German thrash titans Kreator and Norwegian symphonic black metal giants Dimmu Borgir are going to team up for a European co-headlining run in winter 2018. The tour will take place from November 30th to December 16th with support coming from U.S. hardcore institution Hatebreed and death metal supergroup Bloodbath. Get ready for The European Apocalypse!

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Band profile:	Kreator

After some teasing, As I Lay Dying have debuted a brand new track and video. It sees the return of the band's classic line-up of Tim Lambesis, Jordan Mancino, Phil Sgrosso, Nick Hipa, and Josh Gilbert, the same members that were in the group when Lambesis went to prison in 2014 for attempting to hire a hitman to murder his wife at the time. The new single "My Own Grave" marks their first new music in six years and drops today.

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Last week, Montréal based melodic death metallers Kataklysm unleashed their new studio album, Meditations, through Nuclear Blast Records. A gift to the fans is the bonus DVD of the new album. This live DVD was filmed in Munich, Germany on the "A Moment In Time" tour on October 21st, 2017. Now the band has released the official live clip of the song "The Resurrected", taken from that DVD. Originally, it was the second song on the classic 2004 album Serenity In Fire. Check it out here.

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Band profile:	Kataklysm

Gyre is an American progressive metal band and they gearing up to release their debut album on June 15th, 2018 through Sensory Records. After previously releasing three EPs, their first full-length studio album is Shared Visions. Get a taste of the album below with "Come To Carry On." Enjoy!

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A unique and solemn spell seems to shroud every spot as soon as Portuguese alchemists Moonspell enter the stage - and it was a very special evening indeed when the band played an exceptional show at the Campo Pequeno arena in their hometown Lisbon on February 4th, 2017. That inimitable bond between the gothic metal act and 4.000 of their fans in the sold-out venue is pure electricity, captured for all eternity on the massive Live DVD/Blu-Ray/3CD package, Lisboa Under The Spell, which will be released on August 17th via Napalm Records. Watch the trailer below.

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The Finns Omnium Gatherum begin to lift the veil on their upcoming studio album. The melodic death metallers have finished recording their new album, which will see a worldwide release on August 31st via Century Media Records. It will be entitled The Burning Cold and was once again mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö and produced and engineered by Teemu Aalto. Stay tuned for more details!

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Band profile:	Omnium Gatherum

On August 10th, the German metal a-cappella masters Van Canto will release their seventh studio album, Trust In Rust, via Napalm Records. Now made up of seven members, Trust In Rust "covers a wide stylistic range from melodic to bombastic, showcasing their own takes on ballads, hard rock ballbreakers and speed metal anthems." Discover the tracklist and cover art below.

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Band profile:	Van Canto

The Ocean have finally revealed more about their new album! The follow-up to Pelagial (2013) will be titled Phanerozoic and the sludge/post-metal band has already announced the first tour in support of it. Rosetta and Arabrot will join them on this short European tour. Vocalist Loïc Rossetti updated recently and said the album is already in the mixing stages with Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. More album details are expected to be revealed soon.

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Band profile:	The Ocean

Swedish symphonic power metallers Twilight Force have introduced their new vocalist! Replacing Chrileon, who departed last year, is none other than Alessandro Conti of Trick Or Treat, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Lione/Conti fame.

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Unfortunately, Protest The Hero have had to cancel their upcoming European and Japanese Fortress tour dates. The reason for it being singer Rody "Cheese" Walker's voice issues. This not only forces them to cancel the upcoming tours but also postpone their new album recording sessions.

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Band profile:	Protest The Hero

Noise bringers KEN Mode have just premiered the first track off of Loved, their first new album in three years. On this new album, the Canadian trio mixes in a more extreme tone and presence of death and black metal, captured by Andrew Schneider's (Unsane, Cave In, Daughters). Check out the video for the first track "Doesn't Feel Pain Like He Should" by Christopher Mills.

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There's some tragic news today regarding former Obituary and Deicide guitarist, Ralph Santolla. He fell into a coma after suffering a heart attack last week and today it has sadly been announced by his family that he will be taken off life support.

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Band profile:	Obituary

German heavy metal legends Grave Digger have just unveiled the title of their upcoming studio album. It is entitled The Living Dead and will be released on September 14th via Napalm Records. The band will hit the road again in 2019 with a series of headliner appearances on their "Tour Of The Living Dead" opening in Hannover, Germany on January 11th and finishing in Tel Aviv, Israel on February 9th. See the full list of dates below.

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Band profile:	Grave Digger

This September/October, Revocation will head out on the road for their first North American headlining tour in several years, with Exhumed, Rivers Of Nihil, and Yautja as support. Revocation will be touring in support of their upcoming album, The Outer Ones. Due out September 28th via Metal Blade Records, the album "sees the band pushing both the death metal and progressive elements of their signature sound harder than ever."

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Band profile:	Revocation

The Swedish black metal underground veterans Craft have unleashed a crushing track taken from their forthcoming new album, White Noise And Black Metal, which will hit stores on June 22nd, 2018 via Season Of Mist. This is the band's return to strength after a long hiatus. Listen to the song "Again" below.

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Band profile:	Craft