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SABATON re-signs with Nuclear Blast; new single “Livgardet” due February 26th


Celebrated Swedish heavy metal titans SABATON enter a new partnership with NUCLEAR BLAST, re-signing with their longtime label home for a new single and much more to come.
Livgardet,” the band’s first new music since 2019’s “The Great War” (which cracked the Top 10 in 11 countries, including No. 1 positions in Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden), will arrive on February 26. The Swedish-language song honors the Swedish Royal Guards first established in the year 1521.

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POWERWOLF Vinyl Re-Release of Gold Status Album Blessed & Possessed out April 9, 2021 via Napalm Records


With their latest internationally successful outputs, the high priests of heavy metal, POWERWOLF, have truly proven that metal is alive and they are at the top of the scene: While heavy metal’s finest are constantly working on Call Of The Wild, the successor to their globally acclaimed full-length, The Sacrament Of Sin,they are also offering a new, very special treasure to their fans.

Their 2015 album Blessed & Possessed, which achieved Gold status for the first time in the Czech Republic and held fast at the top of the German charts for several weeks, will now be re-released in a vinyl edition on April 9, 2021 via Napalm Records.

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CRADLE OF FILTH announce their comic book debut ‘Maledictus Athanaeum’ + action figure


Incendium and Heavy Metal Entertainment announce the launch of Maledictus Athenaeum, a Cradle Of Filth comic book anthology series, under all-new music focused OPUS imprint.

In the ruined halls of the Maledictus Athenaeum lie occult histories, sealed records, and cursed artifacts – this unholy archive explores the far corners of Cradle Of Filth’s musical legacy, a vast universe of Ageless Vampires, Mythical Creatures and Vengeful Gods. The Countess, The Huntress, Lilith, The Manticore, and many more, will be revisited in stories from an all-star roster of comics talent from the pages of Heavy Metal Magazine and beyond.

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Trivium’s Matthew K. Heafy Releases “Wellerman” Bundle


Matthew Kiichi Heafy, the Japanese-American musician best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for the Grammy-nominated heavy metal band Trivium, has just released more solo material. This time, he offers his creative take on a popular and enduring sea shanty.

The three-track “Wellerman” bundle is available today on all streaming platforms. Listen to and get it here.

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BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT to Release “Paint The Sky With Blood” EP on April 23, 2021


“Like ourselves, Alexi was beyond stoked about these songs and anxious to get these out so we are happy that we can fulfill his wish. Needless to say that we are  honored and proud to be a part of his very last creative work and unleash it the way he wanted it to. It’s time to let the beast out of the cage one more time as a celebration of Alexi’s music,
legacy and the man himself.”

– BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT

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TRIBULATION Enter UK & International Charts


Sweden’s Tribulation have just released their latest album “Where The Gloom Becomes Sound” and could achieve chart entries in several European countries:

#08 in UK Official Rock & Metal Charts
#12 in German Album Charts
#01 in Swedish Vinyl Charts
#27 in Swedish Official Charts
#09 Finnish Physical Charts
#38 in Swiss Album Charts
#65 in Austrian Album Charts

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