Švedski melodic death metal projekt 7days je izdal nov besedilni video za single Redeemer, ki bo tudi na prihajajočem prenovljenem debitantskem albumu The Weight of the World. Ta je bil prvotno izdan leta 2006, sledil mu je Into Forever leta 2010, oba pa sta luč sveta ugledala pri založbi Ulterium Records. 7days sestavljajo Markus Sigfridsson (Darkwater, Harmony, All Things Fallen) na kitari, Thomas Vikström (Therion, ex. Candlemass) na vokalih, Andreas Passmark (Royal Hunt, ex. Narnia, Harmony) na basu in Daniel Flores (The Murder of My Sweet, Mind's Eye) na bobnih.

Spodaj si lahko oogledate videospot za komad The Wishing Well, ki se nahaja na aktualnem albumu Cast In Stone danskih power/prog mojstrov Royal Hunt.

 

 

 

Danska power/progressive zasedba Royal Hunt je objavila videospot za komad Fistful Of Misery, ki se nahaja na aktualnem albumu Cast In Stone.

 

 

 

Založba Tanzan Music je izdala dvojno kompilacijo z naslovom Great Lefty: Live Forever, posvečeno kitaristu Tonyju Iommiju iz skupine Black Sabbath, katere delež od prodaje bodo namenili fundaciji MacMillan Cancer Support. Na albumu sodelujejo nekatera imena kot so Dario Mollo (Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes), Mark Boals (Dokken, Dio Disciples, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-Royal Hunt), Mario Parga (Graham Bonnett, ex-Tony Martin, ex-Cozy Powell), Vinny Appice (Last In Line, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Heaven And Hell), Barry Goudreau (ex-Boston), Hugh McDonald (Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Lita Ford), Victor Griffin (Pentagram, In~Graved, Place Of Skulls) in drugi.

Tracklista je sledeča:
Disc 1:
Dario Mollo feat. Mark Boals – Never Say Die
Maniac Rise – Time Is Mine
Kyle Cousins – Heaven And Hell
Mario Parga – Scarlet Pimpernel
Children Of The Gravy – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Ironlung feat. Wizard Of Ozz – Electric Funeral
Tanzan Music Academy – Neon Knights
Nick Didkovsky – Orchid
Darking – Law Maker
Into The Void – Loner

Disc 2:
Rekuiem – Paranoid
Place Of Skulls feat. Victor Griffin – You Won’t Change Me
Black Sabbath Dio Tribute Cz – I
Phil Jakes – Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Giuntini feat. Tony Martin – Anno Mundi
Tony Reed – Live Forever
Kill Van Kull – No Stranger To Love
Aplanadora feat. Santiago Cabakian – Hole In The Sky
Blood Sabbath – Snowblind
Phenomena – The Wizard

Royal Hunt predstavljajo komad Until The Day, ki se nahaja na prihajajočem albumu Devil's Dozen. /T.U./

Založba Frontiers Music Srl bo 21. avgusta izdala novi plošček skupine Royal Hunt z naslovom Devil's Dozen. Na tej povezavi že lahko prisluhnete skladbi So Right So Wrong. /J.G./

Royal Hunt bodo letos izdali že trinajsti studijski album. Zaenkrat je band objavil le naslov - Devil’s Dozen in naslovnico. /T.U./

Royal Hunt se bodo kmalu odpravili v studio, kjer bodo posneli trinajsti studijski album. /P.G./

Mark Boals (Holy Force, Dio Disciples, ex Royal Hunt, ex Yngwie Malmsteen, ...) je nov vokalist v skupini Labyrinth. /P.G./

The Legend of Valley Doom je nova metal opera v treh delih, ki jo pripravlja Marius Danielsen, vodja norveške heavy metal zasedbe Darkest Sins. Na albumu bodo gostovala tudi nekatera velika imena, kot so vokalisti Tim »Ripper« Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio Disciples), Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen, Royal Hunt), Artur Almeida (Attick Demons), George Tsalikis (Zandelle), John Yelland (Disforia, Judicator) in Elisa C. Martin (Hamka, Dark Moor, Fairyland), basist Giorgio Novarino (Crystal Empire, Bejelit) ter kitarist Kristian Tjelle (Nocturnal Illusion). /J.G./

Klaviaturist Giuseppe Iampieri (poznan kot Mistheria) in basist Alberto Rigoni pripravljata all-star projekt Vivaldi Metal Project. Zaenkrat so sodelovanje potrdili pevec Mark Boals (Ring Of Fire, ex Yngwie Malmsteen, ex Royal Hunt, ...), basist Mike LePond (Symphony X) in bobnar John Macaluso (HolyHell, MCM, ex Riot, ex TNT, ex Yngwie Malmsteen, ...). /P.G./

Grški multiinstrumentalist Mike Dimareli predstavlja Run, novo skladbo projekta Artical z albuma Illusion X, ki bo izšel 12. novembra. Mesto vokalista na tretjem studijskem izdelku je pripadlo Marku Boalsu (Holy Force, Iron Mask, Ring Of Fire, ex Yngwie Malmsteen, ex Royal Hunt, ...). /P.G./

Royal Hunt bodo novembra izdali dvanajsti studijski album z naslovom A Life To Die For, ki prinaša naslednje skladbe:
Hell Comes Down From Heaven
A Bullet's Tale
Running Out Of Tears
One Minute Left To Live
Sign Of Yesterday
Won't Trust, Won't Fear, Won't Beg
A Life To Die For
/P.G./

Royal Hunt bodo konec novembra izdali best of album z naslovom 20th Anniversary - Special Edition, ki bo vseboval tri CD-je in DVD:
CD 1:
Flight
Kingdom Dark
Stranded
Clown In The Mirror
Wasted Time
Epilogue
Time
Far Away
1348
River Of Pain
Tearing Down The World
Message To God

CD 2:

Cold City Lights
Follow Me
Surrender
The Mission
Can't Let Go
Paper Blood
Season's Change
The First Rock
Tears Of The Sun
The Well
Shadowman
Hard Rain´s Coming
Half Past Loneliness

CD 3:
Save Me
One By One (unplugged)
Bodyguard (unplugged)
Restless (unplugged)
Bad Luck
Double Conversion
U-turn
Sixth Sense
Day Is Dawning

DVD:
Land Of Broken Hearts
Day In Day Out
Clown In The Mirror
Far Away
Last Goodbye
Stay Down
River Of Pain
Tearing Down The World
Martial Arts
Third Stage
Wasted Time
Message To God
/P.G./

Skupina Driver, ki jo vodita kitarist/producent Roy Z in pevec Rob Rock, bo kmalu pri AOR Metal Heaven izdala nov studijski izdelek z naslovom Countdown. Zasedbo sestavljajo še bobnar Butch Carlson (Jag Panzer), klaviaturist Ed Roth in basist Aaron Samson (Odin), na albumu pa so jim pomagali tudi Ray Burke (Life After Death, Bruce Dickinson) in Daniel Cordova (Shades Of Crimson, Vengeance Rising) na basu, ter Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen, Royal Hunt) na vokalu. Tracklista je sledeča:
Return To The Sky
Rising Son
Countdown
Hollywood Shooting Star
Thief In The Night
Cry Of The Wounded
Always On My Mind
Feel The Fire
Destiny
Running From The Darkness
/B.B./