Guitarist Michael Romeo, of progressive metallers Symphony X, has been busy working on a solo album. War Of The Worlds / Pt. 1, as it is titled, is being dubbed as his first official solo album. If you are curious about the music, check out the first song taken from it, "Black," now available below.

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Band profile:	Symphony X

Exmortus are stoked to announce their first headlining tour across North America in support of their upcoming new record, The Sound Of Steel, to be released on June 8th, 2018. A one-month-long tour will go through this June / July. Supporting them through this tour will be The Absence, Hatchet and Novareign, as well as special opening acts, Immortal Guardian, Black Fast and Micawber on select dates.

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Band profile:	Exmortus
Event:	Exmortus: The Summer Of Steel North American Tour 2018

Axis Of Despair are happy to announce that they have struck a deal with Southern Lord Recordings who will release their debut album, Contempt For Man, on July 27th. The first single, "A Life Of Ceaseless Grind", is available below.

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Band profile:	Axis Of Despair

American metallers from Atlanta, and Agonia Records recent signees, Halcyon Way, announce details of their fourth studio album, successor to 2014' Conquer. The new record is titled Bloody But Unbowed and is set to be released on the 3rd of August, 2018 worldwide. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, Trivium, Threat Signal) and is replete with artwork from Travis Smith (Opeth, Overkill, Iced Earth). The album boasts a very special appearance of "The Nailhead Choir", with many guest names to be revealed soon.

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Band profile:	Halcyon Way

In couple of weeks, Marduk will be releasing a brand new album (details), entitled Viktoria. In support of this release, the band already confirmed a several tour dates across the globe. The latest announcement is the confirmation of Japan tour, scheduled for this November. Main support on the road will come from French black metallers Merrimack and Americans Abigail Williams. Official tour flyer with dates can be found below.

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Band profile:	Marduk

Venom founder and current guitarist of Venom Inc., Jeff "Mantas" Dunn, has posted a message on his band's Facebook page in which he reveals that, while in Portugal last month, he suffered a near fatal heart attack. Read his full post below.

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Band profile:	Venom Inc.

Seattle-based, melodic black/death metallers Hoth have released a new song from their upcoming album, Astral Necromancy. "The Gathering Of The Accursed Artifacts" is the seventh song on Astral Necromancy, which will be the band's third full-length album. Check it out below.

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Ulcerate have announced three summer tour dates in Australia. These will be the band's last shows for 2018 as they begin to fully prepare for their sixth album. You can check out the dates and venues below and all ticketing info can be found here.

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Band profile:	Ulcerate

Metallic horror trailblazers Integrity join forces with cult US black metal horde Krieg for an unearthly split recording. Watch Integrity's new video for "Scorched Earth" and hear Krieg's "Circle Of Guilt" over here.

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Band profile:	Integrity

Death metallers Gruesome have shared the official video for "Fatal Illusions" off the impending Twisted Prayers full-length album, due out June 1st via Relapse Records. Watch the full NSFW video below.

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Band profile:	Gruesome

Progressive tech-death metallers Burial In The Sky premiere the pre-release full album stream of their upcoming new studio effort, Creatio Et Hominus, which is due out on June 1st via the band's Bandcamp page. Check it out now below.

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Band profile:	Burial In The Sky

Hate just released a rough mix of a new song titled "Path To Arkhen". The mix was taken during pre-production sessions between February and April 2018 at JNS Studio.

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Kamelot have shared a brand new video for their song "Amnesiac" off of The Shadow Theory, which was released in April via Napalm Records. The video was filmed and produced by iCODE Team, Serbia, in May 2018. Enjoy!

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After recently announcing their new album, to be titled Wasteland, Polish progressive group Riverside has now revealed the first dates of their Wasteland 2018 Tour. The tour happens to promote the new album which will be released at the end of September.

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Band profile:	Riverside

Norwegians Dimmu Borgir have announced that Swedish bass player Victor Brandt (Entombed A.D., Firespawn) has officially joined the team. The symphonic black metal titans will play their first show since 2014 in June and will visit all corner of the world throughout this year and 2019 and Victor is ready to storm the stage with vocalist Shagrath, guitarists Silenoz and Galder, keyboarder Gerlioz and drummer Daray.

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Band profile:	Dimmu Borgir