Delain Album Art & Tracklisting Revealed

We Are The Others 

1. Mother Machine

2. Electricity

3. We Are The Others

4. Milk And Honey

5. Hit Me With Your Best Shot

6. I Want You

7. Where Is The Blood (feat. Burton C. Bell) 

8. Generation Me

9. Babylon

10. Are You Done With Me

11. Get The Devil Out Of Me

12. Not Enough

Source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?news_id=117014

New Xandria Song Sample and Poll Results

New Xandria Song Sample

Ex-Xandria singer (and wife of bassist Nils) Lisa Middelhauve posted this clip on her Facebook yesterday:

People who've seen Xandria live recently may recognise it. The album's new direction has quite an Old Nightwish/Pythia sound if you ask me. Manuela Kraller is the new lead vocalist, replacing Kerstin Bischof who left the band after only a year.

Poll Results

So, how did you guys rate Imaginaerum, the new album by Nightwish?

 1/5 - 0 people

2/5 - 0 people

3/5 - 1 person

4/5 - 1 person

5/5 - 7 people

Too epic for mere ratings - 4 people

Looks like most of you are big fans! A new poll will be up soon.

Symphonic Metal Wallpapers by Hapfairy Part 3

Click the pictures to get full size :)

Winter Femme Metal wallpaper:

Simone Requiem for the Indifferent wallpaper:

(Photos by Heile)

Blue Eyes wallpaper, black or white:

Delain wallpaper:

(Charlotte Wessels photo by Sandra Ludewig)

Please don't repost these anywhere without crediting me, thank you!

The Crow, The Owl and The Dove

It seems it has been revealed on German EMP that the next Nightwish single - The Crow, The Owl and The Dove - will feature their long-awaited version of The Heart Asks Pleasure First as a bonus track. The Heart... was written by composer Michael Nyman as part of the soundtrack for The Piano. There were rumours that he didn't like the band's version, but whether or not this is true it seems he has given permission for it to be released. Excellent news! 

The single is available for pre-order from EMP UK right now, in maxi-CD and vinyl formats. It is likely that it will soon be available from other online stores too.

Upcoming Symphonic Metal Albums in 2012

 Amberian Dawn - Circus Black

Released: March 8th 2012

Website: http://www.amberiandawn.com/

Delain - We Are The Others

Released: Spring 2012

Website: http://site.delain.nl/

Diabulus in Musica - The Wanderer

Released: February 29th 2012

Website: http://diabulusinmusica.com/

Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent

Released: March 9th 2012

Website: http://www.epica.nl/

Kamelot - Unknown Title

Released: September 2012

Website: http://www.kamelot.com/

Kells - Anachromie

Released: January 20th 2012

Website: http://www.kellsofficial.com/

Pythia - The Serpent's Curse

Released: February 27th 2012

Website: http://www.pythiamusic.com/

Visions of Atlantis - Ethera

Released: 2012

Website: https://www.facebook.com/visionsofatlantisofficial

Whyzdom - Blind?

Released: Spring 2012

Currently looking for new singer

Website: http://www.whyzdom.com/

 Winter In Eden - Echoes of Betrayal

Released: April 23rd 2012

Website: http://www.winterineden.com

Xandria - Neverworld's End

Released: February 27th 2012

Website: http://xandria.de/

Also possible new releases from Within Temptation and Tarja.

Other Femme Metal releases:

The Agonist - Unknown Title (Spring 2012)

Akoma - The Other Side (Spring 2012)

Eths - III (April 6th 2012)

Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline (January 24th 2012)

Nightwish - Imaginaerum (US release date January 10th 2012)

To-Mera - Unknown Title (2012)

Delain Announce New Album Title and EU Tour

Delain's new album will be called "We Are The Others".

They have also announced a European tour with support from Amanda Somerville's project Trillium. And yes, there are some UK dates!

Apr. 26 - GER - Hamburg - Grünspan
Apr. 27 - GER - Berlin - Lido
Apr. 28 - POL - Warsaw - Progresja
Apr. 29 - CZE - Zlin - Masters Of Rock Cafe
May 02 - HUN - Budapest - Club 202
May 03 - AUT - Wien - Arena
May 04 - GER - München - Backstage
May 05 - ITA - Romagnano Sesia - Rock'n'Roll Arena
May 06 - SWI - Pratteln - Z7
May 08 - GER - Köln - Gloria
May 09 - BEL - Vosselaar - Biebob
May 10 - GER - Karlsruhe - Substage
May 11 - FRA - Paris - Alhambra
May 12 - GBR - Birmingham - HMV Institute 2
May 13 - GBR - Sheffield - Corporation
May 15 - GBR - Manchester - O2 Academy
May 16 - GBR - London – Koko

Source: Blabbermouth.net

New Epica Album Title Revealed

The new Epica album title will be "REQUIEM FOR THE INDIFFERENT". Did anyone guess that? No? Oh well.

Tickets are still available for the album release show in Tilburg, NL, on the 16th of March 2012. http://www.onlineticketsshop.com/epica-tickets/013-tilburg-57648