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Metal News for August 4, 2022

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Unearthing the Metal Underground: Skelator

Seattle’s speed metal beast Skelator has been dishing out its dramatic and epic thrashing speed metal since 1998. At the band’s onset, Skelator initially emerged from San Diego and has since released numerous demos, albums and splits. The quintet now returns with an effort that embraces their fanaticism for Star Trek. Gates of Hell Records is set to release the band’s four-song EP, “Blood Empire,” on September 30. More...

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Mystic Festival Announces Dates For 2023

The 4-day festival will be returning to the Gdansk Shipyard again and will take place on June 7-10 next year. No bands have been announced yet.

Early bird tickets will go on sale on August 9th at a discount and will be available at that price until September 30th, or until they run out.

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Black Anvil Premiere New Song "Castrum Doloris"

Black Anvil have inked a record deal with Season Of Mist and will release their label debut "Regenesis" on November 4th, 2022. Today the band premiere their new single and lyric video "Castrum Doloris" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below.


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Drummer Mike Ieradi Exits Protest The Hero

Canadian progressive metal band Protest The Hero announce the departure of their drummer Mike Ieradi. An official statement was issued via their Facebook and reads as follows: More...

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Lorna Shore, Aborted North American Tour Announced

Deathcore outfit Lorna Shore have announced a North American headlining tour in support of their upcoming new effort “Pain Remains“. Joining them on this trek will be Aborted, Ingested, AngelMaker and Ov Sulfur. VIP tickets will be up starting today, August 04th at 07:00am PDT / 10:00am EDT. The general public can get their hands on tickets starting this Friday, August 05th at 10:00am local time.

Lorna Shore's new album “Pain Remains” will be out on October 14th through Century Media Records. The dates for this recently announced run include the following stops: More...

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Ingested Premiere New Single & Music Video

Technical deathcore /death metal outfit Ingested will release their new album “Ashes Lie Still” via Metal Blade Records on November 04th, 2022. A second single from that record named “Shadows In Time“ and an official music video for it, have just premiered online streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below.

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Belphegor Premiere New Music Video "The Devils"

Austrian blackened death metal veterans Belphegor premiere a new music video for “The Devils”, taken from their new album of the same name. The new effort saw its release this past Friday, July 29th.

Check out now "The Devils" streaming via YouTube for you below.


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