It's Edguy's 25th anniversary this year. To celebrate that, the band is working on a big 3-disc anniversary release, containing new stuff, old stuff and unveiling unreleased material of long forgotten times and as if that was not enough - as a bonus - a DVD containing their video clips and a full live show filmed in 2004 during the Hellfire Club tour. Furthermore, the power metallers will play some Best Of shows, based on the material of their entire career.

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Hungarian folk metallers Dalriada have just released a new video clip for the title song of their latest studio album Áldás (Blessing) which came out last September. The band is proud of it: "Dudes and Dudettes! Without further ado, we proudly present our beautiful newborn, a visual masterwork by Dalriada and Mihaszna Film, the video for Áldás!" The clip is available for your viewing pleasure right here.

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Italian symphonic metal kings Rhapsody Of Fire have just spilled the beans on their new album. The group has unveiled their forthcoming album cover artwork and tracklisting. Into The Legend, as the record is called, will be released on January 15th, which is not that far away, via their label AFM Records. The band now features bassist Alessandro Sala in the line-up.

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Royal Hunt's 13th studio album will be called Devil's Dozen, it has been revealed. The power progressive metallers have also unveiled the cover that will grace the album. According to them, the record stays true to the original Royal Hunt sound: "with imaginative instrumentation, intricate arrangements, soaring vocals and catchy, massive choruses. Yet the addition of classical musicians/instruments and contemporary, modern day production elements twist the outcome into a unique sonic palette."

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It is going to be a hell of a summer for Hungarian folk metallers, Dalriada. At the moment, the band has about 18 gigs scheduled in 6 different countries. In July and September, Dalriada will bring out two new albums! The first one will be only available as an addition to the July/August issue of the Hungarian Metal Hammer. This will be a "best of" album, entitled Mesék, Álmok, Regék ("Tales, Dreams, Legends") with acoustic versions of older songs, guest singers, and other interesting treats. In September, the band's new album will be out, entitled Áldás ("Blessing") with 10 songs, on which they are currently working on at the Denevér Stúdió in Szolnok, Hungary.

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The most popular Hungarian folk metal band, Dalriada, announced that they have a new keyboard player: Gergely "Szög" Szabó. After a long time, Dalriada will be on a massive Hungarian tour alongside Wisdom and Tales Of Evening under the name Metal.hu Tour 2014.

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After unveiling the cover that will grace the album, Gamma Ray have now announced the tracklist of their upcoming release Empire Of The Undead. The record will be available as CD jewelcase, CD+DVD digipak, vinyl LP, box edition and on iTunes on March 28th via earMUSIC.

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Prepare yourself because Sabaton chose today to unveil the band's new album title and cover art. First, the album will be called Heroes and you can expect to hear it in May 2014. As for the album cover artwork, you can check it out right now. What do you think about it? It gets a little heated.

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Good news from the Freedom Call camp. We already knew that the German power metal band is scheduled to release their newest studio album Beyond on February 24th, 2014 (Germany: February 21st; USA: March 4th). Now the band has revealed more details about what's in store.

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Angra will start a new chapter in their 22-year-long history with the release of the second live DVD in the band's career. Entitled Angels Cry 20th Anniversary Tour, it comprises songs from every single album, with a special focus on the band's debut Angels Cry. Angra enjoys its most elated time in years, due in great part to the presence of the Italian front man Fabio Lione, which has been touring with the band since the beginning of 2013. The recording took place in their hometown of São Paulo, in a show with world class production and special guests to spare.

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German happy metallers Freedom Call announced recently that their new studio album Beyond will be released on February 21st, 2014 in Europe and March 4th 2014 in North America. The band entered the studio in September to record new material. Following the release, the guys will hit the road on the tour entitled Light Over The Beyond 2014.

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After recently revealing its title and release date, then unveiling the album cover art and tracklist, Rhapsody Of Fire now uploaded an album trailer for the new opus entitled Dark Wings Of Steel. Today is the day folks. Check out the first new sounds right now and let us know your impressions.

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After recently revealing its title and release date, Rhapsody Of Fire have now unveiled the cover artwork and tracklist of their upcoming album Dark Wings Of Steel (out on November 22nd in Europe and December 3rd in the USA). The power metallers return after From Chaos To Eternity. Do you like what you see?

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Luca Turilli's Rhapsody have announced that their new album will be released in June/July 2014 by Nuclear Blast Records. Once again it will be produced by Luca Turilli and it will be recorded and mixed by Sebastian Roeder at the Backyard Studios of Kempten (Germany).

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Melodic metallers Masterplan will release their new album, Novum Initium, on May 17th in Europe and May 21st in the US via AFM Records even though it was originally planned for April. The group has released an official album teaser video which can now be viewed here. This album will be the first with new singer Rick Altzi.

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