Swedish symphonic power metallers Twilight Force have introduced their new vocalist! Replacing Chrileon, who departed last year, is none other than Alessandro Conti of Trick Or Treat, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Lione/Conti fame.

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There is a new project in town. Shaman members have joined drummer Aquiles Priester (Hangar/Angra) and rely on the production of one of the main heavy metal singers, Russell Allen (Symphony X/Adrenaline Mob). This new project is called Noturnall. Noturnall's first video clip for "Nocturnall Human Side" was recorded in New York and features Russell Allen himself. You can watch it now over here.

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Nocturnal will be the title of the upcoming release of Brazilian power metal band Shaman, three years after Origins. The album is being produced by none other than Russell Allen (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob) and is expected to be released in August. The artwork was created by Carlos Fides of Artside and you can feast your eyes on it below where you also find a studio report of the voice recording sessions.

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It has been announced that the long-awaited Nightwish movie Imaginaerum will have its German premiere at the "Kino in der KulturBrauerei" in Berlin, on February 11th, 2013. The screening in German cinemas will start on March 18th. Tickets are now also available online through this link. Also, please note that the language of the movie is English. Imaginaerum premiered in Finland in November and you can watch the trailer at this location.

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Spanish power metallers Dark Moor have announced that they will enter New Sin Studios in January next year, the band is currently working on a new album which will be released in the spring of 2013. The band promises to publish updates about the progress of the album. The new release will follow 2010's Ancestral Romance.

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Nightwish and Anette Olzon have decided to part company. The band is in the middle of a North American tour with Kamelot and faces yet another line-up change.

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Avantasia fans rejoice, the group's mastermind Tobias Sammet has just announced that there is a new album in the making, which they expect to release in spring next year.

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The Flying Opera - Around The World In 20 Days, the long-awaited Avantasia double DVD (concert film and documentary), will see a release on March 18th through Nuclear Blast Records in Europe and Avalon Marquee in Asia.

As previously announced, both DVD's portray the all-star ensemble's journey on their first ever world tour in 2008. Within just a few weeks the studio project Avantasia became a traveling live event featuring many artists from various bands who got together and set off on the road under the flag of Avantasia for the first time.

The first DVD contains a live concert with a running time of almost two hours featuring footage filmed at the headlining shows of Wacken Open Air (Germany) and Masters Of Rock (Czech Republic). On the second DVD there will be a movie "Around The World In 20 Days" that gives fans the opportunity to join Avantasia backstage and take a look at the surroundings and the thrill behind the scenes that go along with an extensive undertaking such as this. The DVD-set will portray Avantasia 2008 when it all started.

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Rumors keep circulating about a second leg of the Avantasia tour in 2011. The musicians want to make clear that after the December world tour there will be no more Avantasia tours or festival appearances, except from the Wacken show in 2011.

Tobias Sammet: "In 2011 we will not play any show except from the Wacken show, due to commitments that we all have with our individual main bands. That's why we are very happy about having found a time frame to bring the show on stage in December. The Metal Opera Comes To Town world tour 2010 will be a special event that will be neither repeated nor continued. That's why we'll play as many songs as possible and make it a special experience for us as much as for our fans. Because we are not naive enough to believe that this line-up will ever get the chance to share the stage again after the forthcoming tour."

All The Metal Opera Comes To Town dates, as well as live guest musicians, can be found here.

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