German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN are about to hit the road in support of their latest album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", which came out in Europe on January 30 and in North America on February 3 via Nuclear Blast. Today marks the start of the worldwide tour, which kicks off in the band's hometown of ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the new album from KISKE/SOMERVILLE, titled "City Of Heroes", on April 17 in Europe and April 21 in North America. The video for the song "Walk On Water" can be seen below. KISKE/SOMERVILLE is the musical collaboration between vocalists Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN, UNISONIC, PLACE VENDOME) and Amanda Somerville (TRILLIUM, AVANTASIA) ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their 15th studio album, "My God-Given Right", on May 29 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded between October 2014 and February 2015 at the band's MiSueno Studio on the isle of Tenerife with producer Charlie Bauerfeind (GOTTHARD, HAMMERFALL). "My God-Given Right" track listing: 01. Heroes 02. Battle's Won ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the new album from KISKE/SOMERVILLE, titled "City Of Heroes", on April 17 in Europe and April 21 in North America. The video for the CD's first single and title track, "City Of Heroes", can be seen below. KISKE/SOMERVILLE is the musical collaboration between vocalists Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN, UNISONIC, PLACE VENDOME) ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their 15th studio album, "My God-Given Right", on May 29 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded between October 2014 and February 2015 at the band's MiSueno Studio on the isle of Tenerife with producer Charlie Bauerfeind (GOTTHARD, HAMMERFALL). The "My God-Given Right" artwork was once again created by ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN are currently mixing their new album for a May release via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded at MiSueno Studio on the isle of Tenerife with producer Charlie Bauerfeind (GOTTHARD, HAMMERFALL). A new video message from HELLOWEEN guitarist Michael Weikath can be seen below. HELLOWEEN's forthcoming CD will be the band's ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the new album from KISKE/SOMERVILLE, titled "City Of Heroes", on April 17 in Europe and April 21 in North America. KISKE/SOMERVILLE is the musical collaboration between vocalists Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN, UNISONIC, PLACE VENDOME) and Amanda Somerville (TRILLIUM, AVANTASIA) and this new recording is certainly going to be one of the ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have released their own brand of wine, the Red Mirror Merlot. Produced in the Spanish growing area Aragon (where wine has been cultivated for more than 2000 years now), the wine has an alcohol content of 14 percent. Says BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist Hansi Kürsch: "The wine is just as playful ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30 and in North America on February 3 via Nuclear Blast. The seventh trailer for the album is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The Edge Of ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have announced the addition of Dutch bassist Barend Courbois to the group's ranks. Courbois has played over 4,000 shows and recorded over 60 albums. He has worked with such musicians as Adrian Vandenberg (WHITESNAKE), Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE) and Atma Anur (JOURNEY). In 2004 he was voted best metal and ...
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Former TNT frontman Tony Harnell will re-team with PRIMAL FEAR guitarist Magnus Karlsson for a brand new STARBREAKER album. Says Tony: "One of my favorite recording projects, STARBREAKER, with Magnus Karlsson will finally release album #3 sometime next year. Other news soon..." STARBREAKER started as Harnell's side project while he was still in TNT. He ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release LEVEL 10's debut album, "Chapter One", in Europe on January 23 and in North America on January 27. The CD features 12 songs performed in a true metal style, with a distinctly contemporary edge. The official lyric video for the LEVEL 10 track "Cry No More" can be seen below. ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30 and in North America on February 3 via Nuclear Blast. The sixth trailer for the album is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The Edge Of ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SERIOUS BLACK, the new band featuring Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, ex-HELLOWEEN), Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN), Mario Lochert (ex-VISIONS OF ATLANTIS), Dominik Sebastian (EDENBRIDGE), Jan Vacik (ex-DREAMSCAPE) and vocalist Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE), performing on January 19 in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be seen below. SERIOUS BLACK will release its debut album, "As ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The fifth trailer for the album is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The ...
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STEEL PROPHET's been around forever, and the good news for their loyal fans is the return of Rick Mythiasin to the mike for the band's latest album, "Omniscient". Tied in to a sci-fi story written by guitarist Steve Kachinsky Blakmoor, "Omniscient" could've been gangbusters. STEEL PROPHET certainly plays like gangbusters and corrals a slew of ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The fourth trailer for the album is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The ...
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Previewing their tenth album "Beyond the Red Mirror" with the previously-released "Twilight of the Gods" EP, German power-symphonic metal maestros BLIND GUARDIAN capitalize on a long break with an encompassing and magical effort. For "Beyond the Red Mirror", the band worked with three different worldwide choirs from Budapest, Prague and Boston, along with two full-scale ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The third trailer for the album is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release LEVEL 10's debut album, "Chapter One", in Europe on January 23 and in North America on January 27. The CD features 12 songs performed in a true metal style, with a distinctly contemporary edge. The official lyric video for the LEVEL 10 track "Blasphemy" can be seen below. LEVEL 10 ...
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SERIOUS BLACK, the new band featuring Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, ex-HELLOWEEN), Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN), Mario Lochert (ex-VISIONS OF ATLANTIS), Dominik Sebastian (EDENBRIDGE), Jan Vacik (ex-DREAMSCAPE) and vocalist Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE), will release its debut album, "As Daylight Breaks", on January 20, 2015 via AFM Records. The group will hit the road on a European ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The second trailer for the album is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The lyric video for the first single, "Twilight Of The Gods, can be seen below. Says BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist and lyricist Hansi Kürsch: ...
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SERIOUS BLACK, the new band featuring Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, ex-HELLOWEEN), Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN), Mario Lochert (ex-VISIONS OF ATLANTIS), Dominik Sebastian (EDENBRIDGE), Jan Vacik (ex-DREAMSCAPE) and vocalist Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE), will release its debut album, "As Daylight Breaks", on January 20, 2015 via AFM Records. The group will hit the road on a European ...
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SCORPIONS' American drummer James Kottak has rejoined the band on the road eight months after he spent a month in a Dubai, United Arab Emirates jail in April for insulting Islam. Kottak, who has been receiving treatment for alcohol abuse, released a statement in early June in which he said "this entire incident caused me ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The first studio trailer for the CD is available below. Says BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist and lyricist Hansi Kürsch: "It is impossible for us ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN recently entered MiSueno Studio on the isle of Tenerife with producer Charlie Bauerfeind (GOTTHARD, HAMMERFALL) to begin recording a new album for a May 2015 release via Nuclear Blast. New footage from the guitar-recording sessions can be seen below. HELLOWEEN's forthcoming CD will be the band's first since their return to ...
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Audio samples of the debut album from TERRANA, the new three-piece power rock trio led by renowned drummer Mike Terrana (TARJA, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, AXEL RUDI PELL, MASTERPLAN, GAMMA RAY, RAGE), can be streamed below. Due on November 29, the CD was recorded at Nadir Music Studios in Genoa, Italy with producer Tommy Talamanca (SADIST mastermind). ...
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German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set "Beyond The Red Mirror" as the title of their tenth studio album, due in Europe on January 30, 2015 and February 3, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast. A trailer for the CD is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release LEVEL 10's debut album, "Chapter One", in Europe on January 23 and in North America on January 27. The CD features 12 songs performed in a true metal style, with a distinctly contemporary edge. LEVEL 10 was born out of a collaboration between American powerhouse singer Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X, ...
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