Funeral doom metallers Wijlen Wij have updated on the band's current activities and divulged that they are working on a new album. The band also announced that bassist Stijn Van Cauter has decided to leave the band.

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Danish heavy metal veterans Pretty Maids are hard at work in the studio to give birth to the successor of Pandemonium. The band has set Motherland as the title of their new album, due to be released in the spring of 2013 via Frontiers Records. The album is once again being produced by Jacob Hansen and will include such song titles as "Mother Of All Lies", "I See Ghosts", "The Iceman", "Why So Serious", "To Fool A Nation" and the title track.

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Dutch melodic doom/death metal veterans Officium Triste have announced the release of their 5th studio album, entitled Mors Viri, through Hammerheart Records on February 18th, 2013. Mors Viri was recorded on several occasions during 2011 at El Pato studios in Bergweiler, Germany.

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Danish death/doom metal band Saturnus has revealed some new details about their long-awaited upcoming release Saturn In Ascension. The band's fourth album will be released on November 30th, 2012 through Cyclone Empire and the full tracklist can now be seen below. The digipak version will also include the bonus track "Limbs Of Crystal Clear", taken from their first demo tape in 1994.

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US female-fronted blackened heavy metal band Faethom has posted an update at band's Facebook page. They plan to release their new and second album in 2013.

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Symphonic black metallers Obsidian Gate have recently announced some details about their upcoming album. The band decided to call it Whom The Fire Obeys. It has been a long time since the band released their last effort Colossal Christhunt in 2001 and took a break but they promise it will be worth the wait.

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Washington, D.C.-area punk and metal bassist Vance Bockis has died at the age of 50. The musician, who played in such bands as The Obsessed, 9353 and Pentagram, in addition to fronting The Factory, passed away at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, from complications following shoulder surgery.

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On The Shores Of Oblivion, the debut album from Czech doom/death metallers Somnus Aeternus will be streaming exclusively via Mortem Zine for a week. The album has come out on August 31st, and will be available on their Bandcamp as a digital download or on CD directly from the band. It was released under Solitude Productions.

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Eric Cook, guitarist for the legendary power/progressive metal band Lethal, has lost his battle with cancer. The Kentucky-based band was founded by Tom Mallicoat and the Cook brothers, Eric and Glen. The band would go on to release two albums, Programmed in 1990 and Poison Seed in 1996.

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Legendary cult doom act Pentagram are set to play a very special set for the first Power Of The Riff - East festival on September 1st in Brooklyn, New York. The band will perform its album Relentless (the album Pentagram re-released in 1993 with the same songs in another order) in its entirety for the first time since the early 1980's. Pentagram will also play other songs spanning the group's career, including tracks from their most recent album Last Rites. The influential doom outfit will also support Down in Philadelphia and Maryland.

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Aerosmith have just released the new song "Lover Alot", which can be streamed over here. The track, which is a duet between the band's singer Steven Tyler and the bassist, Tom Hamilton, will appear on the band's 15th studio album, titled Music From Another Dimension, which will hit stores on November 6th via Columbia Records.

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"The Golden Square Mile", a brand new song from Canadian extreme metallers Cryptopsy has premiered and is streaming exclusively at this location. The track will appear on the band's self-titled album, to be self-released on September 11th.

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Norwegian melodic black metallers Borknagar have premiered a new video for the song "The Earthling", off their latest album Urd, at this location. Alternatively, you can watch the video below. Urd was released in March through Century Media.

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Bassist Tomá? Čelechovský of the Czech Republic-based classical symphonic power metal band Symphonity (formerly Nemesis) has unfortunately lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on June 27th.

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US thrashers Anthrax are planning to issue a special EP of cover songs in September to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the release of the band's latest album, Worship Music.

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