Spectral Voice will be heading to Europe in December for their 'Seized By Black Trance' Tour. They will be showcasing some new darker material alongside songs from their back catalogue. This will be their last European tour before focusing on writing and recording new material for a forthcoming album. Support will be provided on some shows by death metal entity Grave Miasma and U.S. noise project Flowering Blade.

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Death metal maniacs Defiled are now unveiling the first brand new track taken from their forthcoming new album, entitled Infinite Regress, due out on January 24th, 2020 via Season Of Mist. The video for "Tragedy" is available below and pre-orders have already started at this location.

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When Mercyful Fate announced their reunion for live shows in 2020, it was also revealed that the band's original bassist, Timi Hansen, would not take part in it due to his ongoing battle with cancer. King Diamond himself has now taken to social media to announce the very sad news that Hansen has passed away.

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Spanish doom death metallers Hex have announced their new permanent drummer, Rober García, who will replace Asier Amo behind the drum kit at the band's upcoming live shows and other future musical adventures. Rober used to play drums for Spanish melodic death metal band Denial. Hex released their sophomore album, God Has No Name, earlier this year via Transcending Obscurity Records.

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Dark experimental doom band Esoteric are now releasing a track teaser for the song "Culmination". It is an edited version of the full song that can be found on the upcoming album A Pyrrhic Existence, which is due out on November 8th via Season Of Mist. The 2CD / 3LP album contains 98 minutes of new music and is available for pre-order here.

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On February 21st 2020, legendary Saxon frontman Biff Byford will step into the spotlight with his first ever solo album, School Of Hard Knocks, which will be released via Silver Lining Music. The lyric video for the first single "Welcome To The Show" can be watched below.

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German power/speed metallers Stormwarrior are going to release their new album, entitled Norsemen, on November 29th via Massacre Records. You can pre-order it here. The band has now revealed the lyric video for the first single, "Odin's Fire", available for streaming below.

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Following the announcement of new EP Crossing The Blades, you can now watch Running Wild's lyric video for the title track below. The band's forthcoming EP will be released through SPV/Steamhammer on December 6th.

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Following the release of "White Lines", UK's Tygers Of Pan Tang have now posted a new lyric video online for the song "Damn You!", which you can check out below. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming new album, Ritual, which will be released through Mighty Music on November 22nd.

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Swedish visionary metallers Soilwork have released a brand new song called "Feverish". The track is being made available digitally here along with a new version of their last album's hit single, "Stålfågel", featuring Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz. Watch the official music video for "Feverish" below.

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On December 6th, 2019, U.S. heavy/power metal group Iced Earth will finally release the classic 1999 live opus Alive In Athens as its first proper vinyl edition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this monumental recording. Pre-orders are already available at this location.

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Lovecraftian black metallers The Great Old Ones are now premiering their new album, Cosmicism. The anticipated fourth full-length record of the French band will be released tomorrow, Friday October 25th, via Season of Mist. Listen to Cosmicism now below.

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Atlanta's Cloak have decided to premiere their entire new album, The Burning Dawn, ahead of its release. The band's sophomore record is set for worldwide release on Friday, October 25th, via Season Of Mist but you can now listen to it in full via the YouTube player below.

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Thy Catafalque are now unveiling the first single taken from their forthcoming new album, entitled Naiv, which will be released on January 24th, 2020 via Season Of Mist and can be pre-ordered here. The new track is called "Szélvész" and features clean vocals by Gyula Vasvári (Perihelion).

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On December 13th, Dutch doom/death heavyweights Officium Triste will release their sixth album, and their first through Transcending Obscurity Records, entitled The Death Of Gaia. The album's closing track, "Losing Ground", is now streaming below.

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