Eclipse will be Veil of Maya's fourth studio album release, when it finally hits the streets on 27 February 2012, the press release below provides more details and a link to a couple of videos although the album sampler is a little short and doesn't reveal much:-

Chicago's VEIL OF MAYA are back to lead the charge of the American progressive-deathcore assault, with the release of their mind-blowing third album, “Eclipse”, out via Sumerian on 27 February.

Produced by djent hero Misha Mansoor of Periphery, ”Eclipse” is a stunningly concise yet diverse metal record, packed full of death-metal chops, tech-metal grooves, progressive arrangements and hardcore rip-yer-throat-out attitude.

The guitar work is as slick is it comes - stunning precision, inventive melodies and tasteful use of technique that will equally impress the muso as much as the metal head. But most importantly, this album is full of so many memorable riffs, rhythms and vocal hooks that you'll be itching to hit play again as soon as it's finished.

Check out the advance album track 'Vicious Circles', which showcases their more brutal side and this killer little teaser to new album Eclipse:

VEIL OF MAYA are a hard touring band who have racked up some serious mileage worldwide over the last few years, and most recently visited Europe in June 2011 for their second time with label mates Born Of Osiris and The Faceless. Currently tearing it up un the US right now with heavyweights In Flames and Trivium, the band will then head to Japan before hitting Europe in April for their first ever headliner!

[Update] Veil of Maya have now released details of their European headlining tour, which are detailed below:-

27/04 Munchen (D) Backstage
28/04 Prague (CZ) Rock Cafe
29/04 Stuttgart (D) LKA
30/04 Lindau (D) Vaudeville
01/05 Bochum (D) Matrix
02/05 Reading (UK) Sub89
03/05 Leeds (UK) The Well
04/05 London (UK) Underworld
05/05 Newcastle (UK) O2 Academy2
06/05 Manchester (UK) Moho
07/05 Birmingham (UK) O2 Academy3
08/05 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg
09/05 Aarschot ( De Klinker
10/05 Paris (F) Batofar
11/05 Aarau (CH) Kiff
12/05 Roncade (I) New Age Club
13/05 Wien (A) Viper Room
14/05 Budapest (HU) Durer Kert
15/05 Leipzig (D) Conne Island
16/05 Copenhagen (DK) Pumpehuset
17/05 Hamburg (D) Markthalle
18/05 Koblenz (D) Circus Maximus
19/05 St Petersburg (RUS) Arktika
20/05 Moscow (RUS) Plan B