Twilight Force are back with a vengeance following their debut, Tales Of Ancient Prophecies. Now with Nuclear Blast, after several months of work in the band's studio, the Twilight Forge, the power metallers are set to release their second album called Heroes Of Mighty Magic, on August 26th. The colorful cover art has been revealed as well as the tracklist. Find out more about the album now.

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Here is some black metal to start off your day, courtesy of Germans Imperium Dekadenz. They are streaming the first new track from their forthcoming album, Dis Manibvs. The epic track, titled "Only Fragments Of Light", can be enjoyed fully below where you also find all the album details, now revealed.

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On July 22nd, progressive metallers Hammers Of Misfortune will release their sixth full-length, Dead Revolution, worldwide via Metal Blade Records. The new album and first in five years, saw Nick Dumitriu (Vhöl, Ritual Chamber) helping out as a producer. Currently, the album title track is streaming online and you can now listen to it here.

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Tool will be embarking on a mini-tour this October 2016. They have announced three headlining shows - in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Little Rock - as well as festival appearances. The progressive metallers will perform at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2016 in New Orleans and they will also headline the 2016 Monster Energy Aftershock Festival in Sacramento's Discovery Park.

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Doomsters Saint Vitus have announced a headlining U.S. tour with their classic frontman, Scott Reagers. The tour, which begins on September 27th in Austin, sees the band trek across America before concluding on October 23rd. Support on this tour comes from fellow doom purveyors The Skull and Witch Mountain. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

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Drummer Joey Jordison is keeping himself very busy these days. After announcing his new band Vimic, a new band featuring the former Slipknot drummer has launched. This one is called Sinsaenum and also features Frédéric Leclercq (DragonForce) on guitar, bass, synth, vocals, guitarist Stephane Buriez (Loudblast), vocalists Sean Zatorsky (Dååth and ex-Chimaira) and Attila Csihar (Mayhem) and Heimoth (Seth) on bass. Their self-titled EP is out now and contains 2 songs: "Death Is The Beginning" (exclusive track) and "The Forgotten One" (from the forthcoming album Echoes Of The Tortured).

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Death/doom menace Kuolemanlaakso are back with a different kind of album. As the title aptly implies, M. Laakso - Vol. 1: The Gothic Tapes is the first solo album of Kuolemanlaakso mastermind Laakso. According to him, this is not a death doom album as the color palette is vastly wider. The first single is already available for your listening pleasure below.

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Metallers Corrosion Of Conformity are currently touring with Lamb Of God and Clutch but it looks like drummer Reed Mullin won't make it until the end of the tour. He suffered an alcohol-related seizure in Edmonton before the band's show, after a similar incident a few years ago. The band will continue the tour without him but urge him to seek treatment for his alcohol and drug dependency. Hopefully, he will do just that.

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After a few months without news, symphonic tyrants Septicflesh announce today that their new album is in the works. In fact, the follow-up to Titan (2014) is coming out early next year via Season of Mist in Europe and Prosthetic Records in North America. Now fans can start anticipating their next release.

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While Alter Bridge revealed earlier this year that they were working on a new album, now we know a little bit more about it. The hard rockers plan to release it in the fall of 2016. It will be released via their new label Napalm Records worldwide excluding North America. Alter Bridge are currently at work on their new album with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette. More details will be announced soon.

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Three years after their most recent album, Antiadore, Lacrimas Profundere have shared two important updates. The gothic metallers signed with Hanover imprint Oblivion/SPV and are set to present their first concept album, Hope Is Here, on the 12th of August 2016. Get ready!

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This weekend was eventful in terms of cancellations (Rock am Ring, Tbilisi Jam Fest) and Sepultura fans in Egypt also suffered. According to Ahram Online, Police forces stopped their show that was planned for Saturday 4th of June in Sheikh Zayed. General Ahmed Hegazy, head of the Giza Security Directorate, told them that police forces stormed into the villa and physically stopped the concert after necessary permissions for the show were not provided. This would be their first performance in Egypt.

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Terra Tenebrosa just unveiled another taste of what's to come when they release their newest creation, The Reverses. After sharing "The End Is Mine To Ride" before, the avantgarde metallers now unleash "Ghost At The End Of The Rope" featuring singer Jonas A. Holmberg from This Gift Is A Curse on backing vocals. Dive into the madness here.

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Tbilisi Jam Fest in Georgia, headlined by Tiamat, has been shut down by religious fanatics. According to reports, several radical priests led several dozen ultraconservative Orthodox Christian activists on Saturday evening in an attempt to violently disrupt an open air festival on the outskirts of Georgia's capital city Tbilisi. The organizer of the event Vladimir Unanyants told a local website that 30 minutes after the concert began a group of people led by Orthodox priests appeared and tried to force the concert to shut down. Unfortunately, this is nothing new. The most recent case being Belphegor, who were attacked by a Christian Orthodox activist and forced to cancel their Russian tour.

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UPDATE: Rock am Ring in Mendig, Germany has been cancelled. While yesterday organisers were hoping the festival could continue after the lightning stuck and injured several people, they have now officially cancelled the third and final day. They say the decision was taken after more bad weather was forecast and it was necessary because the safety of fans was of paramount importance. The lightning strikes injured at least 80 fans.

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