Drummer Ritchie Teeter, who played in The Dictators and Twisted Sister, has died at the age of 61. Teeter joined the legendary punk band The Dictators in 1976 and appeared on their albums Manifest Destiny (1977) and Bloodbrothers (1978) before leaving the group in 1979. Teeter was also briefly a member of Twisted Sister for a few months in late 1980 and early 1981, but never appeared on a studio album with the band.

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Polish heavy metallers Crystal Viper have released a trailer for their upcoming new album Crimen Excepta, which is available for viewing below. The new album will be released on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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"Let Them Fall", a brand new track from US doom legends Saint Vitus is currently streaming online at Season Of Mist's Soundcloud page. The long-awaited new album from Saint Vitus, entitled Lillie: F-65, will hit stores on April 27th in Europe via Season Of Mist. The North American release date in May will be announced soon. More album details were previously reported here.

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Polish heavy metallers Crystal Viper have unveiled the cover art and a partial tracklist for their upcoming new album Crimen Excepta, to be released on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. The cover artwork was created once again by Chris Moyen (who has previously worked with Slayer, Beherit and Blasphemy). More album details were previously reported here and here.

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Polish traditional heavy metallers Crystal Viper will release their new album titled Crimen Excepta on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. The album was produced by Bart Gabriel and recorded with sound engineer Mariusz Pietka. There will be two special guests: David Bower, Hell's vocalist appears in the title track, while Vader's mainman Peter will be heard in the cover version of the classic Vader song "Tyrani Piekieł", which will be available as a bonus track on the limited edition of the album. More album details here.

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Mark Reale, guitarist for US hard-rockers Riot, is in critical condition at a San Antonio, Texas hospital due to complications from Crohn's disease.

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German-Polish power metal act Börn Again has entered MP Studio in Poland with producer Bart Gabriel (Burning Starr, Crystal Viper, Lonewolf) to begin recording its debut album, entitled Neverending Fire.

The 12-song effort will be completed soon and is tentatively scheduled for a late 2011 release.

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Polish female fronted Traditional Heavy Metal act Crystal Viper, released the "one take no dubs" video to the song "Night Of The Sin". The song is taken from the last Crystal Viper studio album Legends - and this is a rare chance to hear it in its "live version", as the song was recorded without overdubs, and the recording was not mixed and mastered.


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"Leatherhead", the new video from German heavy metal band U.D.O., can now be watched below.

The clip was shot last month in Nürnberg, Germany.

"Leatherhead" comes off the band's upcoming new album Rev-Raptor, which will be released on May 20th through AFM Records.

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Due to the current situation in Japan following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Spiritual Beggars are forced to cancel both of their previously announced shows in Japan next week.

Spiritual Beggars's Japanese promoter Creativeman has issued a statement and ticket refund information in Japanese on their website here

Spiritual Beggars have issued the following statement: "As much as we were looking forward to playing these shows for our fans in Japan, the time is not right for this now. Our outbound flights got canceled by the airline and our promoter thought it best to pull the plug. We are deeply saddened by the recent events in Japan and we wish everyone there the best and hope they'll be safe moving forward. Donations that will help the situation in Japan can be made at this location."

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Event:	Spiritual Beggars: Japanese Tour [CANCELED]

"Warriors Ride On The Chariots", a brand-new Metalucifer cover song by Polish heavy metal band Crystal Viper, has been made available for streaming below or at MySpace.

"Warriors Ride On The Chariots" comes off upcoming new Metalucifer tribute album Heavy Metal Hell - A Tribute To Metalucifer, which will be released on April 29th at the Keep It True XIV Festival.

Heavy Metal Hell - A Tribute To Metalucifer tracklist:

01. Metalucifera - Heavy Metal Hell (Intro)
02. Crystal Viper - Warriors Ride On The Chariots
03. Axevyper - Heavy Metal Is My Way
04. Skelator - Northern Heroes
05. Dantesco - Warriors Again
06. Guerra Total - Soul Of Warriors
07. Rosae Crucis - Heavy Metal Samurai
08. Steelpreacher - Heavy Metal Hunter
09. Deathhammer - Fallen Angel
10. Satanika - Heavy Metal Bulldozer
11. Lethal Saint - Heavy Metal Drill
12. Split Heaven - Wolf Man

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Sever The Wicked Hand, the new album from New Orleans sludge metal legends Crowbar, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music.

The album will be released in Europe on February 14 via Century Media Records. A pre-order is now available on iTunes.

Sever The Wicked Hand cover art] tracklist:

01. Isolation (Desperation)
02. Sever The Wicked Hand
03. Liquid Sky And Cold Black Earth
04. Let Me Mourn
05. The Cemetery Angels
06. As I Become One
07. A Farewell to Misery
08. Protectors Of The Shrine
09. I Only Deal In Truth
10. Echo An Eternity
11. Cleanse Me, Heal Me
12. Symbiosis

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''Metzer'', a brand new song from German metallers Wizard, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

''Metzer" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled ...Of Wariwulfs And Bluotvarwes, which will be released on March 25 via Massacre Records. More details about the album were previously reported here and here.

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Pantheist are thrilled to announce that after several months of negotiations, the band has signed a contract with German label Grau Records to release their upcoming album as well as two additional optional albums.

The official press release reads as follows: "We have been following Grau for years and have always been impressed by the quality of their material, so we feel honoured to be part of their family now. We thank Tom for his trust and we are already in the process of mixing our fourth album with Greg Chandler at Priory Studios. We are fully confident that this upcoming album, that is bound to remain untitled to signify the new start in our history, contains the most powerful, emotive and heartfelt material we have produced so far and we are impatient to finish mixing and mastering in January for a projected spring 2011 release. You can find photographs of us recording in the studio, as well as some short clips, on our Facebook and MySpace pages.

In other news, we regret to inform you that after having been a core member of the band since 2004, Mark Bodossian (Esoteric) is leaving Pantheist to move to Norway. Mark joined the band during the recording sessions of Amartia and he also participated in the recordings of The Pains of Sleep, Journey Through Lands Unknown, Unveiling the Signs as well as our upcoming album which we are still in the process of mixing. Furthermore, he has played tens of gigs with us, as well as participating at a tour with Skepticism and Ophis in 2008. We wish him the best of luck with all his future endeavours.

We are currently rehearsing with Aleksej Obradovic (ex-De Profundis) on bass and are quite confident that he will be up to the difficult task of filling in Mark's shoes.

Finally, Pantheist are among the confirmed bands for a doom metal festival that will take place in Dordrecht (The Netherlands) on the 14th of May. More details will be made known about this soon. We will play several more gigs and are planning a small tour around the release of our next album (likely to take place in spring 2011) so any interested promoters, both in and outside the UK, please get in touch for bookings now."

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Primordial are still busy working on their seventh studio album at the Foel Studios in Wales. Last Wednesday, the band has posted a one-minute video clip of a studio rehearsal, which can be watched on the band's Facebook page. The band also revealed the new album will be entitled Redemption At The Puritans Hand. More updates as they come in.

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