Italian symphonic power metallers Ancient Bards are now revealing the first details of their upcoming album, that will close The Black Crystal Sword Saga Pt.I which begun with 2010's The Alliance Of The Kings. The new album will be named A New Dawn Ending and will be released on April 25th via Limb Music. The songs were all recorded at Simone Mularoni's Domination Studio, and to add a twist to the album, it will feature Rhapsody Of Fire's Fabio Lione in the track "The Last Resort". The cover artwork was designed by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, Rhapsody Of Fire, etc.) and will be revealed soon.

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Danish metallers Pretty Maids have just unveiled the first video off their upcoming compilation Louder Than Ever, to be released via Frontiers Records on March 21st in Europe and March 25th in North America. The video below is for the new track "Nuclear Boomerang". The other three previously unreleased tracks are "Deranged", "My Soul To Take" and "Without A Home".

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To tease us before the release of his upcoming EP Away With Words - Part 1, American guitarist Angel Vivaldi just released the second single off the release, for the song ". . _ _ _" ("Two"), which you can enjoy below. The EP should be released on March 11th.

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German power metallers Freedom Call are now giving fans the first taste of their upcoming album Beyond, due to be released in Scandinavia on February 19th, in Germany on February 21st, in Europe on February 24th and in the USA on March 4th through SPV Records. The band, in fact, just shared with us the video for the track "Union Of The Strong", which you can enjoy below.

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Van Canto are premiering the second video off their fresh new album Dawn Of The Brave. While the first video was for the fun "Badaboom", this time the song chosen is the slow and epic "Into The West", cover to The Lord Of The Rings OST.

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Problems are not over for Megadeth. After the unclear situation of Newsted being booted out of the Soundwave sideshows, now the band has cancelled their Australian tour dates. Well, that was messy.

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As you will probably know, Pain Of Salvation's singer/guitarist Daniel Gildenlöw contracted a streptococcal infection (a flesh-eating bacteria) some weeks ago. Despite a pretty reassuring update on his condition, it seems like Daniel won't be able to join the band at Progressive Nation At Sea 2014 this month.

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German power metal legends Gamma Ray just released a short video in which they confirmed that the upcoming album Empire Of The Undead will be released on March 28th via earMUSIC. Moreover, the video also shows what will be the cover artwork for the album. Take a look at the album art and watch the trailer video below.

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UPDATE on 05.02.2014: After announcing that they had started recording their fourth album, the guys in Alestorm just revealed the title of what will be the successor of 2011's Back Through Time: the forthcoming album will be named Sunset On The Golden Age, and will be released in the early summer via Napalm Records.

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What have Circus Maximus been up to? With a playful 20-second video, the Norwegian proggers just announced that they're currently working on their fourth full-length. The previous album, Nine, was released back in 2012. It's about time for a new one.

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MaYaN's second album Antagonise has been released just few days ago, and the band is now streaming the official lyric video for the track "Human Sacrifice", off the new release. You can listen to the previously released track "Faceless Spies" at this location and "Human Sacrifice" below.

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Legendary hard rockers Skid Row just entered the studio to record their upcoming EP, United World Rebellion - Chapter Two. The first chapter, United World Rebellion - Chapter One, was released back in 2013 and contained 5 tracks plus 2 bonuses.

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Here come new details about the upcoming Edguy release. After revealing the album title and release date, the band is now unveiling the cover artwork for Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown, due to be released on April 18th via Nuclear Blast Records. You can take a look at it below and tell us what you think about it.

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Faroese metallers Týr have just released the second video in support of their latest album Valkyrja. The song chosen is "The Lay Of Our Love", featuring Leaves' Eyes' Liv Kristine. You can watch the video below, while here you can enjoy the previously released video for the track "Blood Of Heroes".

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He's everywhere. Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire, Vision Divine) will join Sara Squadrani in a song on the upcoming Ancient Bards album. Lione has his hands full with guest appearances in various projects.

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