Whitesnake have shared online another track from the impending release The Purple Album, which will be hitting stores on May 15th in Europe, May 18th in the UK, and May 19th in North America via Frontiers Music Srl. Go ahead and enjoy the tune "Lay Down Stay Down" and let us know what you think.

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Flotsam & Jetsam have recently confirmed that their first appearance on the island of Crete will be at the Chania Rock Festival in Chania, Crete, on Saturday July 18th, 2015. The thrashers will share the stage with confirmed acts Sabaton, Gus G., Bonfire, and much more. Also, the band has shared an update and some footage from the recording process of their new album.

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Poland's Antyradio.pl recently conducted an interview with former Slayer and current Philm drummer Dave Lombardo. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. He talks about Fantômas and Grip Inc. The most relevant part to Grip Inc. fans is that according to him the band is over.

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The veteran proggers Magnum aren't showing signs of slowing down. Despite having released their last album Escape From The Shadow Garden last year, they have entered Mad Hat Studios in Staffordshire, England to begin recording their new album for a tentative early 2016 release. This will be their 19th studio album!

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The Swedes At The Gates are currently touring in North America and have teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo! to live stream their April 6th concert live from the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. So, mark your calendars for next Monday where you can see the band perform live from the comfort of your home. Fans can tune in on April 6th at 11:15 p.m. ET at this location.

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The third full-length album by hard rockers Halestorm, called Into The Wild Life, follows the band's breakthrough album, The Strange Case Of... which earned the band a 2013 Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Currently streaming online, you can listen to the entire new record here. Enjoy it while you can!

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The upcoming Dutch Doom Days festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands is shaping up. Recently, new names have been announced for the bill that will be headlined by Shape Of Despair on October 31st. Death Penalty was confirmed as co-headliner on the second day of Dutch Doom Days. Belgian newcomers Bathsheba as well as doom/death metallers Insanity Reigns Supreme also join the line-up.

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Event:	Dutch Doom Days XIV

Crowbar has announced a North American summer tour! The sludge purveyors will tour with fellow Americans Battlecross and Lord Dying and the tour starts in two months from now. If you want to be part of the Summer of Doom, see the dates below. You might get lucky.

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Latvian folk black metal band Skyforger has a few things to share. First, they have been confirmed for the Lithuanian Kilkim ?aibu festival, with Triptykon, Enthroned, Bölzer, among others. As they are releasing a new album soon (6th of April), you can also check out the new tune "Rāmava" from new album Senprūsija through the YouTube player below. The song tells about mystic grove in Prussian lands, where ancient priests worshiped their gods.

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As of now, you can watch the full song performance of Tarja's "Until My Last Breath", taken from the upcoming fan filmed live album Luna Park Ride. Due out on May 29th 2015 via earMUSIC, the live performance is available for the first time as audio and standalone video - including over 70 minutes of bonus material.

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Brazilian epic doom metal veterans Mythological Cold Towers are ready to release their new album, entitled Monvmenta Antiqva. It is the fifth full-length album of the band, 21 years after its birth, back in 1994. It will be out on April 6th, 2015 via the Brazilian label Nuktemeron Productions. Whet your appetite with the teaser below.

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MyGrain are no more. The melodic death metal band from Finland released their latest album Planetary Breathing in 2013 and it will be their last. Their career has lasted for 11 years but the band members have decided to put it to rest now because "it isn't fun nor inspiring anymore". But there will be two last farewell shows and former guitarist Resistor will also perform with the band.

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"Voice Of Slumber" is the new promotional video from German death metallers Morgoth, who have just released their comeback album Ungod after almost two decades. The clip was directed by Dirk Behlau of Pixeleye Interactive, known from his work with bands such as Arch Enemy, Sick Of It All, Dr. Living Dead!, and can be viewed here now. The band shot a live video clip at the final album release show in Wermelskirchen, Germany.

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Guitar shredder Michael Angelo Batio is set to release his first-ever career retrospective. Due on April 14th via Rat Pak Records, Shred Force 1: The Essential Michael Angelo Batio not only highlights Michael's best work to date, but also brings together many nationally renowned musicians from the hard rock and heavy metal genres. You can hear two examples below with "Burn", a Deep Purple cover, featuring Todd La Torre of Queensrÿche, Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge, Bobby Rock and William Kopeck, as well as "What You're Doing", a Rush cover.

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Dutch folk metallers Heidevolk are facing a string of bad luck lately. After their guitarist Kevin Vruchtbaard got hospitalized following an accidental blow to his head, now bassist Rowan Roodbaert broke a bone in his foot. The band just finished their Paganfest Tour with Wintersun and Turisas with some war scars.

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