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Ancient Bards is an Italian symphonic power metal band, formed in January 2006 by keyboard player Daniele Mazza. Release date: April 25, 2025

01. Luminance And Abyss
02. My Prima Nox
03. The Vessel
04. The Empire Of Black Death
05. Unending
06. Minister Of Light
07. Proximity
08. Soulbound Symphony
09. My Blood And Blade
10. Mystic Echoes
11. Under The Shadow
12. Sea Of Solitude
13. Artifex

SARA SQUADRANI: Vocals
CLAUDIO PIETRONIK: Lead Guitar
SIMONE BERTOZZI: Rythm Guitar / Grow

Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
Release Date: 12-03-2025
Country: Japan

01. REVOLUTION
02. The Loyal Paladins
03. POWER
04. Pirates Of The Fathomless Sea
05. Dystopia Survivors
06. REVENGE OF THE DEAD
07. 侍 -The Proud Warrior-
08. SEVEN DEADLY SINS
09. PARADISO

Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Release Date: 19-03-2025
Country: Japan

01. Resurrection Overture -復活-,op.4
02. ロサ・エヴォルヴ
03. Blue Magic
04. Fight For Your Dream
05. Midnight Cabin
06. ロサ・エチュード
07. Saint Soldier
08. ロサ・デスティニー
09. Revolutionary – 聖革命 –
10. 蜃気楼ホテル
11. 浄罪 Part Ⅱ 〜無調のサスペンス〜

NARU: Vocals / Saxophone
M. HOSHINO: Guitar
K. YAMAZAKI: Bass

Australian rockers Sisters Doll consisting of frontman Brennan Mileto, drummer Bryce Mileto, lead guitarist Austin Mileto and bassist Sage Mileto will be releasing their new studio album Scars on January 24, 2025.

01. Purgatory
02. Climbing Out of Hell
03. Prisoner
04. Change
05. First Time
06. Don’t Give Up On Us
07. Baby Doll
08. United
09. Take You Away
10. Kiss Me
11. You Can’t Bring Me Down
12. Scars

Italian masters of modern melodic metal Temperance have spellbound their symphonic magic into a thrilling live album, “From Hermitage to Europe”, out on March 14th, 2025, via Napalm Records!

1. Intro (live)
2. Daruma (live)
3. The Last Hope in a World of Hopes (live)
4. No Return (live)
5. A Hero Reborn (live)
6. Welcome To Hermitage (live)
7. Glorious (live)
8. Start Another Round (live)
9. Darkness is Just A Drawing (live)
10. Into The Void (live)
11. Diamanti (live)
12. Of Jupiter and Moons (live)

Toronto, Canada’s progressive metal band Derev is unveiling their latest single “Cyclone” a dynamic exploration of inner turmoil and redemption that showcases the band’s evolution while staying true to their signature sound. The track follows their earlier single “Room 9” and is the latest preview of their highly awaited debut full-length album “Troubled Mind” slated for release on March 26th, 2025.

1. Buried Voice (7:23)
2. Cyclone (5:39)
3. Crawl Space (1:16)
4. Room 9 (6:15)
5. Paracusia (4:35)
6. Tides of Time (5:59)
7. Darker Self (5:

Alongside today’s kickoff of their North American tour supporting metal icon Kerry King, New Zealand modern groove metal trio Alien Weaponry are pleased to announce their heaviest, most powerful and mature offering to date, “Te Rā”, out on March 28th, 2025, via Napalm Records.

1. Crown
2. Mau Moko
3. 1000 Friends
4. Hanging by a Thread
5. Tama-nui-te-rā
6. Myself to Blame
7. Taniwha (feat. Randy Blythe)
8. Blackened Sky
9. Te Riri o Tāwhirimātea
10. Ponaturi
11. Te Kore

Henry Te Reiwhati d

French heavy/power metal band Manigance are ready to mark their 30th anniversary in style with the release of their new album, L’Âme de Fond, scheduled for 2025 via the Verycords label.
Since their debut in 1995 with the first chords of “Sans fard” and “Signe de vie”, Manigance has enriched the metal scene with eight studio albums and one live album. Today, the group revisits its classics to offer them in a new light.

Manigance writes on its social networks: “2025 will mark the group’s 30th anniversary! This is the perfect opportunity to introduce you to L’ÂME DE FOND! New Album from MANIGANCE bringing together the most notable hits from the group’s career. All songs are completely re-recorded and revisited by Carine and modernized by the cu

French AOR group, HEART LINE, will release their new and 3rd album, Falling Heaven, on March 21 via Pride & Joy Music, with beautiful art work by Stan W Decker revealed below. As a preview, the first single Fire in the Sky will be released on January 31.

The album follows Rock’n’Roll Queen released in 2023.The first opus, Back In The Game, was released in 2021. As a reminder, Heart Line is the Melodic Rock/AOR project of French guitarist and producer Yvan Guillevic (YGAS, PYG, United Guitars, Empty Spaces). Yvan is surrounded by a fantastic team made up of sin

Steven Wilson will release his eighth studio album, The Overview, in March. The two-track, 42-minute​ album is inspired by the “overview effect” experienced by astronauts looking back at the Earth from space and sees Wilson return to expansive, progressive music, a genre he helped redefine and repopularise with both his solo and Porcupine Tree releases.

The two lengthy, ambitious tracks are each made up of distinctive musical sections that flow from one to the other, playing out as unique and continuous pieces incorporating everything from glistening electronic

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to release LADY BEAST’s highly anticipated fifth album, The Inner Alchemist, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Since 2009, LADY BEAST have been flying the flag for refined HEAVY METAL. The band hail from the Steel City of Pittsburgh, forming with firm influences ranging from Motörhead, Dio, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Mercyful Fate.

From there, LADY BEAST have weaved their own unique style of metal with silky-yet-sharp harmonizing guitars and the soaring, rally-the-warriors vocals of frontwoman Deborah Levine. All the while, they’ve retained their

With “Rhapsody Of Life”, the new album of the symphonic metal band WORLDS BEYOND will be released on January 31, 2025. After “Symphony of Dawn” (2020), it is the second album by the Begliers from Ghent.

01. Familiar Skies
02. Unwind Our Story
03. Sleepless Dreams
04. Breaking Free
05. The Calling
06. Beyond Reality
07. The Spark
08. Enchantment
09. The Moment
10. One With The Stars
11. Rhapsody Of Life

VALERIE DE KEMPE: Vocals
TIJMEN MATTHYS: Guitar
EWOUD DEKONINC

When darkness descends, NITE flies high with blackened heavy metal.

Following the widespread success of their debut album ‘Forever’s Not Enough’, AOR/Melodic Rock duo Timson AOR returns with their highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘The Next Level’. Known for their nostalgic yet forward-looking take on AOR and melodic rock, Timson AOR has crafted an album that pays homage to the genre’s 1980s heyday while setting new standards for modern Melodic Rock. ‘The Next Level’ will be available worldwide on February 28th 2025, with pre-orders starting on January 12th 2025.

Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Mark Timson and Lukky S., Timson AOR brings a

‘Desolation Highway’ out February 21. From Escape Music: Craig was born and raised in New Jersey. His love of music was sparked after watching the Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Being struck like so many others at the time with how exciting and new sounding it all was, Craig began thinking of taking up a musical instrument, and so he started guitar lessons.

He progressed through his teens and fell in love with rock n roll. His many influences included “Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, The Young Rascals,

AOR/Melodic rockers Streetlight are thrilled to announce the release of their new studio album “Night Vision”, out on March 14th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

1. Long-Distance Runner
2. Captured in the Night
3. Sleep Walk
4. Learn to Love Again
5. Late Night Hollywood
6. Leanna
7. Straight to Video
8. Fly With Eagles
9. Where Did Love Go
10. End Game

Johannes Häger – Lead vocals and guitars
Filip Stenlund – Guitars, backing vocals
John Svensson – Keys, backing vocals
Erik Nilss