Last week, you read here about the upcoming split with Khemmis and Spirit Adrift, but there was no music to share yet. The split is called Fraught With Peril and it contains two tracks, both of which are covers of southern folk songs. Spirit Adrift is taking the helm on the well-known tune "Man Of Constant Sorrow," and Khemmis have done a remarkable cover of "A Conversation With Death", which you can stream below.

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Polish tech death metallers Decapitated have announced that they are going to co-headline an August/September tour in North America in support of their new album, Anticult, together with the Australians Thy Art Is Murder. Progressive death metal masters Fallujah and depressive black metal sensations Ghost Bath are also joining them for the "The Double Homicide Tour". You can see the full schedule for the live performances below.

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Greek black metal pioneers Rotting Christ are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their iconic album, Theogonia, and have revealed an animated video for the song "Threnody" that closes the record. The brand new video was created by two good friends of the band, John Kaimakamis and Jon Toussas. You can enjoy it below.

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After the song "Asuric Being", Polish death metal outfit Hate have released the second single from their upcoming album Tremendum, which will hit the record stores on May 5th via Napalm Records. According to the band's label, "you will re-discover the band and on a new level, as they seem to reach into different musical resources including progressive beats, ingenious song structures and a completely new sound, which is still authentically harsh and yet very powerful." The new song is called "Numinosum" and you can watch the video, which was produced by 9Liter Filmy and filmed by Błażej Jankowiak, below.

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This year, Arizona thrashers Sacred Reich are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic album, Ignorance. To commemorate this incredible milestone, the band is bringing their "30 Years of Ignorance" tour around the world, which kicks off in Europe in July. Following the European run, the trek will make its way to North America in September, featuring Byzantine as support. See below for all dates!

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For the first time in more than a decade, Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde are together again. Known as one of rock's greatest singer and guitarist pairings, the two will hit the road for a series of Ozzy Osbourne headlining shows in the U.S. this summer and autumn, beginning July 14th. While they've performed together over the years, these shows are the first collaboration for the duo for a full tour since 2006. Zakk joined Ozzy's band in 1987 and they last recorded in 2007 on Ozzy Osbourne's acclaimed Black Rain album.

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Equipped with a crushing sound aiming to implode both your soul and skull, U.S. thrashers Municipal Waste barrel back onto the scene with their new album, Slime And Punishment, which is set to be released on June 23rd via Nuclear Blast Records. You can pre-order the album now at this location and listen to the first single, "Amateur Sketch", below.

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Kreator's most recent album, Gods Of Violence, smashed charts worldwide after its release on January 27th and entered the German charts on #1. The band has now announced that their first four classic albums from the 1980's have been remastered and are going to be re-released on June 9th. You can read the official statement of the band below.

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The wait for new music from Full Of Hell is nearly over, since only a few days are left before the new album Trumpeting Ecstasy is released on the 5th of May, via Profound Lore Records. The band has already revealed the songs "Crawling Back To God" and "Deluminate" that can both be found at this location and they have also just released the video clip for the title track. The song features guest vocals from Canadian singer/songwriter Nicole Dollanganger, Converge's Kurt Ballou provides guest bass and a sample of The Body's Lee Buford.

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Fans of doomy, spacey riffs better start rejoicing, because Khemmis and Spirit Adrift have a new split coming out o June 16th, 2017 via War Crime Recordings, called Fraught With Peril. The concept behind the release is really interesting as well. The bands are taking some popular Southern folk tracks and making them their own, with Khemmis performing "A Conversation With Death" and Spirit Adrift taking on "Man Of Constant Sorrow". It is going to be a limited edition release with 1000 copies pressed worldwide, 500 in black and 500 in opaque red.

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Stone Sour have revealed that the follow-up to House Of Gold & Bones - Part 2 is going to be released on June 30th, via Roadrunner Records. The new album is going to be called Hydrograd and the band has released two new songs, "Song #3" in the form of audio clip and "Fabuless" as a video clip. You can check both of them out below.

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Volumes will unveil their new album, Different Animals, on June 9th via Fearless Records and the band has released another new song, "Left For Dead", which is the third preview video off the upcoming album. "Left For Dead" departs significantly from the rap metal of "On Her Mind" and the shoegazey "Feels Good", but sounds in line with the band's No Sleep album, released in 2014. Watch the new track's live video below.

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Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper frontman, whose leg was amputated after an aggressive infection in January just hours after he finished playing a show in Ecuador, is now back on his feet and is teaching himself to walk again. Grimmett has finally been fitted for a prosthesis, and the recent post on his Facebook page shows that he's chosen a custom design that is the most metal replacement limb imaginable. We sincerely hope Grimmett's recovery process is as fast and painless as possible, and he's able to return to the stage with his band before too long.

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Greek classic heavy metal band Strikelight released their third full length album, Beyond The Afterglow, on 22nd April via Eat Metal Records, coming six years after their last studio effort, Taste My Attack. They are now a four-piece with new drummer Jerry Cobra (Gerasimos Notarakis). The band's guitarist, Nikos Papakostas (also member of Greek thrashers Convixion) has decided to stream the entire album on his channel and you can listen to it below.

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Symphonic metal giants Epica will be hitting North America for an extensive tour and they're bringing with them Lacuna Coil, Insomnium and Elantris. "The Ultimate Principle Tour" will find Epica promoting their latest record, The Holographic Principle, which came out last year. The first show starts on August 31st in Boston and is set to be completed with a final performance in New York on September 29th.

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