Despite the hints that Black Sabbath's show at London's Hyde Park this last July could be their last, the heavy metal legends will be touring again, according to frontman Ozzy Osbourne. In a recent interview to Metal Hammer magazine, he confirms that the band will start working on a new album next year and then do one final tour.

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Prosthetic Records has recently announced the signing of the Denver-based atmospheric metal quartet Wayfarer. Formed in 2012, the band began working on their full-length debut Children Of The Iron Age, which is now tentatively scheduled for a November release.

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As previously reported, there is a new German supergroup called Panzer. This Teutonic heavy metal trio is comprised of Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer (Destruction), guitarist Herman Frank (Accept, Victory) and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann (Accept, ex-Running Wild). Recently, the band put out the second album trailer for Send Them All To Hell, their impending debut album. If you are curious about the band, you can hear more song excerpts below!

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Ozzy Osbourne recently announced the release of Memoirs Of A Madman. It is an audio and video collections that celebrates the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne. The single CD, two DVD set, 180g double vinyl and limited edition picture disc vinyl is due out on October 7th via Epic Records/Legacy Recordings. A new teaser of the release is available below. The interview clip features bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson, guitarist Gus G., keyboardist Adam Wakeman, drummer Tommy Clufetos and guitarist Zakk Wylde. Check it out!

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UPDATE: According to The Sydney Morning Herald, AC/DC co-founder, guitarist and songwriter Malcolm Young, whose retirement from the band was announced on Wednesday, has been moved into full-time care in a nursing home facility in Sydney's eastern suburbs specialising in dementia, citing sources connected to the Young family.

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American thrashers Metal Church, who reunited last year, have announced vocalist Ronny Munroe's departure. The band even released a new album called Generation Nothing but now faces a line-up change. However, they promise big news soon.

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After the passing of Astarte's mastermind Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri in August from complications of leukemia, the Greek black metal act will finish the new album they were working on called Blackdemonium and release it in her honor.

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"Kill To Live" is the new video from Entombed A.D., and can now be seen below. The clip was filmed at the Party.San Metal Open Air festival in Germany by Oliver Barth from Visions In Fear and showcases the song taken from the band's fresh new album Back To The Front. The death metallers are currently on the road with label mates Grave on their European tour.

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Swedish melodic death metal band The Duskfall from Luleå are back! Their new opus Where The Tree Stands Dead which was mastered by Ahti Kortelainen (Sonata Arctica, Moonsorrow, Sentenced) marks the band's return to the scene after seven years of silence and delivers all the strengths of the Swedish metallers. Take a look at the album cover and tracklist here below to whet your appetite. Check out the first album teaser as well.

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"I Forget To Breathe", a brand new song from hard rockers Mr. Big can now be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track is taken from the band's eighth studio album, ...The Stories We Could Tell, which will be released on September 30th in North America and four days earlier in Europe via Frontiers Records. Enjoy!

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Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno's April 9th performance at Lizard Club in Krakow, Poland as part of the Doładowanie festival, was professionally filmed for an upcoming DVD, titled The Beast Arises. After sharing online a clip of the performance of the song "Charlotte The Harlot" from the DVD, you can now see below another preview, this time of the track "Running Free".

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Polish heavy metal band Crystal Viper have cancelled their performance at Pax Julia Metal Fest in Portugal, which was scheduled for November 15th, 2014 due to frontwoman Marta "Leather Wych" Gabriel's health, even though they didn't explain further. According to the fest, this would be the band's first time playing in Portugal.

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Norwegian black metal band 1349 have unleashed their brand new video for the track "Slaves". The band is about to release their newest creation, Massive Cauldron Of Chaos, via Indie Recordings on September 29th worldwide, except for North America where Season Of Mist releases it on September 30th. The band descended into the mines of Kongsberg in Norway to record the video for the track "Slaves". You can watch the clip here now.

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Canadian progressive rock legends Rush will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album with the massive R40 live boxset. The 10-DVD or six-Blu-ray set is coming this November 11th. The set features live footage spanning all four decades of the band's career, including over two hours of unreleased material, a rare performance of entire seven-part version of 2112, three unreleased tracks from the 1974 vault plus Rush's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

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Allen/Lande have released an official lyric video for the song "Lady Of Winter". The song is taken from Jørn Lande (Jorn, Masterplan, Yngwie Malmsteen) and Russell Allen's (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob) fourth collaborative album, The Great Divide. This new album will be released on October 17th in Europe and October 21st in North America via Frontiers Records. Enjoy the new song!

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