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Ten is a British hard rock and metal band that formed in 1995, known for their melodic sound and intricate, guitar-driven music. The band's style has evolved over the years, incorporating elements of AOR (Album-Oriented Rock), melodic hard rock, and progressive rock, with an emphasis on powerful vocals and strong guitar work. Their albums have received a solid following, particularly in the European and Japanese markets.

Ten is a British hard rock and metal band that formed in 1995, known for their melodic sound and intricate, guitar-driven music. The band's style has evolved over the years, incorporating elements of AOR (Album-Oriented Rock), melodic hard rock, and progressive rock, with an emphasis on powerful vocals and strong guitar work. Their albums have received a solid following, particularly in the European and Japanese markets.

Rock and metal flagship AVANTASIA is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album and Napalm Records debut, Here Be Dragons, on February 28, 2025!

Avantasia is a symphonic power metal project founded and led by Tobias Sammet, lead singer of German power metal band Edguy. Since 2001's debut, the fantasy-themed The Metal Opera, Sammet has enlisted a who's-who of European and American metal musicians and singers for his albums. He crafted the name by combining the words "avalon" and "fantasia," which he described as "a world beyond human imagination." Each album in the Avantasia catalog offers a different concept and narrative articulated by a core group and a plethora of guests. The Avantasia sound signature offers extremely melodic symphonic power metal, delivered with high production values and stunning vocals and harmonies. 2008's The Scarecrow charted in eight countries, while 2010's The Wicked Symphony did so in a dozen. 2016's Ghostlights was certified gold, while 2019's Moonglow went to number one. Sammet and Avantasia returned in October 2022 with A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society.

It's very easy to underestimate the importance of Gram Parsons to American music. He never had anything close to a hit, and while he was pivotal in the creation of country-rock, and by rote, alternative country, none of his direct efforts at it (the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, an album and a half with the Flying Burrito Brothers, his own two solo albums) stirred up any kind of mass public acceptance.

After nearly three decades of recording, pianist and composer Harold Budd is calling it quits, explaining he has said all he wants to and does not mind disappearing. If this indeed turns out to be the case, Avalon Sutra proves that Budd has saved the very best for last. Budd has walked the no man's land ground between minimalism and ambient music and forged his own territory. And while the former is his pedigree, he sounds like none of his peers. His pieces are composed and open-ended; they have never been based on a "system," and they are usually delicate, impressionistic, and, more often than not, mysterious and melodic.

Avantasia is a symphonic power metal project founded and led by Tobias Sammet, lead singer of German power metal band Edguy. Since 2001's debut, the fantasy-themed The Metal Opera, Sammet has enlisted a who's-who of European and American metal musicians and singers for his albums. He crafted the name by combining the words "avalon" and "fantasia," which he described as "a world beyond human imagination." Each album in the Avantasia catalog offers a different concept and narrative articulated by a core group and a plethora of guests. The Avantasia sound signature offers extremely melodic symphonic power metal, delivered with high production values and stunning vocals and harmonies. 2008's The Scarecrow charted in eight countries, while 2010's The Wicked Symphony did so in a dozen. 2016's Ghostlights was certified gold, while 2019's Moonglow went to number one. Sammet and Avantasia returned in October 2022 with A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society.

Rock and metal flagship AVANTASIA is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album and Napalm Records debut, Here Be Dragons, on February 28, 2025!