Barge To Hell may be over but there's always 70000 Tons Of Metal next January, exactly in 40 days. The world's biggest floating heavy metal festival has announced the addition of Dutch symphonic metallers Delain, folk dudes Heidevolk, and an All-Star Jam hosted by Canadian guitar mastermind Jeff Waters (Annihilator) to the cruise.

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Swedish heavy metal act Enforcer is currently streaming their new track "Mesmerized By Fire" over here. Alternatively, you can listen to it below. The song appears on the band's forthcoming record Death By Fire, which is scheduled for release on February 1st, 2013 via Nuclear Blast.

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In case you haven't heard yet, the new Devourment album entitled Conceived In Sewage is set to be released on February 19th via Relapse Records. Conceived In Sewage is the brutal death metallers fourth record but their first on Relapse. Check out the cover art and teaser of the new album below.

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British extreme metallers Cradle Of Filth have just announced that they will embark on a North American headlining tour in February/March 2013 in support of their brand new opus The Manticore And Other Horrors. Not only that but they will also be accompanied by The Faceless, Decapitated and The Agonist as special guests.

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Event:	Cradle Of Filth: North American Tour 2013 [CANCELLED]

New Alice In Chains music? Yes. "Hollow", a brand new song from the band has been made available online and can now be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The lyric video was created by fans and features images submitted through Instagram. The digital single "Hollow" will be available for download on January 8th while the new yet-untitled album and follow-up to 2009's Black Gives Way To Blue is expected to come out in the spring of 2013.

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Clutch have finally unveiled the cover art that will grace their forthcoming opus Earth Rocker, due out in March 2013 via Weathermaker Music. It was created by Nick Lakiotes, long time band art director, who has worked on previous efforts including Robot Hive/Exodus and Strange Cousins From The West.

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The new Rotting Christ album might only be coming out in March but today you can listen to the opening track "In Yumen - Xibalba" and something new from the band since Aealo. The six-minute track is available for free download over here, provided you enter your email in the widget and follow the guidelines. You will receive an email with a link to download the song.

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Riverside don't want to keep you waiting any longer and have released the radio edit version of their brand new single "Celebrity Touch", which you can enjoy at this location. The full version is now available on iTunes and will be featured on the upcoming new album Shrine Of New Generation Slaves. The Celebrity Touch single was released digitally on December 17th via InsideOut Music.

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Cathedral are currently putting the finishing touches to what will be the last ever album from these British doom legends. Produced by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, with assistance from Jaime Gomez Arellano, The Last Spire is scheduled for an April 2013 release via Rise Above Records.

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2013 will be a busy year for sludge metallers The Ocean, as the band will release a new album on April 26th (GSA), April 29th (Europe) and April 30th (USA) 2013 through Metal Blade Records, the follow-up to the Heliocentric and Anthropocentric albums. To support the release, The Ocean will embark on a three-week European tour with Cult Of Luna in April and May (dates available below), including a performance at Roadburn Festival on April 20th.

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American doom metallers Pallbearer announced that they will be playing a handful of dates with fellow Americans Royal Thunder in Europe leading up to their appearance at Roadburn Festival 2013 next April. The dates can be found below. Pallbearer released their debut Sorrow And Extinction this year.

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The release of Almighty Arcanum is right around the corner and extreme metallers Denouncement Pyre have now released a taste of their upcoming album. Almighty Arcanum will drop on January 22nd, 2013 on Hells Headbangers but for now you can check out the album preview on the video below.

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The Metal Alliance Tour, set to kick off in March, usually offers good metal times, and next year it seems like thrash will be the main course. The initial 2013 lineup has been announced: Anthrax, Exodus, Municipal Waste and Holy Grail are confirmed.

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Keith Deen, former vocalist of 1980's Los Angeles thrashers Holy Terror, has died on December 15th after a three-month battle with cancer. Deen was 56 years old.

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Finnish gothic act The 69 Eyes have announced a set of European tour dates, booked for January/February, 2013. The band will be touring in support of their latest album X, which has been out in stores since September 28th via Nuclear Blast Records.

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