Mystic Festival will take place at the Gdansk Shipyard in Poland from June 2nd to June 4th, 2021, featuring five stages and seventy bands, and now the complete line-up has been announced. Judas Priest (performing a 50th anniversary show), Mercyful Fate, and Gojira will be headliners. All details about the festival stages and daily programs can be found at this location.

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British heavy metal legends Saxon will deliver a set of covers with their upcoming album Inspirations, which will feature eleven tracks of classic songs that influenced Biff Byford and the band. It is set for release on March 19th 2021, via Silver Lining Music and you can watch the video for "Paint It Black" now below.

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Greek metal masters Nightfall are now unleashing the first track of their upcoming opus, entitled At Night We Prey. The new offering is set for release on March 05th, 2021 via Season Of Mist. The lyric video for the song "Darkness Forever" can now be viewed below, while the new album is now available for pre-orders here.

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After a live break that lasted five years, Arizona-based progressive thrashers Vektor will return to Europe for some exclusive performances. Cryptosis (formerly known as Distillator) from the Netherlands will be special guests. You can find the scheduled dates below.

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"Common Prayers" is the second video/single - after "The Greater Good" - released from Moonspell's forthcoming album. It has just premiered on YouTube and you can watch it now below. Hermitage is due out on February 26th, 2021 via Napalm Records.

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Australian hard rock legends have premiered a brand new video for the song "Demon Fire", taken from their recently released album, Power Up. The video was directed and animated by Ben Ib, and it is available for you to watch below.

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One day before the official release date, death metal bringers Heads For The Dead already want to please your urge for horror sounds with a full album stream of Into The Red, which is due out on December 11th via Transcending Obscurity Records.

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Rivers Of Nihil are happy to announce that they will be returning to Europe in November and December next year with their friends in Archspire, Allegaeon, Black Crown Initiate, and To The Grave. Tickets for all shows will go on sale this Friday, 11 December 2020 at 11am CET / 10am UK time at this location.

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Hungarian thrash metallers Ektomorf have just released the second official single, "And The Dead Will Walk", taken from their upcoming album, Reborn. The new record is due out on January 22nd, 2021 via Napalm Records and can be pre-ordered here. Check the video out below.

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Sean Malone, the longtime bassist for Cynic, has died at the age of 50. The sad news of the bassist's death was shared by his bandmate Paul Masvidal. Malone is the second member of Cynic's classic line-up to die in 2020 after the band's founding drummer Sean Reinert passed away this past January. No cause of death has yet been revealed. May he rest in peace.

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The new Deeds Of Flesh album, Nucleus, will be out this Friday on December 11th via Unique Leader Records but the band is now premiering the entire record for an early stream. They call it "the monument built to the legend that is Erik Lindmark". Check it out below.

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Post-metal icons Cult Of Luna have just premiered a brand new track, entitled "Three Bridges". It is taken from the upcoming The Raging River EP (details here), which is due out on February 5th, 2021, on Red Creek.

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You have probably seen all the year-end posts from bands sharing their total of Spotify streams on social media. Swiss black metal vanguards Schammasch have decided to go against the trend - while admitting that they had done it the previous year - and released a statement regarding the popular streaming platform. Their post was concluded with a link for the video of Iron Maiden's "Brave New World".

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Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals will be making their way back over to Europe next summer and will be performing the very special 'Vulgar Display Of Pantera' sets for their fans. Tour dates can be found below and most are on sale now. Treking along with them for some of the shows will be Denmark's Baest. Like always, these shows will be in full tribute to Dimebag and Vinnie Paul.

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Australia's experimental black/death metal act Plasmodium have unveiled a brand new track that is now streaming below. "Vertexginous" is taken from the band's upcoming album, titled Towers Of Silence, which is due out next year on Transcending Obscurity Records and pre-orders are expected to be up next month.

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