Swedish symphonic power metallers Twilight Force have introduced their new vocalist! Replacing Chrileon, who departed last year, is none other than Alessandro Conti of Trick Or Treat, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Lione/Conti fame.

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Unfortunately, Protest The Hero have had to cancel their upcoming European and Japanese Fortress tour dates. The reason for it being singer Rody "Cheese" Walker's voice issues. This not only forces them to cancel the upcoming tours but also postpone their new album recording sessions.

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Noise bringers KEN Mode have just premiered the first track off of Loved, their first new album in three years. On this new album, the Canadian trio mixes in a more extreme tone and presence of death and black metal, captured by Andrew Schneider's (Unsane, Cave In, Daughters). Check out the video for the first track "Doesn't Feel Pain Like He Should" by Christopher Mills.

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There's some tragic news today regarding former Obituary and Deicide guitarist, Ralph Santolla. He fell into a coma after suffering a heart attack last week and today it has sadly been announced by his family that he will be taken off life support.

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German heavy metal legends Grave Digger have just unveiled the title of their upcoming studio album. It is entitled The Living Dead and will be released on September 14th via Napalm Records. The band will hit the road again in 2019 with a series of headliner appearances on their "Tour Of The Living Dead" opening in Hannover, Germany on January 11th and finishing in Tel Aviv, Israel on February 9th. See the full list of dates below.

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This September/October, Revocation will head out on the road for their first North American headlining tour in several years, with Exhumed, Rivers Of Nihil, and Yautja as support. Revocation will be touring in support of their upcoming album, The Outer Ones. Due out September 28th via Metal Blade Records, the album "sees the band pushing both the death metal and progressive elements of their signature sound harder than ever."

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The Swedish black metal underground veterans Craft have unleashed a crushing track taken from their forthcoming new album, White Noise And Black Metal, which will hit stores on June 22nd, 2018 via Season Of Mist. This is the band's return to strength after a long hiatus. Listen to the song "Again" below.

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After announcing European 'By Request' shows recently, the Finns Wintersun have announced a tour in the United States and Canada that will happen in September and October, where they haven't toured in a while. Ne Obliviscaris and Sarah Longfield join them on the trek.

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Metal Blade Records has welcomed Killswitch Engage to its roster! Partnering with Sony Music Entertainment outside of North America, the band will be releasing their upcoming album in 2019 worldwide. Co-founders - guitarist/backing vocalist Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist Joel Stroetzel, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and lead vocalist Jesse Leach (who returned six years ago after a decade-long absence) - plus longtime drummer Justin Foley, are currently working on a new album, with Adam Dutkiewicz handling producer duties once again.

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After unveiling the details of their new album, Okkult II, Atrocity recently debuted a video for one of the new tracks. Check out the brand new clip for the song "Bloodshed And Triumph" right here. The German band promised a heavy new record, and LG Petrov of Entombed A.D. and Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth) contributed with guest vocals.

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Bullet For My Valentine's new record titled Gravity drops on June 29th through Spinefarm Records and today you can hear another new tune from it. "Letting You Go" is the Welsh metalcore group's new single and the video directed by Stuart Birchall can now be seen below.

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As well as announcing that they would be part of the European MTV Headbangers Ball Tour 2018, thrashers Suicidal Angels also revealed that they are gearing up to record a new album! This will be the follow-up to Division Of Blood and they promise to unveil more details about it soon.

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Monstrous black/doom/punk chimera Mantar have kicked off their upcoming summer run, dubbed "Cold Summer 2018", at Rock im Park last Friday. Moreover, there's exciting news for the fans who want to hear new material. The band is preparing to release a new album this year!

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Swedish death metal bringers Unleashed are travelling to South America for the first time at the end of this year. The band will perform for the first time in Chile and Brazil. Unleashed will headline the Inferno fest in Santiago, Chile, on the 7th of December and the Extreme Hate Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, on the 9th of December.

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German metal panzer U.D.O. parted ways with guitarist Bill Hudson earlier this year. Now band has revealed that former Accept drummer and U.D.O. guitarist Stefan Kaufmann will join them on the upcoming summer tour. However, he won't be the band's permanent guitarist.

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