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Published: 11 July 2013

It all starts with a mystic woman dressed in black, slowly striding through long corridors: Tarja. Cut. Then, a painter, a dancer and an oboe player are shown in a dusty, old factory. All caged in their dull habits, their daily tasks, repeating their monotone movements over and over again – all victims of their rituals. Tarja is coming to their rescue. With a hint of a smile and powerful colours, she is able to free them and brings out the best in each of them. It all could have ended here, wasn’t it for the dark, suspicious figures. They have been following Tarja the whole time, watching her every move and then, chase her, try to get her down. Will they succeed or will Tarja win the epic final battle?

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Melodic black metal masters CARACH ANGREN are streaming tracks off  the reissues of their first two albums ‘Lammendam’ and ‘Death Came Through A Phantom Ship’. The songs, titled "A Strange Presence Near the Woods" and "The Sighting Is a Portent of Doom" are streaming now via New Noise Magazine. The new, expanded editions of these long out-of-print full-lengths will be released on July 19th worldwide (July 23rd in North America) via Season of Mist. The re-issue of their debut album, ‘Lammendam’ features three bonus tracks taken from the rare ‘Ethereal Veiled Existence’ EP (2005);  "There Was No Light", "After Death Premises", and "Yonder Realm Photography". ‘Death Came Through A Phantom Ship’ will feature three bonus tracks taken from ‘The Chase Vault Tragedy’ demo and from the ‘Ethereal Veiled Existence’ EP, re-recorded in 2011; "The Ghost of Raynham Hall", "Ethereal Veiled Existence", and "Sepulchral Disequilibrium". 

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Published: 10 July 2013

MANIC STREET PREACHERS are back in 2013 with their great new 11th album 'Rewind the Film', showing the band more thoughtful and concisely but still with their typical sounds. The trio is already looking back to some high chart entries, like eight UK Top-10 albums whereoff three reached even top position, and 15 UK Top-10 singles. On Friday, 13th September 2013, finally the new album of the three Welsh will see the light of day. The album willl be out in different versions, also as Deluxe Edition and Vinyl.

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Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
30th and 31st August 2013
Open Air event with Schandmaul, Saltatio Mortis, Omnia, Fiddler’s Green, Die Kammer, Lyriel and Versengold

It feels like yesterday that SCHANDMAUL celebrated their ten year jubilee. It was a fantastic concert, a great party, lots of emotions and many good memories. Now, the band already celebrates its 15th anniversary!

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Published: 10 July 2013

Dream Theater’s self-titled album – the band’s 12th studio release overall, and fourth with Roadrunner Records – will be released September 24, and now you can check out the cover art and see the track listing below! Says guitarist John Petrucci about Dream Theater, “I see every new album as an opportunity to start over. To either build or improve upon a direction that has been evolving over time or to completely break new ground. This is the first self-titled album of our career and there is nothing I can think of that makes a statement of musical and creative identity stronger than that. We’ve fully explored all of the elements that make us unique, from the epic and intense to the atmospheric and cinematic. We’re incredibly excited about Dream Theater and can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”

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