Whew! 2012 was a pretty good year in metal/rock music. We saw new singers, live albums, new albums! New albums included: Lacuna Coil - "Dark Adrenaline", Epica had "Requiem for the Indifferent". We also had a few new vocalists, Xandria brought us Manuella Krauller with "Neverworld's End", and Kamelot debuted Tommy Karevik on "Silverthorn. And even Tarja gave us her first solo live album and dvd "Act 1".
As awesome as 2012 was for music, 2013 promises to be even better!!
Amaranthe is due to release their sophomore album "The Nexus" on March 26th. "The Nexus" boasts 12 full tracks with a possible 5 bonus tracks including acoustic and remixes of songs off of the "Amaranthe" album. Review soon to come!
Edenbridge's website is buzzing with updates about their new album "The Bonding". Not much has been said as of yet except for the fact that they are asking the fans to support the orchestra. I'm excited to see and hear what they've got planned!
Leaves' Eyes has briefly said on their website that they are planning a new album to be called "Symphonies of the Night". Other than the title, there really hasn't been much said about the album. Even though there is almost nothing known about it, I don't doubt that Leaves' Eyes will amaze us once again!
And the most personally anticipated album to be released this year that was only recently confirmed is from the "Queen of Metal" herself, Tarja Turunen! She has said on her blog that there are going to be choirs, multiple languages and some intense vocals... and that's just one song!! As she said herself the album is going to be "killer, killer...". I couldnt agree more!
Last year Amberian Dawn surprised us with announcing that lead singer Heidi Parvainen would be leaving the band at the end of the year. Shortly after, Amberian Dawn pulled a "Nightwish" and changed the wonderful operatic vocals out for the more "pop-ish" vocals. New vocalist, Capri, has some vocal power, but it's a huge difference in vocal styles. So to really show her off, Amberian dawn is planning a somewhat re-release of some of their big hits off of all four of their previous albums called "Re-Evolution". I'm excited to hear how different the songs are with the new voice!
Within Temptation has promised a followup to their hit album "The Unforgiving". Virtually no information to date has been released about it except for the fact that it is out sometime in 2013. From the "vibes" that I got when they announced the album, it appears that it may be a continuation of the story that "The Unforgiving" started. I'm hoping that this is true. The story from the comic books that were released alongside the album seemed to be chopped off, so I really hope they continue it!
As of yesterday Simone Simons of Epica announced that a DVD of their 10th Anniversary show, entitled "Retrospect", will be released. An official date hasn't been released or anything about the dvd, but with the live orchestras and the special guests (like Floor Jansen, ex After Forever and Revamp) it promises to be an incredible show!
And Speaking of Floor Jansen and Revamp, when Floor came back from the touring as guest lead vocalist for Nightwish she announced that she was already working on a new Revamp album. Once again, not much is know about the album, but with Floor Jansen involved, it should be nothing but awesome!!
Van Canto has also mention on their website that they are also in the process of writing a new album. After releasing "Break the Silence" in 2011 they tooka 1 year hiatus and then they got back to work. Hopefully during that year the creative juices were still flowing so they can but out another crazy awesome album!
The only other release that I am anticipating is the North American release of Nightwish's movie "Imaginaerum". So far there has only been a European release of the score and the pre-order for the movie. Hopefully we Americans wont have to wait long before this release comes out!
The only artist that I am expecting to release something this year is the band Lunatica. Not much has come out of the band since their release of "New Shores", but they have said that they are working on it. Hopefully we wont have to wait long.
As of February, Evanscence has been celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their album "Fallen". One of the ways they are celebrating is by releasing the album on a colored (purple) vinyl LP. I sincerely hope they continue the tradition with their other albums: "Anywhere But Home", "The Open Door" and their self titled album "Evanescence".
2013 promises to be an incredible year for music! It's only March and these are just the bands that have given any hints or have actually confirmed anything about a possible album. These artist have never let us down in the past, and I'm sure that this year will be no different! \m/
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