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Heavy metal quintet U.D.O. - singer Udo Dirkschneider and his son Sven (drums), a guitar duo consisting of Andrey Smirnov and Fabian Dee Dammers plus bass player Peter Baltes - recently announced their new studio album, Touchdown, due out on August 25 via Atomic Fire Records. It features 13 tracks which cement the fact that the group surely belongs to the all-star team of the scene.
With the summer heat intensifying, powerful melodic Finnish metallers Dyecrest (ft. members Metal de Facto, Thy Row, Everfrost, Kiowan Dynamo) have their single "Colder" to cool ya off and enjoy the season fun. The single is from their forthcoming album, Once I Had A Heart, due out September 29, 2023 via Rockshots Records.
Dyecrest's new album, Once I Had A Heart, features nine melodic melancholic tracks to follow their 2019 EP The Stage Is Set, and 2018 album Are You Not Entertained?.
Prime Creation have released their new lyric video, for the single “Dystopia”.
The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, Tell Freedom I Said Hello, which will be released on August 25 on Digipack CD, Yellow / Gold / Red Splatter Vinyl limited to 300 copies worldwide and digital streaming/download format.
John Norum is mostly known as the founder and lead guitarist for the rock band Europe, that quickly took the name as Sweden's biggest rock export with the songs "The Final Countdown", "Carrie" and "Rock The Night", and has sold over 15 million albums worldwide. In October 28, 2022 Norum released his 9th solo album, Gone To Stay, and is now greeting his fans with a new music video directed by award winning director Patric Ullaeus from rEvolver Film Company.
Swedish rockers, Sarayasign, will release their sophomore studio album, The Lion's Road, on August 11. Watch a video for the new single, "When All Lights Go Out"
Sarayasign is a cinematic melodic hard rock band, headquartered in Örebro, Sweden. With guitar driven roots from the late ’70s and the cinematic experience of the 21st Century, layered with strings and storytelling driven, melody-focused songs with an edge, the listener will be in for a treat.
Germany's Primal Fear will release their new 11-track magnum opus, Code Red, on September 1 via Atomic Fire. Today, the group have shared the new track, "Deep In The Night".
The raging yet stomping song is nothing but a massive statement for all human beings that have lost faith in mankind or other people while underlining that there's still better times awaiting.
German metal legends Blind Guardian performed at Midalidare Rock 2023 in Mogilovo, Bulgaria on July 1st. Fan-filmed video of the entire show can be viewed below.
The setlist was as follows:
Imaginations From the Other Side
Welcome to Dying
Swedish progressive metal masters Seventh Wonder have announced the upcoming release of reissues of the long-out-of-print first four studio albums: Become, Waiting In The Wings, Mercy Falls, and The Great Escape. All the four reissues will be released with new liner notes, written by the band, included in the CD booklets and, for the first time, they will be available in vinyl limited editions exclusive for the official Frontiers webshops and Scandinavia.
Always thought-provoking and eager to explore new avenues, Queensrÿche are releasing a fully AI-generated video for the song, “Tormentum”, taken from their latest album, Digital Noise Alliance.
The band about the song and concept of the video: “Driving straight into the horrors of crimes against humanity and the rules of the Geneva Convention, this storyline depicts two characters...