Swedish metallers Enforcer have confirmed a co-headlining European tour with Bullet in April.

Announced dates are as follows:

Apr. 07 - Hamburg, DE - Marx
Apr. 08 - Osnabrück, DE - Bastard Club
Apr. 09 - Essen, DE - Turock
Apr. 10 - Kerkrade, NL - Rock Temple
Apr. 11 - London, UK - Underworld
Apr. 12 - Köln, DE - Underground
Apr. 13 - Weinheim, DE - Cafe Central
Apr. 14 - Berlin, DE - K17
Apr. 15 - Bydgoszcz, PL - Estrada
Apr. 16 - Krakow, PL - Kwadrat
Apr. 17 - Wien, AT - Escape
Apr. 18 - München, DE - Backstage
Apr. 19 - Ludwigsburg, DE - Rock Fabrik
Apr. 20 - Zürich, CH - Dynamo
Apr. 21 - Leipzig, DE - Hellraiser
Apr. 22 - Oostende, BE - OHK
Apr. 23 - Vosselaar, BE - Biebob

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Source:	earachenews.blogspot.com
Band profile:	Enforcer
Event:	Enforcer + Bullet: European Tour

French metallers Outcast will release their fortcoming album, entitled Awaken The Reason, which will be released later this year.

The album was mixed by Jochem Jacobs from Textures at Split Second Sound at the end of September 2010. Mastering was done by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Converge, Demolition Hammer, The Dillinger Escape Plan).

Awaken The Reason cover art] tracklist:

01. Elements
02. Abysmal
03. A Solace From The Shade
04. Awaken The Reason - Part IV: When Dawn Brings Clarity
05. Spin Angular Momenta
06. Unspoken
07. Isolation
08. Fallen Years
09. What Would Be My Final Commitment?
10. Man's Last Failure
11. Awaken The Reason - Part XI: Reprise


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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Outcast

Neuraxis is now streaming their new album, Asylon in its entirety, exclusively at Stereokiller.com.

Asylon will be released in North America next Tuesday, February 15th, 2011. The album can be pre-ordered at Prosthetic Records' webstore.

More details about Asylon were previously reported over here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Neuraxis

"Warrior Blood" and "Monster", two new songs from Danish metallers Artillery, are available for streaming at the Metal Mind Productions' MySpace page.

The two song come off the band's forthcoming album, entitled My Blood, wich will be released on the following dates:

March 9: Japan (via King Records)
March 21: Europe (via Metal Mind Productions)
April 5: US (via MVD)

More details about My Blood were previously reported over here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Artillery

Norwegian metallers Trollfest will release their new album, En Kvest For Den Hellige Gral, on April 29 via NoiseArt Records. The CD will be made available as a limited-edition digipak with a bonus track.

En Kvest For Den Hellige Gral tracklist:

01. Die Verdammte Hungersnot
02. Karve
03. Die Berüchtiges Bande
04. Gjetord
05. Der Sündenbock Gegalte
06. Korstog
07. Undermålere
08. Jevnes Med Jorden
09. En Gammel Trollsti
10. Epilog

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Trollfest

Listenable Records press release

Danish war merchants Panzerchrist have agreed on a new series of tactics with Listenable corps and are unleashing their new assault to this miserable world Regiment Ragnarok on April 18th. Both parties are chuffed about the new strategy.

Panzerchrist was formed in 1994 as a result of band General Michael Enevoldsen wanting to make even more hard hitting music than what he already did with the band he left, Illdisposed. Now with 5 critically acclaimed albums and the 6th just around the corner, 2011 will be the year Panzerchrist turns it's devastating artillery from your speakers to your face, and play live for the first time in 11 years.

The band is currently gearing up for combat, it will be the most brutal mission they will once again successfully accomplish, never mind the number of victims, victory is at hand.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Panzerchrist

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Pestilence, Obscura) will promote the recently completed Pestilence album Doctrine with a new custom made bass guitar. This week the German bass manufacturer Warwick confirmed to support Thesseling by building a seven-string fretless version of their classic Thumb NT series that he plays exclusively since 17 years.

"In the studio we decided to record the new Doctrine material with a low F-sharp tuning on bass, but then I still needed to find a way to work it out for live performances. I'm proud of the long-term collaboration with Warwick; this masterpiece will make it sound extremely massive.", according to Jeroen. Pestilence's Doctrine will be released in April through Mascot Records. Obscura will release its new album, Omnivium, in March via Relapse Records.

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Source:	warwick.de
Band profile:	Pestilence

Whitechapel have given Blank TV the exclusive premier of their new live music video "Breeding Violence", which was shot in Nashville, TN on January 8th with director Scott Hansen. Fans can now watch the video below:

In the meantime, Whitechapel continue to tour across the US as headliners on the Welcome to Hell Tour (click for concert dates).

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Whitechapel

"The Follower", a brand new song from Danish metallers Mercenary, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

"The Follower" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled Metamorphosis, which will be released in Europe on February 25 via NoiseArt Records. Also a trailer for the album can be viewed at this location. More details about Metamorphosis were previously reported over here.


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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Mercenary

German metallers Debauchery will release their new album, entitled Germany's Next Death Metal, on March 25th via AFM Records.

Germany's Next Death Metal cover art] tracklist:

01. The Unbroken
02. Zombie Blitzkrieg
03. Warmachines At War
04. Animal Holocaust
05. Bloodslaughter Onslaught
06. Germany's Next Death Metal
07. School Shooter
08. Death Will Entertain
09. Armed For Apocalypse
10. Genocider Overkill
11. Killing Is Our Culture
12. School's Out

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Source:	afm-records.de
Band profile:	Debauchery

German metallers Crystallion have begun the recording sessions for their forthcoming new studio album.

Album title, and further details to be revealed soon.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Crystallion

Original news, posted on 29.01.2011

Dutch death metal band Supreme Pain signed a deal with Massacre Records.

The band commented as follows: "So Massacre Records will release our new CD. It is great that they give us this opportunity that we are on the same rooster as bands like, Malevolent Creation, Sinister, Legion Of The Damned and many more.

Recently we finished the recordings of our third full-length CD at Soundlodge Studio in Germany with Jorg Uken. The mixing will also be done by Jorg in February. The title is: Divine Incarnation. We recorded 9 blasting death metal tracks with an evil and twisted atmosphere. Soon the track list and release date will be announced."

UPDATE ArtiA]

Dutch metallers Supreme Pain have just revealed the tracklist of their forthcoming album, entitled Divine Incarnation. The album will be released on May 27 through Massacre Records.

The band adds: "Soon a new song will be available on the MySpace. Stay drutal and supreme greetz!"

Divine Incarnation tracklist:

01. Dawn Of A New Era
02. The Dark Army
03. Damned Creation
04. Treasonous Disease
05. Trapped In Heresy
06. Spiritual Sickness
07. Divine Incarnation
08. Putrefied Beauty
09. The Fallen Kingdom
10. Towards Hell

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Supreme Pain

US metallers Believer have issued the following update in regards to their forthcoming full-length album:

"We're pleased to announce that mixing and mastering for the upcoming album is complete. We decided early on in project that we wanted an outside person to mix the record so we could spend more time writing and recording. Kevin Leaman (Believer guitarist) recommended Kevin Gutierrez from Assembly Line Studios for mixing this record. Leaman had worked with Gutierrez previously and said that he was really easy to work with. From the first telephone conversation it was clear that Gutierrez understood exactly what we were looking for sonically and he seemed really interested in helping us achieve that.

We let Kevin know we wanted this album to sound very musical; not just be heavy. We wanted to use the whole frequency range and not have all the mids scooped out so that everything going on in the tunes was audible. Most importantly, we wanted to keep the dynamics. We were a little nervous about not being there physically for the mix, but we spent so much time tweaking in the sounds for tracking that we were confident he had good stuff to work with. The rough mixes we made for ourselves already sounded pretty decent.

Kevin was fast and efficient. He'd send us reference mixes as he completed each song and we'd be emailing/texting comments back and forth at all hours of the day and night. He was very responsive to our change requests and was really helpful in setting up the mastering session and communicating what we wanted to Maor Appelbaum of Maor Appelbaum Mastering.

Maor also understood what we were trying to achieve with the dynamics and the overall listening experience we wanted to create on this album.

Sonically we're extremely happy with this album and can't wait for other people to hear it. We feel like this is a really strong and unique album in the Believer catalog and it's something we're definitely proud of.

So what will you hear? As we mentioned, we focused more on the overall musicality which included more instrumental layers than we used before. The vocals were also more of a focus as we have had much feedback throughout the years, specifically to get out of the one dimensional realm. Kurt wanted the vocals to be more complimentary to the overall tune feel, so he used many facets of his vocal abilities. As with all Believer albums, this one is definitely unique."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Believer

Original news, posted on 26.01.2011

Mare, the new album by Norwegian pagan black metal band Kampfar, will be released on March 25th in Europe and April 5th in North America through Napalm Records.

The album was produced by Peter Tägtgren at Abyss Studio.

According to the press release, Mare opens a new chapter in the Norwegians' band history, while delivering a true monument to black metal. Frontman Dolk and the rest of the band have achieved the difficult task of giving their sound new impulses without losing their unique style. Isolated keyboard passages and sprechgesang consort with icy riffs, dark melodies, and oppressive drums. Dolk's raw vocals continue to set the pace, while giving songs like "Bergtatt", Volvevers", and the title track such intensity that they are left with no other choice but to crawl under the skin of even the most discerning black and pagan metal fans.

Mare cover art] tracklist:

01. Mare
02. Ildstemmer
03. Huldreland
04. Bergtatt
05. Trolldomspakt
06. Volvevers
07. Blitzwitch
08. Nattgang
09. Altergang
10. Bergtatt

UPDATE

An album teaser for Mare, the forthcoming album from Norwegian metallers Kampfar, can be viewed at this location.

Mare will be released on March 25th in Europe and April 5th in North America through Napalm Records.


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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Kampfar

"Erased Existence", a brand new song from Singapore metallers Wormrot, is available for streaming at this location.

"Erased Existence" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Dirge, which will be released on the following dates:

USA: 3rd May (25 track CD)
UK/Europe: 23rd May (25 track CD)
UK/Europe: 23rd May (25 track CD + DVD)
UK/Europe/USA: 23rd May (Limited Vinyl LP with 2 bonus tracks)

Dirge cover art] tracklist:

01. No One Gives A Shit
02. Compulsive Disposition
03. All Go No Emo
04. Public Display Of Infection
05. Overpowered Violence
06. Semiconcious Godsize Dumbass
07. Spot A Pathetic
08. Evolved Into Nothing
09. Butt Krieg Is Showing
10. Fucking Fierce So What
11. Ferocious Bombardment
12. Principle Of The Puppet Warfare
13. Deceased Occupation
14. Waste Of Time
15. Stench Of Ignorance
16. Meteor To The Face
17. Addicts Of Misery
18. You Suffer But Why Is It My Problem
19. Erased Existence
20. Back Stabber Mission Aborted
21. Destruct The Bastards
22. Plunged Into Illusions
23. Manipulation
24. A Dead Issue
25. The Final Insult


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Wormrot