In 2016, the classic Dokken line-up reunited: Don Dokken (vocals), George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilson (bass) and Mick Brown (drums). Soon, they will release a new CD, DVD and Blu-ray, Return To The East Live (2016), on April 20th via Frontiers Music Srl. It contains footage of the band's October 2016 performance at Japan's Loud Park festival, as well as a brand new studio track, titled "It's Just Another Day" recorded especially for the album. You can now hear the brand new song on the video below.

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Canadians Kobra And The Lotus will unleash the second part of their magnum opus one year after the release of their latest full length release, Prevail I. Prevail II is set for an April 27th, 2018 release on Napalm Records. A few weeks ago, the band released a brand new song and the first single called "Losing My Humanity". Check it out if you're curious about the new material.

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Austrian black metal machine Locus Neminis just lost their guitarist Franz Enkner (also in French melodic black metal act Deathcode Society. Back in February, the band had announced that their second full-length album is coming. However, we don't know how the guitarist loss will affect them.

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Pretty Maids recently announced that they will perform their second album, Future World, in its entirety for an upcoming DVD. The event will take place ‪on March 30th in Zlín, Czech Republic. However, the show in Slovakia has been cancelled for reasons "beyond their control".

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Iced Earth has already embarked on a small European tour earlier this year, which consisted mostly of German shows. However, they are bringing Incorruptible to more European cities this time and have announced new shows for June and July.

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Event:	Iced Earth: European Summer Tour 2018

Nothing lasts forever and English thrashers Evile just announced that guitarist Piers Donno Fuller has left the band. He replaced founder Ol Drake when he exited the group. But there is good news as well because the band is still working on a new album, their fifth and follow-up to Skull, and promised to reveal more about it soon.

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Czech folk doomsters Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy just announced that their new album will be out on May 11th via REDBLACK. After previously revealing that it would be called Smutnice, the band now reveals that it was produced by Yossi Sassi (Yossi Sassi, ex-Orphaned Land), recorded and mixed by Roland Grapow.

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English punk rejects Discharge just announced a new punk riot tour around Europe. You can see the list of all dates on the flyer below. The band's most recent album is End Of Days which was released in 2016.

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Event:	Discharge: European Tour 2018

Good news for Q5 fans, because the band's Steel The Light debut album is set to be reissued by No Remorse Records. Q5 is a Seattle, Washington, based band formed in 1983 and their music is a blend of hard rock, melodic and straight-forward heavy metal. Steel The Light, originally released in 1984, is one of the classic U.S. metal albums of the 80s.

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Drama seems abound these last few days. Recently, Overkill announced a new live album. However, the thrashers former guitarist, Bobby Gustafson, says that fans shouldn't buy the band's upcoming Live In Overhausen DVD and Blu-Ray (which celebrates the Feel The Fire and Horrorscope albums) because he is "not getting a dime" from the release.

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British mourners My Silent Wake released their new album There Was Death a few weeks ago, but the death/doom metal band has now also announced a new guitarist who is joining their ranks: David MacLean.

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Finnish doomsters Cardinals Folly recently announced that they are working on new songs. Two years after the release of Holocaust Of Ecstasy & Freedom, the Finns are preparing new music and some live dates.

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After announcing a special event with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Iceland natives Skálmöld announced that they are recording a new album to follow Vögguvísur Yggdrasils (2016). The folk metal band has been sharing a few shenanigans from the sessions. You can follow the process on their official pages and start anticipating the new release.

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Danish metallers Pretty Maids are going back to the roots and will perform their second album, Future World, in its entirety for an upcoming DVD. The event will take place ‪on March 30th‬ in Zlín, Czech Republic, the last stop on their European tour.

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The north wind blows good news from Denmark, as Danish Viking folk metallers Heidra recently shared a new video from their upcoming album, coming in 2018, via Time To Kill Records. This is their first album since the 2014 debut, Awaiting Dawn. You can listen to "The Blackening Tide" for a first taste below.

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