Exciting news arrive from U.S. black metallers Imperial Triumphant. The band is about to release their third studio album via Gilead Media and Throatruiner Records out July 13th. The New York metal outfit tries to redefine sonic darkness on their ambitious new album, Vile Luxury, described as "a turbulent, frenetic take on experimental noise and progressive black metal, Imperial Triumphant embody the most austere side of the New York underground. Chaos, menagerie, and the perils of the city clash with its reputation for majesty and extravagance."

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American metallers Stryper just embarked on their God Damn Evil world tour, which started with the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, MD. Keep an eye on Stryper.com for up-to-date tour listings, and rest assured, because band will be adding a few more dates! Now, the band presents the new lyric video for one of the new songs, "Lost."

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Greece's Zemial have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year's Destroying Texas Fest 14 (June 28-30, 2018) at the BFE Rock Club in Houston, Texas. Unfortunately the band will not be making any North American live appearances in 2018, as it was made known through their Facebook page.

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Midnattsol (meaning "midnight sun" in Norwegian) has shared a brand new song online. The Nordic symphonic metal masters just released the official lyric video for the title track of their upcoming new album, The Aftermath which will be released on May 25th via Napalm Records. It's another opportunity to hear new tunes from the band.

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German doom metallers Lucifer, fronted by Johanna Platow Sadonis (The Oath), released a new song and video entitled "California Son". The video is reminiscent of a 1960s motorcycle flick which is matched by the song's sun-drenched retro sound. Hopefully such a sound will be prominent through the rest of their upcoming album.

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San Francisco Bay area legends Vicious Rumors just announced the first 37 U.S. dates of the "30th Anniversary Digital Dictator World Tour 2018"! 37 of 45 dates confirmed in the U.S. and Canada! The tour originally planned for 4 weeks has grown to 7 weeks due to the overwhelming response and demand.

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As previously reported, U.S. progressive metallers Heir Apparent are back and working on a new album. Now, it has been confirmed that the new album, The View From Below is coming out this October 2018 on No Remorse Records. Mark your calendars!

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It has been a while since Finnish doomsters from Tornio, Ordog, have given updates. However, they have been working on the follow-up to 2016's The Grand Wall. The doom metallers are preparing to start the recordings.

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San Francisco experimental band Death Grips is online with a new song from their upcoming Year Of The Snitch album, whose release date we have yet to hear of, but they did reveal the cover art. The track is called "Streaky" and you watch the video below.

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Montréal based melodic death metallers Kataklysm are set to unleash their new studio album, Meditations on June 1st, 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records and have already shared the first single "Guillotine" before. Today, the band released their music video for their second single off the record. Watch the video for "Narcissist" here.

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Unleashed, the melodic death metallers from Sweden, have announced that they have signed a new recording deal with Napalm Records! Their 13th album is scheduled for recording in Chrome studios, in May 2018 to follow Dawn Of The Nine. Be on the lookout for a brand new studio album in late 2018!

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Finnish monsters Lordi have released two new songs accompanied with one lyric video and one music video for their upcoming album Sexorcism. The first released song is called "Your Tongue's Got The Cat", and has the standard horror theme you'd expect from Lordi. The other song is called "Naked In My Cellar", and it has... Well, as you probably would expect, R-rated content.

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Swedish death doomsters Runemagick are back and it's finally time to hear a new song from their upcoming album, Evoked From Abysmal Sleep, set to be released on June 29th 2018 through Aftermath Music. You can dive deep into the new single "Runes Of The Undead" (extended single version) below.

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In 2013, Germans Atrocity released their Okkult album. Now it's time for Okkult II, due out on July 6th via Massacre Records. The band has revealed the artwork, created by Stefan Heilemann/Heilemania (Lindemann, Pain, Kamelot, Epica), and tracklist of the release.

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American hard rockers Mr. Big have released a new live video for the song "Alive And Kickin'", taken from the band's upcoming release, Live From Milan. It will be released on July 13th via Frontiers Music Srl on 2CD plus Blu-ray combo pack, 3xLP, and MP3 (audio only).

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