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ALCEST to tour the United States and Canada for the first time!!! --> final, confirmed dates/venues!!!

Today, PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS in conjunction with Sepulchral Productions confirms ALCEST's first North American tour. Set to begin April 22nd in Quebec City and ending May 1st in Boston, this tour will see the white-hot ALCEST peform songs from their critically acclaimed Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde debut as well as songs from their forthcoming Écailles De Lune, which is set for North American release on April 20th. Here are the CONFIRMED dates + venues:
 
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TEXTURES ANNOUNCE NEW FRONT MAN

Dutch extreme progressive technical metallers TEXTURES are excited to announce that Daniel de Jongh, former front man of the Dutch metal band Cilice, will replace Eric Kalsbeek who left the band earlier this year.

De Jongh had to say this about joining TEXTURES:

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NUCLEAR BLAST AMERICA GETS HEAVY AS HELL

Thursday, March 25th is Nuclear Blast America Day on Heavy As Hell.  What does that meanω  HeavyAsHell.com will be giving away physical copies of some of the latest and greatest releases on Nuclear Blast, who is a sponsor of HeavyAsHell.com’s month-long campaign to award over ten thousand dollars in cash and prizes (mostly cash).  

Nuclear Blast artist CDs slated for give-away are: 

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Heidevolk - Uit Oude Grond (2010)

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Out of the hundreds of bands that play Folk/Viking/Pagan Metal, Heidevolk has been one of our favorites since their debut album “De Strijdlust is Geboren”. The band has a very ‘simple’ but yet effective way of making Folk Metal songs, they only need the addition of a violin to get the extra ‘folkish’ sound that other bands have when using countless extra instruments.

“Uit Oude Grond” is the band’s third full-length album and you can hear that they are running out of ideas. While Heidevolk’s music has always sounded formulaic (but effective) it’s finally getting a bit tired and old. Even halfway through this album you start to wonder if your CD player is skipping and re-playing the same tracks.

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Unleashed - As Yggdrasil Trembles (2010)

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Swedish Death Metal legends Unleashed are back with another great album, “As Yggdrasil Trembles” marks another great release in the band’s career. If there is one thing you can count on with Unleashed is consistency. The band has managed to maintain their original style for almost 20 years, and yet they still sound fresh.

Forming over 20 years ago, Unleashed has played a major role in the development of Viking Metal and bands that talked about Scandinavian mythology in general. Since the band was the first to use this topics in their lyrics, instead of the traditional ‘blood and guts’ approach, this has made them very unique since the beginning.

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Hatesphere + Augury + Obscura + The Black Dahlia Murder – March 12th, 2010 – Denver, CO

The first stop in our road trip across the country was at Denver, CO, so we tweaked our travel dates in order to make it to this magnificent show that offered us the opportunity to watch some great bands in a small venue, something that probably will not happen in the future.

While we are followers of Hatesphere, Augury and Obscura, we never cared much for The Black Dahlia Murder and their Death-core music. So we basically attended this show for the foreign talent.

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