Warriors Of The Road World Tour! That's right, British heavy metal veterans Saxon have announced a first part of their massive world tour, to begin in the end of October, 2014 in Athens, Greece. Supporting Saxon on several dates will be Americans Skid Row, while other support groups will be confirmed additionally. The list of tour dates can be seen under the flyer.

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Event:	Saxon: Warriors Of The Road World Tour 2014

Wovenwar are officially taking off. After As I Lay Dying members teamed up with Oh, Sleeper's Shane Blay to created the band, they released their new single "All Rise" today. If you are curious about their music, check out the track below. With their self-titled debut set for release in late summer 2014 via Metal Blade Records, what are your expectations for it after hearing this song?

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Things did not go well on the Firefest 2014, a two-day hardcore and metal festival, in Lakewood, Ohio. Four people were stabbed and 23 people were arrested in connection with a fight that took place on the second night (April 19th) outside The Foundry concert hall where the fest was being held, according to reports. Ringworm were supposed to play but they announced on their Facebook page that the show was cancelled.

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We already knew that Auroch were recording a new album but now the Canadians reveal much more about it. First of all, the album will be called Taman Shud and is due out on CD through Profound Lore Records on June 24th while the vinyl version shall be released through Dark Descent Records in July. Also, you can take a look at the eerie album cover artwork right here.

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The release of Burial Ground, the new offering from French death/thrash metallers Loudblast, is fast approaching and today you can hear another new song from the release. Prepare yourself for "A Bloody Oath" and stream the track through the Soundcloud player here. You can grab your copy of Burial Ground through Listenable Records on May 5th.

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Black metallers L'Hiver En Deuil recently presented their first ever video online. It was created for the song "Fatum", from their debut EP Ter Aarde. If you don't know the Belgian band, take this opportunity to check them out now. The video was filmed and edited by Max Sterno and it is currently available below.

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Narrow House is a doom metal band from the Ukraine. You might know them for their debut album A Key To Panngrieb. Their new opus will be called Thanathonaut and will be officially released on the 19th of May on Solitude Productions. For now, you can enjoy the trailer available here featuring one of the songs from the album.

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Power metallers Sabaton will be present their new album Heroes live this year and the Swedes recently announced the first shows of their Heroes on Tour for Europe. The first shows will happen in Spain, Portugal and France. Check out the dates below. Watch out for their new record out on May 16th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast as well.

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Just three months after releasing its latest album, Interval 02: Parallel Infinities - The Abscinded Universe, progressive death metal project Lascaille's Shroud is announcing a new release, named Lascaille's Shroud Presents Curaga. This, however, won't be a conventional release. The music will be focused on the aggressive side of power metal, and the album's theme will be that of video games: "Final Fantasy 7", "Final Fantasy 9", "Metal Gear Solid", "The Witcher", "Bioshock" and "Beyond: Two Souls".

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In case you didn't know, Swiss extreme metallers Bølzer will be releasing a new EP this year called Soma following their acclaimed EP Aura released last year which got them a nomination in the Best Death Metal Album category at Metal Storm Awards 2013. Initially scheduled for March via Invictus Productions, the release of Soma has been delayed, but the duo assures that it "will sound and look that much better." To help you wait, you can now listen to a brand new song below called "Steppes". Take it all in and tell us what you think about this infectious new tune.

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Yüksel Unutmaz from the Swedish heavy metal band Fatal Smile recently broke up the band on the first night of their 32-date European 2014 tour. It comes at a time the band had announced a new album called White Trash Heroes to be released on April 25th via FS Records/GMR Music Group.

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Epica has shared a new video online but this time it is something a little different, an acoustic version of the new song "Canvas Of Life" from The Quantum Enigma performed by guitarist Isaac Delahaye and singer Simone Simons. You can watch the stripped down performance below and also have a taste of another new song from the impending release.

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As an Easter gift, Grave Digger have recently revealed the tracklist of their new album Return Of The Reaper. The heavy metallers had already unveiled the cover artwork before. Check out the tracklist of their upcoming record Return Of The Reaper here. The album will contain 12 songs.

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Horrifying news from Russian band The SLoT today. Before a signing session in St. Petersburg, an armed assailant approached the band. After striking up a conversation to get their attention, the man stabbed singer Daria "Nookie" Stavrovich in the neck multiple times before being subdued. The band's other vocalist, Igor "Cache" Lobanov, helped to ward off the attacker and then administered first aid to Nookie until she was taken to the hospital.

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Gregor Mackintosh (Paradise Lost) founded Vallenfyre in 2010 and their second release is right around the corner. The British death metal outfit Vallenfyre has released another new song online from the upcoming Splinters. Splinters follows their acclaimed debut album A Fragile King and hits stores on May 12th in Europe and May 13th in North America via Century Media Records. Without further ado, Vallenfyre give you "Odious Bliss". Are you pleased with the song?

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