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AVANTASIA Announces 'Here Be Dragons' Album, Spring 2025 European Tour

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's long-running AVANTASIA project will embark on a European tour in the spring of 2025. AVANTASIA has come to be known as the trailblazing genre flagship around the globe for its one-of-a-kind symphonic rock and metal extravaganza. Looking back on nine albums, No. 1 chart...

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HELLOWEEN To Reissue Classic Early Albums

Igniting HELLOWEEN's 40th-anniversary celebration, the German power metal pioneers will re-release their early albums represented by BMG. Remastered by Sascha "Busy" Bühren, mastering engineer of the band's self-titled No 1 album "Helloween" from 2021, the albums will contain additional bonus tracks...

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HELLOWEEN To Release New Studio Album In 2025

The reunited expanded classic lineup of German power metallers HELLOWEEN has signed with Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) for the release of their next studio album. The band will enter the studio this summer to begin work on the follow-up to 2021's acclaimed self-titled effort, with plans to issue the...

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KAMELOT Announces April/May 2024 North American Tour, BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

Modern heavy symphonic metal leaders KAMELOT continue to celebrate their latest top-charting full-length album "The Awakening" in grandiose style. Today, the band is thrilled to announce the North American "Awaken The World Tour 2024", featuring direct support from Swedish heavy metal frontrunners H...

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HELLOWEEN Is 'Looking Forward' To Completing Next Studio Album

The reunited expanded classic lineup of German power metallers HELLOWEEN has announced plans to take the next few months off from the road to make another album to follow up 2021's acclaimed self-titled effort. After playing 60 extremely emotional shows in support of their chart-topping album "Hello...

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RAFAEL BITTENCOURT On ANGRA's Reign Atop Brazilian Power Metal: 'We Want Songs That Will Last For Decades'

By David E. Gehlke ANGRA kicked open the door for Brazilian power metal 30 years ago with its "Angels Cry" debut. Keeping it open, however, has proved to be difficult. The band's classic early lineup, fronted by the dashing André Matos, became a sensation in their home continent and Europe but disso...

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KAMELOT Recruits Drummer ADDE LARSSON For Several Shows On North American Tour

KAMELOT has recruited Swedish drummer Adde Larsson (HOW WE END, RED WOLF, CYHRA) to sit behind the kit for several shows on the band's U.S. tour. Larsson is filling in for regular KAMELOT drummer Alex Landenburg, who had to miss a few of the dates due to a non-medical family commitment. Video of Lar...

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KAMELOT Shares Music Video For 'Eventide'

Modern heavy symphonic metal leaders KAMELOT recently released their most introspective, uplifting, vital release to date — their first full-length in five years, "The Awakening". The LP, which debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. Current Hard Music Albums chart and No. 27 on the Current Album Sales chart,...

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KAMELOT Shares Music Video For 'New Babylon'

Modern heavy symphonic metal leaders KAMELOT recently released their most introspective, uplifting, vital release to date — their first full-length in five years, "The Awakening". The LP, which debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. Current Hard Music Albums chart and No. 27 on the Current Album Sales chart,...

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KAMELOT Announces August/September 2023 North American Tour With BATTLE BEAST And XANDRIA

Modern heavy symphonic metal leaders KAMELOT have announced the 2023 "Awaken The World" North American headline tour, featuring special guests BATTLE BEAST and additional support from XANDRIA. The tour kicks off in Silver Spring, Maryland on August 17, visiting several major cities in the U.S. and C...

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HELLOWEEN Is Working On Material For Next Studio Album

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske was asked if he and his bandmates have commenced work on material for the follow-up to their self-titled effort, which came out in 2021. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Actually, 10 days ago, or maybe a w...

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KAMELOT Shares 'Eventide' Single From 'The Awakening' Album

Modern symphonic metal icons KAMELOT have released "Eventide", the third single from their first full-length album in five years, "The Awakening", which will arrive on March 17 via Napalm Records. The track is a modernized banger of epic proportions, featuring the band’s lauded trademark soundscapes...

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KAMELOT's THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD: 'I've Never Allowed Someone Else To Dictate My Path'

By David E. Gehlke When KAMELOT was shopping for a record deal in the desolate, unforgiving mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Thomas Youngblood was thinking long term. Rather than signing with a stateside label that may not understand KAMELOT's brand of melodic metal, Youngblood and company h...