There's a new instrumental prog album on the horizon and it's courtesy of Into The Great Divide. In case you've never heard of them, their self-titled debut album drops on January 26th and they describe the album as an "instrumental progressive rock novel" with narration by voice actor Larry Davis, drums by Dream Theater's Mike Mangini, and produced by longtime Dream Theater and Rush producer Richard Chycki. Check out the very Dream Theaterish track "Tests & Enemies," featuring Mike Mangini below.

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Swedish folk metal team Midvinterblot will join forces with Swedish Viking metal legends Månegarm and other country mates, folk band Grimner for the release show of their new album, Vanadrottning. This special event will happen on Saturday 10th February at Palaset in Linköping, Sweden.

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Swedes Graveyard have entered Park Studios in Stockholm to record their yet untitled album that is scheduled for release late spring/early summer in 2018. The album will be produced by Chips Kiesbye (The Hellacopters, Michael Monroe, The Nomads) and engineered by Stefan Boman (Alice Cooper, Def Leppard). This will be the band's fifth full-length album. More details to follow.

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Hailing from Sweden, death metallers Revolting are back with their sixth full length album, which features ten brand new tracks bundled under the album title Monolith Of Madness and it is set to be released on January 19th, 2018 via FDA Records/Soulfood Music. The lyric video of "Cadaver Patrol" is available for streaming below.

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As I Lay Dying's vocalist and founding member Tim Lambesis has broken the silence and released a lengthy statement apologizing for his actions. Lambesis made the news a few years ago and spent two years in prison after he pled guilty to a charge of solicitation of another to commit murder. He attempted to hire an undercover cop posing as a hitman at the time to murder his then wife, Meggan Lambesis, back in 2013. Speaking for the first time since his release from prison in December 2016, Tim Lambesis took to the band's Facebook page to express his remorse.

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Norwegian black metal triumphants Dimmu Borgir recently announced that the band's classic albums will be re-released on vinyl on Nuclear Blast. The band has also been working on a new album which is planned to finally be released in 2018 to follow Abrahadabra (2010). Stay tuned for more specific details on that.

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A few days ago, American muscle metallers Manowar were forced to cancel some German shows in Stuttgart because of bassist Joey DeMaio's food poisoning and dehydration. As they embark on their farewell tour, the last two shows will be rescheduled.

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German hard rock/metal act Voodoo Circle recently shared the new song "Running Away From Love" which comes off of their new album, Raised On Rock, featuring new vocalist, Herbie Langhans. It is now available for your listening pleasure here. If you like what you hear, grab the record on February 9th via AFM Records.

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Nihilistic black metallers, Human Serpent, have announced the upcoming release of their third full-length album, entitled For I,The Misanthropist. The follow-up to Inhumane Minimalism is due out on January 30th, 2018 via Ogmios Underground and the band has premiered the first single, "The Scars Of Millions", which you can enjoy below.

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Following their re-scheduled dates for the Baltics and Russia in February/March, due to recent issues and injury, these dates will mark the end of the touring cycle for Katatonia's current album, The Fall Of Hearts. According to the Swedish band, after much deliberation they have decided to put Katatonia on a short-term hiatus and their future seems uncertain.

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Post-metallers The Ocean have recently launched the preorder for the 10th anniversary edition of their classic album, Precambrian 3xLP. It comes in the packaging of the original limited edition, and contains an extra bonus track: a brand new studio re-recording of 10-minutes opener "Rhyacian", featuring the current lineup with Loïc Rossetti on vocals, Paul on drums and Mattias on bass. You can grab it here.

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Venom Inc. and U.S. death metal squad Suffocation are about to join forces! After both bands released new material in the form of Avé and ...Of The Dark Light respectively this year, they'll embark on a European co-headline run in March/April 2018. Support will come from Brazilian thrashers Nervosa as well as Canadian melodeath band Aeternam. The whole tour itinerary can be found below. More dates will be announced soon.

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Event:	Venom Inc. & Suffocation: Co-Headlining European Tour 2018

Chicago sludge/stoner group The Atlas Moth have unveiled a brand new video and launched the pre-orders for their upcoming new album, Coma Noir, which is to be released released on February 9th, 2018 via Prosthetic Records and was produced by Sanford Parker. Hear the energetic title track now here and tell us if you're pleased with it.

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If you're in the mood for some fresh progressive-minded Pagan metal, Arkona are happy to serve. The track "Shtorm" ("Шторм", Russian for "Storm") is being streamed as of today and offers the first glimpse of their eighth full-length, Khram (Храм, Russian for Temple), which will be released on the 19th of January through Napalm Records and is available for pre-order here.

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Watain have been kind enough to share a brand new track today! The Swedish black metallers just released a second track from their upcoming studio album, Trident Wolf Eclipse, which is going to be released on January 5th, 2018. Check out "Sacred Damnation" below!

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