Animals As Leaders are releasing their first full length live album! The djent trio has just announced Live 2017, which was recorded across the U.S. on 'The Convergence Tour' and will drop this July on Sumerian Records. A teaser was also made available online and you can check it out below.

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Oak Pantheon has just released a new EP called Sol which is the melodic black metallers first release since the album In Pieces (2016). The band describes it as their "first fully neofolk EP". You can listen to it now on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and more. Enjoy!

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Spanish instrumentalist post-metallers Toundra are set to release their fifth studio album, Vortex, on the 27th of April 2018 via Inside Out Music, following the success of IV which reached an historic #2 in the Spanish charts. Last month saw the launch of the video for the first single "Cobra", and now they are pleased to launch a brand new track called "Kingston Falls". Check out the beautiful track below.

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Rotting Christ's label, Season Of Mist, reports that founding members Sakis and Themis Tolis were recently arrested in Georgia on spurious grounds involving charges of terrorism allegedly based on the band's name.

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Swedish metallers Soilwork have entered Nordic Sound Lab studios in Skara, Sweden, to begin recording their 11th album and follow-up to 2015's critically acclaimed The Ride Majestic. So, it's good news for their fans. The album will be the first to feature the addition of Bastian Thusgaard's (The Arcane Order, Dawn Of Demise) drumming. Thusgaard replaced longtime drummer Dirk Verbeuren in 2016, who left the band to join Megadeth.

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Ten silent years are over! Good news for Cor Scorpii fans, because the black metal band has announced a new album called Ruin and also revealed its details. After the debut, Monument, the new record will drop on the 15th June on Dark Essence Records.

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Industrial doom metallers P.H.O.B.O.S. recently revealed the album artwork and other information pertaining to their upcoming release titled Phlogiston Catharsis, due out on Transcending Obscurity Records. This will be their fourth full-length.

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American metallers Trauma (USA) have signed an exclusive global distribution deal with The Orchard/Sony. The group's new album, titled As The World Dies, will be released on May 11th. With an eye on the past but focused on the future, As The World Dies was produced by guitarist Joe Fraulob, staying true to band's signature sound that came before but with a very modern edge.

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American metalheads Riot V have a new official lyric video out for the song "Messiah". The heavy metal band will release their 16th album entitled Armor Of Light, on April 27th via Nuclear Blast. Listen to "Victory" and "Heart Of A Lion" as well. As of now, you can watch the video for the album's third single.

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Having recently released their highly appreciated Esoteric Malacology, Slugdge shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, they have released a flurry of posts on their Facebook, announcing two new members: Moat Lowe on bass and Alan Cassidy of The Black Dahlia Murder on drums, and hinting that they are already working on their follow-up to this year's album.

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German goths Crematory have recently shared a brand new video for the single "Immortal," which is taken from the band's new album, Oblivion. The record hit stores via Steamhammer/SPV last Friday and the group released a new video to celebrate that. It's now available here.

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Former Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner has been hospitalized in Belarus "with a heart issue," his friend and former Rainbow singer Graham Bonnet has confirmed.

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Frontiers Rock Festival has recently announced that none other than Kip Winger will be joining the exclusive VIP kickoff party, which will be held on April 27th before the start of the proper festival the following day. Kip will celebrate the recent release of his solo box set collection, which collected all his solo albums into one special limited edition box set. Kip will also be playing a selection of Winger and solo hits accompanied by only his 12-string guitar.

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British NWOBHM masters Weapon UK are working on a new album. Also, Rising From The Ashes will be re-released on Pure Steel Records this April 27th. Until now the record only has been available as a self-release on CD by the band. More importantly, they are currently recording their first album for Pure Steel Records, due for release this autumn.

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Prolific Swedish journeyman Snowy Shaw (King Diamond, Therion, Dream Evil, and others) has announced the release of his first full-length solo album, entitled White Is The New Black, and invites all of his fans to join him for the live streaming of a release party.

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