Last month, the line-up for the 4th edition of Paganfest America was announced and now the tour dates have finally been disclosed. The trek across the United States and Canada will be headlined by Ensiferum with support from Týr, Heidevolk, Trollfest, and Helsott in March/April.

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Some of you were wondering about the new material from Blind Guardian. Well, in his 2013 New Year's Address recently posted on the band's website, frontman Hansi Kürsch offers an update on the long-promised orchestral album and the new studio album.

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Having released their last album A Thin Shell three years ago, death/doom metallers October Tide return with a new offering this year that will have the title Tunnel Of No Light. The album's artwork and tracklist were unveiled and can be seen below.

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In case you didn't grab Cult Of Luna's brand new album Vertikal yet, it is currently available for streaming in full at this location. Indie Recordings officially releases the album from the post-metal/sludge band today in Europe and it will hit stores in North America through Density Records on January 29th, 2013.

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The anticipation is rising. Suidakra have announced that they will release their new output Eternal Defiance in May this year. The folk metal band also released the album's official trailer which was made and composed by Arkadius Antonik. It is available on the video below. The band spent the last month recording the concept album.

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Metalcore outfit For Today, who recently parted ways with their guitarist Mike Reynolds, has premiered online the brand new song "Crown Of Thorns". Check out the new song from their upcoming EP/DVD Prevailer due out later this year over at AltPress.com.

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With just under a month to wait, Texas slam kings Devourment have released "Legalize Homicide", with lyrics, for you to feast upon. The song can be streamed exclusively on MetalSucks.

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Now you will finally have the chance to take a look at the artwork that will appear on Killswitch Engage's Disarm The Descent release. As with all of their previous releases, the cover was designed by bassist Mike D'Antonio and is available below.

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Luca Turilli's Rhapsody have announced a special long-term collaboration with the Czech conductor Petr Pololanik and his Capellen Orchestra & Choir. This collaboration will take form on the band's next album, planned to be released by Nuclear Blast in the late spring of 2014 as well as special live events.

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After a period of "hiatus", Texas prog band The Mars Volta is no more according to singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who posted a series of tweets. Also, this happens after guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez refused to take part in a US tour focusing instead on new project Bosnian Rainbows.

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After taking us through the concept, Finnish melodic metallers Amorphis have just unveiled the cover artwork for their forthcoming album Circle, which was designed by Tom Bates. The band also shared the new album's tracklist containing nine tracks plus a bonus one.

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Proggers Pain Of Salvation have a couple of exciting things in store this year. First, the band will embark on a European tour in April which will be exclusively acoustic based. During the three weeks of dates, Pain Of Salvation will be joined by Dutch singer/songwriter Anneke Van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) and Árstíðir from Iceland. Furthermore, the band will be heading out to tour in North America in May but the details are still under wraps for now.

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The Faceless are no strangers to line-up changes and it has happened again. After not performing with the band this past weekend during their shows in Mexico, drummer Lyle Cooper has announced that he has left The Faceless after five years in the band. The drummer will now focus on Absvrdist and Abhorrent.

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Even though we haven't heard much from Persuader lately, they have been working on a new album and follow-up to 2006's When Eden Burns. According to a new update, the heavy metal band seems to be moving closer towards the finished product and confirmed that the album's mixing process will start in the coming weeks.

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The Swedish death metal outfit Verminous has recently released a new teaser for their upcoming album The Unholy Communion, set to be released on April 1st, 2013 via Xtreem Music. You can watch the teaser below. The Unholy Communion is the band's sophomore release, after a ten-year gap following the release of Impious Sacrilege in 2003.

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