Ghost will be haunting European stages again next year with a new tour in support of their Popestar EP released this year. The Swedes released the EP as a bridge between their third album Meliora launched in 2015 and their upcoming fourth full-length work, expected in 2017.

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Soon you will be able to hear new Ulver material, as the band penned the soundtrack for the crime film "Riverhead". The original score for the film will be released on December 9th via House Of Mythology, who also issued this year's album, ATGCLVLSSCAP. Hear a bit of the haunting music below.

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Swedish atmospheric black metallers Wormwood have inked a deal with the Dutch label Non Serviam Records. Their debut album entitled Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth will be released early next year as a physical release and through all digital platforms. The album has been recorded and mastered by Sverker Widgren at Wing Studios, a renowned veteran of sound engineering on the Scandinavian extreme metal scene.

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Bornholm's new album, Primaeval Pantheons, will be released on December 2nd via Massacre Records! The Hungarian occult/pagan black metal outfit presents their 4th studio album, just in time for the darker season. The album was recorded, produced and mixed by Victor "Max" Scheer and mastered by Paul Ericksen. Enjoy the lyric video for "Runes Of Power" here.

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In case you haven't noticed yet, the grindcore force that is The Drip will release a debut full-length three years after they released A Presentation Of Gruesome Poetics EP. The new offering has the title The Haunting Fear Of Inevitability. How about a new song from them? Yes, please! Here it is, the first song off this new beast to be unleashed is called "Painted Ram" and it is ready for consumption though the YouTube player below. Is it tasty?

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Sólstafir are now releasing a new video for the track "Dagmál", which is taken from the band's latest full-length, Ótta. In other news, Season of Mist also announced the re-signing of Sólstafir and today marks the start of the third week of the band recording their new album. They are working with renowned producers Birgir Birgirsson (Sigur Rós, Alcest) and Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Cathedral, Paradise Lost, Oranssi Pazuzu).

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Another The Great Old Ones song? Yes, please! The French metallers are unleashing the next brooding song extracted from their new opus EOD - A Tale Of Dark Legacy, which has been composed as a sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's masterpiece "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Listen to "Mare Infinitum" below. If you like it, buy the record through Season Of Mist on January 27th, 2017.

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It's been 9 long years but now Deinonychus is back. Its reactivated Dutch protagonist, Marco Kehren, has set Ode To Acts Of Murder, Dystopia And Suicide as the title of the long-awaited new album. Marco entered Spacelab Studio in Grefrath, Germany with Christian Moos a few weeks ago to begin recordings for their 8th album, the band's first release since Warfare Machines released in 2007.

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Dirty Shirt's brand of crossover folk metal will get a special treatment next year. The band is planning a tour with a complete traditional Romanian orchestra (named The National Folkloric Ensemble Transylvania) for next year. To counter the costs of such a grandiose project, the band has decided to crowdfund this project and stated that should they not achieve their goal, the tour stands, although with a smaller orchestra. The crowdfunding page can be found here.

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It has been a while since one man black metal act Appalachian Winter shared some news, but the mastermind Daniel George Klyne has been working on new music. In fact, he is working on two new albums but only one is metal. You can listen to a few new songs on their Bandcamp page.

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In Flames are losing another long-time member. After drummer Daniel Svensson left last year, to be replaced by Joe Rickard, now is bassist Peter Iwers who departs to "pursue other endeavours". He's been in the band since 1997 and will leave after the band's U.S. tour dates with Hellyeah which will last until December.

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Negură Bunget have released a new video from their latest opus, Zi. The video is for the track "Marea Cea Mare" made in collaboration with Thy Veils, a Romanian ambient band, also from Timisoara. The video is the work of Daniel Dorobantu, mastermind of Thy Veils. You can watch the video here or in the player below.

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Revel In Flesh have recently shared a new tune that will appear on Emissary Of All Plagues, their first new album in two years. A lyric video was created for the track "Fortress Of Gloom" to showcase the music. This 5-minute track is described by the band as one of the most melodic ones they have ever written. Check it out.

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Dream Theater just announced the development of a novel entitled The Astonishing to tell the broader and deeper story of The Astonishing album. Consisting of 34 tracks, the album is but one window into a world created by John Petrucci. The strengths of the novel form will allow for the expansion of storylines, new subplots, the addition of important characters, answers to story questions, as well as surprises and turns. The book is slated for release in the spring of 2017.

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Swedish black metallers Shining will finally record a live album. This year, the band fronted by Niklas Kvarforth is celebrating their 20th anniversary and after years of failed attempts, they have decided to record a live album. The group will record all shows on their upcoming European tour with Taake and Slegest.

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