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The Vintage Caravan share track-by-track guide to new album ‘Portals’
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Agnostic Front share “Way of War” single; new album arriving in November
Agnostic Front have announced their new album, Echoes in Eternity, is scheduled to arrive on November 7, 2025, via Reigning Phoenix Music. To give a taste for what's to come, the NYC hardcore legends have shared the album's first single, "Way of War." Ahead of the...
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