The mighty Slayer are taking over San Diego's Comic-Con this year. The occupation will begin on Thursday, July 21st with a special live performance at the intimate-capacity House of Blues. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 20th at 10:00 am PT. The metallers will also execute two very exclusive signings inside the walls of San Diego Comic-Con with a brand new publishing partner, Dark Horse Comics. These signings will take place Friday, July 22nd, booth #2615, and at the Nuclear Blast Records booth, #501.

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Today is the day, In Mourning fans. You can now listen to the Swedish six-piece new album, Afterglow, in full and online ahead of its official release this May 20th via Agonia Records. After the 2012 offering The Weight Of Oceans, how do you like their newest creation? Stream it below and tell us your impressions.

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Houston, Texas is about to host the inaugural Houston Open Air at the NRG Park on September 24th and 25th. Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains top a lineup of over 35 bands and will also feature performances from Deftones, Baroness, Anthrax, Slayer and many more.

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Swedes Tribulation are very pleased to announce that they will hit North American grounds for a headlining tour. A two-week run will start with the appearance at the massive Psycho Las Vegas Festival on August 26th. The complete list of confirmed dates can be found below.

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French cosmic doom metal unit Monolithe is releasing a new album this year, just one year after Epsilon Aurigae. It's called Zeta Reticuli and the release date is now set up for July 8th, 2016 through Debemur Morti Productions. If you are curious about it, see the cover artwork (once again created by Robert Høyem) and tracklist below to get introduced to the record.

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Trick Or Treat have power metal to offer today. The Italians are about to release Rabbits' Hill, Pt. 2 this July 8th via Frontiers Music Srl. The conceptual series of albums are based on Richard Adams' novel "Watership Down." They have a few special guests on the record like Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica, Sara Squadrani from Ancient Bards and, in the role of the evil general Woundwort, Tim "Ripper" Owen (ex-Judas Priest, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen). Hear the first single "United" right now.

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Black metal fans take note. Shining will hit the road in December along with Norwegian titans Taake as part of a series of live appearances to mark the band's 20th anniversary. Full details of the tour are not yet available, but confirmed routing so far features European shows. More dates will be announced soon.

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Shortly after announcing the album completion, Witherscape have now unveiled all the details about it. The progressive death metal outfit confirm the worldwide release of their sophomore full-length album The Northern Sanctuary for July 22nd, 2016 via Century Media Records. The album is another conceptual album, enhanced by powerful artwork courtesy of Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák (Nightingale, Destruction, Týr, etc.). Feast your eyes on it below.

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Romanian noise/drone project Voidless Form has just released its third album, I, Nihilist. You can stream it on Bandcamp or listen to it in the YouTube player below as well. The album is supposed to be one continuous hour-long track.

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A new DevilDriver video is here. The Americans made a video for their new track "Daybreak" with director Shan Dan of Shadow Born Group and Jon Cooke (aka Johnny Plague of Winds Of Plague). "Daybreak" is one of the singles released from Trust No One, their new record out since May 13th via Napalm Records.

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Symphonic metal giants Nightwish are returning to Europe for more shows. After their successful European headlining tour with Arch Enemy and Amorphis last winter, a North American run as well as trips to Down Under and Asia, the band return to the local stages with shows in Portugal, Spain and Bulgaria. Find all dates below!

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The Summer Slaughter Tour is back for another round of brutality. The tour will kick off on July 23rd and run through August 21st. While the exact dates, cities and venues are yet to be announced, the lineup has been unveiled. Cannibal Corpse will be headlining the bill. Nile, After The Burial, Suffocation, Carnifex, Revocation, Krisiun, Slaughter To Prevail and Ingested are the other acts confirmed.

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Grave Digger's last collection of all-new material, Return Of The Reaper, was released in July 2014 via Napalm Records. Their latest release, however, was Exhumation - The Early Years, a special 35th anniversary album containing re-recorded versions of the band's classics. Now it's time to release new material. The heavy metal band has announced that they are entering the studio in June to begin recording their new album for an early 2017 release.

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How about some Gothenburg metal? Despite provide that with their new track, "Synergi" from the upcoming album of the same name. Their new album is to be released on July 22nd, 2016 through Eclipse Records. Synergi contains thirteen powerful songs of melodic death metal produced by Oscar Nilsson (Engel) at Crehate Studios. The cover artwork was designed by the band's singer Peter Tuthill.

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If you like unconventional black metal rejoice because you can now hear the entire new Fyrnask album. Ahead of its official release on May 20th via Ván Records, the German one-man band is now revealing its forthcoming album in full. You can stream the entire Fórn, the follow-up to the acclaimed Eldir Nótt, here via Bandcamp. Enjoy!

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