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Metal News for February 26, 2018

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10 news articles posted on this day.

Ripped To Shreds Premiere New Song "Craven Blood"

California One-man death metal band RIPPED TO SHREDS, featuring mult-tasker Andrew Lee (ex-DISINCARNATION), will release its debut album Mai-zang on Malaysia's Necrolatry Records (cassette) and Mexico's Craneo Negro Records (CD). Reamping/mixing/mastering was handled by Damian Herring at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. The album artwork was created by Skaðvaldur. One track from it titled "Craven Blood" is now streaming below:

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Novelists & Landmvrks To Tour The UK/Europe

French metalcore group NOVELISTS recently announced that they'll be supporting ESKIMO CALLBOY throughout Europe this March and April - and now the band are pleased to announce that just a few days later, they'll be returning to the UK and Europe on a headline run. As headliners they will once again be presenting the tracks from their latest studio album titled ‘Noir’. Support on this run will come from their fellow countrymen and label mates LANDMVRKS. Full dates below.

NOVELISTS
w/ LANDMVRKS
‘European Spring Tour 2018’
12.04. FR Marseille - Le Molotov
13.04. IT Venice - Argo16
14.04. IT Pisa - Punte Parti
15.04. IT Reggio Emilia - Tunnel Club ARCI
17.04. FR Lyon - Péniche Loupika
18.04. FR TBA
19.04. NL Haarlem - Patronaat
20.04. BE Brussels - Ancienne Belgique Club*
21.04. DE Oberhausen - Impericon Festival*
22.04. DE Berlin - Musik & Frieden
24.04. SK Bratislava - Randal Club (w/ Silverstein)
25.04. CZ Ostrava - Barrák Music Club
26.04. CZ Brno - Kino Faval Music Circus
27.04. DE Munich - Impericon Festival*
28.04. DE Leipzig - Impericon Festival*
29.04. DE Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
01.05. UK London - Boston Music Room
02.05. UK Glasgow - The Garage (Attic Bar)
03.05. UK Birmingham - Asylum 2
04.05. UK Manchester - Rebellion
05.05. UK Sheffield - The Mulberry Bar
*NOVELISTS only

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Mechanical God Creation Issues New Studio Report

Italian death metal outfit Mechanical God Creation are currently giving a final touch to their third album, today recording the bass tracks, by Michele Attolino, who entered the band's line-up in November 2017. The next step will be mixing and mastering, which will be handled by Alex Azzali.

Comments the band: "It’s time for bass then our album is finally ready for mix and mastering ! The third Mechanical God Creation full-length is almost ready!"

Check out two video clips of today's recordings below:

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Dominance Are ‘Breathless’ In New Video

Italian death metal band, Dominance are back with a new video from their last album XX: The Rising Vengeance. The track is titled Breathless and can seen below:

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Ondt Blod Premiere New Song "Start Han Opp"

Norwegian melodic hardcore band ONDT BLOD debut "Start Han Opp", a new song from their upcoming album Natur.

The band commented: “Grandiose bragging, and a middle finger to tastemakers and their followers. Humbly stating that I´m the “dárrolaš Áilohaš/ the Norwegian Áilohaš”, the greatest in Sápmi, and ”young and hungry til I die”. Heavy riffage, and a hedonistic chorus filled with power and joy. A double gasoline-and-tonic coming up.”

Stream "Start Han Opp" below:

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Dead Shape Figure Premiere New Video

Finnish, Helsinki-based metal band Dead Shape Figure will release their fourth album 'Cacoëthes' on June 8th 2018 via Inverse Records. It's been five years since their latest studio album 'Opus Victoria' was released. The first single 'The Last Of The Bearing Beats' can watched below:

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Anthrax Cancel European Tour Plans

According to the Facebook page of the In Flames-curated Borgholm Brinner festival, Anthrax has canceled its plans to tour Europe this summer "due to scheduling conflicts". The band was one of several acts scheduled to perform at the festival on July 27-28 at Borgholm Castle, Sweden.

Tells Anthrax in a statement, that they "sincerely apologize to all of their fans and hope to see them very soon."

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See Revised Itinerary For Final Vans Warped Tour

On March 01st the lineup for the final edition of the annual ‘Van Warped Tour‘ will be officially announced. Below’s the revised itinerary for that trek:

06/21 Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex
06/22 San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium Lot
06/23 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
06/24 Ventura, CA – Ventura County Fairgrounds
06/28 Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavillion
06/29 Las Vegas, NV – Downtown Las Vegas Events Center
06/30 Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
07/01 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
07/03 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
07/05 Bonner Springs, KS – Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
07/06 Dallas, TX – Starplex Pavilion
07/07 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
07/08 Houston, TX – NRG Park
07/10 Nashville, TN – Tennessee State Fairgrounds
07/12 Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
07/13 Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
07/14 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
07/15 Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre
07/16 Pittsburgh, PA – Keybank Pavilion
07/17 Toronto, ON – The Flats at Budweiser Stage
07/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
07/19 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
07/20 Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
07/21 Chicago, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
07/22 Minneapolis, MN – Canterbury Park
07/23 Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheatre
07/24 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
07/25 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake PAC
07/26 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/27 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
07/28 Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Amphitheatre
07/29 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/30 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
07/31 Atlanta, GA – Cellairis Amphitheatre
08/02 Jacksonville, FL – The Old Cypress Lot near Met Park
08/03 Orlando, FL – Tinker Field
08/04 Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Ampitheater
08/05 West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Ampitheatre

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Ende Premiere New Song "Crawling in Winter"

French black metal band Ende premiere a new song entitled "Crawling in Winter", taken from their upcoming new album "Goétie Funeste", which will be released by Obscure Abhorrence Productions (CD) and Dread Records (tape) on March 10th.

Check out now "Crawling in Winter" below.


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Current & Ex-Killswitch Engage-Singers Now Friends

Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach and his predecessor Howard Jones (now Light The Torch) recently hung out together long enough, so that Leach now feels comfortable calling Jones "his dude". States Leach in an Instagram post:

“You have no idea, none. Tonight was therapy and laughter. Tonight was the longest we were able to talk alone as friends, this guy is my dude! Lots of laughter and some deep stuff as well. Honored and happy! DUDE ….LIGHT THE TORCH IS no joke, incredible new @lightthetorchband just wait…….this man is back in FULL EFFECT!!! Wow! Coming at you sooon! Chills!
#Gratitude #HowardJones #Brothers #JesseLeach #SoMuchLaughter #WeGood #killswitchengage #Pals #lightthetorch”

“So we had a little venting session about working in the studio with Adam D, Howard went in, I assisted. Adam deserved it ha ha… Such good times last night man! At some point I’ll talk more about it. I honestly didn’t really know Howard as a person until last night.

We’ve seriously just never hung out. A lot of really crucial stuff was said and I made a new friend…We have a lot in common, it’s crazy! It was also nice to see all of the guys hanging out in the same room sharing stories and tons of laughs.

The past is the past and when you let go of certain things, forgive and move on…life gets a whole lot sweeter. Really really cool hangs, my heart is full today. ???? #AdamD #killswitchengage #JesseLeach #HowardJones #TherapySession #LightTheTorch #RealTalk #NewFriend #SuchABlast #Hojo #Anxiety #Depression #Brotherhood #Headcases #LeadSingerIssues” More...

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