The band entered the studio to begin work on their ninth studio album on 30 January 2012. The resulting album, Dead End Kings was released in August in Europe and North America. In support of the release, the band co-headlined the “Epic Kings Idols Tour” with The Devin Townsend Project , in North America in September, followed by the “Dead Ends of Europe Tour” with Alcest and Junius in November of the same year. A music video for the single “Lethean”, directed by Lasse Hoile, was released on 18 February 2013. In September 2013, the band also released Dethroned & Uncrowned , an album which featured more acoustic leaning re-workings of the songs from Dead End Kings . It was jointly funded by the Burning Shed record label and a crowd sourcing effort on PledgeMusic , which accumulated 190% of the target goal. The band embarked on an acoustic tour – “The Unplugged & Reworked Tour” in support of the album in 2014. Just prior to the touring, the band released another EP of b-sides, Kocytean for Record Store Day 2014.
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