Dutch metallers The 11th Hour will release their second album, Lacrima Mortis, via Napalm Records on the following dates:

January 25: Finland, Spain, Sweden
January 27: Austria, Benelux, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
January 30: Rest Of Europe
February 7: North America

Also a teaser for the album can be viewed at this location.

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The newest Opeth's release Heritage is bringing very good news for the Swedish metallers. Opeth have been nominated once again for a P3 Guld Award in the Rock/Metal category. For the first time, it is up to the public to cast their votes rather than the professional industry, which didn't happen in previous editions in the 8 year history of the awards. Opeth already won the award once in 2003 and since then have been nominated many times but never managed to win again.

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Finnish gothic metallers Dark The Suns have released a new single titled "Evensong", which is available for your own listening pleasure below. The single cover art] was designed by Inka Tuomaala.


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US metallers Charred Walls Of The Damned recently filmed a video for "Zerospan". The track is one of the most popular songs from Cold Winds On Timeless Days, the most recent album from the super group. A trailer for the video can now be seen below.

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The Australian technical death metal outfit Psycroptic has revealed the cover art for its fifth studio album, The Inherited Repression, which will hit stores on February 7th in North America and February 10th in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records.

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New Zealand's brutal death metal machine Ulcerate have announced a European tour, together with French blackened death metal act Svart Crown, taking off on February 2nd in France.

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Event:	Obscure Winter Fest 2012

Onslaught have announced Mic Hourihan as their new drummer. He will replace Steve Grice. The band announced it on their Facebook page: "British thrashers Onslaught have announced that drummer Michael "Mic" Hourihan (Desecration, Extreme Noise Terror) has officially joined the band on a full time basis. Mic has been touring with Onslaught since March 2011, and has already done over 50 shows with the band including South American, UK and European tours."

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Japanese power metal/J-Rock outfit Versailles have revealed the tracklist to their new live DVD entitled Chateau De Versailles -Jubilee-. The DVD comes out on December 21st in two formats, the normal edition and the limited edition.

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"Black As Death", a brand new song from Belgian power metal act Iron Mask is now streaming online at this location. The song comes off the band's upcoming album Black As Death, scheduled for release on December 16th via AFM Records.

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Danish metallers Mnemic will enter the Antfarm Studios in Aabyhøj, Denmark, in February 2012 with producer Tue Madsen to begin recording their new album for a June 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band posted this statement on their official website: "With the release of last year's Sons Of The System, Danish modern metallers Mnemic have undergone quite a few changes. Keeping quiet, doing only select shows in 2010, the band never toured properly, and never discovered the demand for their style and music. Today, the band is praised and being recognized as part of the djent music scene, a genre created by the polyrhythmic pioneers of metal, Meshuggah."

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UK's heavy metal pioneers Judas Priest have announced the first dates of their upcoming European tour, taking off on April 14th in Poland.

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Event:	Judas Priest: Epitaph World Tour 2012 - Europe

US nu thrashers Soulfly will release their eighth studio album, Enslaved, on March 13, 2012, via Roadrunner Records.

This release will also mark their 15th anniversary as a band.

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US brutal/technical death metallers Nile are currently working on their next album and follow-up to 2009's Those Whom The Gods Detest.

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After the release of the album Worship Music, Anthrax are back on the road in 2012 with several dates announced. Anthrax announced on their official website a new date before the HammerFest IV, now in London. Anthrax will play an intimate show at the O2 Islington Academy on Thursday, March 15th, 2012.

Anthrax will also play at the HammerFest IV, where they will be joined by other metal bands: Dream Evil, Amon Amarth, Exodus, Chimaira, Paradise Lost, Hell, Evile and many more from March 15-17 at Pontin's, Prestatyn.

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French atmospheric doom metallers Lethian Dreams have finished recording their second album, the follow-up to Bleak Silver Streams. The new album will be entitled Season Of Raven Words and will be released in 2012. There is also a new song online, "Dawn", and you can listen to it on the video below.

The band states: "We have finished recording our 2nd full length album. This new work is entitled Season Of Raven Words and will probably be released first quarter of 2012."


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