Sadly, it has been reported that guitarist/vocalist and founder of the legendary band Manilla Road, Mark Shelton, has passed away aged 60. It was the band's singer Bryan Patrick who broke the news this morning. Mark Shelton performed for the last time in Germany at the Headbangers Open Air Festival. The festival has also released a statement confirming that that he passed away in the hospital after their show at the fest.

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As promised, proggers Riverside have revealed today the first single off their impending new opus, Wasteland, their first in three years. The Polish group shared the new single "Vale of Tears" which you can hear on the video available below. It's the beginning of a new chapter for the band without guitarist Piotr Grudzinski.

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On September 28th, Farsot and ColdWorld - two German black metal bands - will join forces to put their own spin on a famous painting: "Toteninsel" by Swiss Symbolist Arnold Böcklin. Going back together a long way, the quintet and Georg Börner set to create an exceptional split EP, both offering exclusive material while allowing for elements added to one of their two tracks from the respective other.

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The Finns Lurk have some more sludge/doom metal to offer. In case you didn't know, they are about to release their third full-length album, Fringe, on August 5th, 2018 through Transcending Obscurity Records. As of now, you can hear the new track "Furrow" below and get excited.

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Today we welcome the return of A Forest Of Stars! The atmospheric black metal gentlemen are back on September 28th with their fifth maniacal masterpiece, Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes. To start off with a bang, the band has already premiered a new song today. Check out the 10-minute song "Precipice Pirouette" below as an appetiser to the new material.

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World On Fire released back in 2014 is finally getting a follow-up. Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will release the new album titled Living The Dream on September 21st via Slash's own label Snakepit Records, in partnership with Roadrunner Records. The group unleashed "Driving Rain" - the first single - and you can hear it here! Get your hard rock fix now.

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Almanac have officially introduced the new singer Patrick Sühl to the band. They also welcome Marc Dzierzon as the drummer. Before becoming Almanac's new singer, Patrick Sühl performed in the band Gun Barrel and several cover bands playing the music of bands like Judas Priest, Whitesnake and Deep Purple. According to Victor Smolski, Patrick's remarkable vocal range makes a second male singer superfluous from now on.

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Catalan atmospheric metal band Foscor are now releasing the second track taken of their upcoming digital only album, Les Irreals Versions, which will be released on August 24th, 2018 via Season of Mist. The track "L.amor.t" can be enjoyed now below. Les Irreals Versions, the title aptly translating to 'The Unreal Versions', can be seen as a continuation of the album Les Irreals Visions, released a little more than a year ago. Six tracks, taken from previous albums, have been re-arranged and recorded from zero.

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French-based post black metallers Decline Of The I have premiered online the complete stream of their upcoming album, Escape. The band's third studio album is the last part of a concept trilogy inspired by the works of Henri Laborit, and is set to be released this Friday, July 27th, on Agonia Records. Listen to the album on the YouTube video below.

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Behemoth have started the teasing campaign ahead of the release of their new album. The Polish black/death metallers will hit the road across North America to headline the Ecclesia Diabolica America 2018 tour and release their new record via Metal Blade Records (North America) / Nuclear Blast (Europe) this fall. Today the band has released a cover artwork of frontman Nergal crucified and the cryptic title GOD=DOG but haven't revealed if it's the final album cover, title, potential single or any other details. Let the speculation begin.

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After revealing last year that they would be releasing a new album, progressive duo Noekk have shared more news today. F.F. Yugoth and Funghus Baldachin - alias Empyrium's Schwadorf and Helm - offer you Carol Stones And Elder Rock on September 28th, a limited 7 inch in advance of their fourth album, which will crawl out of the bog in 2019 via Prophecy Productions. Enjoy the teaser while you wait.

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After releasing the EP Paradise Envenomed last year, British death metallers Cruciamentum are hard at work on their second album. The band revealed in a post on their Facebook page that they are writing new material and will not be performing live until the album is completed.

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Norwegian avantgarde band Manes has unveiled their first ever music video (directed by Guilherme Henriques), and the first visual companion to their new record, Slow Motion Death Sequence, described by the label as "an audio chameleon much like Bowie at his most experimental." The first cut you can listen to from the new record is "Endetidstegn" below.

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As of now, you can hear Unearthly Trance's furious new track "Mechanism Error". The band released a new LP last year, Stalking The Ghost. Now the doom metal NYC group has teamed with Primitive Man to deliver a split ? seven new tracks on a single 12-inch due via Relapse on August 17th.

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Judas Priest are currently touring the world in support of their new album, Firepower. However, they had time to work on a new video for one of the new tracks, "No Surrender". Check out the heavy metal anthem below and catch the legendary band live, if you still haven't.

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