Official band statement:

It is with regret and a big portion of anger that we have to announce the cancellation of the shows in São Paulo, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 10th and 11th respectively.

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Band profile:	Trail Of Tears

Danish heavy metal veterans Pretty Maids are hard at work in the studio to give birth to the successor of Pandemonium. The band has set Motherland as the title of their new album, due to be released in the spring of 2013 via Frontiers Records. The album is once again being produced by Jacob Hansen and will include such song titles as "Mother Of All Lies", "I See Ghosts", "The Iceman", "Why So Serious", "To Fool A Nation" and the title track.

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Source:	prettymaids.dk
Band profile:	Pretty Maids

Greek thrash metal act Suicidal Angels has parted ways with guitarist Panos Spanos, who had been in the band since 2009. His replacement hasn't been announced yet.

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Band profile:	Suicidal Angels

"Sword Of Damocles", a brand-new song from Norwegian black metal act Ragnarok can now be streamed on Agonia Records' SoundCloud profile.

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Band profile:	Ragnarok

With nine days to go to the release of The Scarred People, Tiamat together with the folks at Napalm Records, have offered up a preview of the new album, which is now available for streaming below. The preview contains snippets of all the songs that are featured on The Scarred People. More album details were earlier reported here.

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Band profile:	Tiamat

The 2013 edition of Belgium's Power Prog & Metal festival has announced Avantasia as their first headliner.

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Band profile:	Avantasia
Event:	PPM Fest 2013

Bullet For My Valentine announced the release of a new single a few days ago and now the band has made the track available for streaming online. You can listen to "Temper Temper" below. This song will appear on the band's new album, yet untitled, scheduled to be released early next year. Before that, the single will be available digitally on November 25th in the UK and October 30th worldwide.

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Band profile:	Bullet For My Valentine

Iron Maiden have announced more dates to their Maiden England European Tour, this time a show in The Netherlands and another Swedish date. The band also added an additional Frankfurt date due to the demand for tickets.

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Symphonic power metallers Kamelot have just premiered their brand new video for the song "Sacrimony (Angel Of Afterlife)" and you can now watch it below. This song is the debut single off their forthcoming album Silverthorn, their first with new singer Tommy Karevik. The video was directed by Ivan Čolić and filmed in Belgrade, Serbia and features appearances by Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd and The Agonist vocalist Alissa White-Gluz.

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Band profile:	Kamelot

Gojira have announced a North American tour with support from Devin Townsend and The Atlas Moth in January and February of 2013. The band's vocalist Joe Duplantier also announced this tour during the Full Metal Jackie radio show this weekend. Check out the dates below.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Gojira
Event:	Gojira: North American Tour 2013

Heavy metal veterans Anvil have some good news for their fans. The band announced that they will release a new album next spring. The album will be titled Hope In Hell and follows 2011's Juggernaut Of Justice. This will be their 15th studio album and the first with bassist Sal Italiano.

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Band profile:	Anvil

"Return Of The Gods" and "The Blue Star", two new songs from Australian guitar virtuoso Denis Vlachiotis, are now available for streaming at his Reverbnation page. No word yet on an upcoming album or EP. You can also find "Wrath Of Heaven", a single which made its debut back in August, at the same location.

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Band profile:	Denis Vlachiotis

Death metallers Necrophagia have now released another new track online, "The Dead Among Us". The song is a rough demo based on Lucio Fulci's film Zombie (1979), and should be featured on the band's new record. Check out the song below.

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Persian metal bands have gathered to release a tribute album on November 28th this year. It will be a tribute to Metallica in which every band will perform and record one of Metallica songs based on their own choice.

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As the release date of their new album approaches, Austrian metallers The Sorrow have released today a new song from Misery Escape for public consumption. Listen to "Burial Bridge" here at the band's Facebook page. Misery Escape will drop on October 26th via Napalm Records.

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Band profile:	The Sorrow