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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 3:11 PM ET | Updated 26 minutes ago.

Two of the biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal walked away with Grammy awards.

The band recently disbanded after nearly seven years together.

The legendary German hard rock and heavy metal pioneers have decided to end the band after more than forty years, following their world tour.

Joe Ptacek, former death metal vocalist of Broken Hope, has taken his own life at the age of thirty seven.

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Release Date		Band/Release
2-5-10	(US)	Rage "Strings To A Web" (CD)
2-8-10	(US)	Living Corpse "Metaphisical Collapse" (CD)
2-8-10	(US)	Incantation "Scapegoat" (Vinyl 7")
2-8-10	(US)	Ov Hell "The Underworld Regime" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Retro Grave "Again" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Meshuggah "Alive" (DVD)
2-9-10 29-1-10	(US) (EU)	The Murder Of My Sweet "Divanity" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Icarus Witch "Draw Down The Moon" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Fear Factory "Mechanized" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Troll "Neo-Satanic Supremacy" (CD)
2-9-10 29-1-10	(US) (EU)	Wig Wam "Non Stop Rock and Roll" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	H.I.M. "Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Refuse Resist "Socialized" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Arsis "Starve For The Devil" (CD)
2-9-10 29-1-10	(US) (EU)	Keel "Streets Of Rock & Roll" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Orphaned Land "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR" (CD)
2-9-10 29-1-10	(US) (EU)	Keel "The Right To Rock: 25th Anniversary Edition" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Killing Time "Three Steps Back" (CD)
2-9-10	(US)	Shining "VI / Klagopsalmer" (CD)
2-9-10 25-2-10	(US) (EU)	Dark Fortress "Ylem" (CD)