Krzysztof Drabikowski's version of Batushka embarked on an European tour along with Kanonenfieber and Uburen that was supposed to also have a date in Belgrade, Serbia on the 23rd of November. Sadly, due to pressures from the Serbian Orthodox church that show was cancelled. A replacement date for the tour was instead added in Brno, Czechia.

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With two batches of confirmations already behind us, we not get a third one, one that seems to round up the lineup for the time being.

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Following the initial announcement of Khanate playing their first show since the reunion as the first band announced for the 2024 edition of Roadburn, now we have the first proper batch of bands announced.

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Having already confirmed the upcoming 2024 edition, now we have the first acts for the 2024 edition of ARTmania Festival. These are Satyricon, The Flower Kings, Borknagar, Taine, and alongside those there are the two showcase winners, Alpha Q and Awake The Demons.

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US grind act Full Of Hell have already shown a penchant for collaboration, having collaborated with the likes of Merzbow, The Body, and Primitive Man. Shoegaze band Nothing is one that they have played a collaborative set with at Roadburn Festival 2022. Now that live collaboration gets its studio counterpart with When No Birds Sang, out on the 1st of December 2023 via Closed Casked Activities. You can watch the video for "Spend The Grace" below.

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I am not sure how much I can call a band with virtually no social media presence just casually dropping a one-track EP a "surprise release" as opposed to a normal release cycle, but regardless we now have a new Corrupted EP, Mushikeras, one that unlike the previous EP since their last studio album, is both in their sludge metal style and has over twenty minutes of runtime.

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This announcement is one of two firsts. For one, it marks as the first confirmed act for the 2024 edition of the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. But also it is the first announcement of a performance from extreme doom titans Khanate since their reunion and surprise album drop.

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Event:	Roadburn Festival 2024

During a pretty successful 2023 edition, Rockstadt Extreme Festival already announced next year's edition along with some names and tickets sold on site. Now tickets are also available online, as well as some new names having been confirmed.

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While the 2023 edition is still ongoing, the 2024 edition of Rockstadt Extreme Fest, which will be the tenth edition of the festival, has already been confirmed to take place between the 31st of July and the 4th of August next year, and the first names have already been confirmed. Check the poster below.

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Finnish doom metal band Kypck are set to release their fifth album, Преступления против человечества, on the 18th of August. However it seems like that will be the band's final album, as with the band being so culturally tied to Russia became incompatible since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. You can read the band's statement below.

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After thirteen years of delivering funeral doom, Romania's Descend Into Despair have called it quits. You can read their statement below.

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Uada, after firing their guitarist and deleting the statement in which they accused him of misconduct and looking for a replacement, have now shared the news of new music from the band in the form of a new album. Crepuscule Natura will arrive on the 8th of September via Eisenwald and Obsidian Spells. You can listen to the first single, "Retraversing The Void" below.

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Over the past couple of days, there have been various developments in regards to accusations of sexual misconduct against Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann. The band has since delivered multiple responses.

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Up until now thoughts of a Khanate reunion, let alone a new album, seemed like wishful thinking. Well, turns out that the band has been working on a follow-up to 2009's Clean Hands Go Foul since 2017, and now we have a new Khanate album titled To Be Cruel. The album was surprised released by Sacred Bones Records on the 19th of May, with physical versions available for pre-order. You can stream it below.

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Marduk have just appeared at Incineration Fest in London last weekend, a performance during which bassist Joel Lindholm's general behaviour was considered unacceptable by the band, resulting in him getting fired. Among other things, he performed a nazi salute to the crowd at the end of "Beyond The Grace Of God", an incident that was filmed and uploaded (along with the entire concert) on YouTube by one user Mick 666. Marduk have announced that their old bassist Devo Andersson will be taking Lindholm's place in temporarily. You can read the statement and watch the video of the live appearance below.

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