EX DEO/KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono has issued the following update:

"It’s with great honor that I announce, all my vocal parts are now complete for the new album Caligvla it wasn't without any hard work , blood and sweat and also close to a fainting spell after one of the hardest longest screams I ever made, ten days of vocal tracking, some of my best work in my career, the gods will be pleased … some solos are left, some guest appearances to track and we start mixing this beast, should be all done by end of March.. eight months in the making people, soon we will give the metal world a well-deserved punishment!!"

Lacono recently announced that the band have had to pull out of this years Paganfest. He released the following on the cancellation:

"It is with deep disappointment that I am obliged to pull Ex Deo off this year's Paganfest. We were all excited to play this festival and premier some new material, but unfortunately our new album, Caligvla, has been delayed, and we need to finish it and make it perfect. Add to that, the Kataklysm DVD is also on its final production phase... We decided it would be best to concentrate on giving every bit of attention to the album you have been waiting for, and also for the Kataklysm documentary to kick major ass.

This being said, we will still perform with Ex Deo on the Montreal and Toronto shows with Paganfest, as we will be in studio in the area, closing up the album, Caligvla. Everything else is cancelled for Ex Deo. We will return to support the album in the fall...

Word from Rome is that the plans are already in motion for world conquest! We ask our fans to support Paganfest and the great bands playing this year!"

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Paganfest America III tour dates, with TURISAS, ALESTORM, ARKONA, HUNTRESS, and HAMMER HORDE on select dates, include:

March

29 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
30 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
31 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre

April

1 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda (+ Ex Deo)
2 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House (+ Ex Deo)
3 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's (+ Hammer Horde)
4 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's (+ Hammer Horde)
5 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
6 - Saint Paul, MN - Station 4
7 - Louisville, KY - Vernon Club
8 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
9 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
11 - Dallas, TX - Trees
12 - Lubbock, TX - Jake's
13 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
15 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
16 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
17 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge
18 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club