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Sonata Arctica - Reveal New Single Details

As the release of Pariah's Child, set for March 28th, is approaching, Sonata Arctica just announced what will be the first single supporting the album. The single chosen is The Wolves Die Young and it will be released on February 7th via Nuclear Blast Records. It will contain the title track "The Wolves Die Young" in both normal and single edit versions.

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Posted: 30.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (5)


Timo Tolkki's Avalon - New Album Title And Line-Up Announced

The second Timo Tolkki's Avalon album is now shaping up, as the ex-Stratovarius mastermind just unveiled the album title and the complete list of guest musicians. The album will be named Angels Of The Apocalypse and will be released in May via Frontiers Records.

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Posted: 29.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (6)


Within Temptation - New Video Released

Within Temptation's new opus Hydra will be released in a few days, and to tease the already excited fans the band has just unveiled the third video in support of the album. While the tracks chosen before were "Paradise" featuring Tarja and "Dangerous" featuring Howard Jones, this time the song is "The Whole World Is Watching" featuring Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner.

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Posted: 28.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (9)


Edguy - Reveal New Album Title And Release Date

German power metallers Edguy have just revealed the title and release date of their upcoming album, the follow-up to 2011's controversial Age Of The Joker. The album will be named Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown and will hit stores on April 18th via Nuclear Blast Records.

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Posted: 28.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (6)


Hollow Haze - Mats Levén To Guest On New Album

Italian progressive power metallers Hollow Haze are already working on the follow-up to 2013's successful Countdown To Revenge, their first with Rhapsody Of Fire and Vision Divine's Fabio Lione on vocals. The band has also released two videos, for the songs "No Rest For The Angels" and "We Must Believe". The news is that this time the vocal duties won't be only on Fabio's shoulders, since he will be joined by special guest Mats Levén (ex-At Vance, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen).

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Posted: 28.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (4)


Transatlantic - Release New Video

Today Transatlantic's fourth effort Kaleidoscope is released via InsideOut Music, and to give fans another taste of what the album sounds like, the band has just unveiled the new video, for the song "Black As The Sky". You can enjoy it here below.

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Posted: 27.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (0)


Vitriol - Guitarist Leaves, Find Replacement

Italian progressive metallers Vitriol are going through an important line-up change, as the statement released on the band's official Facebook page indicates. Alessandro Sanfilippo is no longer the band's guitarist. He will be replaced by Fausto De Bellis.

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Posted: 25.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (0)


Pain Of Salvation - Update On Daniel Gildenlöw's Condition

As many of you already know, Pain Of Salvation's singer Daniel Gildenlöw is going through some serious health problems. Luckily, it seems that the worst is over, as Daniel himelf posted a statement on the band's official Facebook page updating on what is going on.

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Posted: 22.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (3)


Lascaille's Shroud - New Song Online

As progressive death metal rising star Lascaille's Shroud's second album Interval 02: Parallel Infinities - The Abscinded Universe is upon us (it will be released on January 28th via Masters Of Metal Records), mastermind Brett Windnagle just unveiled a new track off the album: the 20-minutes-long "War: A Congregation Of Non​-​Existence", which you can listen to here on Bandcamp.

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Posted: 22.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (4)


Steel Panther - New Video Released

Glam superstars Steel Panther are about to release their fourth album, All You Can Eat, due to hit the stores on April 1st via Republic Records. To tease the audience, the band has already released two videos. The first one, "Party Like Tomorrow Is The End Of The World", can be seen here (explicit). The second one has now been unveiled and is for the track "The Burden Of Being Wonderful". You can enjoy it here or below.

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Posted: 22.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (4)


Van Canto - Share New Album Preview

A cappella power metallers Van Canto, after releasing some song snippets, are now offering an almost 7-minute preview of their upcoming album Dawn Of The Brave, that will be released next 7th of February via Napalm Records. Enjoy!

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Posted: 16.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (3)


Jolly - Latest Album Available For Free Download

American progressive rising stars Jolly just decided to offer up their latest album, The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 2), as a free download for everybody. Are you going to miss this opportunity to legally download an entire album? If you are not, you can have The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 2) right here.

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Posted: 16.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (3)


Sonata Arctica - Reveal New Album Tracklist And Trailer

After announcing the first details of the upcoming album, the guys in Sonata Arctica are now sharing with fans the tracklist and first trailer of Pariah's Child, that will be released on March 28th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. Normally, the music follows next.

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Posted: 15.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (19)


Vitriol - Debut Video Released

Italian progressive metal youngsters Vitriol have just released their first ever video. The song chosen was "The Frozen Wind", off their promising debut album Into The Silence I Sink released in November 2012 via Melodic Revolution Records. The director was Alessia Mazza. You can enjoy the output right here below.

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Posted: 11.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (2)


Ancient Bards - Guitarist Leaves The Band

After the good news about the forthcoming third studio album, no-one surely expected this: guitarist Fabio Balducci, with the band since 2007, just left Ancient Bards due to personal reasons. Simone Mularoni (DGM, Empyrios) will take his place in future studio albums.

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Posted: 10.01.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (2)