After a triumphant pledge campaign that already hit 300% of its goal, Devin Townsend is now gracing his upcoming album Casualities Of Cool with an odd artwork, or is it not? You can take a look at it here below. Also remember that Casualities Of Cool will be released on May 14th.

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The 28th of March, the release date of Gamma Ray's new album Empire Of The Undead, is not so far away now. The German heavyweights are now giving us a taste of the album, as they offer fans the lyric video for the track "Hellbent". Seems like the guys are back in good form. Hear it below.

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The new album by Nanowar Of Steel is now taking form, as the band just announced the tracklist for A Knight At The Opera. The album will contain 13 songs, including the two singles "Giorgio Mastrota" and "Feudalesimo E Libertà" released in these years, plus a hit recorded in German, Spanish, Serbocroatian and Russian language. By clicking on the desired language, you will be redirected to the video the band made for the track. The album also comes with a live DVD from 2007's True As Steel Festival (Bülach, Switzerland), which you can see in the YouTube video below.

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In a recent Italian interview, power metallers Kaledon just announced that they are working on their 8th studio album, the successor to Altor: The King's Blacksmith. Like its predecessor, this album will tell the story of one of the characters of the Legend Of The Forgotten Reign saga. The protagonist, this time, will be Antillius, the king, and the band has already composed twelve demo songs.

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Some days ago, Devin Townsend announced that he was going to launch a crowdfunding campaign for his album Casualities Of Cool. The day has come: the campaign has begun, and you can pledge in exchange of various bundles here. All pledges include a free download of the album upon the May 14th release date and everyone who pledges will receive regular updates from Devin and Ché Dorval plus exclusive downloads. Once the target is reached, all other proceedings will go straight into the Z2 project, which is due to start soon.

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Ready to return to the fantasy world of trolls? Trollfest's new album, Kaptein Kaos, will be released on March 28th in Europe and April 8th in North America via NoiseArt Records. However, you'll have to wait just a week to know how the new album will sound like, since the single for the track "Ave Maria" will be released on February 28th on most digital platforms.

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Sabaton are ready to unleash their new opus, Heroes, on May 16th via Nuclear Blast Records. After revealing the standard edition and the digipak/earbook edition artworks, now it's the time for the album's tracklist.

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On April 18th, the new Edguy album, Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown, will be released via Nuclear Blast. Since we all already know what the standard edition's tracklist and artwork are, now it is time to take a look at the limited digibook edition, containing 2 CDs.

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Following the release of their album Hydra, Dutch heavyweights Within Temptation are releasing a new EP on February 21st, dedicated to the third single off Hydra, "The Whole World Is Watching". The EP will be available only in Europe and only in the iTunes version.

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Instrumental masters Animals As Leaders are not wasting any time and just premiered "Tooth And Claw", a new song off their upcoming album The Joy Of Motion, whose details were announced a few days ago. You can enjoy the track right down here.

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Glorious news, folks, since a new Nanowar Of Steel album is upon us! The band just revealed that their new album will be named A Knight At The Opera and that it will be available in a few days. The new track "Fight The Dragon For The Village" is also available to listen below.

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Italian folk power metallers Elvenking have just revealed the title and the release date for their upcoming album, the successor of Era. The new album will have the ambitious title of The Pagan Manifesto and will be released on May 9th via AFM Records. Below you can have a glimpse of what the album will be about.

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German power metal superstars Edguy are going to unleash upon us their new album, Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown, on April 18th via Nuclear Blast Records. After revealing the controversial cover artwork, now it's the time for the album tracklist, which is, as many probably expected, tongue-in-cheek.

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Texas-based hard rockers Scorpion Child just premiered their new video, for the song "Kings Highway", the opener of their debut album Scorpion Child, released via Nuclear Blast Records in June 2013.

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Rhapsody Of Fire are premiering a new video today, for the title track of their newest album Dark Wings Of Steel, the band's first album released under AFM Records (read what we think about it here). You can enjoy the video below.

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