to their ranks. Stormning will take over drums and guitar duties. Utstøtt is preparing a new album and the recordings will begin soon.

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The California Deathfest is coming back for its second edition next year. You can mark your calendars for October 14th-16th, 2016. The California Deathfest II will take place at the Oakland Metro Operahouse and to get things started, the first bands have now been announced. The batch includes The Ruins Of Beverast, Angelcorpse, Demilich, Revenge, and more.

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Little by little, we begin to know more about Dream Theater's upcoming album. Titled The Astonishing, the prog metal masters have now revealed its cover explaining that it introduces the album's retro-futurist dystopian setting. Take a look at it below alongside the tracklist. It remains to be seen if the album will be astonishing or not, but the band will perform it in full on a European tour next year with shows in England, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and Denmark already booked.

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Source:	dreamtheater.net
Band profile:	Dream Theater

Melvins and Napalm Death will join forces for the Savage Imperial Death March Tour that kicks off on March 26th, 2016 at The Marquee in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Melvins' Facebook page, Melt Banana is the band that will open for them on this forthcoming North American trek.

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Dutch death/doom metal act Officium Triste have announced that long-time bassist Lawrence Meyer has left the band. They said that even though they "can look back at great times together, there was no future perspective, due to personal differences." They wish him all the best but part ways. Now we will have to wait to know who his replacement will be. Stay tuned.

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Well, it looks like the old brand is better than the new one. Kristof Bathory - the mastermind behind Urilia - just announced on the band's Facebook profile that Dawn Of Ashes, his first band is going to resurrect. Industrial shock rockers Dawn Of Ashes had split up in 2014 and reformed as Urilia. The band has joined forces with Metropolis Records and is working on a new album now called Theophany.

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Resurrection Kings are new supergroup featuring singer Chas West (Diamond Head), guitarist Craig Goldy (Dio), bassist Sean McNabb (Quiet Riot, Dokken) and drummer Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell, etc). Their first album will be released on January 29th, 2016 via Frontiers Music Srl and you can stream the new track "Distant Prayer" below to get to know them.

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Band profile:	Resurrection Kings