PRYDAIN first single & video out now!

The first digital single and video from the album is the title track „The Gates of Aramore“. This was the first full song written for the album and helped to set the tone for the thematic elements that would come to define the PRYDAIN sound.
This song is a straightforward Power Metal anthem and features guest vocals by David Åkesson (Qantice, Moonlight Agony, Symphonity) and Stefani Keogh, thundering bass from Utah’s own Dustin Mitchell (Katagory V), as well as a blistering guitar solo from Mikael Dahl of the fantastic band CRYSTAL EYES.
We hope you enjoy this first taste of PRYDAIN!

The album „The Gates of Aramore“ will be released on June 2, 2023.

For fans of: Avantasia, Edguy, Staratovarius, Hammerfall, Blind Guardian

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PRYDAIN announces first single & video!

PRYDAIN announces their first single and video entitled „The Gates of Aramore“! Both will be released on April 22 via your favorite streaming platforms and on YouTube.

The wait to get some music into the hands of the fans has been a long one and we are so excited for you to hear this first sample of the album to come! Check out the video teaser.

The album „The Gates of Aramore“ will be released on June 2, 2023.

For fans of: Avantasia, Edguy, Staratovarius, Hammerfall, Blind Guardian

Pre-order now

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SYMPHONITY – EUROPEAN TOUR 2023 continues…

All bands were a blast yesterday in Hamburg. Some more shows to pay in Poland, Austria, Czech Republic and Italy.


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WONDERS present new artwork!

This is the artwork of the new WONDERS album “Beyond The Mirage” (release date June 16th, 2023).

Working duties on the band’s second record were strictly shared: Pietro Paolo Lunesu (Even Flow) delivered songwriting and guitar play, Marco Pastorino (Temperance) laid down excellent mid-range lead vocals, and Bob Katsionis (ex-Firewind) orchestrated a multi-tasking job, playing the keyboards, arranging songs, and managing the studio production. On top of all that the Greek power metal conductor also created the album’s cover artwork.

“The meaning of the cover of ’Beyond The Mirage’ is to believe in oneself, to push one’s limits towards another dimension, but also to dedicate yourself to a common goal with other people”, says Pietro Paolo.

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ROGER STAFFELBACH – first single out now!

‚The Quest‘, the first outtake from the upcoming eponymous album by ROGER STAFFELBACH is out now! Listen to this outstanding melodic metal instrumental piece here.

„After all the work involved in this album I’m happy to see ‚The Quest‘ being released as a single today. I love the diversity of this album, this track pretty much stands for the more higher paced kinda tracks on this record“, says Roger.

‚The Quest‘ will be released on May 12th, 2023.
CD release by NO DUST RECORDS
Worldwide digital release by LIMB MUSIC

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SYMPHONITY – EUROPEAN TOUR 2023

SYMPHONITY announce their European Tour 2023 supporting Rhapsody Of Fire and performing their new album „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“.


Tourdates:
14/04/23 GER Leipzig, Hellraiser
15/04/23 DK Roskilde, Gimle
16/04/23 GER Hamburg, Logo
18/04/23 PL Lublin, Studio Im. Budki Suflera
19/04/23 PL Warsaw, Proxima
20/04/23 AT Vienna, Viper Room
21/04/23 CZ Zlín, Masters of Rock Café
22/04/23 IT San Dona, Revolver
23/04/23 IT Milano, Legend Club


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Melodic Power Metallers WONDERS release new album

After „The Fragments of Wonder”, WONDERS’ 2021 debut album, enlightened our world with outstanding, sensational pieces of work, we are happy to announce the successor “Beyond The Mirage” to be released soon on LIMB MUSIC! The new album brings back powerful anthems, skillful guitar play, progressive patterns, and a great voice.

Pietro sums up the ambitions of the second WONDERS record: “This time the idea has been to create an album even more powerful than the previous one, promoting the true and total powers of WONDERS. The new album is characterized by speed power metal songs with guitars, keyboards, and drums playing a key role. Of course we did not put aside our AOR/melodic rock influences creating the mid tempo songs to highlight the melodies.”

The Line-Up is:
MARCO PASTORINO – vocals (Temperance, Cristiano Filippini’s FLAMES OF HEAVEN, Virtual Symmetry, ex-Secret Sphere)
PIETRO PAOLO LUNESU – guitars (Even Flow)
LUCA NEGRO – bass (Temperance)
BOB KATSIONIS – keyboards (ex-Firewind, ex-Serious Black, ex-Revolution Renaissance, Outloud, Warrior Path, Stray Gods, Prydain)
GIORGIO LUNESU – drums (Even Flow)

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PRYDAIN release artwork and tracklisting!


Following up our last weeks’ announcement, PRYDAIN’s debut album „The Gates of Aramore“ will be released on June 2, 2023.

You can expect ten Epic Power Metal songs with vibrating guitar duels, virtuoso keyboard parts, awesome vocals, driving grooves, catchy melodies – and a storyline consisting of an ancient kingdom beyond space and time.

Outstanding cover design by renowned artwork wizard Uwe Jarling (Heavens Gate, Roger Staffelbach, Grave Digger, Stray Dogs).

Guitarist and songwriter Austin Dixon says:
„I first discovered Uwe from the amazing cover art he did for the new Grave Digger album. I reached out to him to discuss ideas and he had this amazing piece he was working on with these knights battling and an epic dragon and it just seemed perfect for the feel I was going for with PRYDAIN.
I immediately began writing a song inspired by this cover art, which became the penultimate track on the album, ’Kingdom Fury‘. This song turned out so cool and tells the story of the cover art, so check that out if you’re interested!“.


Here’s the tracklisting:
01. Sword & Sorcery
02. The Gates of Aramore
03. Lands Beyond
04. Sail the Seas
05. Quest of the Fallen
06. Way of the Forest
07. Ancient Whispers
08. Blessed & Divine
09. Kingdom Fury
10. Magic & Mystery

The CD version will include an exclusive bonus track.

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