Swallow The Sun Announces European Tour

Earlier this year, Finnish melancholy death-doom metal act Swallow The Sun released their new album, "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light." Now the band is happy to announce an extended European Headline tour, together with label mates Oceans Of Slumber and Aeonian Sorrow.

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Windhand Posts New Music Video Online

Richmond, Virginia based doom metal outfit Windhand has posted a new music video online for the song, "First To Die." You can check it out below. The video was directed by Philippe Grenade, while the song comes from the band's fourth album, "Eternal Return," which was released in October through Relapse Records.

"The inspiration for the video started with the lyrics, First you die, to be born," Grenade explains. "I immediately saw the image of a woman suffocated by the crushing anxiety of a metropolis; drowning in the delirium and being forced through some sort of psychedelic death trip and coming out the other side with a new point of view. A psychic death and rebirth. The video expresses anxiety and transformation while honoring the beauty of Windhand's music." More...

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Korn To Tour With Alice In Chains

Hard rock legends Korn and Alice In Chains have announced an epic co-headline amphitheater tour across North America this summer. Underoath will join as special guest on all dates, with Ho99o9 and Fever 333 opening on select dates. Produced by Live Nation, the 30-city outing will kick off July 18th in Del Valle, TX at Austin360 Amphitheatre and make stops in Dallas, Nashville, Toronto, Denver and more before wrapping September 4th in Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre. A video trailer for the tour can be found below.

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Borknagar Splits With Vocalist

Norwegian progressive black metal outfit Borknagar has announced that they have parted company with vocalist Andreas "Vintersorg" Hedlund. A statement from the band reads as follows:

"Due to personal reasons, Andreas 'Vintersorg' Hedlund has decided to step down as the lead vocalist of Borknagar. The decision is based on mutual understanding, respect and in a friendly manner with the rest of the band. Borknagar would like to express their sincere gratitude for the musical brotherhood we have shared throughout the years and wish Andreas the very best in his future endeavours. There is no drama to this situation, and our friendship will remain. No one should be too surprised if Vintersorg reappears as a guest vocalist on a future record.

"As a natural consequence, I.C.S Vortex will take a step forward into the role as the band´s lead vocalist, and will, together with Lars Nedland, carry on Borknagar's legacy of vocal brilliance." More...

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Queensryche Posts New Music Video Online

Queensrÿche has released a music video for the new song, "Blood Of The Levant", featured on their upcoming album, "The Verdict," out on March 1st via Century Media Records. You can check it out below.

"We are very excited to unveil our new video 'Blood Of The Levant' from our upcoming album The Verdict!," states singer Todd La Torre. "This song and video is based on real events that sparked the onset of the Syrian war. We would like to thank David Brodsky and Allison Woest from MyGoodEye Music Visuals for bringing our vision and concept to life on screen! A very special thanks as well to the additional cast and crew for their valued dedication to this effort. Looking forward to seeing you all on the road!" More...

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Ministry Announces European Tour Dates

Industrial metal legends Ministry will continue to support their critically acclaimed album "AmeriKKKant" and have announced an extensive tour which includes four UK dates, and a stretch throughout mainland Europe.

Catch the band's politically-charged live set on one of the below dates:

MINISTRY - EU/UK Summer 2019
16.06. AT Nickelsdorf - Novarock
17.06. DE Lindau - Club Vaudeville
18.06. FR Strasbourg - Laiterie
20.06. FR Clisson - Hellfest / Knotfest
22.06. BE Dessel - Graspop
23.06. NL Nijmegen - Doornroosje
25.06. NO Oslo - Vulkan Arena
26.06. DK Aarhus - Voxhall
27.06. DE Hannover - Pavillon
30.06. DE Berlin - Huxleys
02.07. UK Bristol - SWX
03.07. UK Glasgow - SWG3
04.07. UK Birmingham - O2 Institute
06.07. UK London - O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
07.07. FR Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge
09.07. DE Bochum @ Matrix
10.07. CZ Prague - Roxy
11.07. HU Budapest - A38
12.07. RO Timisoara - Rock la Mures
13.07. SK Kosice - Collosseum Club
15.07. LVA Riga - Melna Piektdiena w/ Dying Fetus
16.07. ES Tallinn - Rock Cafe w/ Dying Fetus
17.07. FI Tampere - Pakkahuone w/ Dying Fetus
19.07. SE Gävle - Gefle Metal Festival

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Khemmis Signs To Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast are proud to announce the now worldwide signing of Denver, Colorado based doomed heavy metal quartet Khemmis. Welcome to the global family! Khemmis released their third studio album Desolation in June 2018, to rapturous praise from fans and media alike. They are currently working on new material, and are planning to tour throughout 2019.

Khemmis commented on the news: "We are honoured and excited to join the Nuclear Blast roster alongside so many legendary artists. Endless thanks to Monte Conner, Mark Palmer, Yorck Eysel and the rest of the amazing team at Nuclear Blast for sharing in our vision for the future. We also send our unending gratitude to Dave Adelson of 20 Buck Spin, who not only took a chance on us when he released Absolution in 2015 but also became a true friend and brother to us over the last few years. Finally, thanks to everyone who has supported us by seeing us live, snagging a shirt, and/or picking up a CD or LP. Without all of you, none of this would be possible. We've got some very exciting announcements about tours, festivals, and new music coming soon. Cheers!"

Khemmis’ passion for progressive and soulful heavy music is more evident than ever in 2018’s Desolation. Though undeniably influenced by doom and classic metal, to tag the quartet with those labels doesn’t do justice to what they’ve accomplished; a perfect representation of modern heavy metal that integrates the past in a way only possible with the faculty of hindsight. It's impossible to ignore the lengths that the four piece go to, to master their craft and produce a highly unique form of heavy sound. Their magnificently uplifting, yet sorrowful groovy riffs weave the listener along on an unparalleled journey. Desolation is not just the best Khemmis record to date but a testament to the quality and evolution that heavy metal is still capable of. Having worked for the third time with Dave Otero of Flatline Audio in Denver, the band and producer achieved a deep mutual understanding, able to arrive at the perfect symbiosis of song writing, arrangement, and production value.

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Rotting Christ Parts Company With Guitarist

Greek extreme metal legends Rotting Christ has announced that they have parted company with guitarist George Emmanuel. A message from the band reads as follows:

"Dear friends,

"We would like to anounce that our 6 years colaboration with our guitarist George Emmanuel unfortunatelly came to an end! We thank him for his dedication all those years to the band and we honestly wishing him all the best with what he is doing with his current band Lucifer's Child.The battle goes on!"

Rotting Christ recently released their new studio album, "The Heretics," which thus far has received critical acclaim. A new lyric video for the song, "Dies Irae" can be seen below. More...

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Warforged Share New Album Teaser For Album

Tech-death outfit Warforged share a new album teaser for their upcoming new album "I: Voice", which will be out in stores May 10th via The Artisan Era.

Check out now "I: Voice [Album Teaser 2019]" below.

The guests include members of Revocation, Entheos, Artificial Brain, Gorguts, Alkaloid and many more: More...

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Drastus Premiere Pre-Release Full-Album Stream

French duo Drastus premiere the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "La Croix de Sang", which is set for a March 1 release by Norma Evangelium Diaboli.

Check out now "La Croix de Sang" in its entirety below.

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Skaldic Curse Premiere New Song "Impact Winter"

Skaldic Curse (featuring members of Akercocke and Fen) premiere a song called "Impact Winter", taken from their upcoming new album "Devourer", which will be out in stores on May 3rd, via Apocalyptic Witchcraft. The album was recorded a decade ago and for some unknown reason never released. Now it finally will see the light of day...

Check out now "Impact Winter" below.

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Abduction Premiere "Infinite Ancient Hexes"

UK black metal band Abduction premiere a new song entitled "Infinite Ancient Hexes", taken from their upcoming new album "All Pain As Penance", which will be out in stores on March 29th via the Lithuanian label Inferna Profundus Records.

Check out now "Infinite Ancient Hexes" below.

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Kull Premiere New Song "Of Stone and Tears"

Kull premiere a new song entitled "Of Stone and Tears", taken from their upcoming new album "Exile", which will be released by Black Lion Records on April 30th.

Check out now "Of Stone and Tears" below.

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While She Sleeps Premiere New Song “Elephant”

While She Sleeps premiere a brand new song called “Elephant”. It’s from the band’s impending new album “So What?“, out instores this Friday, March 01st.

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