British progressive metallers Threshold have announced that their new album will be called March Of Progress and is due for release through Nuclear Blast Records in 2012. The provisional song titles on the new album are "Ashes", "Return Of The Thought Police", "Colophon", "Staring At The Sun", "Liberty Complacency Dependency", "Divinity", "The Hours", "Don't Look Down", "That's Why We Came", "The Rubicon" and "Coda".

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Threshold

Swedish progressive metallers Pain Of Salvation have announced their headlining tour of Central Europe for February and March 2012. See the list of the dates announced so far below. Vocalist and guitarist Daniel Gildenlöw comments: "This trip has been odd since we all know that Johan and Fredrik are leaving the band. We are enjoying ourselves on stage in the same way a typical Swede enjoys those late fall days of bonus summer, haha. That said, we have a very interesting line-up for February."

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Source:	insideoutmusic.com
Band profile:	Pain Of Salvation
Event:	Pain Of Salvation: The Road Salt Two Tour 2012 - Europe

US nu thrashers Soulfly will release their eighth studio album, Enslaved, on March 13, 2012, via Roadrunner Records.

This release will also mark their 15th anniversary as a band.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Soulfly

Canadian progressive metal mastermind Devin Townsend has announced a special show, The Retinal Circus, for October 27th, 2012, at the Roundhouse in London.

Here's what Devin has to say about the show: "The show is being called "The Retinal Circus", (named after an old Vancouver club in the 60's, famous for psychedelic rock shows) and will be more than just a musical performance... there will be an art exhibition, actors, Ziltoid, stilt walkers, fire breathers... you name it. My goal has always been to make shows, and this is the first opportunity I have been given to do a high-end production that puts it all together! It's the closest Saturday to Halloween, and the goal is to make something amazing that we can all enjoy... details to come... psychedelic!"

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Source:	hevydevy.com
Band profile:	Devin Townsend
Event:	Devin Townsend - The Retinal Circus

Swiss Celtic folk metal act Eluveitie have revealed the cover art and tracklist of their upcoming studio album Helvetios. Take a look at them below. Helvetios is scheduled to be released on February 10th, 2012, in Europe and on February 28th, 2012, in the USA.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Eluveitie

German metallers Rage have revealed details about their upcoming studio album. Entitled 21, it will be released on February 24th, 2012, via Nuclear Blast. Once again the album was produced in the Twilight Hall Studios in Krefeld, Germany, by Victor Smolski and Charlie Bauerfeind. The artwork of 21 was created by Felipe Machado (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire).

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Rage

German industrial metallers Rammstein have released a new video for the song "Mein Land". You can watch it at the band's website or on Vimeo. Jonas Akerlund has again provided the stellar direction.

"Mein Land" is the first single from the Rammstein retrospective Made In Germany 1995-2011, which will be released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland today and the international release date is set for November 14th, 2011.

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Source:	rammstein.de
Band profile:	Rammstein

On November 26th, 2011, the Metal Addiction festival will take place - a special event to celebrate AFM's 15th anniversary. In Hamburg's legendary Markthalle, 15 of the label's top artists and new hopefuls will perform. The club's conception, with its 2 stages, allows to offer you a big event with many bands and a non-stop program - all this for a fan-friendly special price.

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Source:	shop.afm-records.de
Event:	AFM Metal Addiction

"Decapitated Saints", a re-recording from Polish death metal veterans Vader's 1989 demo Necrolust, has been made available for streaming over at Facebook.

Another new track, called "Come And See My Sacrifice", is also streaming at the same location, while an album trailer is available over here.

"Decapitated Saints" and "Come And See My Sacrifice" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled Welcome To The Morbid Reich, which will be released on August 12th through Nuclear Blast Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Vader

Dream Theater has posted a 71-second snippet of "Bridges In The Sky", a new track off the upcoming new album A Dramatic Turn Of Events. Check it out in the YouTube video below.

For those keeping score, 71 seconds is 9.34% of the song's 11:03 total running time.

Another new track, called "On The Backs Of Angels", is still available for streaming in its entirety over here.

"Bridges In The Sky" and "On The Backs Of Angels" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled A Dramatic Turn Of Events, which will be released in September through Roadrunner Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Dream Theater

Swedish heavy metal giants HammerFall have announced their highly anticipated return to the roads of Europe in the form of European Outbreak 2011. Get the dates below.

Hammerfall is touring in support of Infected, which was released on May 20th through Nuclear Blast Records.

It was well over two years Hammerfall did a full leg European tour and Oscar Dronjak, guitarist comments: "Beginning on October 25th and ending on December 10th, we will embark on the real tour for Infected. Dubbed European Outbreak, this will show the very best side of Hammerfall, we've got some very cool things in the pipeline for this tour! So hope to see you all at the shows, it will be a blast! And that's guaran-damned-teed!"

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	HammerFall
Event:	Hammerfall: European Outbreak 2011

The Devin Townsend Project recently completed their remarkable 4-album series with Deconstruction and Ghost. Both were released on June 20th via InsideOut Music. These two albums are some of the most highly anticipated works of the year.

Now, InsideOut Music revealed a new Devin Townsend Project landing-page, where you can download a 10 song compilation of Devin's releases, for free (including songs off Ziltoid, Infinity, Ki, Ocean Machine, Terria and more)! Check out the landing page at this location (Facebook / Twitter log-in required to access the downloads).

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Source:	insideoutmusic.com
Band profile:	Devin Townsend

"Denial", a brand-new track from Norwegian progressive metallers Communic has been made available for streaming over at Facebook.

"Denial" comes off the band's upcoming new album, entitled The Bottom Deep, which will be released on July 22nd through Nuclear Blast Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Communic

"Cliffs Of Gallipoli", a new live track from Swedish epic power metal heroes Sabaton has been made available for streaming over at this location.

"Cliffs Of Gallipoli" comes off the band's first-ever live album, entitled World War Live: Battle Of The Baltic Sea, which will be released on August 5th through Nuclear Blast.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Sabaton

"Inception Of The End", a brand-new track from Florida metallers Trivium can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

""Inception Of The End" is a song that has been with us since 2009," reveals lead vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy. "For "Inception," we have been able to slowly craft it over the spanning demos and years to shape it into the song it is today. "Inception" was one of the first songs written for the album and like all the songs on In Waves, was a labor of love... and we're beyond excited about the final product."

Another new track, called "Dusk Dismantled", is still available for streaming over here, while a video for the song "In Waves" is available at Altpress.com.

"Inception Of The End", "Dusk Dismantled" and "In Waves" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled In Waves, which will be released on August 9th through Roadrunner Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Source:	community.hottopic.com
Band profile:	Trivium