Finnish doomsters from Tornio, Ordog, have announced three major news. They have a new label, Godeater Records, they just revealed the first details regarding their new album and also announced the departure of guitarist Ilkka Kalliainen. Stay tuned for their new album, The Grand Wall.

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American death metal maniacs Ectovoid have lost their guitarist Michael Stewart. It was the band's label Hellthrasher Productions that broke the news. The band has released two albums so far, Fractured In The Timeless Abyss and 2015's Dark Abstraction. Michael Stewart was in the band since the beginning.

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Finnish heavy metal singer Noora Lauhimo (of Battle Beast fame) has launched the new solo project Noora Louhimo Experience. She did not leave Battle Beast and, in fact, remains focused on their new album. However, Noora Louhimo Experience will be doing some shows and also work on new songs.

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Dutch folk metal band Myrkvar is working on new songs in the studio. It's been 4 years already since they released the latest album, As En Bloed, so it's about time! The band has also shared photos from the recording sessions at XPZ Sound Studio. While you wait, you can also check out their previous releases via Bandcamp.

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Swedish metal team Grand Magus from Stockholm will release their eighth studio album, Sword Songs, on May 13th through Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the album was created by acclaimed artist Anthony Roberts. Today, they bring you "Varangian," the first song available from the new output in the form of an official lyric video. All you have to do is click play on the video below and enjoy the metal.

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Former Belgian gothic/doom metal band's Keltgar singer Evy Verbruggen has launched a new project called Elusion. The band is currently in the studio, working on their first album. You can hear some samples of the music over here.

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American hard rockers Danzig just shared a NSFW video (nudity and blood) for the tune "N.I.B." which is a Black Sabbath cover. The song appears on their latest covers album Skeletons, released last November via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Danzig have also been working on a new studio album for a while.

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A few days ago, French metallers Lonewolf announced that guitarist Alex Hilbert has left the band for personal reasons even though he recorded their new album with them. Now, the band says they have found his replacement. Guitarist Michael Hellström (also in Elvenstorm) joins in as the new guitarist.

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The ongoing dispute between members of the Swedish metal band Entombed over the rights to the group's brand name continues with a new chapter. Earlier this month, the Swedish Patent And Registration Office rejected Entombed frontman Lars-Göran "LG" Petrov's bid to stop guitarist Alex Hellid's trademark registration to sell beverages under the Entombed moniker. The singer is currently touring and releasing albums under the moniker of Entombed A.D.. Basically, Alex Hellid can sell beverages under the band name.

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French metallers Lonewolf just announced that guitarist Alex Hilbert has left the band, due to personal reasons. This happens at a time the band's new album, The Heathen Dawn, is about to be released on May 20th, 2016 via Massacre Records.

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A few days ago, Finnish black/folk metal act Wyrd shared with us their new album Death Of The Sun, still streaming here. But it seems like that won't be their only release this year. The band will unleash a new split EP with another Finnish black metal band, Kalmankantaja. You can see the artwork below. It was made by Linda Piekäinen and the EP will be released by War Against Yourself in the near future.

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Iron Maiden's 747 Ed Force One was badly damaged in a runway accident at a Santiago, Chile airport. It was tethered to a tow truck to be taken for refuelling prior to flying over the Andes to Cordoba. On moving the steering pin that is part of the mechanism that connects the ground tug to the aircraft seemingly fell out. On making a turn the aircraft had no steering and collided with the ground tug badly damaging the undercarriage, two of the aircrafts engines and injuring two ground tug operators, both of whom have been taken to hospital. The flight engineers were on site evaluating the damage, but their initial report is that the engines have suffered large damage and will require an extended period of maintenance and possibly two new engines. Despite this, it shouldn't affect their concert schedule including the 2 shows in Cordoba and Buenos Aires.

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Amalie Bruun, AKA Myrkur, has revealed on Myrkur's Facebook page that the band will have to cancel 3 shows in Bristol, London and Brussels, due to her respiratory infection. Myrkur are currently touring with Deafheaven in Europe.

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Canadian progressive rock legends Rush won't tour anymore, not big tours anyway. Guitarist Alex Lifeson said that it was tough enough for them to get drummer Neil Peart to play last year's R40 tour. The trio has not discussed the state of the band beyond that tour. They could still play one-off shows or short runs in the future and could still record music but the future is uncertain.

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Former Hatebreed drummer Nick "Nickel P" Papantoniou was found guilty of murder, according to the New Haven Register. He was only in the band briefly (1996 and 1997). After re-hearing Nicholas Papantoniou's testimony in his own defense, a jury Thursday found him guilty of felony murder and two other charges in the assault upon Larry Dildy in his Hamden home in October 2014.

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