German thrash metal legends Exumer will embark on a headlining tour across Europe this August with Hirax, dubbed the 'Scorching Europe 2024' tour. The tour comes in anticipation of Hirax's upcoming album Faster Than Death, while Exumer are presently working on the follow-up to 2019's Hostile Defiance. Both music outputs are planned for release sometime this year.

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Mr. Big, who are currently in the midst of a farewell tour, just announced that their tenth studio album Ten is due for release on July 12th, 2024. The record was produced by Jay Ruston and pays tribute to their late original drummer Pat Torpey; in his place, Nick D'Virgilio performs drums on the album. Pre-orders are being taken here.

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Two iconic thrash metal bands, Testament and Kreator, are co-headlining this year's edition of the 'Klash Of The Titans North American Tour', which is scheduled to take place this September and October. The tour's supporting act will be Bay Area thrash/death metal pioneers Possessed.

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20 years since the release of their last studio album Psycho Psycho, thrash/power metal legends Nasty Savage have now announced that their new record Jeopardy Room is set for release on October 4th 2024. The news of the album was broke on social media by guitarist Dave Orman, who replaced original Nasty Savage guitarist David Austin nearly two years ago.

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Arizona thrash metal veterans Flotsam And Jetsam have premiered their first song in three years, titled "I Am The Weapon". The song comes in anticipation of the band's long-awaited fifteenth studio album, which will be their first since 2021's Blood In The Water and is expected to be released sometime this year.

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Los Angeles thrashers Evildead have released a lyric video for "Subjugated Souls", the second single off their upcoming album Toxic Grace, due on May 24th via Steamhammer/SPV. It is the follow-up to last month's single "Raising Fresh Hell".

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Eddie Sutton, lead singer of the iconic New York hardcore/thrash metal band Leeway, died last Friday (April 19th) after a three-year battle with Stage 3 Adenocarcinoma. He was 59 years old, and a funeral for him will be held this coming Tuesday (April 23rd). In other news, a benefit concert in honor of Sutton is scheduled to take place at the Debonair Music Hall in Teaneck, New Jersey on June 14th.

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[band_id]3563[/band_id] frontman Phil Mogg confirmed in a recent interview with Ultimate Classic Rock that, following a 55-year run, the legendary hard rock/heavy metal band has officially called it quits. This news comes nearly two years after UFO had to cancel a tour, due to Mogg's recovery after suffering a heart attack.

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Death metal titans Obituary have released a music video for "Barely Alive" from their most recent studio album, last year's Dying Of Everything. The video was released to coincide with their upcoming North American tour with Amon Amarth (also featuring Cannibal Corpse and Frozen Souls), which begins this Sunday, April 21st.

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Doom metal icons Trouble have recruited Garry Naples as their new drummer and they will soon to begin recording a new album with him, which will be their first since 2013's The Distortion Field and is planned to be released next year.

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Clutch frontman Neil Fallon confirmed in a new interview with TotalRock's 'Hobo On The Radio' show that the band has begun writing new material for the follow-up to 2022's Sunrise On Slaughter Beach, which he hopes will be out by the end of 2025.

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British rock veterans The Cult will embark on a tour of Europe and UK throughout this summer and fall called the '8424' tour. This run will coincide with the 40th anniversary of their debut album Dreamtime.

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Recently-reunited progressive metal pioneers Crimson Glory are in the process of writing their long-awaited follow-up to 1999's Astronomica, which according to guitarist Ben Jackson is tentatively due in the fall of 2025. In anticipation of the record, the band released its first song in 25 years "Triskaideka" last January.

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Bay Area thrash metal titans Exodus are releasing a live album called British Disaster: The Battle Of '89 - Live At The Astoria on May 31st, 2024 via Nuclear Blast, around the same month the band begins recording their next studio album. British Disaster was recorded live on March 8th, 1989 at the London Astoria as Exodus were touring behind their third album Fabulous Disaster, and in support of it, the band have released a live video of that album's title track from the concert. Pre-orders are being taken here.

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Eddie Sutton, lead singer of the iconic New York hardcore/thrash metal band Leeway, has announced that he is in hospice care amid his fight with Stage 3 Adenocarcinoma. Sutton was diagnosed with the illness back in 2021 and a GoFundMe page has been set up to cover his medical bills.

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