It has been a while since one man black metal act Appalachian Winter shared some news, but the mastermind Daniel George Klyne has been working on new music. In fact, he is working on two new albums but only one is metal. You can listen to a few new songs on their Bandcamp page.

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German power metallers Unisonic made two important announcements recently. The first is that drummer Kosta Zafiriou has left the band. Secondly, the band is going on hiatus, because Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen will reunite with Helloween for a world tour. After that, they promise to return and work on their third album.

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Swiss hard rock legends Krokus will release a new studio album, Big Rocks, on January 27th via Century Media. The disc sees the band paying tribute to bands and artists like Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, Stepenwollf, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and many more by presenting their very own versions of classic tracks such as "My Generation", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Whole Lotta Love", "Quinn The Eskimo", "Born To Be Wild" and others.

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By now, you know about the upcoming DVD from Nightwish, entitled Vehicle Of Spirit, due out on December 16th. So far, the band has released live clips from the show at Wembley. Now it's time to see the first video from the Tampere, Finland show. It's the performance of the Oceanborn song "Stargazers".

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Eternal Idol's new track "Is The Answer Far From God?" can now be streamed below. The tune is taken from the band's forthcoming debut album, The Unrevealed Secret, which will be released on December 2nd via Frontiers Music Srl. In case you've never heard of the band, Eternal Idol is fronted by ex-Rhapsody Of Fire and Angra singer Fabio Lione in duet with Giorgia Colleluori.

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Finnish power metal act Burning Point just launched the new video for the new tune "The King Is Dead, Long Live The King" online. The track appears on their new studio album, The Blaze, which has just been released via AFM Records. Check out the video and song below.

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Brent Hinds has broken his leg in a motorcycle accident, it has been revealed. The Mastodon guitarist/vocalist was about to play a few shows with his other band Giraffe Tongue Orchestra. Meanwhile, Mastodon are done with their new album, confirmed by Troy Sanders, which will be released next year. So, at least there's that!

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It's been a year since Latvian doom metal band Catalepsia released their debut World Of Cliché album. Now it's time for their first ever video. You can watch ''To Escape And Return'' below. The video was made in October in the Latvian sea side town of Liepāja.

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Cauldron, the Canadian heavy metal trio, just posted a message online to their Mexican fans, about their Mexican tour being cancelled. The band has been touring in support of their new album, In Ruin.

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As of now, you can hear the new Ordog album called The Grand Wall right here on Bandcamp in its entirety. The Finns offer you a new dose of melancholic doom metal. The Grand Wall has just been released via Moscow Funeral League in association with Solitude Productions and Frozen Light. Go ahead and give it a spin or two!

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Dutch 80's heavy metal act Emerald have lost their original bassist Essie Zagers. The band only released one album, Down Town, back in 1985. Rest in peace.

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Danish sludge hammers Nuclear Death Terror have posted online that former Bottom Feeder drummer Jonas Bjerg has died. According to them, he committed suicide.

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A new power metal act is born. Steamhammer/SPV will give birth to a new dragon child, or we can call them Unity. The first chapter in this epic book will be written soon and their debut album will be out next year. This saga will be written by drummer Michael Ehré and guitarist Henjo Richter both from Gamma Ray. The eponymously titled recording has been scheduled for release in early 2017.

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A long time ago, Mägo De Oz was born in 1989 and guitarist Pedro Pablo Diaz was one of the Spanish band's three founding members. He would leave the band in 1990 but played on their first demo. It was another founding member, drummer Txus di Fellatio, still in the band, who announced the sad news.

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While winter storms are coming, Haugesund's native heathens Einherjer bring you music which you can now hear below. The folk metal band is premiering their new single and state-of-the-art music video for "Ballad Of The Swords". The video and illustrations are done by incredibly talented Costin Chioreanu. The track appears on Dragons Of The North XX, the re-recorded version of the classic originally released in 1996.

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