Swedish symphonic metallers Therion have announced an European tour for September and October to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Furthermore, the band will release a new studio album, yet untitled, in September as well, shortly before the tour starts.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Therion
Event:	Therion: 25th Anniversary Tour

US metallers Veil Of Maya will embark on their first European headlining tour in April/May with Betraying The Martyrs and Vildhjarta as support acts. Structures and Volumes will also perform in select dates. The band will be promoting their forthcoming album Eclipse, which will be released on February 28th via Sumerian Records.

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Source:	facebook.com
Event:	Veil Of Maya: European Eclipse Tour 2012

German funeral doom metallers Ahab will hit the road in May/June for a string of European tour dates with Esoteric and Ophis. The final tour dates for the <b>Doomwards Let Us Row Tour</b> have been confirmed, after the band announced it on a recent band update.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Ahab
Event:	Ahab & Esoteric: Doomwards Let Us Row European Tour 2012

US industrial metallers Ministry have announced a series of European summer shows in support of their upcoming new release Relapse. Ministry's touring line-up includes Al Jourgensen (frontman/vox/guitars), Mike Scaccia (Ministry/Rigor Mortis) guitars, Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis) bass, John Bechdel (Ministry/Killing Joke/Fear Factory) keyboards, Aaron Rossi (Ministry/RevCo) drums and Sin Quirin (Ministry/RevCo) guitars. Soulfly's bassist Tony Campos is not performing due to scheduling conflicts.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Ministry
Event:	Ministry: 2012 DeFibRilLaTouR Europe

US drone doom metallers Sunn O))) have announced a string of European tour dates for June. The band will play in the UK, The Netherlands, Belgium and France. Nurse With Wound and Aluk Todolo will be opening for the band in select shows.

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Source:	southernlord.com
Band profile:	Sunn O)))
Event:	Sunn O))): European Tour 2012

German heavy metallers Accept will follow-up Blood Of The Nations with their new album Stalingrad. Nuclear Blast has just confirmed that the album will be released on April 6th. More album details were previously reported here. Accept also recently announced their return to the stage for an European tour with UK metallers Hell, starting in Paris in April.

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Source:	acceptworldwide.com
Band profile:	Accept
Event:	Accept: European Tour 2012

German sludge metallers The Ocean will extensively tour the countries of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, come this February. The band posted the following: "The Ocean will be embarking on an extended tour of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in February/March 2012! We won't just be playing the major cities Moscow and St. Petersburg, we'll be going far beyond the Ural range and as far East as Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, about 500 km from the Mongolian border. Yes drives won't be short and it's gonna be brutally cold and we will probably die somewhere on the way, but hell we're stoked!"

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	The Ocean
Event:	The Ocean: Eastern Europe Tour

US prog veterans Fates Warning have announced their touring plans for 2012. They will be touring through March in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Russia. They also announced a special show in South America, Brazil, on April 14th, where they will play as a special guest on a Queensrÿche show.
The line up for this tour is: Jim Matheos, Ray Alder, Joey Vera, Frank Aresti and Bobby Jarzombek.

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Source:	fateswarning.com
Band profile:	Fates Warning
Event:	Fates Warning: European Tour 2012

German folk metallers Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have recently announced the supporting bands for their The Greatest Of The Best European Tour 2012. With 20 stations in England, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Germany (see the dates below), they will tour together with two different band lineups.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Event:	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter: The Greatest Of The Best European Tour

The European leg of US alternative metallers Gwar's Return Of The World Maggot tour, scheduled to kick off in January 2012 has been cancelled after several promoters pulled the plug on shows, citing poor ticket sales.

Gwar spokesman Dave Brockie commented on the tour's cancellation: "Several of the promoters were alarmed by the low ticket sales, and they decided to start pulling the plug on shows. It got to the point where we had lost so many shows that we simply could not afford to do the tour."

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Source:	gwar.net
Band profile:	Gwar

After announcing the first dates for their <b>Epitaph World Tour 2012 - Europe</b>, UK heavy metal veterans Judas Priest have now announced many more European shows for 2012.

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Source:	judaspriest.com
Band profile:	Judas Priest
Event:	Judas Priest: Epitaph World Tour 2012 - Europe

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

Through-out February and into early March, US technical death metallers Origin, together with Australian technical death metallers Psycroptic and Belgian razorgrinders Leng Tch'e, will embark on a European tour, taking off in Switzerland.

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Source:	soundworkstouring.com
Band profile:	Origin
Event:	Origin: Occupy Europe Tour 2012

Dutch symphonic metallers Delain have set We Are The Others as the title of their third studio album, due next spring via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at various studios in Stockholm, Sweden, with producer Jacob Hellner, renowned for his work with Rammstein and Apocalyptica, alongside the Epicentre team of Fredrik Thomander and Anders Wikstrom (Scorpions, Backyard Babies).

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Source:	site.delain.nl
Band profile:	Delain
Event:	Delain: European Tour 2012

Hello everyone!

We interrupt our silence these last months to let you know that today we are back Europe! On track from 9th to 18th of December 2011 for our 4th trip to Europe, this time on a mini tour including some festivals such as Madrid is the Dark in Spain, Bracara Extreme Fest in Portugal, Eindhoven Metal meeting in The Netherlands and an exclusive show in Moscow, Russia.

We are glad to announce that we will have the participation of our former vocalist Marcelo Rodriguez for these shows and would like to thank our fans over the world, the Chilean Government and Ministerio de la Cultura and all partners/companies for their recognition and endless support.

For further information and details stay tuned.

Cheers!

Dates of the tour are as follows:,

09.12 Sala Cats / Madrid is the Dark Fest / Spain
10.12 Centro Cultural Braga Viva / Bracara Extreme Fest / Portugal
14.12 Little Devil / Tilburg / The Netherlands
16.12 Effenaar / Eindhoven Metal Meeting / the Netherlands
17.12 XO / Moscow / Russia

For more info and details: www.mardegrises.com

For good measure, and a bonus holiday treat, enjoy this video of "Sleep Just One Dawn"...


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Source:	mardegrises.com
Band profile:	Mar De Grises