AVANTASIA, the rock opera project created by Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet, are back with their seventh studio album.

Billed as the second chapter of the story begun on 2013's "The Mystery of Time" "Ghostlights" is a darker, moodier album, which has stripped back a lot of the previous orchestration and has a sound more focused on metal while still remaining true to the operatic nature of Sammet's compositions and arrangements.

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_{There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of January. The shows are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by over 100 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for the previous month are also still available – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/2415-ni-rocks-playlists-for-december-2015.html}

_{Nordic Union is another of those music collaborations which Frontiers have become the masters of creating over the last few years. This one brings together Ronnie Atkins of the Pretty Maids and Erik Martensson from Eclipse and W.E.T. and has resulted in an album that is well worth checking out. The self-titled “Nordic Union” was released by Frontiers on 29th January. Earlier this month I played “The War Has Begun” on the Friday NI Rocks Show and “Hypocrisy” on the NI Rocks A-Z Show.}