All of a sudden, Finnish power metallers Sonata Arctica have revealed the details of what will be the successor of 2012's controversial Stones Grow Her Name. The new album will be named Pariah's Child and will be released on March 28th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. It will also be the first to feature new bass player Pasi Kauppinen. Here below you can enjoy the album's cover artwork, and appreciate the return of the old, classic logo.

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Symphonic metal band Xandria just revealed the details of the successor of acclaimed Neverworld's End. The new album will be named Sacrificium and will be released on May 2nd, 2014 via Napalm Records. This will also be the first album to feature new bassist Steven Wussow and new singer Dianne van Giersbergen.

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With a brief statement, the Swedes Sabaton have announced that they're entering the studio to record what will be the successor of Carolus Rex, released back in 2012. This will also be their first album to feature new drummer Hannes Van Dahl.

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American guitar virtuoso Angel Vivaldi is preparing his new release, Away With Words - Part 1, and to raise the fans' expectation is now giving them the chance to listen to the first single, awkwardly named "._ _ _ _". You can check it out right here. Tell us what you think about it.

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This is such an intense period for James LaBrie. Following the success of his latest album Impermanent Resonance, the Dream Theater singer is now announcing a new solo EP called I Will Not Break. The digital EP will be released on January 6th, 2014 in Europe and January 14th in North America via InsideOut.

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These are really months of hard work at the Gamma Ray camp. After finishing the tour with Helloween, during which they received the news of the Hamburg fire that destroyed their studio and equipment, they are now back in another studio, working on Empire Of The Undead, that will be released in March 2014 via earMUSIC.

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Following the success of their last release Nemesis, Finnish power metallers Stratovarius decided to shoot the second video off the album. While the song chosen before was "Halcyon Days" (watch here), here we have the video for "Unbreakable", directed by Mariano Biasin.

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Something awesome is happening. In fact, vocalists Nils Rue from Pagan's Mind, Henrik Båth from Darkwater, Elin Redin from End Of September and Theocracy's Matt Smith have joined forces to sing in a track composed by Smith himself and enriched with the guitar solo of Darkwater and Harmony's Markus Sigfridsson. The cool fact is that 100% of the income of this track will be delivered to The Bridge Bunch, an organization dedicated to serving the homeless population of Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. Below you find a teaser of the track, which you can hear in full at this location.

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Serj Tankian is undoubtedly a busy man: 2013 saw the releases of Orca and Jazz-iz Christ, and the guy is still at it. The Armenian singer, poet, songwriter, activist and composer, in fact, just released the video for "Distant Thing", off his latest effort, Jazz-iz Christ released by Serjical Strike Records.

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This is the kind of news everybody wants to read about. Dominique Leurquin, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody's guitarist, finally recovered from the terrible hand injury caused by a circular saw. Some days ago, he shared the stage with bassist Patrice Guers with his cover band (see pic below) and he will return playing live with Luca Turilli's Rhapsody at the festival of Hodonin in Czech Republic on August 15th, 2014.

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Bad guitarists, rejoice! A cappella power metallers Van Canto are releasing their new video, for the song "Badaboom", off their upcoming album Dawn Of The Brave, that will be released of February 7th, 2014 via Napalm Records. You can enjoy the really funny output here below.

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Italian symphonic power metal rising stars Ancient Bards are ready to release their third album in 2014, the follow-up to 2011's Soulless Child, that will set the beginning of the second part of the Black Crystal Sword Saga. The guys seem to have not lost their passion for medieval times, as you can see by enjoying the crispy album trailer down here.

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Time for another bunch of news from the Timo Tolkki's Avalon camp. The new album will be released around May 2014, and in that month an European tour will also start, while recordings are currently taking place in East Sound Studios in Helsinki, Finland. In March, a single and a promotional video for it will be released: and they will feature no less than Nightwish and ReVamp vocalist Floor Jansen, who will play the leading role in the successor of The Land Of New Hope. Floor adds to the guest artists already announced, as Epica singer Simone Simons and ex-Stratovarius drummer and keyboardist Tuomo Lassila and Antti Ikonen.

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Progressive rock supergroup Transatlantic are about to release their fourth album Kaleidoscope (to drop on January 27th via InsideOut Music), but they never released a video. Now this void is being filled, as the video for "Shine", the second track off the upcoming album, can be enjoyed here below.

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Italian power metallers Kaledon just released the second video off their seventh album, Altor: The King's Blacksmith, out via Scarlet Records on April 23rd. The video was directed by Goffredo Passi, who already collaborated with band in its previous videos, as "Childhood", "Steel Maker" and "Surprise Impact". Here below you can enjoy the video with very special guest Fabio Lione of Rhapsody Of Fire.

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