As previously announced, progressive Metal legends FATES WARNING will be releasing 3 CD/DVD expanded edition of their critically acclaimed 1997 release “A Pleasant Shade of Gray” October 2nd on Metal Blade Records. “A Pleasant Shade of Gray” is a single song that is divided into twelve tracks. The album is notable for its darker mood and mixture of progressive rock and metal with hints of industrial, classical, and psychedelia. Pre-orders for the album have been launched, along with a live cut from the DVD.  

Greensboro, North Carolina-based IRATA has completed their latest recording, the band’s second full-length, dubbing it Sweet Loris. The album is currently being pressed to vinyl and will see release through Kylesa-founded record label, Retro Futurist, in early October. Additionally, the band will support Kylesa alongside Inter Arma and Indian Handcrafts on an Eastern US tour in conjunction with the album’s release.  

Last night, at the Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) music festival in northern Germany, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) and Savatage wowed 80,000-plus attendees with a never-before-attempted music festival performance. Following a 40-minute Savatage set and a 40-minute TSO set, TSO and Savatage band members, across two of the festival’s main stages, performed a perfectly coordinated set of fan-favorites.  

Revocation continue their series of lyric videos with fellow guitarist and director/animator Nick Hipa. The latest, “The Blackest Reaches“, is live now at metalblade.com/revocation. The previously released lyric videos, “Scorched Earth Policy,” “Madness Opus” and “Labyrinth of Eyes” can also be seen in the playlist embedded on that page.  

eOne Music duo DARK SERMON and BLACK CROWN INITIATE have announced support dates with CATTLE DECAPITATION in September. The dates will serve in support of Dark Sermon’s new LP due out in a few weeks.  

Los Angeles based hip-hop/metal veterans Hollywood Undead will return to the road in North America this fall touring in support of their latest album Day of the Dead.  The 33-date tour will also feature Crown The Empire & I Prevail on most dates.  

Burn Halo has announced the Wolves Of War Tour 2015 in the likeness of their forthcoming LP. “I’ve never been more excited to go on tour,” says guitarist Joey Roxx. “I cant wait for everyone to hear the new material and see what we’re going to bring live!” The band is enlisting support from Southern California compatriots HEARTIST and newcomers COURAGE MY LOVE.  

Following their recent North American expedition supporting Superjoint and King Parrot on the successful It Takes Guts tour 2015, Detroit’s favorite punk/metal/noise rock eccentrics, CHILD BITE, take to the streets again later this week for a short run of live abrasions supporting Down! Preparing for liftoff this Thursday August 6th in Louisville, Kentucky the band will antagonize ten locales including a performance at Dirt Fest in Birch Run, Michigan and Gwar B-Q in Richmond, Virginia with the caravan of chaos coming to a close on August 16th in Wilmington, North Carolina. Additional support will be provided by Mountain Of Wizard.  

Following their maiden trip across the Pacific last year, Australia’s gruesome twosome, DEAD, has washed back onto US soil for another putrid invasion of our Western shores, with a month-long tour beginning this evening. In celebration of the new expedition, the band has unveiled their impressive new major budget “Nakaken” video, hailing from their latest LP, Captains Of Industry.  

King Diamond will be back on tour soon for an extra special event for fans – one not to be missed! As part of the set, the band will be performing the classic 1987 album Abigail in its entirety! The tour will begin on October 29th and runs through December 5th with legendary bay area thrash metal band Exodus as the opening act! The full list of confirmed dates is below. The general on sale for tickets begins Friday, August 7th at 10am ET.  

Virginia-based black metal trio, UNSACRED, is currently out on the road supporting Noisem on a sixteen-date run through the Southeast US, with three dates also including Homewrecker. Having already burned through Louisville, Nashville, Birmingham and Jackson, Tampa and Pensacola, the tour rages into Orlando tonight and then blazes straight up the East Coast before smoldering to a close in Baltimore on August 9th.  

Toronto, Ontario-based death metal horde, ABYSS, begins their West Coast Anatomization, the tour set to invade ten-cities over the next week-and-a-half. Kicking off in Vancouver, British Columbia, the quartet will then bulldoze south down the coastline, storming Olympia, Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco, where the tour ends on August 8th.