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Dutch symphonic metal legends, Epica, have released an HD remastered edition of their music video for "The Phantom Agony", the title track of their first full-length studio album, released in 2003 via Dutch label, Transmission Records.
Says Epica: "To kick-off our 20th Anniversary year, we’re throwing the full HD remastered version of ‘The Phantom Agony’ at you!
1. AC-DC - Hell's Bells (5:14)
2. Slade - Lock Up Your Daughters (3:27)
3. Girlschool & Gary Glitter - I'm Leader Of The Gang (3:53)
4. Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (3:58)
5. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb (2:18)
6. Kiss - Rock And Roll Hell (4:12)
7. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold (8:24)
8. Krokus - Fire (6:07)
9. Y&T - Midnight In Tokyo (5:40)
10. Blackfoot - Send Me An Angel (4:42)
11. Whitesnake - Standing In The Shadow (3:36)
In early 2021, Bodom After Midnight released their highly-anticipated three-track EP, Paint The Sky With Blood, via Napalm Records.
Ykä Järvinen at scratchnbake has shared unreleased studio footage from the band's recording sessions.
Australian metal band Lord have kicked off 2022 with a bang, releasing their "Blood Red Skies" EP, featuring a cover of the Judas Priest classic of the same name, as well as a recent cover of Iron Maiden's "Stratego"
Commented bass player Andy Dowling: "2021 was a big year for cover songs with the release of Undercovers Vol.1, and while we did originally vow to not do any more cover songs...
Virtually as the clock struck midnight, greeting 2022, Ventura-based trio Night Demon announced the forthcoming Year Of The Demon, a compilation of the five 7" vinyl singles released during the pandemic.
Explaining the rationale, the band says, "The LP/CD is set to be released worldwide on March 25th, via Century Media Records. Year of the Demon compiles all five of the rare...
Wacken TV continues to share pro-shot video from the Wacken Open Air archives, and they recently posted footage of Avantasia performing "Dying For An Angel" at the 2014 edition of the festival.
Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet is currently working on the follow-up to 2019’s Moonglow and in a new social media post has expressed his excitement for the new album.
Stratovarius, Rainbow keyboardist Jens Johansson has been announced as the next guest on Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s new Star One Album.
Says Lucassen, “Jens plays a solo in the track 'The Year of ‘41' of the new Star One album Revel In Time. Check out this video to see him play the solo and see his message at the end.
Stryper vocalist / guitarist Michael Sweet took to social media earlier today with the following update on what will be his band's 14th studio album, expected sometime in 2022.
"I’m happy to say that all the songs (music) for the new Stryper album are complete. I started work on everything 2 weeks after my eye surgery (once I could lift my head) so it’s taken a little longer than usual (3 weeks) and also due to the holidays.
This month marks 20 years since the untimely passing of visionary Death guitarist/vocalist Chuck Schuldiner. To celebrate his profound influence on the history of death metal and on guitar-playing, Chaos Rising have made a cover version of the classic Death track “Trapped In A Corner”, taken from Individual Thought Patterns.