Finnish battle metallers Turisas just announced that Taiwanese melodic black metallers Chthonic and Finnish power metallers Kiuas are filling the support slots on their upcoming UK & Ireland Tour, taking off by the end of October to mid-November.

On November 7th (Belfast) and 8th (Dublin), instead of Chthonic and Kiuas, Canadian musician Devin Townsend will join as co-headliner.

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Source:	turisas.com
Band profile:	Turisas

Chaos Of Forms, the brand-new upcoming album from US technical death metallers Revocation can now be streamed in its entirety over at Guitar World.

About the album, guitarist/vocalist David Davidson says: "Hopefully it takes you on a musical journey. Hopefully when people listen to it, they crack a big smile and go, 'Wow, I did not see that coming.'"

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Source:	guitarworld.com
Band profile:	Revocation

"Insidious", a brand-new track from Swedish melodic death metallers Nightrage can now be heard in the YouTube-video below.

"Insidious" is the title track of the band's upcoming album, which is set to be released on September 26th in Europe and a day later in North America through Lifeforce Records. More album details were previously reported here.


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Band profile:	Nightrage

German black metal band Nocte Obducta have announced their reunion and the release of their ninth album titled Verderbnis (Der Schnitter kratzt an jeder Tür), scheduled for release in November 2011 via MDD Records. It will be the band's first sign of life after their hiatus in 2006 and their swan song Sequenzen einer Wanderung, which was released two years after the band's alleged demise.

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Source:	nocte-obducta.de
Band profile:	Nocte Obducta

Victory Records press release

We are excited to announce the signing of New Brunswick, New Jersey's melodic, thrash-metal warriors, God Forbid, to a merchandising, publishing and recording deal. Both Victory Records and God Forbid are veterans at their respective crafts, so it would seem that fate has now pieced together two longstanding staples of the hardcore and metal scenes. This marks the next chapter for God Forbid, a band that has sold 300,000+ albums over the last decade...

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Source:	victoryrecords.com
Band profile:	God Forbid

"Graveworld", a brand-new track from Norwegian brutal death metallers Blood Red Throne can now be heard in the YouTube-video below.

Another new song, entitled "Eternal Decay", can also be heard below.

"Graveworld" and "Eternal Decay" comes off the band's upcoming album Brutalitarian Regime, which is set to be released on August 28th through Sevared Records.

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Band profile:	Blood Red Throne

As previously reported, Norwegian black metallers Gorgoroth will embark on a tour, dubbed The Sign Of Hell Tour 2011, together with Polish death metallers Vader. Tour dates can now be seen after the jump.

Support on the trek will come from Swedish black metallers Valkyrja, with one or two more bands to be announced.

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Source:	massive-music.pl
Band profile:	Gorgoroth
Event:	Gorgoroth + Vader: The Sign Of Hell Tour 2011

With a completely new line-up, Swedish black metallers Dark Funeral are now embarking on tour, dubbed Satanic War Tour - The Return, around South, Central and Latin America. The tour kicks off in November through December.

Tour dates are yet to be announced.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Dark Funeral

British thrashers Evile have dedicated one of the songs from their new album, Five Serpent's Teeth, to the U.K.'s Bloodstock festival. Fans attending the festival next weekend will be among the first people to hear the brand new track, titled "Centurion", as it will be played through the PA system between bands on the main stage throughout the festival.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Evile

Right this very moment the last few hours of the 2011 edition of the world's biggest open air metal festival is taking place. But the organization isn't sitting still and has already revealed the first couple of names for the 23rd Wacken Open Air, set to take place August 2-4th 2012 at Wacken, Germany.

These first names include Scorpions, Ministry, HammerFall, U.D.O., Amon Amarth, Gamma Ray and Cradle Of Filth. Get more info and ticket details after the jump.

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Source:	wacken.com
Event:	Wacken Open Air 2012

Barge To Hell, the newly planned extreme metal cruise launched by the creators of 70000 Tons Of Metal, is due to sail off by the fall of next year.

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Italian gothic metal act Lacuna Coil will begin touring in support of their upcoming new album, Dark Adrenaline, with an extensive UK tour, dubbed the Darkness Rising Tour, in November.

After spending many months in the recording studio the band are dying to get on the road again and perform songs from Dark Adrenaline live. The release date of Dark Adrenaline, through, has been pushed back by Century Media Records to early 2012.

Comments vocalist Cristina Scabbia: "Lacuna Coil is back, coilers! We can finally announce the new UK tour dates and I couldn't be more thrilled (it was hard to keep them a secret)! And this will also be your first chance to hear something new from our upcoming album, Dark Adrenaline! You all know how much we enjoy being surrounded by the ol' British dark love, that's why we definitely want to see you all this November! We'll give away our black hearts and velvet vibes to you. We are already excited about this tour... So be there with us, horns up in the darkness!"

Darkness Rising UK Tour:

November 02 - Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
November 03 - Stoke On Trent, England - Sugarmill
November 04 - Sheffield, Corporation
November 05 - Birmingham, Institute Library
November 07 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle University
November 08 - Glasgow, King Tuts
November 09 - Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
November 10 - Dundee, The Doghouse
November 12 - Manchester, Academy 2
November 13 - Cardiff, CF10
November 14 - Exeter, Phoenix
November 16 - Brighton, Concorde 2
November 17 - Folkestone, Quarterhouse
November 18 - Bournemouth, Old Fire Station
November 20 - Colchester, Colchester Arts Center
November 21 - Northampton, Road Menders
November 22 - London, ULU
November 23 - Oxford, O2 Academy

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Source:	lacunacoil.it
Band profile:	Lacuna Coil
Event:	Lacuna Coil: Darkness Rising UK Tour

Svartir Sandar, the new upcoming album of Icelandic metallers Sólstafir will be released in Europe on October 14th and in North America on October 18th through Season of Mist. The album will be released as a 2-disc set. Read more to see the cover artwork, the album's tracklist and more limited edition details.

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Sólstafir

"Decapitated Saints", a re-recording from Polish death metal veterans Vader's 1989 demo Necrolust, has been made available for streaming over at Facebook.

Another new track, called "Come And See My Sacrifice", is also streaming at the same location, while an album trailer is available over here.

"Decapitated Saints" and "Come And See My Sacrifice" come off the band's upcoming new album, entitled Welcome To The Morbid Reich, which will be released on August 12th through Nuclear Blast Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Vader

The Ocean are currently in the writing process of a new full-length album, penciled in for a tentative mid-2012 release.

The Ocean guitarist and vocalist Robin Staps issued the following: "After 2 weeks of creative isolation at the new Oceanland on the Spanish coast, there are about 25 minutes of new material written and pre-produced which are basically one continuous piece of music. Apart from that, there are 4 more songs including a wicked cover track. Loic will start working on vocal pre-productions soon.

Much like when I wrote Precambrian in Australia, I have written these tracks on my own, far away from everything else and everyone else but with the sea close enough to have a strong impact on my flow of ideas. You can actually hear its subtle roar in the guitar tracks if you crank them up on a quiet passage. The other guys have not been involved much yet because they are busy with their other bands Coilguns and Kunz who will see their debut split CD released on Pelagic in September."

The Ocean will hit the studio some time in early 2012 to record the follow-up(s?) to Heliocentric and Anthropocentric. More tour dates to be announced soon.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	The Ocean