Swedish progressive metallers Pain Of Salvation have announced their headlining tour of Central Europe for February and March 2012. See the list of the dates announced so far below. Vocalist and guitarist Daniel Gildenlöw comments: "This trip has been odd since we all know that Johan and Fredrik are leaving the band. We are enjoying ourselves on stage in the same way a typical Swede enjoys those late fall days of bonus summer, haha. That said, we have a very interesting line-up for February."

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Source:	insideoutmusic.com
Band profile:	Pain Of Salvation
Event:	Pain Of Salvation: The Road Salt Two Tour 2012 - Europe

Italian folk metallers Folkstone have decided to part ways with their label Fuel Records. The band made the following statement on their website: "We Folkstone and our sound engineer/producer Yonatan Rukhman chose to have no label and no intermediary for printing and production of the next album. This is why we want to be free from any obligation... and basically to make 'what we like'. Our real producers are our fans!"

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Source:	folkstone.it
Band profile:	Folkstone

The organization of the festival announced yesterday the confirmation of the pioneers of black/thrash metal Venom: "Injected With Deadly Toxin: Please Welcome Venom On Board! To travel from the North Sea into the Atlantic Ocean, they must sail around the British Isles. Before doing so they decided to visit a town in North East England that they are familiar with from last year: Newcastle, and what a welcome they got! On arrival they all got injected by a deadly toxin: Venom!"

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Source:	70000tons.com
Band profile:	Venom
Event:	70000 Tons Of Metal 2012

Guitarist-turned-bassist Youri Raymond of Canadian metallers Cryptopsy has issued the following statement on the band's MySpace page:

"I am officially announcing my departure of the band Cryptopsy. At this time, we feel it's in the best interest of both the band and I to part ways. As a musician, moving from guitar to bass was a great challenge, but honestly, I never really felt comfortable in that position and my motivation in general was stagnating.

I'm now moving forward and will release an album in 2012 on guitar/lead vocals with my band Unhuman and I hope Jon, Matt, Chris Flo and the new guy who will fill in in the bass spot the very best with the upcoming album and what might be the "real" Cryptopsy coming back! Thanks again fans and friends for your endless support!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Cryptopsy

Official press release

John Gallagher, guitarist and vocalist of Dying Fetus, has announced that the group has entered the studio to record a new full-length album. The band will once again be working with long-time producer Steve Wright (Slipknot, Misery Index) at Wrightway Studios in Baltimore, MD.

Set to be released in mid 2012 through Relapse Records, the album will feature nine tracks and is a "return to roots" with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band's last few works. Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of Dying Fetus as we have come to know. An official release date and album title will be announced shortly.

"The last album had some groove in it," stated John, "but was basically a lot of tech; this one is a return to form of older Dying Fetus albums, so to speak - more modern production though, of course." "Everything's tight," John adds; "...the sound is crushing, the drums are amazing."

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Dying Fetus

Through-out February and into early March, US technical death metallers Origin, together with Australian technical death metallers Psycroptic and Belgian razorgrinders Leng Tch'e, will embark on a European tour, taking off in Switzerland.

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Source:	soundworkstouring.com
Band profile:	Origin
Event:	Origin: Occupy Europe Tour 2012

Dutch symphonic metallers Delain have set We Are The Others as the title of their third studio album, due next spring via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at various studios in Stockholm, Sweden, with producer Jacob Hellner, renowned for his work with Rammstein and Apocalyptica, alongside the Epicentre team of Fredrik Thomander and Anders Wikstrom (Scorpions, Backyard Babies).

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Source:	site.delain.nl
Band profile:	Delain
Event:	Delain: European Tour 2012

German thrash metallers Paradox have parted ways with guitarist Gus Drax. The band posted the following on their MySpace page: "We would like to announce you that after 2 years of working together with Gus Drax, we decided to go separate ways due to personal reasons. We wish Gus all the best. Paradox are still working on their next album which will be out in Summer 2012."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Paradox

US thrashers Opprobrium are currently working on a new album slated for release sometime next year. It will be the follow-up to 2008's Mandatory Evac. The band issued a very short update on their MySpace page: "We are currently demoing new record due for 2012."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Opprobrium

"Black Waltz", the new video clip from Swedish melodic death metallers Avatar is now available for viewing below. The song is off the band's new EP Black Waltz, which came out on October 24th. The video was directed by Johan Carlén.


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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Avatar

Hello everyone!

We interrupt our silence these last months to let you know that today we are back Europe! On track from 9th to 18th of December 2011 for our 4th trip to Europe, this time on a mini tour including some festivals such as Madrid is the Dark in Spain, Bracara Extreme Fest in Portugal, Eindhoven Metal meeting in The Netherlands and an exclusive show in Moscow, Russia.

We are glad to announce that we will have the participation of our former vocalist Marcelo Rodriguez for these shows and would like to thank our fans over the world, the Chilean Government and Ministerio de la Cultura and all partners/companies for their recognition and endless support.

For further information and details stay tuned.

Cheers!

Dates of the tour are as follows:,

09.12 Sala Cats / Madrid is the Dark Fest / Spain
10.12 Centro Cultural Braga Viva / Bracara Extreme Fest / Portugal
14.12 Little Devil / Tilburg / The Netherlands
16.12 Effenaar / Eindhoven Metal Meeting / the Netherlands
17.12 XO / Moscow / Russia

For more info and details: www.mardegrises.com

For good measure, and a bonus holiday treat, enjoy this video of "Sleep Just One Dawn"...


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Source:	mardegrises.com
Band profile:	Mar De Grises

According to the Rolling Stone official website, Guns N' Roses are one of the bands to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Class 2012, alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, the Small Faces/Faces, Donovan and Laura Nyro. Freddie King will enter the Hall Of Fame as an Early Influence, while the late producer and TV host Don Kirshner will receive the Ahmet Ertegun (nonperformer) Award and producers Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns will receive the Award for Musical Excellence.

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Source:	rollingstone.com
Band profile:	Guns N' Roses

World Of Glass Promotions are proud to announce the cover artwork and tracklist for their second compilation album, World Of Glass Compilation, Volume 2, which is set to be released on March 13th next year.

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Source:	worldofglasspromotions.blogspot.com
Band profile:	Ram-Zet

Next March and April, Onslaught will embark on their first ever North American tour.

Nige Rockett comments:

"Good Morning America. Here we are at very long last! Onslaught are super-fucking stoked to announce our debut tour of the mighty USofA and Canada. It's been one hell of a long time coming, but we are now finally bringing the Scream For Violence tour to North America for 20 shows in March and April 2012. Just as we did in Europe, the UK and South America, we'll be thrashing it up with a brutal 90 minute set featuring tracks off all five Onslaught studio albums. We can't fucking wait guys. This is the Sound of Violence!"

Coming along on tour is the new black/thrash metal outfit M-Pire Of Evil an all ex-Venom supergroup featuring Demolition man, Antton Lant and Venom's founding member Jeff "Mantas" Dunn. Mpire will be presenting their own material as well as performing classic Venom songs. Bay area thrashers Evil Dead will joining this unholy package for some devastating dates on the US West Coast.

Mar. 19 - Seattle, WA - Studio 7
Mar. 20 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Mar. 21 - Oakland, CA - The Pound
Mar. 22 - Los Angeles, CA - Ecoplex
Mar. 23 - San Diego, CA - Jumping Turtle
Mar. 24 - Tempe, AZ - 910 Live
Mar. 26 - San Antonio, TX - The Korova
Mar. 27 - Laredo, TX - TBA
Mar. 29 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
Mar. 30 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
Mar. 31 - Dayton, OH - House of Rock
Apr. 01 - Detroit, MI - Blondies
Apr. 03 - Toronto, ON - Wrek Room
Apr. 04 - Montreal, QC - The Katacombs
Apr. 06 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
Apr. 07 - Brooklin, NY - Saint Vitus Bar

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Band profile:	Onslaught
Event:	Onslaught: Scream For Violence North America Tour

German symphonic gothic metallers Xandria has revealed the tracklisting for the band's upcoming album Neverworld's End, which is set to be released on February 22nd through Napalm Records.

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Source:	metalunderground.com
Band profile:	Xandria