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News Round-Up: Auri, Kamelot, Dimmu Borgir

Some big news this week! Let's go...



AURI RELEASE NEW SONG AND ALBUM DETAILS


Tuomas Holopainen's new project AURI has released a new single and some more details for their upcoming album. The album will be self-titled with the above rather minimalist cover art. The band consists of Nightwish's Tuomas alongside bandmate Troy Donockley and Finnish solo artist (and Tuomas's wife) Johanna Kurkela. All previously collaborated on The Life and Times of Scrooge, so expect something similar here.

We have our first glimpse of the new record with the single Night 13. Listen here: https://lnk.to/Night-13 A music video will be on its way soon.

The album tracklisting is as follows:

1. The Space Between
2. I Hope Your World Is Kind
3. Skeleton Tree
4. Desert Flower
5. Night 13
6. See
7. The Name Of The Wind
8. Aphrodite Rising
9. Savant
10. Underthing Solstice
11. Them Thar Chanterelles

The album is available to pre-order now as a digipak, earbook and various coloured vinyl editions, and will be released on 23rd March 2018 via Nuclear Blast.



KAMELOT REVEAL NEW ALBUM ARTWORK, RELEASE DATE AND TEASER


The new album from Kamelot will be called The Shadow Theory, and features artwork (above) by symphonic metal favourite Heilemania. Special guests include Lauren Hart (Once Human), Jennifer Haben (Beyond the Black) and Sascha Paeth. 

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. The Mission 
2. Phantom Divine (Shadow Empire)
3. RavenLight
4. Amnesiac
5. Burns To Embrace
6. In Twilight Hours
7. Kevlar Skin
8. Static
9. MindFall Remedy
10. Stories Unheard
11. Vespertine (My Crimson Bride) 
12. The Proud and The Broken
13. Ministrium (Shadow Key)

A 2CD edition will also be available with the following bonus tracks:

1. Phantom Divine (Shadow Empire) (Instrumental version)
2. RavenLight (Instrumental version)
3. Amnesiac (Instrumental version)
4. Burns To Embrace (Instrumental version)
5. Kevlar Skin (Instrumental version)
6. The Proud and The Broken (Instrumental version)
7. The Last Day of Sunlight (bonus)

This album is also available to pre-order now in various editions including a special wooden box, digipak, earbook and vinyls. It will be released on 6th April 2018 via Napalm Records. Check out the teaser trailer in the player below.


DIMMU BORGIR: NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED AFTER 8 YEAR WAIT



Dimmu Borgir have finally announced the details of their next album, 8 years since their last record Abrahadabra. After many years of teasing, we now know that the title will be Eonian and it will be appearing on shelves later this year. The cover art was deigned by Zbigniew M. Bielak. The album is reportedly set to be both more symphonic and more black metal than previous offerings.

Vocalist Shagrath commented:

"'Eonian' represents the illusion of time, everything that is and always has been. For us, it also marks the 25th anniversary of DIMMU BORGIR and the album itself is a tribute to our own history and the Norwegian black metal history."

The first single will be Interdimensional Summit on February 23rd, which will be released on vinyl. The album is released on 4th May 2018 via Nuclear Blast.

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