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Due to the enormous success of their recent European tour, Finnish folk metal superstars, Korpiklaani have now announced a second leg to their European co-headline run with their fellow countrymen Moonsorrow; the dates have been announced for late 2016. Korpiklaani will be presenting their current record, “Noita”, live, and Monsorrow will showcase their recently released studio album entitled “Jumalten Aika”. Support for the Finnish Folk Metal Mafia shows will come from Icelandic folk metallers Skálmöld.

Powerwolf's history of success truely is a metal fairytale: Thanks to lifeblood, passion and talent the band has gathered an enormous amount of followers with until now six albums and uncountable captivating live gigs. Two albums in the top3 of the German album charts, sold-out headliner shows, frenetically celebrated festival gigs all over Europe – there is just one thing missing...

Exactly: a DVD / Blu-ray which brings the glorious metal mass on your TV. Now the band unveiled first details and announced the release of their first DVD / Blu-ray titled “The Metal Mass Live”, coming out on July 29th, 2016 on Napalm Records!

Depicted as “one of the most sublime and beautiful collections of 2015″ (Outburn Magazine), with their cinematic epic “Laurestine”, Brooklyn-based blackened post-metal/hardcore outfit So Hideous are excited to reveal they will release an orchestral version of the album in correlation with their upcoming first-ever appearances on the West Coast this May alongside Bosse-de-Nage.

Over 15 years, 10 albums (with two of them on pole position of the German album charts) and about 1000 concerts later: Saltatio Mortis are proud to present their best of album “Licht und Schatten – Best Of 2000-2014” and unveil cover artwork, release date & track listing today.
 
Like minstrels in their hearts, Saltatio Mortis have opened up to entirely new horizons and have created their very own genre with the special trademarks they've become known best for: snappy, contemporary poetry encounters medieval rock, folk, punk and even electronic music.

Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock will release “On A Mission: Live in Madrid” – a new live recording and filmed concert released by inakustik on CD, DVD, Blu-ray and Digital on Friday 29th May, 2016.

While waiting for August 5th and the release of Tarja’s new album “The Shadow Self”, the queen of heavy rock has yet another surprise for her fans: Tarja and earMusic proudly announce the release of the new album’s prequel “The Brightest Void”. With over 50 minutes of new music, the extra album will sweeten the wait until August!

Tarja explains:

Frontiers Music Srl is very pleased to announce the now usual special Festival CD! At the forthcoming Frontiers Rock Festival, we will release a strictly limited edition (500 copies) of Alessandro Del Vecchio & Friends with Toby Hitchcock - “Live at Frontiers XX Anniversary”.

DragonForce, the Grammy-nominated power metallers, are poised to release a comprehensive career-spanning “Best Of” – the first time the UK band have presented this kind of historical “chapter & verse” collection.

earMusic and Tarja are very proud to announce the release of her new heavy rock album “The Shadow Self”. Over the last couple of weeks, the most successful Finnish solo artist has been teasing her fans on various occasions, revealing bits and pieces of the new studio album.

Finally, the highly anticipated news and the cover artwork are officially revealed: “The Shadow Self” will be released on August 5th, 2016 on earMusic.

The history of Grimness traces back in the beginning of the new millennium, placing a self-produced EP release named “Dogma” (2002), before the release of their debut album “Increase Humanity Disgust” (2004). While playing a consistent number of live performances in festivals and local gigs, covering both Italian ground and a few European venues, the band writes and releases the 2nd full length effort “Trust In Decay” in 2008.