melodic power metal

Swedish adventure metallers Twilight Force are pleased to announce some new dates for their first ever headline tour. The aptly named “Magical Mystical Tour 2021” will now take place this coming October with special guests Cyhra, plus support coming from Silver Bullet. On the road they will recount the fantastical tales from their latest album “Dawn of the Dragonstar”, released in 2019 via Nuclear Blast.

Frontiers Music Srl is proud to announce the upcoming release of the fourth album from Timo Tolkki’s Avalon, “The Enigma Birth” on June 18th, 2021. Again featuring a slew of talented guest vocalists, the album sees the Finnish guitar maestro’s skills on display once again. 

Finnish melodic metallers Sonata Arctica are a band with a unique sound, touched by a hint of melancholy. Today, the band announces the release of their first acoustic album, “Acoustic Adventures - Volume One”, to be released in October 2021, through Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions. “Acoustic Adventures - Volume One” will be followed by a second acoustic record, to be released in 2022.

This Christmas, power metal fans can look forward to a unique staging of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”; Sweden’s Majestica are planning to bring their exceptional soundtrack album to stages across Europe as part of their debut headline tour, due to kick off on 16th December at London venue The Garage.

Due to the pandemic, the dates for Helloween’s European tour, that was originally scheduled for April & May 2021, have been postponed again. However, this is no reason to hang your head, as the newly rescheduled tour will be even more exciting.
 

This was the ardent wish of thousands of fans calling out to Andi Deris, Michael Kiske, Michael Weikath, Kai Hansen, Markus Grosskopf, Sascha Gerstner and Dani Löble during the Pumpkins United World Tour - and their dream has come true! With the upcoming album, simply titled “Helloween”, the band opens a new chapter after a glorious 35 year long career.

Rockshots Records is proud to announce their latest signing of Greece’s Illusory for their third full length “Crimson Wreath” planned for release in May 2021. Having opened for such legendary acts Blue Oyster Cult, Warrel Dane, Geoff Tate, and Gus G, the heavy metallers new album is the next step in their widely praised evolution to follow 2016’s “Polysllabic” (7hard/7us) and 2013’s “The Ivory Tower” (The Leaders Records).

Italian power/progressive metallers Secret Sphere are back with a new studio album, “Lifeblood” on March 12th, 2021. The album, aside from the deft musical prowess on display, is also special because of the return of original vocalist Roberto Messina. 

Bloodbound after the last album “Rise of the Dragon Empire” again to the hammer blow and put with “Creatures of the Dark Realm” again a turn up.

The new album, “Creatures of the Dark Realm”, will be released on May 28th, 2021, via AFM Records.

With this album, the Swedes have once again given their own special style a great polish and open us a deep insight into a musical universe of wonders.

Australia’s Victoria K are releasing the first official DVD “Live Isolation Concert” on January 29th, 2021, via Rockshots Records.

The top-notch live DVD show was recorded during the pandemic crisis and includes all the songs from the highly acclaimed debut album “Essentia”, released in April 2020.

The DVD is available for preorder here.

The live show will be also released as digital album on the major online stores.