Nocturna have released a Luca Morselli-directed new video for "Blood Of Heaven", the fourth single taken from their debut album Daughters Of The Night released in early 2022.

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Ignea announced its third full length album, Dreams Of Lands Unseen, due to be released April 28th, 2023 through Napalm Records. The new record will be a 10-track concept album reflecting the story of Ukrainian photographer and documentarian Sofia Yablonska known for traveling to very distant corners of the world while documenting the lives of tribes and natives, which was especially dangerous and uncommon for a woman of her time. Additional album details and first single available below.

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Frozen Crown have released a video for the song "Black Heart". The latter serves as the third single from the upcoming record Call Of The North, set to be released on March 10th through Scarlet Records. After the acoustic interludes and the epic choirs of "Victorious", with "Black Heart" the band shows its darkest side, introducing the heaviest song of their entire production so far, infused with thrashy guitar riffs and an old school power speed attitude.

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Swiss folk legends Eluveitie present a new song and video for their newest single, "Exile Of The Gods". The song can be purchased from any of these locations.

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Battlelore have debuted a brand new single - "Firekeeper" - which serves as a first taste of their upcoming new album, The Return Of The Shadow. Their first full length in over 10 years will land in stores on June 3, 2022 through Napalm Records.

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Moonlight Haze premiere "Animus", the first single and title track of their new record, set to be released on March 18th 2022 through Scarlet Records). Video clip directed by Marco Falanga & Beatrice Demori.

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The hit single from 1993's Parallel Minds album, "Roll The Fire", gets new life from Conception as they release a re-recording and video for the song. The song will be included in the bands forthcoming deluxe version of the album State Of Deception, which was released in April, 2020.

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Unfortunate news from the Primal Fear camp. An undisclosed serious illness has sidelined the band for 2021 as well as 2022. All booked tour dates have been cancelled. More info coming soon.

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At long last, Canada's Spiritbox will release their debut full length record, to be titled Eternal Blue. The outing will be available on September 17th, 2021 through Rise Records. It will include 2020's single, "Holy Roller", as well as the first official single off the upcoming record "Circle With Me". The latter can be streamed below in the form of an official video clip.

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According to Blabbermoth (and many other sources), Jon Schaffer has been arrested following the U.S Capitol Riots. The FBI in Indianapolis released the following statement via Twitter:

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2021 isn't wasting any time with drama. On January 6th the U.S. Capitol building was overrun with armed protesters during the final senate certification of the presidential election. This caused the meeting to be temporarily postponed and elected officials to be escorted out. These individuals were caught on camera vandalizing offices, breaking windows, and attacking police officers.

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Blind Guardian has whipped up a special treat for the fans. They have just released their first Christmas single and video, titled "Merry Xmas Everybody". The video was filmed in Kulturfabrik, Krefeld and directed by Dirk Behlau.

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It appears that From A Dying Ember will be the final album released by Falconer (out on June 26th), while in the most recent statement (by guitarist Stefan Weinerhall) the group revealed that they will disband. Full statement can be read below.

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It seems Heavenly have finally shown some life. Despite going a decade (and counting) without releasing new material, the band have posted a video on their Facebook page of them performing their classic song "Virus". Audio editing and mixing done by Alain "Géson" Payre.

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New Jersey's progressive/power metal purveyors, Symphony X, have announced 25th Anniversary North American tour. Power metal groups, Primal Fear and Firewind, will be supporting them on their 28 stops through May and June next year.

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