'Nifelvind' was just released in the U.S. last week and is currently available around the world. Finntroll will be hitting the road for a full U.S. tour (with a few stops in Canada) next month with Moonsorrow, Swallow the Sun and Survivor Zero. Check after the jump for the video as well as tour dates!

Los Angeles thrash titans Warbringer just completed a massive European tour and have now set their sights back on North America as they prepare to embark on a cross-country tour with genre legends Overkill alongside Vader, God Dethroned, Evile and Woe of Tyrants. Be sure to visit www.myspace.com/warbringer to view their complete, rigorous touring itinerary. 

John Laux (guitars) further states: “Just finishing up our latest European tour, which was definitely a 'whirlwind'. We've spent the past two months all over Europe, doing five weeks of shows with Evile and then three weeks of headlining dates, mainly focusing on Eastern Europe. The conditions were rough as we did our own dates crammed into a van with seven people and all of our gear. Also, the weather just seemed to get colder and colder. Fortunately no one got too sick and all the fans who came out each night made every gig worthwhile. It was cool to venture into countries like Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Hungary. We were happy to try a lot of the local food, wine and beer. We’ll have a lot of great memories from this run.

Montreal extreme metal purists, Ion Dissonance, recently completed the recording process for their much anticipated new effort, Cursed, which is set for an early summer release. The offering was tracked at .357 Productions with Ion guitar player, Antoine Lussier (who also produced Emmure's latest) at the production helm. Fans can expect a more refined and streamlined approach that just goes straight for the jugular with a frenetic assault of the band’s trademarked mathematic brutality. Stay tuned to www.myspace.com/iondissonance for current updates and touring schedule. 

Kevin (vocals) further states: “We are now completely finished with the tracking process for our new album, Cursed. We only have a few more days of mixing left and we will be hitting up Wild Studios in the coming weeks to master our efforts and finally put an end to this horribly long and arduous recording process. We have been hacking away at this thing for the past three months and are down to our last few days. To see the light at the end of the tunnel and to hear what we have put together is motivating as Hell for us. We all had high hopes for this record and feel that we have undoubtedly delivered the goods.”

Hunter Valentine is a three-piece, all girl band hailing from Canada. They recently relocated to Brooklyn, NY in support of their new album, 'Lessons From The Hard Life', which is set to be released May 11th via Tommy Boy Records. 

DragonForce have split with lead singer ZP Theart. The band issued the following statement, regarding the matter:

 

“It is with great regret that DragonForce announce a parting of the ways with singer ZP Theart. This is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion but the rest of the band sincerely wishes ZP great success with his future projects.”