Cover Art for New Tarja Album Revealed

Top: Normal cover. Bottom: Special edition cover.

Colours in the Dark is Tarja's third studio album to be released worldwide, following 2007's My Winter Storm and 2010's What Lies Beneath. It seems that Tarja - one of the pioneers of symphonic metal singing - will be taking a brighter and more experimental direction with this record. According to her blog, the title comes from a line in the song "Until Silence":

I saw our memories die

thought our dreams had lost their meaning

but dreams still in my heart

are painting colours in the dark

Further song titles for the album have been given as "Mystique Voyage" and "Deliverance". The photoshoot for the psychedelic cover art took place in India and the photographer was Dirk Rudolph.

The official homepage for the album can be found here. It will be released on August 23rd, 2013.

ReVamp Complete New Album

Fresh from touring with Nightwish, Dutch soprano Floor Jansen returned to her band ReVamp to complete work on their second studio album. The album is as yet untitled, but the release dates are as follows:

06/09/13 (Europe)

09/09/13 (UK)

12/09/13 (Japan)

17/09/13 (USA)

As with their self-titled debut album, this record will be distributed by Nuclear Blast.

For more information, check out http://www.revampmusic.com/

Edit: Floor posted a new promo photo, so naturally a wallpaper had to be made!

Usual stuff applies - feel free to use and share, and if you credit me when doing so I will be eternally grateful.

New Tarja Album Revealed: "Colours in the Dark"

Finnish singer Tarja Turunen has announced the title and release date for her new album. It will be called Colours in the Dark and will be released on August 23rd. Tarja has revealed many of the track names already, including Never Enough, Into The Sun, Medusa, Lucid Dreamer, Neverlight, Victim of Ritual and 500 Letters.

This will be Tarja's first album since giving birth to her daughter. She will embark on a tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in October, as well as making an appearance at MFVF in Belgium.

For all the information on the upcoming album, see the official website:

http://www.tarja-coloursinthedark.com/

Studio Teaser Trailer for Sirenia's "Perils of the Deep Blue"

Sirenia have released the above trailer for their next studio album, due out on the 28th of June in Europe. The first single from the record will be Seven Widows Weep, released on the 12th of May by Nuclear Blast.

Click here to see the album cover and full tracklisting.

Release dates: 28/06/13 (Europe), 01/07/13 (UK), 09/07/13 (North America)

Nightwish Cover Photo

A Nightwish cover photo for use on Facebook timelines. Feel free to use but if you credit me I will be very grateful! Click the image to get the full size.

Sharon Den Adel to Join Delain at MFVF

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More Delain/WT news as Metal Female Voices Fest has announced that Sharon Den Adel will join Delain on stage for a special performance. Sharon has sung with the band on several occasions previously and even provided lead vocals for the song "No Compliance" on their debut album Lucidity.

MFVF takes place on the 18th, 19th and 20th of October 2013.

More information about this excellent festival can be found on www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be

Delain to Support Within Temptation On Tour

Photos by Lars Griemelijkhuijsen and Sandra Ludewig

Dutch giants Within Temptation have announced their support act for their upcoming 2014 tour - old friends Delain. Delain was founded by keyboard player Martijn Westerholt, former member of WT and brother to Robert Westerholt. The band will be the support for the shows in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

You can see the full list of tour dates and buy tickets here: http://www.within-temptation.com/ontour/