English traditional doomsters Desolate Pathway will play at the Malta Doom Festival (MDM) in October, it has been confirmed. The festival has also announced a few other bands like Bunker 66 (Italian band), Mythological Cold Towers and Phlebotomized. It will be a veritable doom feast!

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Sabaton's Heroes On Tour DVD will see the light of day on March 4th. Now the Swedish heavy metal heroes have shared the first full clip from the release for the tune "Resist And Bite" filmed at Wacken Open Air 2015 with a sea of people. You can take a look at it below.

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Prepare for more Teutonic Destruction! The thrashers are currently working on their new album entitled Under Attack. The band started the recording sessions after the summer festivals last year and have been recording segments in various studios between September 2015 and January 2016. So far, they have completed the drum recordings with Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Studios in Germany, as well as completing some basic recordings, mixing and mastering with VO Pulver at Little Greek Studios in Switzerland.

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Here is some death metal to kick off the weekend! Swedish death metal maniacs Entombed A.D. will bring to light (or darkness) their new album, entitled Dead Dawn on February 26th, 2016. Before that, you can hear the filthy new song "Midas In Reverse" right now over here. Check out the striking cover artwork created by Watain-frontman Erik Danielsson as well.

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American doomsters Pentagram are mourning the death of their former drummer Stuart Rose. He was in the band from 1984-1987 and also played on their classic album Day Of Reckoning. R.I.P.

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Pythia's long time vocalist Emily Alice Ovenden left the band in 2015 and has now launched a new folk/prog band, Khronicles. The new Pythia vocalist is Sophie Dorman and you can hear a sample of her audition for the band below. Their first appearance of the year will be on January 22nd at the Boston Music room in London. Triaxis and Metaprism will open for Pythia.

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England's long living metal legends, Black Sabbath, formed in 1968 in Birmingham. Three original members, except for drummer Bill Ward, will hit the road soon for their farewell tour. They are taking drummer Tommy Clufetos with them, and he has already performed with the band on tour in 2013. Furthermore, Black Sabbath is releasing a new EP called The End on January 20th.

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The Polish band Blindead can't seem to get a break when it comes to their singer position. They are searching for a new frontman once again. The post-metallers didn't say much about the departure of their most recent singer, Jan Galbas. In 2015, the band announced that Jan Galbas would be taking over vocal duties after Patryk Zwoliński left but that didn't last long.

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Finnish black folk metal act Wyrd took a long time to release a new album and they continue to share new tracks from it to promote it. They bring us now another song from their upcoming album, Death Of The Sun. This time around, the band shared ''Man Of Silent Waters''. It is available for your listening pleasure below.

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Post/doom metal act Kauan were supposed to perform in Latvia for the first time this month. However, they had to cancel the show in Latvia in support of their new album Sorni Nai due to problems with obtaining visas. The gig was to take place on January 23rd in Riga at concert hall Klubs Melnā Piektdiena.

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Polish death metal outfit Behemoth has announced its return to North America this spring with a special tour with support from black metallers Myrkur opening the shows. Behemoth plans to play their latest album, The Satanist, in its entirety, like they will do on their European tour. Are you checking out the Blasfemia Amerika Tour?

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After a sold-out show back in October 2015, Germans Scorpions are back to rock even harder with an impressive five-night run at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Special guests Queensrÿche are returning for each night of the limited engagement. Performances are scheduled for May 13th, May 14th, May 18th, May 20th and May 21st and tickets go on sale Friday, January 15th at 10 a.m.

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Swedish vintage style hard rockers Spiritual Beggars have been working on new material and will return with their 9th studio album entitled Sunrise To Sundown this year. The record will be released on March 18th, 2016 in Europe as well as March 25th, 2016 in North America via InsideOutMusic.

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Dream Theater's thirteenth album, The Astonishing, will be released on January 29th via Roadrunner Records. As we get closer to the release date, the prog giants have released a first glimpse into the world of The Astonishing. Watch its official trailer available below with new song snippets as well. The Astonishing is a concept album focusing on various characters and spreads over two acts.

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Remember The Gathering last year's 25th special anniversary show? For those who couldn't be there, that show will be available as their new double live album TG25: Live At Doornroosje on the 29th of January 2016. All band members who ever graced The Gathering's line-up since the beginning in 1989 until the present day participated in the show. You can listen to 4 live songs from the release right now here.

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