Now, for the first time in over two decades, Krokus is returning to U.S. shores. On April 18th, the Swiss rockers board the MSC Divina for the Monsters Of Rock Cruise with a cast of seminal rock and metal acts, including Tesla, Europe, Night Ranger, Extreme, KIX, and Queensrÿche. Following the cruise, the tour continues through a series of U.S. cities, leading to the legendary Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, CA on May 6th.

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Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden has told The Sydney Morning Herald that the band plans to make a new album in the next few months for a 2016 release. So, that means that King Animal (2012), their comeback album, will have a follow-up. The band will begin working on it after their Australian shows this month. What are your hopes for the band's next album?

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Skyforger has been confirmed for the biggest German pagan folk Viking metal gathering, Ragnarök Festival! The band will also perform at other festivals and shows. Check out the tour dates below. The folk metallers are also finishing up their new album. So, fans can start looking forward to that as well.

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Blues Pills have released a trailer for their upcoming live album. You can check it out now on the YouTube player below. Blues Pills Live will be available in various vinyl colors (black, blue, yellow, splatter) as well as on CD in a lavish upright digibook. No digital version will be made available. The release will be strictly limited and won't be reprinted once it is sold out. So, don't waste any time!

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Saint Vitus have announced that their former vocalist Scott Reagers will be joining them on their 2015 summer dates in Europe. The doom legends have already been confirmed for Hellfest Open Air festival and more dates will follow in due time. Scott Reagers was the singer on the band's first two albums Saint Vitus and Hallow's Victim as well as Die Healing (1995).

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Norwegian symphonic gothic metal band Savn have announced that bassist Øyvind Lende will join them on stage from now on. The band who released their self-titled debut album last year is probably going to announce new tour dates soon. Savn is also working on new songs.

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As their fans wait for their next album, Punishment 18 Records is preparing to reissue Borknagar classic album The Olden Domain. Originally released in 1997 by Century Media Records, their second full-length album marks the beginning of Borknagar's transition to a new extreme metal vision, following an evolution of a more progressive approach to Viking-themed metal artistic movement, according to the label.

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Damnation Defaced, the progressive death metallers, have released a teaser for their new album which features 6 of the 11 songs from the forthcoming offering. Come February 27th, The Infernal Tremor will finally come out via Kernkraftritter Records. In a few days, their new webshop will be open for preorders. Until then, check out the music. Maybe you will like it.

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Jimi Hendrix's pre-The Jimi Hendrix Experience recording history will be compiled on a new collection next month. You Can't Use My Name: Curtis Knight & The Squires (Featuring Jimi Hendrix) - The RSVP/PPX Sessions includes 14 songs from the guitar hero's days as a session musician. This release will come out on March 24th via Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings. More of Hendrix's early recordings are promised after this first collection debuts.

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Taking place this September 11th-12th, Wings Of Metal is an underground festival bringing the finest quality and cutting-edge doom, heavy, NWOBHM, thrash, black and death bands together for a weekend of pure metal insanity. The legendary new wave of British heavy metal band Angel Witch has just been added to the festival's lineup as headliners. Not having played in North America since the 1990s, this very special and unique performance is going to be their first Canadian appearance ever!

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Death doom metallers The Slow Death's new album Ark finally has a release date. The CD version will be released on March 16th 2015, via Chaos Records. The album will be up for pre-orders next week. Ark will be released in 6-panel digipak with mate lamination and spot varnish, 16-page full color booklet with lyrics.

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Swedish keyboardist Mats Johan Olausson (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ark, Iron Mask) was found dead inside a hotel room in downtown Rayong, Thailand on Thursday afternoon (February 19th), according to Chaingrai Times and Bangkok Post. He was 54 years old and also played with Kamelot. R.I.P.

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The Gentle Storm have finally revealed the tracklist of their upcoming debut album The Diary, which is set to hit stores on the 23rd of March 2015 through Inside Out Music. This new band, where singer Anneke Van Giersbergen joins forces with multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen, has already premiered a first track from the new record. You can still stream it over here. Now you can see all the tracks that will appear on the album.

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After 5 years since their last studio album, the new Raven album will hit the streets in April. ExtermiNation will drop in Scandinavia on April 22nd, in Germany on April 24th, in Europe on April 27th and in the USA on April 28th as a digipak version (including one bonus track), 2LP gatefold green vinyl version and download through SPV/Steamhammer. In commemoration of Bon Scott's death 35 years ago, the band has also released a snippet of their new song "Thunder Down Under". Listen to it below. Did it whet your appetite for the new record?

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British heavy metal crusaders Tank recently extended their record deal with Metal Mind Productions, the label that re-released the band's back catalogue and issued their recent albums War Machine (2010) and War Nation (2012). Now, the recording is underway for the new Tank studio album scheduled for release in Europe on June 8th and in the US on June 9th. Titled Valley Of Tears, this will be the first album to feature the vocals of former DragonForce frontman ZP "Zippy" Theart.

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