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On October 21st, Avantasia's ninth studio album, A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society, will be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast Records. The album's artwork has been painted by Swedish illustrator luminary Alexander Jansson.
A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society is going to present eleven magical and powerful songs that feature numerous prestigious guest stars.
1. Dexter Ward - In The Days Of Epic Metal (6:42)
2. DoomSword - Battle At the End of Time (5:22)
3. Mamorlis - Wolfric the Wild (5:20)
4. Luzifer - Iron Shackles (5:38)
5. Konquest - Heavy Heart (4:34)
6. Validor - Hail To Fire, Hail To Steel (4:57)
7. Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire (6:30)
8. Atlantean Codex - Chariots (8:29)
9. Smoulder - Warrior Witch of Hell (5:54)
Thrash metal pioneers and metal icons, Megadeth, performed at the 2022 edition of France's Hellfest on June 24. The band have released the recap video below, stating: "Just when you think it's safe, I attack! Thank you, Hellfest. We'll be back!"
Megadeth will cap a summer of global touring with the release of their 16th studio album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! via UMe on September 2.
Dutch symphonic metallers Epica performed at the 2022 edition of Hellfest in Clisson, France on June 23rd. You can watch professionally-filmed footage of the band's full set below.
The setlist was as follows:
"Abyss of Time"
"The Essence of Silence"
Progressive/power metal group, Immortal Guardian, have released "Echoes", the second new song and music video this year. The digital single can be heard at all streaming/download platforms or watch the video below.
“Echoes’” message is further explained by singer Carlos Zema, “For generations, humanity has longed for a truth. The right to unite what has been divided. We long to be free from all our differences, genders, colors, nationalities, religions, beliefs and any other type of separation.
Iron Savior frontman Piet Sielck recently revealed the band's new Reforged - Vol 2 album will go by the title of Ironbound and is due to hit stores after summer this year.
Sielck: "We put a lot of effort into this and are proud to present this new old classics collection in production standard 2022. We are also really happy, that Kai took over a lot of his original vocal and guitar work.
Fans have been patiently awaiting the band’s upcoming magnum opus, but this summer, your wait is finally over: August 26 will see Swedish melodic metal force Dynazty release their brand new album, Final Advent, via AFM Records.
As previously-released, first album singles already proved, the Final Advent will mark the band’s most cohesive, imaginative, complex and at the same time most homogeneous album to date in Dynazty’s over 10-year career.
Mad Max have released a lyric video for "Too Hot To Handle", the lead track of their upcoming new album, Wings Of Time. Watch below.
It all began in the year 1982 when the "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" stormed in from Great Britain all over Europe. This was the starting point for Mad Max founder and guitar player...
1. Michael Schenker Group - A King Has Gone (feat. Michael Kiske, Bobby Rondinelli, Bob
Daisley & Tony Carey) (4:53)
2. Rainbow - Wolf To The Moon (4:17)
3. Tony Martin - This Is Your Damnation (3:09)
4. Blue Öyster Cult - Nightmare Epiphany (5:30)
5. Deep Purple - Lucifer (3:45)
6. Glenn Hughes - Get you stoned (4:49)
7. Jeff Scott Soto - Home Again (3:33)
8. Y&T - I'm Coming Home (5:12)
9. Praying Mantis - Masquerade (4:27)