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Published: 14 January 2013

The guardians of the Gothenburg Sound, DARK TRANQUILLITY, released their first album 20 years ago and are still one of the most exciting bands in Melodic Death Metal. New and old fans will be happy to hear that they are ready to announce their 10th album. The band comments: "Greetings, Darklings! After having played over 200 shows in every corner of the world in support of the 'We Are The Void' album, it's time to focus inwards and lock ourselves up in the studio. Months and months of hard songwriting work has paid off, and the recording sessions will start early this year. Further details will be announced in due time, but for now we can reveal that the album will be entitled 'Construct' and that we're very excited to have Jens Bogren (Paradise Lost, Opeth, Katatonia) taking care of the mix. The release date is set for May 27."

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The first announcement about the next album is here for you! Our second CD will be entitled "DARK CHAMBERS OF DÉJA VU"! Recording in Grapow Studios (SK) will start on 11th February 2013, with our dear friend, ROLAND GRAPOW (MASTERPLAN, EX-HELLOWEEN), as a producer again!!! All lyrics are already written (as well as on the "Tears of White Roses" album) by our friend and a great lyric-writer, Jan Petričko! The cover artwork + all new design is in making right now by Dis-Art Design from Slovakia!

At the end of 2012 our former drummer, Radek Rain, left the band - SEBASTIEN is wishing him all the best in his future life and career... Now we are proud and happy to tell you, that we found a really special guy for our upcoming recording!!! MARTIN "MARTHUS" ŠKAROUPKA (CRADLE OF FILTH, MASTERPLAN, INNER FEAR) will play with us on the album!!! Stay tuned, more interesting updates are coming soon...

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Published: 14 January 2013

After 14 successful years with 7 highly acclaimed studio albums, mastermind Tuomas Saukkonen has now decided to put an end to his dark/melancholic melodic death metal band BEFORE THE DAWN as well as to all of his other current projects, including BLACK SUN AEON, DAWN OF SOLACE and ROUTASIELU. “I’ve already been thinking about this for a few years”, Tuomas states. “At some point I realized I was keeping the band alive without feeling right anymore. ... Read MORE!

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After Biff Byford (Saxon), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween, Unisonic), Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, ex-Vengeance), Bruce Kulick (Grand Funk Railroad, ex-KISS, ex-Meat Loaf) and the German Filmorchestra Babelsberg another participent can now be announced: It's Pretty Maids vocalist Ronnie Atkins who will sing a role on the new AVANTASIA Metal Opera "The Mystery Of Time" (out in March 2013). Tobias comments: "I have been a huge Pretty Maids fan since I was a teenager... Read MORE!

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"She likes to taste my bitter soul tonight."("Home Of the Watchmen")

With the new work "So close ...so far" the Cologne-based quartet proves, how stunning intensive, atmospheric and unmouldy-spirited a sound construction can sound like, which is anchored deep in the post punk of the very first hour, but got transported into today with authenticity and originality. Two years after "A Different Place" the four musicians lay down their own, simply amazing proof for matured souvereignity. Aimed guitars, driving bass, varied, precise drums and gloomy, emotional vocals build an outstanding soundscape.

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