Finnish melancholic melodic death metal outfit BEFORE THE DAWN returns after living through a phase of changes and uncertainty – cleansed, renewed and stronger than ever! Leaving pieces of both the musical and personal past behind, mastermind Tuomas Saukkonen, lead guitarist Juho Räihä and their new companions get ready for conquering your ears with the finest blend of northern gloom and harsh melodic death metal.

Their seventh studio album and at the same time second release via Nuclear Blast Records is entitled “Rise Of The Phoenix” and will arise from the ashes on the 27th of April 2012!

The perfectly fitting phoenix symbolism was chosen prudently as main man, vocalist and guitarist Tuomas explains:

"Massive changes in the line-up during 2011 ended an era of great frustration and brought back 110% dedication and professionalism into the band. The newfound energy and motivation steered us into a victorious European tour and made it possible to produce the strongest, fastest, heaviest and definitely the most epic BEFORE THE DAWN album so far!"

Fans and followers can look forward to a 9-song comprising masterpiece, consisting of the following tracks:

Read more: BEFORE THE DAWN - New Album Details Announced!

KREATOR – reveal album title

German thrash titans KREATOR just revealed the title of the bands upcoming album: „Phantom Antichrist“. The album is currently being produced at the famous Fascination Street Studio with renowned producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK, DEVIN TOWNSEND, AMON AMARTH) in Örebro, Sweden.

„Phantom Antichrist“ marks the bands debut for Nuclear Blast and is set to be released June 1, 2012 (Europe), June 5, 2012 (North America)!

Furthermore, KREATOR will also release an exclusive 7“ single of the titlesong on April 20, 2012. The collector's item will be available in coloured red vinyl (limited to 250 pieces) as well as in clear vinyl (limited to 250 pieces, exclusively available at the Nuclear Blast Mailorder – http://www.nuclearblast.de/suche/kreator%20phantom%20antichrist).

Read more: KREATOR – reveal album title, release date + announce exclusive 7“ single!

EPICA have released "Storm The Sorrow", the first single from the eagerly awaited 5th album „Requiem For The Indifferent“.

This new album from the Dutch Symphonic Metal giants will be released by Nuclear Blast on the 9th of March (13th of March in the USA).

Commented by the band: The song "Storm the Sorrow" is the obvious choice for us to release as a first single. It has all the Epica ingredients and also a catchy groove but still is a powerful metal-song. Lyrically, Storm the Sorrow deals with criticism and how to handle that on every level. Funny fact: when we were working on this song, the working title was "Signature" because the rhythm which is used in the verse is based on Yves' signature!

Read more: EPICA: „Storm The Sorrow“ - Digital single release!

The new album of the band Luca Turilli’S RHAPSODY is entitled "ASCENDING TO INFINITY" and will be released on JUNE 29, 2012 by Nuclear Blast.

The songs included on the new release are:

QUANTUM X

ASCENDING TO INFINITY

DANTE’S INFERNO

EXCALIBUR

TORMENTO E PASSIONE

DARK FATE OF ATLANTIS

FANTASIA GOTICA

CLASH OF THE TITANS

OF MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL AND LUCIFER’S FALL

I. ALMA MUNDI

II. FATUM MORTALIS

III. IGNIS DIVINUS

The length of the album will be around 65 minutes.

Read more: LT’S RHAPSODY: NEW ALBUM TITLE AND TRACKLIST