Danzig has announced a month-long North American headlining tour, set to begin in July in Pomona, California and end on July 31st in Las Vegas, Nevada. Support on the trek in the U.S. and Canada will come from Pennywise and Cancer Bats. Danzig has been working on a new studio album and will now hit the road.

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Bassist/vocalist Mat Sinner, the brainchild of Sinner, has posted some news regarding the band's future plans. The heavy metallers Sinner have signed a booking agreement with Continental Concerts & Management GmbH and they have a new album and tour for 2016 in the making.

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After sharing a couple of new songs before, the Ukrainian black metallers Drudkh are premiering their forthcoming album in full today. So, this is an opportunity for the fans of the band and in general to hear it beforehand (available worldwide on April 20th via Season Of Mist). You can stream their entire new album A Furrow Cut Short, the first in three years, here or over here perhaps.

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After many, many years without releasing new material, Skinless are back and they bring Only The Ruthless Remain with them. The first song you can check out from the reunited New York death metallers is "Serpenticide" which can be streamed below. Give these gut-wrenching sounds a spin now.

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The official lyric video for the song "Smoke" from British pioneers Venom can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, From The Very Depths, which was released in January via Spinefarm Records. The album will be available for the very first time on vinyl (2xLP Red) and it's a Record Store Day exclusive. You can purchase yours this Saturday, April 18th in a store near you that is participating.

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California's Armored Saint just shared the second song off their seventh studio album. The heavy metal unit will unleash Win Hands Down on June 2nd in North America, June 1st in Europe/UK, and May 29th in Germany, Switzerland and Austria through Metal Blade Records. Hear their brand new track, "Mess" at this location or here. Enjoy!

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Thunder And Steel Down Under, the first-ever Riot tribute album, will be released on April 24th via Skol Records. The compilation was produced by Bart Gabriel and includes Riot V classics performed by such artists as Axel Rudi Pell, Crystal Viper, Attacker, Alpha Tiger, October 31, and others. The CD will be limited to only 1,000 copies worldwide.

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As you might have noticed, singer Johnny Solinger has left Skid Row and the former TNT vocalist Tony Harnell is taking over vocal duties in the band. To showcase the new singer, the band has recorded the old song "18 & Life 2015" from their debut album Skid Row. You can stream it online here. You can also hear the song on the band's Facebook page and download it.

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Royal Hunt have some good news for their fans. Their next album is already in the works following 2013's A Life To Die For. The progressive/power metallers have been releasing albums consistently throughout their career and have already completed the songwriting/pre-production process for their thirteenth studio album due to be released later this year. Recordings will start shortly at NorthPoint Productions with guitarist/keyboardist André Andersen producing.

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Come April 24th, Nuclear Blast will release the new album from Swedish trailblazers Unleashed. But before that, the melodic death metallers just released the second song "Defenders Of Midgard" from their upcoming studio album Dawn Of The Nine for streaming. Check out the new lyric video here now for some more Unleashed.

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Stone Sour have premiered their cover of Metallica's classic tune "Creeping Death". The track is off of their upcoming Record Store Day EP Meanwhile In Burbank which you can grab this Saturday, April 18th. The EP also features covers of songs by Black Sabbath, KISS, Judas Priest and Alice In Chains. You can judge the band's rendition of the song after you listen to it here.

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Another accident on tour. Luckily this time, everyone is okay and there are no serious injuries. Ryan McCombs, frontman of SOiL, has announced that the group's tour bus crashed yesterday. SOiL's tour bus was involved in a road accident following the band's concert in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Symphonic metallers Stream Of Passion just debuted a new video today. The song is taken from the band's latest album, A War Of Our Own. You can now check out the visual creation for "Monster" below. Furthermore, the band will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Embrace The Storm with a special show at Boerderij Cultuurpodium, where they'll play the album from beginning to end and then some!

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Heavy metal goes to university! Here is a more academic approach to heavy metal. As heavy metal music and the subculture related to it is particularly strong in Finland, and Finnish heavy metal is recognized worldwide as a key manifestation of this musical style, it is only natural that Finland's leading university, the University of Helsinki, will offer a summer a three-week academic course this August about the history of heavy metal music and its importance in contemporary western society.

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Sludge metal band Earthship is currently touring in Europe in support of their latest album Withered. Unfortunately, they will have to continue the tour as a three-piece because their guitarist Marcel Schulz injured himself in the knee in a show in Hungary. The band is still playing a few shows in Germany, France and The Netherlands.

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