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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...
Spirit Adrift expand their prolific catalog with 20 Centuries Gone, a collection of two new original songs and six cover songs that span the timeline of the band’s most foundational influences.
Featuring artwork by Brian Mercer (Lamb Of God, High On Fire, Mastodon), and mixed by Zeuss (Overkill, Crowbar, Municipal Waste), this release is a powerful journey through the past, present, and future of trad-metal’s most exciting new band.
Styper have released a new single, "Rise To The Call".
Says the band: "In support of our upcoming new studio album, we wanted to release a brand new single, 'Rise To The Call'! Details about our upcoming new album, due for release this fall...
Founded by bassist Mat Sinner and vocalist Ralf Scheepers, and completed by guitarist Tom Naumann and drummer Klaus Sperling shortly after, German metal commandos, Primal Fear, started to pave their way to the top as one of the most consistent acts of the scene in 1997: 13 strong studio albums, countless shows around the globe and last but not least never ending passion influenced their now 25-year way to success
Currently on the European summer festival circuit with Flotsam And Jetsam, frontman Eric "A.K." Knutson is featured in a new interview conducted at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium.
In the clip below he offers an update on the band's new album, which is expected to be released next year.