Swiss electro/industrial metallers Samael will be heading over to Brazil for the first time ever, for a short string of live shows this June. The band will be touring in support of their latest album Lux Mundi.

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Event:	Samael: Brazilian Tour 2012

Pain, Moonspell, Swallow The Sun, Lake Of Tears, plus another special act, will join forces for the Into Darkness Tour 2012 across Europe, scheduled for November this year.

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Event:	Pain: Into Darkness Tour 2012

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Jordanian dark oriental metallers Bilocate have inked a deal with the Italian label Code666 (Aural Music) to release their third studio album Summoning The Bygones.

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Indian black/death metallers Demonic Resurrection have posted online the song "The Creatures Of Ancient Blood" from a previous compilation release at their Soundcloud page.

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New York hardcore legends Agnostic Front, Atlanta-based post-hardcore/metal band Norma Jean and Swiss electro/industrial dark metallers Samael have been confirmed as new acts for Brutal Assault Festival 2012. Unfortunately, Canadian band Protest The Hero have been forced to cancel their appearance due to some term collision with their US tour.

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Event:	Brutal Assault 2012

German thrash metallers Tankard have released the title of their upcoming Nuclear Blast debut. The name of the "anniversary-record" will be A Girl Called Cerveza. The album is currently being produced at the famous Studio 23 with renowned producer Michael Mainx (Böhse Onkelz, Der W, Disbelief, D-A-D) in Frankfurt, Germany. A Girl Called Cerveza will be out at the end of July via Nuclear Blast.

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"Wake", a brand new song from US metalcore outfit Demon Hunter is now streaming online at the band's Facebook page. The song is taken from their new album True Defiance, which was released on April 10th through Solid State Records.

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In case you haven't heard, German thrash metallers Holy Moses are gearing up for the release of their compilation album entitled 30th Anniversary - In The Power Of Now. The album will be released on April 20th in Germany, April 23rd in Europe and early May in the USA/Canada via Steamhammer/SPV.

The band has now posted online a new re-recorded version of the song "Def Con II", which is taken from their classic album The New Machine Of Liechtenstein. The song is available for streaming here.

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French metallers ETHS's first full-length album Soma, originally released in 2004, will be re-released on May 14th through Season Of Mist. This new version will include 4 previously unreleased exclusive bonus tracks from the 2003 demo sessions.

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Maltese gothic/doom metal band Weeping Silence has posted a trailer for their new yet-untitled album to be released this year. You can check out the trailer at the following location. The trailer features Joe Grech on backing vocals and Anders Jacobsson (Draconian) as guest vocalist, as was earlier reported. More news about the 9-track full-length will be released soon.

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Bye Bye Lullaby, the new album from Swedish symphonic metallers The Murder Of My Sweet, has been scheduled for release on May 25th via AFM Records. The band also released the album cover and tracklist, available for viewing below.

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British heavy metal legends Black Sabbath have confirmed a new festival date. Black Sabbath will play this year's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, US, marking their only scheduled US date for this year.

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Event:	Lollapalooza 2012

Scottish folk metallers Alestorm have posted online a new video for the song "Death Throes Of The Terrorsquid" and you can watch it below. The song comes off their latest album Back Through Time, released last year through Napalm Records.

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The Weight Of Oceans, the upcoming new album from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers In Mourning is currently streaming online in its entirety at this location. The album will be streaming until its release on April 18th through Spinefarm Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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US sludge metal outfit Baroness has set a release date for their upcoming new album titled Yellow & Green. The album is set for release on July 17th via Relapse Records. The band is currently gearing up for a spring tour with Meshuggah and Decapitated.

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