Jani Liimatainen and Timo Kotipelto, who are known together in their band Cain's Offering, will soon tour South America with their acoustic material, Blackoustic, known as Kotipelto & Liimatainen. Previously, they had played outside of their home country of Finland only once in Italy, but now they have announced great news for all Latin fans! They will also return to Italy for three concerts later this year.

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Your grindcore fix is here, courtesy of Antigama. In case you didn't know, the Polish metallers are about to release Depressant, a new mini-album, on November 10th via Selfmadegod Records. Before that, they have premiered the new track "Now" and also a music video edited and directed by Chariot Of Black Moth.

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Swedish rockers Europe have announced that the band will play in Australia for the first time ever in support of their new album and recently released, Walk The Earth. The Aussies will finally get the chance to watch Europe live Down Under.

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The Dark Element, the collaboration project between Cain's Offering's mastermind and guitarist, Jani Liimatainen, and ex-Nightwish vocalist, Anette Olzon, will release their debut self-titled album on November 10th 2017, and after releasing not less than three songs for the public to enjoy, now they have a new surprise unveiled - a "Making-Of" video, which features both Liimatainen and Olzon, explaining how the process of composing, writing and collaborating in the album went. This video also premiered "The Ghost And The Reaper", a fourth track off the album. The video was shot in Patric Ullaeus' studio, where the music video of "My Sweet Mystery" and one another, yet unpublished, music video were filmed.

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Epica are preparing an epic show for an important milestone: their 1000th show! On 14th April 2018, the Dutch symphonic metallers will celebrate their 1000th show together with special guests Myrkur and Oceans Of Slumber. They will perform at the legendary Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, the exact same venue where it all started 16 years ago.

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Hamburg power metallers Iron Savior will release Reforged - Riding On Fire on December 8th via AFM Records. The release contains re-recorded versions of the most popular songs Iron Savior has released. The band decided to re-record the material because their early albums were not available anymore but a reissue was not possible due to legal reasons. The new version of "Riding On Fire" originally taken from the self-titled 1997 debut, Iron Savior, but now re-recorded by the band in 2017 can be streamed below.

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U.K.'s Lychgate have posted an update regarding a new album on their Facebook page. Greg Chandler's black metal side-project is expected to release new material for the first time since 2015's An Antidote For The Glass Pill in early 2018.

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Sadly, American death metal veterans Vital Remains have informed via Facebook that the band's former vocalist Scott Wily has died. He was in the band from 2008-2012. No cause of death has been announced so far. Rest in peace.

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As of now, you can watch the new official video for "Roots", taken from In This Moment current album, Ritual, released this year. The U.S. metal band fronted by Maria Brink is currently touring in North America with Of Mice & Men and Avatar to support the record.

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Dutch hard rockers Vandenberg's MoonKings just released a new video for the tune "What Doesn't Kill You". The song is taken from the band's second album, simply titled MK II, which will be released today, November 3rd, via the Mascot Label Group. Enjoy!

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Post-black metallers from Austria, Harakiri For The Sky, have confirmed the release date of their 4th album, Arson. The new output is coming out on February 16th, 2018 via Art Of Propaganda Records. The track "Tomb Omnia" is also streaming online now, so whet your appetite below.

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The pagan/folk metal brotherhood Heidevolk unveiled the info on their brand new album, entitled Vuur Van Verzet, set to be released on January 12th, 2018 via Napalm Records. You can check out the cover artwork, tracklist and the band's announcement below.

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The release date of the new album, When Northmen Die, by the German epic/viking metal act Crom is December 1st, 2017. The pre-order phase will start on November 17th, 2017 from the webshop of Pure Steel Records. Until then, check out the song "Behold The Lights" as well as the new album's tracklist and cover art, created by Belgian artist Kris Verwimp.

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It's been a while since Arsis released their latest record, Unwelcome (2013). But the American melodic death metallers have some good news: new music is on its way! They have recently entered the studio with producer Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, DevilDriver, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse) to begin work on the 6th studio album. You can listen to the pre-production for the songs in a play-through by drummer Shawn Priest and frontman James Malone.

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Converge have released a video for "A Single Tear," the opening track from their long-awaited new album, The Dusk In Us. Due out this Friday, the record is the first album in five years from the Boston-based innovators. Directed by Max Moore, the hauntingly cinematic "A Single Tear" offers a powerful sensory assault along with a nuanced meditation on birth.

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