Two former Necrophobic guitarists who had left the band back in 2011 are now returning to the fold: Johan Bergebäck and Sebastian Ramstedt. Meanwhile, guitarist Fredrik Folkare has been fired from the Swedish death metal unit. Back in 2013, frontman Tobias Sidegård was arrested for domestic violence and the band decided to go on without him. The follow-up to Womb Of Lilithu, their last album, is now finally seeing the light of day. The group has started to write new music and plan to record the long awaited new album during the end of 2017.

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Singer Matt Barlow has given a first look at the press release of his new project, Sentinels, that he is working on with Jonah Weingarten (Pyramaze). He's really excited about this project and the songwriting for the record is nearly complete. The debut album should drop in 2017.

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Latvian crust punkers Wagars just shared a new video online for the track ''Stabu Ielas Slaktiņ?'', that you can now see here below. The track appears on the band's latest EP, Melnie Smiekli, released last July.

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Good news for Dreadnought fans! The band is currently in the studio working on new songs for the follow-up to their latest creation, 2015's album Bridging Realms. The group has also shared a few pics from the recording sessions for album number three.

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The new lineup of Ross The Boss, the band led by former Manowar and current Death Dealer guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman, will perform at the Hall Of Heavy Metal History induction ceremony on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 at the Anaheim Expo Center in Anaheim, California. Joining Friedman in the group's incarnation are Symphony X bassist Mike LePond, former Manowar drummer Kenny "Rhino" Earl and Let Us Prey vocalist Marc Lopes.

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One year after Lemmy died, German metal icon Doro just released a brand new video as a tribute to the mighty Motörhead frontman. You can watch the video for ''It Still Hurts'' below. In this new video to the song that she recorded with him in 2012, you can find the clip footage and many pictures of several decades from both metal legends working together and sharing the spirit of heavy music.

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Beer, metal and football. Korpiklaani have merged the three and just released a new video about supporting their local football team FC Lahti. Previously, the band released this single and now, after touring Europe and Russia extensively during the last months, you can the clip which bases on material from the group's appearance at this year's Masters Of Rock in Czech Republic.

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In 2014, Metal Storm reported that Malice guitarist Mick Zane, real name Mick Landauer, had a brain tumor. Now he has lost his battle and recently passed away.

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Dalarna's favorite sons Civil War just lost their singer Nils Patrik Johansson. As the Metal Storm Awards approach, it seems like we have a little bit of drama. According to the band, the vocalist left all of a sudden and unexpectedly.

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In the last few months, black metallers Immortal have given some updates on where they stand and their new ninth album. In a new update, the sons of northern darkness now revealed that they will begin recording the new opus in January 2017 at Abyss Studio. You can expect a new album next year and guitarist Demonaz will be handling the vocals.

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In a recent interview, Brazilian heavy metal act Panndora confirmed that the band was on hiatus. Now it seems that the hiatus is over, and the band promises to come back in 2017 in full force. We will have to wait and see but the goal is to record the follow-up to their 2011 debut The Heretic's Box.

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Drummer David Wallin didn't stay long in Swedish melodic metallers HammerFall. He has announced that he is leaving the group in order to focus on his family life. Due to family commitments, David will not be able to do any gigs with HammerFall next year and has decided to vacate his drum stool. Johan Koleberg is the new drummer!

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Metal Storm previously reported that Finnish heavy metal act Battle Beast have returned and are set to release their fourth studio record titled Bringer Of Pain on February 17th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Records. The first single is now available. Watch the video for "King For A Day" below.

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Former Morbid Angel members David Vincent (vocals, bass) and Tim Yeung (drums) will join forces with guitarists Bill Hudson (TSO/Circle II Circle) and Ira Black (Metal Church/Lizzy Borden) to perform classic Morbid Angel songs under the I Am Morbid banner. You might remember that last year drummer Tim Yeung, guitarist Destructhor and David Vincent all parted ways with the band, who hasn't announced new members yet but they are working on their new album slated for a release in 2017.

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Luleå native sons The Duskfall went through a massive line-up change after their return in 2014. Now, the band has parted ways with guitarist Ronny Edlund and announced that Jakob Björnfot will take over guitar duties. The band is in the studio working on the new album The Everlasting Shadows and recording it.

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