Frontiers Music Srl will release Now Or Never, the debut album from Benedictum singer Veronica Freeman's solo project The V, on July 3rd in Europe and July 10th in North America. Also, the album will feature Veronica Freeman on vocals along with Pete Wells, Aric Avina and Rikard Stjernquist of Benedictum, Michael Sweet (Stryper), Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Foreigner), Mike Lepond (Symphony X), Tony Martin (Black Sabbath), Leather Leone (Chastain), Jerry Dixon (Warrant), Jimmy Durkin (Dark Angel), Mick Tucker (Tank), Derek Kerswill (Unearth) and more. A trailer for the album is available below. See if you are interested in it.

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Epica have their own festival now! The symphonic metal giants just announced their very own festival, Epic Metal Fest. And it's already looking pretty good. Organised and curated by the members of Epica, this brand new festival will take place on the 22nd of November at Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The first edition will see Epica headline, joined by their friends Eluveitie, Fear Factory (20th anniversary Demanufacture show), Moonspell, Delain and Periphery, with more bands to be announced soon.

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Canadian thrash/heavy metal masters Annihilator recently confirmed that they will release their brand new (and 15th) studio album, Suicide Society, on September 18th, 2015 via UDR Music, worldwide. As usual, guitar wizard Jeff Waters handles all songwriting duties, plays all guitar and bass, engineers, produces, mixes and masters the album and Waters is also back commanding lead vocal duties, as he did on King Of The Kill (1994), Refresh The Demon (1996), Remains (1997) and other Annihilator albums over the years. Enjoy some samples from Suicide Society below.

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Americans Vattnet Viskar are preparing the release of their upcoming new album Settler for June 16th (North America) and June 29th (Europe) on Century Media Records. Now the group is streaming the first video for the song "Heirs". You can watch it now here (courtesy of Noisey). This is the first video released by the band since Sky Swallower.

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German metallers Iron Savior have just released the promotional video for the anthem "Heavy Metal Never Dies" taken from the upcoming live album Live At The Final Frontier. While it is already out since May 29th in Europe, it only drops on July 7th (U.S.) via AFM Records in 2CD+DVD format. The audio album will also be available for digital download.

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Ereb Altor have recently announced that they will join the mighty Cruachan on the Heathen Blood European Tour in October. Ereb Altor will also join forces with Skálmöld and Valkenrag on 3 shows in Poland during their tour with Cruachan in October. The Swedes, of course, have a new album to present as they released Nattramn this year.

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Lucifer, featuring Johanna Platow Sadonis of short-lived The Oath on vocals, will soon release the band's self-titled debut album, Lucifer I, on June 16th through Rise Above Records. The Germans have now unveiled a brand new song called "Purple Pyramid", the second you get to hear from the record. It is available for your listening pleasure on the YouTube player below.

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Hate Eternal are sharing many things today about their impending new release. Apart from unveiling their new album, Infernus, tracklist and cover artwork, the death metallers also unveil the first track from the album. The artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Iced Earth, Sodom). The crushing song "Pathogenic Apathy" is the first taste of the music and can be streamed over here or here.

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Icelandic post-metal band Sólstafir has announced an European tour together with the German sludge metal band The Ocean and the Japanese post-rock band Mono. The tour will take place in October/November. Check out the tour dates and venues below! Tickets can be bought right here. However, it would appear that drummer Guðmundur Óli Pálmason will not be joining the band as he released a statement today claiming he was forced out of the band. You can read the entire statement here.

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After announcing the departure of long-time guitarist Roope Latvala, Children Of Bodom have now confirmed his replacement for the upcoming shows. It is guitarist Antti Wirman of Warmen who has already made his live debut with the band on Saturday, when Children Of Bodom played a private show in Helsinki. He is also the brother of keyboardist Janne Wirman. The band will continue with Antti Wirman at least until the Kuopiorock festival on August 1st. What happens after that still remains open.

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Oakland stoner/sludge metal band High On Fire will release their new album Luminiferous on June 16th 2015 via eOne Music, which was produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou. After sharing the tune "The Black Plot" previously, you can hear another new song. This one is called "The Sunless Years" and is available for streaming at this location. Enjoy!

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Relapse Records has shared with us a first taste of M, the full-length debut from one-woman black metal project Myrkur. You can stream the new track "Hævnen" below via YouTube. Fronted by Danish musician Amalie Bruun, Myrkur released its self-titled EP last year; generating much buzz for her interesting take on the genre.

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Norwegian metallers Madder Mortem finally have some news regarding their new album. The band has announced that their 6th album will be titled Red In Tooth And Claw. Also, they are in negotiations for the release of the album since they parted ways with Peaceville Records. As far as more details are concerned, Red In Tooth And Claw will feature 10 new songs, ranging from "full-on rage to sweet melancholia." Now you can also hear a sneak peek of three (unmastered) songs off the album on their website.

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Russian heaavy metallers Aria just lost their former keyboardist Kirill Pokrovski. He was in the band briefly between 1985-1987. Kirill Pokrovski also had a solo career and performed in the band Master. Beside his musical career in metal bands, he also composed and recorded computer games soundtracks. R.I.P.

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Australian atmospheric band Hope Drone has made a new song from upcoming album Cloak Of Ash available online. The album will be out on the 24th of July 2015. You can stream "Every End Is Fated In Its Beginning" at their official Bandcamp page. If you prefer, the 9-minute track is also available below.

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