Drummer Yoshiki of X Japan will undergo an emergency cervical artificial disc replacement surgery on Tuesday, May 16th in Los Angeles. As a result of Yoshiki's intense drumming style and the impact it has had on his physical health, he was diagnosed with cervical foraminal stenosis in July 2009, and then underwent a cervical laminectomy and a cervical foraminotomy.

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Swedish epic doomsters Below recently announced a new album that will be titled Upon A Pale Horse and is due out on May 19th via Metal Blade Records. If you are curious about the follow up to Across The Dark River (2014), you can now hear the heavy new song "Disappearing Into Nothing" which opens the record right here. The video was shot and edited by TD Producer.

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Here's some metal from Ireland. Old Season will bring us their new album, Beyond The Black, on 19 May 2017 via Pure Steel Records. For now, you can hear the new song "Scavenger" via the SoundCloud player below.

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A music Vampire and gothic icon Jyrki 69, lead vocalist for Helsinki's goth metal band The 69 Eyes, will release his first-ever solo album on June 23rd via Cleopatra Records. The disc, titled Helsinki Vampire, "builds on the distinctive 'goth 'n' roll' sound that The 69 Eyes, honed over the course of a dozen albums (millions of units sold collectively worldwide) while adding a more richly textured, darkly romantic atmosphere. Jyrki's vocals, which have always been crucial to the band's success, are as exceptional as ever on the new solo venture, a captivating baritone croon that evokes both Jim Morrison and Glenn Danzig."

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Finnish metallers Noumena just released their new album, Myrrys. It's their first since 2013's Death Walks With Me and the lyrics are in Finnish. Recently, they also released the video for "Kirouksen kantaja" ("The Bearer of the Curse"). In the video below, you can see the massive Finnish forest.

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Canadian heavy metal hitters Kobra And The Lotus just shared a brand new video for the tune "You Don't Know". This is the first music video from the band's first of two Prevail albums coming out soon. Prevail I, the band's latest offering, will be released on May 12th 2017 on Napalm Records. Enjoy!

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Östersund's own 220 Volt just released a new song called "Fair Enough". You can listen to it below. The band also announced their new vocalist Göran Nyström. Thomas Drevin and Mats Karlsson are the founding members of the band and both guitarists. On drum duties, there's Peter Hermansson and in 2016, the group announced new bassist Mats Vassfjord.

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Norwegian metal veterans Jorn just shared a new lyric video for "Man Of The 80's". This song comes from the band's upcoming album, Life On Death Road, which hits stores on June 2nd, 2017 on Frontiers Records Srl. You can find more about it right here. As for the music, enjoy the first single below.

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Cellar Darling, the band formed by Anna Murphy, Merlin Sutter and Ivo Henzi after troubles in the Eluveitie camp, has revealed more about their 14-track debut album. Titled This Is The Sound, it shall be released via Nuclear Blast Records on the 30th of June, 2017. More details will follow shortly and in the meantime you can watch a trailer from the recordings in the New Sound Studio of Pfäffikon.

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Remember The Oath, the short lived band with Linnéa Olsson and Johanna Platow Saddonis? Now Linnéa has launched a new band called Maggot Heart, where she offers her vocals for the first time. The band will release its debut EP, City Girls, on June 9th via Teratology Sound & Vision. Hear a new song now.

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Skellefteå natives Vintersorg just shared the brand new song "Fjällets Mäktiga Mur" online. So, the wait is finally over for the fans who wanted to hear some material from the band's impending new album, Till Fjälls Del II. Watch the lyric video here. How is the sequel to Till Fjälls sounding so far?

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Finnish metal icons Amorphis just announced that bassist Niclas Etelävuori has left the band. You can read the full statement below but he cites mismanagement as the main reason for quitting the band. So, in this case, it was the business side of things getting in the way. At the same time, original bassist Olli-Pekka Laine will join the group when it comes to live performances.

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German power metal masters Evertale, that started their epic journey under the Blackened name, just announced that they are working on a new album called The Great Brotherwar, which is due out later this year. They also announced new tour dates. Together with Elvenking, Finsterforst and Firtan, they will kick off the "Your Heroes Are Dead" European tour.

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Clouds, an international doom project, just announced a new EP, and you can read all about it below. To sum it up, it will be titled Destin and feature artwork by Arthur Kornovics and four new songs. The cover has been revealed and can be seen as well.

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Norwegian chaos bringers Kraanium just announced that the band's vocalist Martin Funderud has died. He was one of the founding members of the death metal band. Even though they didn't say much about what happened, they hinted that he committed suicide. R.I.P.

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