American guitar virtuoso Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore) has announced that he will headline the first ever Euroblast Tour 2012, which is scheduled for October/November. Support on the trek will come from Monuments, Vildhjarta and Stealing Axion. He will be supporting his latest solo release Plains Of Oblivion.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Jeff Loomis

Singaporean grinders Wormrot have issued the following end of tour recap and announcement about taking a break at least from live activity: "We've been ripped off, abandoned blablabla but we survived and end the tour with a fucking smile. We've been touring hard every year for quite awhile and we think it's time to take a break and concentrate on our personal shit as for now. We'll be back touring hopefully with another new album? "

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Canadian one-man blackened folk metal band SIG:AR:TYR is set to begin playing live shows. The band's mastermind Daemonskald posted the following: "After 10 years as the solitary musician behind SIG:AR:TYR, I'm proud to announce that it's time to embark on the next adventure for this entity... to the live stage. For many years I've been the proverbial basement musician, never venturing forth beyond releasing an album every few years. In the beginning, I never thought that what originally was just a small hobby project would turn into what it is, and after a demo and three full length albums, I have that deep inspiration inside and the feeling that the 'stars are right' to take this to the next level."

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"Epilogue", the brand new video from US progressive power/thrash metal band Shattered Destiny can now be seen below. "Epilogue" comes off the band's latest EP Fragments, which was released earlier in March this year. The band was formed last year and Fragments was their first release. A full-length album is in the works and the band is also seeking a label home.

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"I Wait In Hell", a brand-new song from US black metal act Nachtmystium can now be streamed in the YouTube-video located below.

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UPDATE on 17.07.2012: [Thanks to Ace Frawley] According to Czech news site iDNES.cz, a Prague Municipal Court has now dismissed the prosecutor's complaint to deny Blythe bail with the intent of blocking his release. However, the cost of Blythe's bail has been doubled, from $200,000 to $400,000. Moreover, the prosecutor can file another complaint against the latest decision, which would further delay Blythe's release even if he does pay the $400,000. So, there is no telling when this will stop.

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Band profile:	Lamb Of God

Brazilian brutal death metallers Krisiun have announced their appearance at several summer festivals in the month of August, mixed with a few club shows. You can see the dates below.

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As part of the World Dystopia Tour, American heavy metallers Iced Earth will be coming back to Europe in December for some very select headlining shows. The support acts will be Evergrey (Sweden), Steel Engraved (Germany) and Deadshape Figure (Finland). The band also has some European summer festivals appearances scheduled before this tour.

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Event:	Iced Earth: World Dystopia Tour 2012 - European Leg

Swiss industrial metallers Sybreed's new album titled God Is An Automaton is set to be released on Listenable Records this coming September 24th (Europe) and October 2nd (North America). The first single from the new album, "The Line Of Least Resistance", has now been made available online for streaming through their SoundCloud page. The band will also shoot a video with director Benjamin Cappelletti for this single.

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"Causality", the brand new video from Indiana djent/progressive metallers The Contortionist has premiered and can be seen exclusively here. The video was filmed last month in North Carolina with directing team KOTK Productions. The song is taken from the band's second album Intrinsic, which is released today through eOne/Good Fight Music.

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US progressive death metal band The Faceless has scheduled August 14th as the release date for their new and third upcoming album entitled Autotheism. The album will be released through Sumerian Records. More album details are yet to be released but in the meantime, whet your appetite with this trailer below. Pre-orders are available now at this location.

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French melodic metallers Ommatidia are set to start working on their second album and the follow-up to 2011 release In This Life, Or The Next. The new as yet untitled album will feature 10 new tracks.

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Sadly, we have to announce the passing of Jon Lord, former keyboard player of Deep Purple, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16th of July, at the London Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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Band profile:	Deep Purple

The new full-length album from US progressive metallers Between The Buried And Me will be entitled The Parallax II: Future Sequence and will be released through Metal Blade Records on October 9th. The album will pick up where the EP The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues left off. The artwork created by artist and designer Chandler Owen (Underøath, Shai Hulud, and Hopesfall) can be seen below.

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Vision Of Disorder have set September 17th as the European release date for The Cursed Remain Cursed, their brand new album and first in over ten years. This will also be their worldwide debut for Candlelight Records. The US hardcore band worked with producer Will Putney (Shadows Fall, Suicide Silence) and mixer Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Social Distortion). The Cursed Remain Cursed features eleven new songs, including the album's lead single "Loveless".

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