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Dream Theater Announce 40th Anniversary Europe Tour


Dream Theater turns 40 and is heading for a big tour to celebrate the anniversary, the European days of which will be published today. The An Evening With Dream Theater 40th Anniversary Tour also arrives in Finland, where the band will be seen at Espoo’s Metro Areena on November 6.

The tour starting in October is meaningful for the band in many ways, and a special reason for joy is Dream Theater traveling again in the lineup from 14 years ago, with drummer Mike Portnoy returning to the band’s ranks alongside James LaBrie, John Myung, John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess. Portnoy and the rest of the band parted ways after the Black Clouds & Silver Linings album released in 2009, so today’s tour news has been long awaited.

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APOCALYPTICA release new breathtaking new video for ‘The Unforgiven II”


APOCALYPTICA are thrilled to release the second single from Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2 – the hotly-anticipated sequel to their legendary debut record. ‘The Unforgiven II’ falls hot on the heels of first single ‘The Four Horsemen’, featuring Metallica’s very own bassist Rob Trujllo.

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POLARIS to support BEARTOOTH in the UK & Europe


Sydney melodic metalcore outfit Polaris have just wrapped up a hugely successful UK and European headline tour, their biggest ever on our continent, most dates of which achieved a complete sell-out including the entire UK leg. The band are pleased to announce that they will be returning to our shores later this year as Special Guests to Beartooth on their autumn 2024 tour dates.

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ABORTED open the ‘Vault Of Horrors’ + release music video for ‘Condemned To Rot (featuring Francesco Paoli)’


One day before the kickoff of their European tour, ABORTED open the Vault of Horrors as the new album of death metal’s finest finally sees the light of the day.
Ten ferocious, gut-wrenching extreme metal slashers await you in this cabinet of horror movie classics. ABORTED invited the crème de la crème of the heavy music scene to the party, and on each track of the album you will find a different guest vocalist – diving down into the dark abyss of horror movie culture. 
So sit back, grab a snack, and crawl down into the Vault of Horrors. Order your copy now:
https://aborted.bfan.link/vault-of-horrors

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METAL PIONEERS JUDAS PRIEST RIDE HIGH IN THE UK ALBUM CHART


Today Judas Priest score the highest charting effort of their 50-year career, with the release of the critically acclaimed nineteenth studio album Invincible Shield.

The heavy metal icons’ previous career best was their seminal metal masterpiece British Steel, which peaked at #4 back in 1980. 
 
Having sold a massive 18,000 copies of Invincible Shield in the UK, the band better their last effort, 2018’s Firepower, which peaked at #5. 

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Saxon Release New Single/Video “Madame Guillotine” Ahead Of Tour


Saxon unleash the video for “Madame Guillotine”, the third single from the band’s critically-acclaimed 24th studio album, Hell, Fire And Damnation – out now via Silver Lining Music.
 
Hell, Fire And Damnation is an album which sees Saxon investigate all areas of history and mystery amidst ten of their most confident and thunderously powerful songs yet. In “Madame Guillotine”, lead singer and founding member Biff Byford, chooses to give voice to the infamous torturing device, best known for its use in the French Revolution between 1789 and 1799.  
 

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