Frontiers Records has announced the release of a special album from Jorn entitled Symphonic on January 25th in Europe and January 22nd in North America. Symphonic features a selection of tracks taken from Jorn's previous studio releases, which have been selected by the Norwegian singer himself and remixed in order to add a classical orchestra arrangement.

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Source:	frontiers.it
Band profile:	Jorn

Still no news about the release date for Arsis upcoming opus, Unwelcome. However, the band's new six-song EP, Lepers Caress, is now available for free download and streaming, as promised, at this location.

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Band profile:	Arsis

Post rockers Long Distance Calling have announced their first European headliner tour dubbed The Flood Inside Tour. It will be the first time on stage with the new line up including vocalist Marsen Fischer. The band will be sharing the stage with Sólstafir, Audrey Horne and Sahg.

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Source:	longdistancecalling.de
Band profile:	Long Distance Calling

Danish death metal horde Dawn Of Demise are currently writing songs for their next full length six months after the release of their recent effort Rejoice In Vengeance. The new album will be the band's fourth effort. The band already has 8 songs ready for the next album.

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Band profile:	Dawn Of Demise

Official Season Of Mist press release:

True to a life-long interest in underground extreme metal, Season Of Mist will release the full back catalogue of Norwegian cult act Ildjarn, as well as the Ildjarn-Nidhogg and Sort Vokter productions.

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

British atmospherick rock masters Anathema have with great excitement announced that they will be performing in India at the beginnig of next year. The show is confirmed on January 12th, 2013, at Saarang Festival in Chennai (IIT Madras).

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Source:	anathema.ws
Band profile:	Anathema

Power metallers Helloween have premiered their brand new seven-minute single "Nabataea" at this location. You can now listen to the first taste off their upcoming opus Straight Out Of Hell. The single will be released on iTunes on December 18th via The End Records while the album will come out in Europe on January 18th and in North America on January 22nd, 2013.

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Band profile:	Helloween

Heavy metallers Satan have signed a deal with Listenable Records. The band is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to an album entirely of new material written over the last 18 months. The new album, to be titled Life Sentence, is scheduled for release in March/April 2013. This will mark the 30th anniversary of their greatly acclaimed debut Court In The Act.

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Band profile:	Satan

US metalcore act Emmure has announced The Mosh Lives Tour 2013 in Europe, scheduled for April/May 2013. Support on this extensive tour will come from several bands: Chelsea Grin, Obey The Brave, Attila and Buried In Verona.

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Band profile:	Emmure
Event:	Emmure: The Mosh Lives European Tour 2013

2013 is shaping up to be another good year for progressive metal releases, in theory. Now Leprous is back in the studio to record their next album, which is set to be released sometime before the summer of 2013 via InsideOut. The follow-up to the brilliant Bilateral is in the works. You can watch the first studio report on the video below.

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Leprous

The Contortionist have released a new music video for the song "Dreaming Schematics", taken from their latest and second offering Intrinsic, which was released under Season Of Mist earlier this year. You can now watch the video below. The band worked with the directing team KOTK Productions once again as in their previous video for "Causality".

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Band profile:	The Contortionist

CM Kamp 1996 / Horion Jugend, the brand-new split between blackened sludge metallers Alkerdeel and A Den Of Robbers, can now be streamed in its entirety at this location. Enjoy!

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Band profile:	Alkerdeel

French experimental black metal band Spektr is set to release a new album entitled Cypher on February 5th in Europe and February 19th in North America through Agonia Records. This will be the successor to 2006's Near Death Experience.

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Source:	agoniarecords.com
Band profile:	Spektr

2012 has been quite a trying year for US metal band Lamb Of God. It also looks like the manslaughter case against the band's frontman, Randy Blythe, just won't go away. According to news from novinky.cz, Randy has officially been indicted for manslaughter in the Czech Republic. State Attorney's Office in Prague made the official indictment on November 30 which means there will likely be a full trial in the near future. According to novinky.cz, the court now has three months in which to fix the date for the trial or bring the case back for further investigation.

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Source:	rollingstone.com
Band profile:	Lamb Of God

Official press release statement:

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce that Grammy Award nominated King Diamond has signed a new 3 album worldwide record deal with the label.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	King Diamond