This Ending, the Swedish death metal band featuring former Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson, has inked a deal with Apostasy Records. The group's forthcoming album, Garden Of Death, will be released this spring and you can already hear new material.

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Swedish black metal blasphemers from Uppsala Third Storm have announced that guitarist Jimmy Eriksson has left the band due to other projects. Hasse Hansson will replace him. They have also announced new drummer Simon Winroth. Currently, the band is writing material for their first full-length album expected at the end of this year.

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Swedish death metal veterans At The Gates are soon to kick off their next touring campaign (together with Decapitated, The Haunted and Harm's Way) in support of their acclaimed comeback album At War With Reality, released via Century Media Records. To celebrate that, they are happy to launch the fifth video clip for the album. Featuring footage filmed by Live Media Group during the band's latest show in Chicago's House Of Blues on the Decibel Tour in April 2015, you can now check out the live version of the song "The Circular Ruins" right here.

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The mighty Austrian pagan black metal unit Bifröst has recently shared the new song ''In Todes Angesicht'' as a taste of their upcoming album Mana Ewah. Their fourth output will be out on the 2nd of February 2016 via Einheit Produktionen. Until then, spin ''In Todes Angesicht" below.

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Four years after Living Like A Runaway, hard rock icon Lita Ford is finally releasing a new album. The singer/guitarist has been working on new material and fans can get their hands on Time Capsule on April 15th via SPV/Steamhammer.

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American experimental/progressive trio Eight Bells has shared a new track titled ''Touch Me'' from their upcoming album. Titled Landless, their second album will be out on February 12th via Battleground Records (and cassette on Tartarus Records). The new song is available for your listening pleasure below. All you have to do is dive in.

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After previously releasing From The Wilderness, Sabaton guitarist Thorbjörn Englund has already prepared a new album called Before The Storm that is coming out soon. It will be ready for pre-orders from iTunes and Apple Music as of February 1st. The record will be released worldwide on the 1st of March and all the details are available below.

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Guitarist Victor Smolski's new band Almanac just shared a new video online for the tune ''Self-Blinded Eyes''. He left Rage last year and formed Almanac. The track is taken from their upcoming debut album Tsar. The band also announced that they will perform at Summer Breeze Open Air 2016.

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Frontiers Music Srl will release Royal Hunt's new live album, titled Cargo on March 18th. The power metallers haven't released a live album in a few years but after releasing their latest album XIII - Devil's Dozen last year, they played in three widely known festivals around the globe in the fall of 2015: ProgPower USA, Loud Park Japan and Rockingham UK. The band found the time to gather in the studio and pick out the best performances recorded during their festival trek: an hour and a half of Royal Hunt's trademark sonic assault, skillfully captured on tape.

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Dutch symphonic rockers Nemesea just announced their new album! Uprise is set to be released on April 29th on Napalm Records. You can see its teaser with some new tunes as well as cover art and tracklist for it below. This is the band's first album in five years, following The Quiet Resistance.

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Sludge/doom metallers from Portland, Graves At Sea, have confirmed the release date of their debut album, The Curse That Is. The new output, almost 15 years in the making, is coming out on April 1st 2016 via Relapse Records. The title track "The Curse That Is" is also streaming online now so whet your appetite below.

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Axel Rudi Pell's vocalist Johnny Gioeli will release his first career solo album, with the international release scheduled for this summer through Frontiers Music Srl. He is also seeking the help of fans to produce the record. You can help here if you are so inclined.

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Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will hit the road in the U.S. again as he just announced a string of tour dates in February, March and April. Ace Frehley kicks off his 2016 shows on February 26th in Houston, Texas at Scout Bar, and wraps the run up over two nights on April 11th and April 12th at New York City's B.B. King Blues Club.

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Today is the official release date of Avantasia's awaited new album Ghostlights via Nuclear Blast and the German band is celebrating it. You can already listen to the entire album over at this location. To commemorate the release, the band has also premiered a new video for their single "A Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose'' which can be seen here. So, what is your verdict on Ghostlights? Share your impressions.

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New Orleans sludge metal veterans Crowbar will enter OCD Recording and Production studio in Louisiana with engineer/producer Duane Simoneaux on February 17th to begin recording the follow-up to 2014's Symmetry In Black album. A summer release is expected for their new output.

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