Danish thrashers ESSENCE, who are currently working on the sequel to their debut album, Lost In Violence, have issued an update. From their headquarters in Aalbog, Denmark, the band reveals that they will perform at this year’s edition of the Roskilde Festival, together with IRON MAIDEN, AUTOPSY and SOILWORK. They will also be the main support for Swedish death metal legends IN FLAMES, when they guest at a sold out Voxhall in Denmark on May 31st.

Essence also announce that they are streaming their debut album in it's entirety at this location.

The band have also revealed that bassist Tobias Nefer will be replaced by Norway's Benjamin Atlas. Benjamin will act as the band's live bass player, until they find a permanent fourth member.

The band has this to say about the news: "It's a huge honour for us to play at the 2011 Roskilde Festival and in particular with In Flames! Dreams can come true and we enjoy every second of this! We choose to put Lost In Violence up for online streaming, so all who feel like it can listen to the songs, because we want to spread our music to as many people as possible. All the people who have supported us throughout the years deserve much more than just being able to listen to the record, but that's all we can do right now! We look forward to perform with Benjamin Atlas on bass duties, as he is more than competent to handle the bass playing, which Essence has presented to the world so far!"

Essence recently announced they will hit the road this summer in support of VADER, on their Summer Campaign 2011 tour in June. The full line-up for the tour will also include Brazil's KRISIUN and Belgium's RESISTANCE.

Essence comments on the tour: "It will be a great honour for us to tour with Vader. The four of us have listened to Vader for many years and therefore we are very pleased that our first international tour will be as support for them. We are very grateful to Vader for having us on this tour and it will undoubtedly be a great pleasure opening for them every single night!"

Summer Campaign tour dates are as follows:

June

10 - Gahlen, Germany - Gahlen Moscht Festival
11 - Grandola, Portual - Festival Metal GDL
13 - Liverpool , UK - The Masque
14 - London, UK - The Underworld
15 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Dynamo
16 - Brussels, Belgium - Magasin 4
17 - Clisson, France - Hellfest Festival
18 - Zurich, Switzerland - Dynamo
19 - Bulle, Switzerland - Ebullition
20 - Bologna, Italy - Blogos
21 - Gorizia, Italy - Pieffe Factory
22 - Darmstadt, Germany - Steinbruch Theater
23 - Leiden, Netherlands - LVC
24 - Osnabruck, Germany - Bastard
25 - Hunxe, Germany - Death Fest Open Air
26 - Aalen, Germany - Rock It

July

22 - Bertingen, Germany - R.U.D.E. Festival
23 - As, Belgium - Vlamrock Festival
30 - San Giacomo d. Schiavoni, Italy - Armageddon In The Park

August

10 - Katowice, Poland - Metal Hammer Festival
13 - Trutnov, Czech Republic - Brutal Assault
17 - Dinkelsbuhl, Germany - Summer Breeze
20 - Nowy Staw, Poland - Metal Time Festival
26 -Tel Aviv, Isreal - Sublime

More on Essence, including their live itinerary, at this location.