British heavy metal legends Saxon will release The Solid Book Of Rock on August 4th. It contains all nine studio albums from 1991 to 2009 plus two bonus CDs and three bonus DVDs. It all comes in a 12" x 12" casebound book featuring a brand new cover painting by Paul R. Gregory and includes a 24 page booklet with all the lyrics and credits, plus photos. If that wasn't enough, you can get the fabulous cover art as a print signed by Biff Byford with the Amazon Exclusive Edition. These are limited to just 500 copies so be quick! Watch Biff tell you all about it below.

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Guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman has released the second track off of his upcoming musical offering, Wall Of Sound. It's the versatile tune "Whiteworm" that you can hear now, available online. If you like what you hear, you just have to wait until August 4th, that's when the record will be released via Prosthetic Records.

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Polish black metallers Medico Peste have launched a visual illustration for "Herzogian Darkness" (from their latest EP with the same title), created by BFV/INSIDE FLESH. You can watch the disturbing video below. It contains some nude scenes.

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Norwegian black metal icons Mayhem will embark on the second leg of their European live takeover this fall. The "Purgatorium Europæ - Pars Duorum" tour will commence September 29th in Berlin, Germany and ravage its way through twelve countries and nineteen cities, drawing to a close on October 27th in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Today is the day Vulture Industries fans have been waiting for. The Norwegian avantgarde metallers finally revealed all about their new album and also a new song to go with it! The first twisted track taken from their forthcoming album, Stranger Times, which has been scheduled for release on September 22nd through Season Of Mist, is called "As The World Burns". You can discover the new sounds below and share your thoughts about it. Expect the unexpected.

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Susperia's last album, Attitude, was released almost ten years ago. But the Norwegian metallers are back this year with their long-awaited new release: The Lyricist. The melodic extreme metallers, comprising former members of Dimmu Borgir and Satyricon, have inked a record deal with Agonia Records.

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Ufomammut from Italy will release their new album, titled 8, on September 22nd via Neurot Recordings in USA/Canada and Supernatural Cat in Europe. The band has already shared the song "Warsheep" from the new album, but now you can have a second taste with the nearly 10-minute track, "Zodiac", below.

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After six long years of preparation, Amain, the new album by Crimfall is going to be released on August 25th by Metal Blade Records. The record features singer Helena Haaparanta, who left the symphonic band in 2013, but rejoined last year. The band has shared the first single, "The Last Of Stands" and you can enjoy it below.

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The Lycanthropic atmospherics from Olympia Wolves In The Throne Room have shared details forthcoming about their upcoming sixth album, Thrice Woven. It is available to preorder now as a Golden Mead coloured limited edition vinyl and CD shirt bundles on the band's official website. Thrice Woven is scheduled to be released on 22nd September via Artemisia Records. Wolves In The Throne Room have also released a teaser trailer featuring the album cover made by Russian occult artist Denis Forkas.

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Megadeth are busy touring in support of their current album, Dystopia, but they are also planning their next move. They even won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance for the song "Dystopia". The thrashers led by mastermind Dave Mustaine plan to return to the studio this November or December to start "throwing some ideas around" for their next record.

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Heavy metal pioneers, Accept, are back in the game with a new studio album. The record entitled The Rise Of Chaos, will be unleashed on August 4th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast and you can now watch the video for the title track below. Shot in Nashville's famous rehearsal centre Soundcheck, the video consists of 81,127 still images that were later transformed into video sequences.

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Mareridt (translation: Nightmare) is the highly anticipated sophomore full-length from renowned Danish composer and multi-instrumentalist Myrkur. It was recorded between Copenhagen and Seattle with producer Randall Dunn and is due out September 15th on CD/LP/DLX 2xLP/Digital via Relapse Records. After "Två Kongunbarn," you can now listen to another new song, titled "Måneblôt", below.

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Good news for post-metal fans. The French collective Eryn Non Dae. will soon enter the studio to record the follow-up to the praised Meliora album released in 2012. Their fourth record will be captured this August and the new songs will be recorded by long time collaborator Mobo from The Conkrete Studio. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Cattle Decapitation have announced a new headlining tour for this autumn with Revocation, Full Of Hell and Artificial Brain. "The North American Extinction Tour Part II: Inhuman Beings" will begin on October 10th in Los Angeles, California and is scheduled to conclude on November 20th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thanatology will be opening the first 3 dates, taking the place of Full Of Hell.

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After weeks of teasing on their Facebook page, progressive black metal masters Cormorant have finally decided to drop a new tune from their upcoming album, Diaspora, their first album in 3 years and a follow up to the highly acclaimed Earth Diver. The 10-minute song is called "Preserved In Ash".

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