NIGHTWISH Release First ‘Decades’ Trailer


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Tuomas Holopainen‘s 3-track demo earned him his first record deal with his freshly founded band NIGHTWISHback in 1996. 20 years later, with over 2,000 shows played and more than 8 million records sold – NIGHTWISHare the biggest European symphonic metal band. Reason enough for Nuclear Blast to celebrate this huge anniversary by releasing a 2CD compilation titled Decades, on March 9th, 2018.

Today, the band releases their first trailer, in which mastermind Tuomas Holopainen talks about the songs that made the cut for Decades. Watch the clip here:  https://youtu.be/CeWMrytEH7I

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VARATHRON Premiere New Track ‘Ouroboros Dweller’


Hellenic black metal masters VARATHRON premiere the first single from their upcoming album “Patriarchs Of Evil”, due out on April 27th via Agonia Records. Listen to “Ouroboros Dweller” at:

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GRAVESHADOW release first single/video and debut cover art from their forthcoming album


The Sacramento-based quintet GRAVESHADOW – who deftly mixes symphonic/gothic metal with elements of doom, thrash and epic progressive power metal – unveil the first taste of their new album via the lyric video for the song, “Widow and the Raven”:

The band describes the track as “a song of self-reflection and the struggle to begin anew.” The song is also available digitally for stream or download at iTunes, Spotify and other platforms.

“Widow and the Raven” comes from the group’s sophomore album, Ambition’s Price, which will be released April 13, 2018 on the GRAVESHADOW’s new label M-Theory Audio. The stunning and detailed cover art for Ambition’s Price was created by Serbian fantasy graphic designer Dusan Markovic (Jag Panzer, Seven Kingdoms, Mystic Prophecy). Pre-order the CD at the label’s site at www.m-theoryaudio.com/store

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CONAN – ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW ALBUM + MANY MORE TOUR DATES!


While constantly touring all over Europe and the United States, CONAN are currently putting the final touches on the follow up to their latest 2016-studio record ‘Revengeance‘! Now the band unveiled first details about their upcoming full length, titled ‘Existential Void Guardian‘ and which will see the light of day on August 31st 2018 with Napalm Records!

Says guitarist & vocalist Jon Paul Davis: “Existential Void Guardian expands upon our previous lyrical and conceptual ideas. Bringing the listener’s focus from the screens of our favourite arcade machines to the minds of the characters through who’s eyes we view the 2 dimensional plane. Chris Fielding produced this album at Skyhammer Studio and we had audio wizard James Plotkin handle the mastering again. Artwork will be by Tony Roberts.”

Beside a heavy UK-touring schedule with MONOLORD this Spring, CONAN are currently on tour in North America. Make sure to catch these doom heavyweights and their massive wall of sound live on the following dates!

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Carach Angren and Rotting Christ on tour – 8 shows sold out!


After their shows in Utrecht, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Nantes, Porto, and Lisbon already sold out, CARACH ANGREN and ROTTING CHRIST report that no more tickets are available for Arnhem, the Netherlands as well and stocks are also running very low in Vienna, Austria and Vosselaar, Belgium.

Please see below for a list of all remaining shows. We strongly recommend to buy tickets now!

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ROTTING CHRIST & CARACH ANGREN
+ SVART CROWN
13 Feb 18 Brescia (IT) Circolo Colony http://bit.ly/2BzmGiK
14 Feb 18 München (DE) Backstage http://bit.ly/2jyLdfG
15 Feb 18 Wien (AT) Szene http://bit.ly/2Bp3djE (Few tickets left!)
16 Feb 18 Wil (CH) Gare de Lion http://bit.ly/2ir4UJP
17 Feb 18 Arnhem (NL) Willemeen http://bit.ly/2BzshVZ (SOLD OUT!)
18 Feb 18 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob http://bit.ly/2AszbyY (Few tickets left!)

LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE Releases Official Music Video for “Absence”


Dark electronic act LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE has released the official music video for their single, “Absence.”

 

Watch video below.

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