Melodic Rock

Titled Game Of Faces, the upcoming album from the Swedish power metal band is the follow-up to 2022’s Final Advent, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Nuclear Blast Records. Release date: February 14, 2025

1. Call Of The Night
2. Game Of Faces
3. Devilry Of Ecstasy
4. Die To Survive
5. Fire To Fight
6. Dark Angel
7. Fortune Favors The Brave
8. Sole Survivor
9. Phoenix
10. Dream Of Spring
11. Mystery

Marko Hietala has been synonymous with quality for more than four decades. As a founding member of the heavy metal band Tarot, as a key member of the supergroup Sinergy (alongside extreme talents such as Alexi Laiho) and as one of the key figures in the world’s biggest symphonic metal band Nightwish, Hietala has not only shaped but also defined the sound of harder rock.

Needless to say, his thunderous bass lines and rich vocals have been heard in the world’s most famous venues such as Wembley Arena and

Supergroup duo Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen will release Black Light/White Noise on March 5, 2025. It follows up the duo’s debut album, Smith/Kotzen, released in 2021. The album was produced by Smith and Kotzen. Jay Ruston mixed Black Light/White Noise.

“We’re so proud of this new album – it follows on from our debut and the EPs by focusing on collaborating on riffs, lyrics, harmonies and vocals,” says Kotzen. “There’s a Smith/Kotzen DNA now and it’s definitely something we need to get out on the road with. I was pleased to work with my friend Jay Ruston on the mixing of the alb

The Ferrymen, the high powerful trio, formed by masterful Swedish guitarist/songwriter/producer Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall), awesome vocalist Ronnie Romero (Lords of Black, Sunstorm, Rainow), and thunderous drummer Mike Terrana (Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, etc.), have become an established name amongst European melodic metal fans after their first three successful albums, Fans should now prepare themselves for album four!

The Ferryman have wrapped up work on “Iron Will” and once again, the band takes the classic heavy metal sound and

Leading rock and metal force AVANTASIA is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album and Napalm Records debut, Here Be Dragons, on February 28, 2025! Featuring absolute AVANTASIA essentials such as spellbinding choirs and theatrical symphonic metal elements, multitalented mastermind and frontman Tobias Sammet also surprises fans old and new with plenty of intriguing fresh soundscapes.

Here Be Dragons gives the celebrated AVANTASIA sound that has been carefully crafted over a quarter of a century an exciting and powerful spin. The new album is the most consistent and concise piece of art that the b