"Parasitic Twins", the new video from US metallers The Dillinger Escape Plan, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by David Merenyi and was produced by Greg Toth.

"Parasitic Twins" comes off the band's latest album, Option Paralysis, which was re-released last year in a "Paralyzing Edition" exclusively as a digital download.

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US metallers Tombs have announced a series of North American tour dates starting on February 10th in Ventura, California, and extending through March, April and May. The band will be promoting their latest album, Path Of Totality, released last year through Relapse Records.

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US technical thrash metallers Rigor Mortis have announced via Facebook that the band will be recording a new album with the original line-up, 24 years later.

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"Let It Burn", the brand new single from Swedish melodic death metallers Avatar is currently streaming online at this location. The song is taken from the band's latest album titled Black Waltz, which was released in Europe in January via Gain and will be made available in North America on February 14th through eOne Music.

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US sludge metallers 16 have unveiled the artwork, created by Orion Landau (Red Fang, Rwake), and tracklist from their upcoming new album Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds. The new album will hit stores on April 24th via Relapse Records and was recorded with engineer Jeff Forrest at Double Time Studios in San Diego, CA, and then mastered by Pig Destroyer's Scott Hull at Visceral Sound Studios.

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Portuguese metallers Moonspell have revealed the cover art of their forthcoming album.

The band commented: "An intricate, marvellous and symbolic creation by Seth Siro Anton, the Greek artist who collaborated with the band on Night Eternal. This may be his finest and darkest piece to the date, invoking all the atmosphere that Moonspell dual album, Alpha Noir/Omega White, will unleashed on April 27th via Napalm Records. Leave your comment or shout your support to the band on our Facebook and MySpace pages."

More details about the album were previously reported over here.

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Seattle-based Christian metallers Demon Hunter will release their sixth full-length album, True Defiance, on April 10 via Solid State Records. The album was produced by Aaron Sprinkle (Anberlin, Emery) and mixed by Jason Suecof (All That Remains, Trivium).

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US metallers Kult Ov Azazel have issued the following update on their official website:

"We have begun writing the next album. It will be titled Violators Of The Covenant and will be released on Negativity Records with who we have signed a two album contract with. Once the writing is finalized we will record the drum tracks in Fort Lauderdale, FL at SBS Recording Studio and will track everything else at Noise Farm Studio in Paige, TX."

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Official press release

Legendary technical metal act, Believer, are currently in the process of writing their fifth album. It's their third for Metal Blade Records and the follow up to 2011's Transhuman, which was heavily spun on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal and received stellar reviews in print and online. Believer also performed at last year's New England Metal and Hardcore fest. Since then, the band has been writing new material.

Founding member Kurt Bachman elaborates: "As we begin the writing process, I feel that this will be the most sensual of all Believer releases. Once again we are striving to create something unique, while not throwing away any riff just because it might not fit the typical Believer mold. This is part of the process we love and hate. We love being creative, yet we place intense pressure on ourselves to write something we'll enjoy hearing and playing at least 2060 times. Of course, we are sticking to our two main goals: 1) Have fun and 2) Don't die in the process."

While Bachman's goals don't seem all that lofty, the band is well known for their challenging and thought-provoking material, as seen on their previous two Metal Blade efforts, Gabriel and Transhuman. Updates regarding art and music will be made available within the coming months. Make sure to follow the band on Facebook and Twitter for the most immediate updates.

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"Let The Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth", a new video from French brutal death metal outfit Benighted is now available for viewing below. The song comes off the band's recent effort Asylum Cave, released last year through Season Of Mist. The video was directed by Thibault Chaumont.

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"Havoc", a brand new video from Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie is now available online and you can watch it below. The video was produced by Polish company Grupa13, who had worked with the band on the clip for "Thousandfold" from the last album Everything Remains As It Never Was and for "A Rose For Epona" from the upcoming album Helvetios.

"Havoc" comes off the band's upcoming album Helvetios, due out on February 10th (Europe) and February 28th (North America) through Nuclear Blast Records.

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After the departure of vocalist Howard Jones recently, it looks like US metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage has reunited with original vocalist Jesse Leach, who left the band in 2002, after participating in the band's first two albums. Although no formal announcement has yet been made by the band or label, the band posted a band photo on their official website featuring the singer, which might put an end to speculation about the new vocalist.

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"Parasitic Scriptures Of The Sacred Word", a brand new song from US black/death metallers Goatwhore is now streaming online at Pitchfork. The song comes off the band's forthcoming release, Blood For The Master, which hits stores on February 14th via Metal Blade. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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"Valtiaan Uudet Vaateet", a new video from Finnish heavy metallers Stam1na, has premiered at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The video was directed by Tuomas Petsalo. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album Nocebo, which will be released on February 8th via Sakara Records.

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US progressive metallers Queensrÿche have been confirmed for the 2012 edition of the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. For the first time, M3 fans won't have to choose between bands with overlapping set times, since each band will play one at a time. Also, the festival will take place on two separate stages, giving fans the option to stay in one seat and watch all the bands as they appear on both stages, or fans can move from stage to stage without missing a note.

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Event:	M3 Rock Festival