Fury UK and White Wizzard will join Iced Earth on the European leg of the legendary metal band's 2011-2012 World Dystopia Tour.

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Band profile:	Iced Earth
Event:	Iced Earth: World Dystopia Tour 2011-2012

"The Great Southern Darkness", a brand-new song from French black metal duo Glorior Belli can now be streamed on Pitchfork.

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Source:	pitchfork.com
Band profile:	Glorior Belli

Insidious, the brand-new upcoming album from Swedish melodic death metallers Nightrage can now be streamed in its entirety on the Finnish webzine Inferno Magazine.

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Source:	inferno.fi
Band profile:	Nightrage

With over 96,000 views on YouTube for Shining's first ever music video in just over three months of its release, the band have today announced that they will start work on a second video in October of this year.

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Thank you all for your entries to the Onslaught competition. The correct answer to the question was of course the Damnation Festival. Here are the lucky winners:

Paul Bourke (PAUL BOURKE) - Guest list + CD pack
Michael Smyth (mick-metal) - Guest list + CD pack
Krissie Williams (Lemonfresh) - Guest list + CD pack
Sam Marshall (Hopscotch) - Guest list
Ambrish Saxena (Cynic Metalhead) - Guest list

The winners now need to get in touch with their prefered date of the tour, as soon as possible.

Thank you all again!

Onslaught & Gama Bomb: UK & Ireland Tour

21.09.2011 - GBR, Cardiff
22.09.2011 - GBR, Maidstone
23.09.2011 - GBR, London
24.09.2011 - GBR, Nottingham
25.09.2011 - GBR, Swansea
26.09.2011 - GBR, Liverpool
27.09.2011 - GBR, Newcastle
28.09.2011 - GBR, Edinburgh
29.09.2011 - GBR, Belfast
30.09.2011 - IRL, Cork
01.10.2011 - IRL, Dublin

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Onslaught & Gama Bomb: UK & Ireland Tour

Finnish melodic death metallers Kalmah have announced that after a highly successful Canada and summer festival tour in 2011, the band will soon start writing new material for their seventh studio album.

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Band profile:	Kalmah

Swedish black metal giants Marduk will be entering studio next year to begin working on their 12th studio album. This though will only come after the Hatefest tour which they will be a part of with Triptykon, Kataklysm and many more. The festival package will also be appearing at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting during December. The band will play 17 dates.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Marduk

"Media Consumption", the brand-new video from US brutal death metallers Pathology can now be streamed in the YouTube-video below.

"Media Consumption" comes off the band's latest album Awaken To The Suffering, which was released on September 12th through Victory Records.

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Polish extreme metal machine Hate has inked a worldwide deal with Napalm Records.

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As reported, Ghost had to drop off the previously discussed US tour with Enslaved/Alcest. It's a hard road to try and find a replacement for a tour of that magnitude, especially at this hour (the tour kicks off next week!), but luckily we can exclusively report that the road-dogs in Junius will step to the plate in their stead! Tickets are still available for 9/25 at Gramercy Theater with Fin'amor.

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Source:	ht.ly
Event:	Enslaved: Circling Above & Within North American Tour

Detroit's melodic death metal outfit The Black Dahlia Murder have announced a mammoth 26-date UK/France tour, which kicks off with two shows at The Underworld in London on January 11th and 12th, 2012. Support comes from American thrashers Skeletonwitch.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	The Black Dahlia Murder
Event:	The Black Dahlia Murder + Skeletonwitch: UK/France Tour 2012

German sludge metallers The Ocean, who previously reported that their North American tour plans were scrapped, have announced that they will be supporting fellow progressive act The Devin Townsend Project. The tour heads out on October 8th and promises to be one of the best progressive tours of the Fall. Those who have been wanting for longer sets from both acts, who often serve to support other bands on tour, will be treated to a once-on-a-lifetime evening of progressive metal grandeur.

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Band profile:	The Ocean
Event:	Devin Townsend + The Ocean: North American Tour 2011

Australian funeral doom act Mournful Congregation has signed with 20 Buck Spin for the North American release of two full-length releases. The first of the pair, a compilation of out-of-print tracks entitled The Unspoken Hymns, acts as a prologue for the band's newly completed 80 minutes full-length album, The Book Of Kings, which is set for a North American release on November 8th.

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Italian band Ancient Bards is proud to announce the release of their second album. The highly anticipated new album, titled Soulless Child, will be available in the European market in mid-November 2011 via Limb Music Products and later in the American market. With this album continues the first part of the Black Crystal Sword Saga; 10 songs of pure symphonic epic metal: a more powerful and symphonic sound, massive choirs, more aggressive guitars, engaging bass, keyboards and guitar solos, and the beautiful voice of Sara are the elements that make this work even more epic and exciting.

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Band profile:	Ancient Bards

Australian death metal band Dawn Of Retribution has announced that they are disbanding after one final show, having only released one full-length album.

Here it is the official statement: "After four years, countless shows around Australia, one critically acclaimed full length album and a hell of a lot of beers it with some sadness and some optimism for the future that Dawn Of Retribution have decided to call it a day."

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metalunderground.com