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After an intensive European tour with SABATON and Battlebeast earlier this year and while the band are currently on tour in the US with NIGHTWISH, Dutch Symphonic Metal sensation DELAIN has confirmed a headlining-tour in autumn with stops in the European hot-spots of France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. This special European tour will start at the end of October and wind up in early November. DELAIN are definitely ready to take over! This tour will not not only enthrall Symphonic Metal fans, but also listeners new to the genre! Extremely catchy refrains, bewitching hooks and melodies, symphonic bombast and of course a good dose of Metal – that’s DELAIN and that’s how Symphonic Metal will sound in 2015! As special guest on this run, two of Holland's finest musicians Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen have united for a new project dubbed THE GENTLE STORM! Anneke will take The Gentle Storm including their ...

Reactivated Los Angeles, California’s COAL CHAMBER are back and have confirmed to release their new album Rivals worldwide in May 2015 via Napalm Records! This is the band’s first new album in over thirteen years. With producer Mark Lewis at the helm, Rivals makes it seem as if COAL CHAMBER never took a break at all. They picked up right where they left off and have delivered what some may consider their best work to date. In support of Rivals , COAL CHAMBER will be on a North American Headline Tour this Spring. Support on the tour will come from Filter, Combichrist and American Head Charge. To celebrate the upcoming album and return of COAL CHAMBER with fans in Europe & the UK as well, the band has just unveiled an extensive UK & European tour! Catch a legend live: As a band that stood as leaders at the forefront of new genres, constantly reinventing their sound and not fitting any mold except their own. With sold out tours, and millions of records sold, COA...

Austrian Metal Powerhouse Napalm Records is pleased to announce the signing of Detroit Michigan’s WALLS OF JERICHO . The band is currently working on their new album, which is their first full length since 2008. After releasing a demo track “Restless” earlier this year, the band felt the itch again and decided to get back to recording. The resulting album be released by Napalm Records later this year. Drummer Dustin Schoenhofer on signing with Napalm Records: “All of us in WALLS OF JERICHO are proud and very excited to have signed with Napalm Records and are looking forward to finally finding the right partnership to release our new music with. We would like to thank both Napalm and all our Fans and Family for being so patient with us these past seven years since our last release cause its long overdue.” Thomas Caser, Napalm Records VP: “We are thrilled to work with one of the most exciting acts out of this genre and one of the best live bands out there! WALLS OF JERICHO hav...

Symphonic Metal Masters KAMELOT entered the studio in mid 2014 to begin recording their follow-up to the highly acclaimed chart topping album Silverthorn . The new album will make KAMELOT history as it will be released worldwide (excl. Asia) on Napalm Records/Universal and Napalm Records/ADA-Warner as an exclusive licensing deal through the band's KAMELOT Music LLC this April/May 2015. In support of this highly anticipated release, KAMELOT will hit the road starting in March for select UK shows, followed by a massive North America Tour this Spring, with special guests Dragonforce (UK). Select Summer Festivals will follow and the band returns to Europe in September/October for their biggest headliner tour to date. “We are extremely excited about having a growing and hungry independent label like Napalm with the power of major distribution that we will get with Universal and ADA Warner .” states KAMELOT founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood Thomas Caser, Vice Presiden...

Want the latest news for all the Napalm Records artists then keep reading! POWERWOLF HAVE STARTED RECORDING THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM!     Since January 4th, POWERWOLF have entrenched themselves in the studio to record their upcoming, 6th album, which is expected to be released in summer 2015. "Roel has started tracking drums yesterday and is currently outdoing himself in energy and speed. Already now the drum tracks sound amazing" reports guitarist Matthew Greywolf. "We'll probably spend the rest of the week celebrating our Dutch drum-demon, before we start with the guitars recordings.” For More Info Visit: www.powerwolf.net www.facebook.com/powerwolfmetal www.napalmrecords.com www.facebook.com/napalmrecords HATE - MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE FOR TRACK "VALLEY OF DARKNESS"!   Poland’s death/ black metallers HATE are known for their highly dramatic soundscapes which see menacing blastbeats melt in...