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 Substance Of Grief Is Not Imaginary", a brand new song from the American experimental quartet Pyramids, can now be streamed on the SoundCloud player below. All you have to do is check it out and tell us if you like it. The track comes off the band's sophomore effort A Northern Meadow, which will be released on the 17th of March, 2015 via Profound Lore Records.

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Infernal War have released a new video. The Polish black/death metal horde offer you their newest visual assault for the song "Into Dead Soil" created by Alberto Falcone. This song appears on their upcoming third full-lenght album, Axiom, which will be released on April 17th in Europe and April 21st in North America via Agonia Records. You can watch the video and enjoy the music below.

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Good news for Melechesh enthusiasts today because you get to listen to their entire new album Enki online. As of now, you can enjoy their new opus in its entirety, which is available for your listening pleasure (or displeasure) through YouTube. So, make the best of it while you can. Clocking at a little over one hour, the opus follows The Epigenesis. What are your thoughts on the album? Share your impressions!

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Spanish symphonic metal outfit Diabulus In Musica present a brand new official muic video "Spoilt Vampire", now available for streaming through the YouTube player below. The track is taken off the band's latest album, Argia, released back in April, 2014. This video clip was directed by Henry Menacho Filmaker (Kronic Productions).

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Progressive death metal masters Obscura have announced that they will enter Dreamsound Studios this April to begin recording drums for their anticipated new album and first full-length in over four years. The band will work once again with long time producer V. Santura (Cosmogenesis, Omnivium). The album will see a late 2015 release via Relapse Records and will be the first to feature new members drummer Sebastian Lanser and guitarist Tom "Fountainhead" Geldschläger.

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New music from Kylesa is always a good thing, right? Well, if you are a fan, you will be pleased to know that the Savannah sludge metallers are currently in the studio working on new material. It seems like the follow-up to Ultraviolet (2013) is taking shape. So far, nothing else has been revealed about the album, but at least we know that they are recording it.

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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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Ukrainian metal band Hell:On is currently streaming their new track, "Filth". The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, Once Upon A Chaos, which is set to be released later this year by Ferrrum.com. The band has also announced that guitarist Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) will be a special guest on the new record. Check out the headbang-inducing new track below.

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German epic power metallers Evertale have a new lyric video online. The video is for the track "In The Sign Of The Valiant Warrior" created by Philipp Hanser. The song appears on Of Dragons And Elves, the remastered album which will be released via NoiseArt Records worldwide on February 27th.

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Last year, brutal death metallers Benighted announced that they would release their first ever live album, Brutalive The Sick, which comes with a bonus DVD. While its official release is only on February 23rd through Season Of Mist, you can already stream the entire release online as of today. Go ahead and get brutalized courtesy of Benighted over here or here. Was it good for you?

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