NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 23, 2026
VIOLET ETERNAL Announces New Album “Azure Stardust” Out Jan 2027 + Unveils Music Video “Azure Explosion”
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Japanese-Italian melodic metal band VIOLET ETERNAL announces their second album, “Azure Stardust”, set for worldwide release on January 22nd, 2027. The new record marks the band’s second album with Rockshots Records, continuing the collaboration that began with their 2024 debut, “Reload the Violet”.
Formed in 2023 around Japanese guitarist Jien Takahashi (Majustice, Michael Vescera Project) and Italian vocalist Ivan Giannini (Derdian, The 7th Guild, ex-Vision Divine), VIOLET ETERNAL debuted with “Reload the Violet” in 2024. The band has since evolved into a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Andrea Cappellari (Nekomata), bassist Ollie Bernstein (Illusion Force, Fiverings, Michael Vescera Project), and drummer YAMATO (Neu, UCHUSENTAI, Michael Vescera Project), an expanded lineup that plays a central role in shaping the sound of their second album.
With “Azure Stardust”, VIOLET ETERNAL retain the melodic and power metal foundations of their debut while developing a broader and more dynamic approach to songwriting. The expanded lineup gives the band more room to explore different arrangements, tempos and moods while melody remains at the heart of their musical identity.
Rather than relying on a single formula, “Azure Stardust” moves from high-speed melodic metal to more dramatic mid-tempo sections, ballads and atmospheric passages. This wider musical range allows the band to explore different moods without losing the melodic focus that defines VIOLET ETERNAL, bringing together elements rooted in the European melodic metal tradition with the Japanese sense of melody that has characterized the project from the beginning.
The world’s first look at this new era arrives with “Azure Explosion,” a track that channels the album’s most urgent, high‑velocity energy into just over five minutes.
Racing beyond 197 BPM, “Azure Explosion” is propelled by relentless rhythms and rapid-fire riffs, with Jien Takahashi and Andrea Cappellari’s twin-guitar work moving between tightly coordinated passages, harmonized leads and sweeping melodic lines. Ivan Giannini’s powerful upper-register vocals cut through the high-speed arrangement, reinforcing the song’s melodic character even at its most intense.
Yet the track is not conceived simply as an exercise in velocity. Its development introduces more lyrical passages and dramatic transitions that break up the intensity and allow the melodies to breathe. These contrasts are central to the song: the speed provides the initial impact. At the same time, changes in dynamics and melodic direction reveal the broader musical language VIOLET ETERNAL explores throughout “Azure Stardust”.
Like a flash of blue light across the night sky, “Azure Explosion” reflects the imagery behind the album itself: bright, fast-moving, and dramatic. In this sense, the song works as a natural introduction to “Azure Stardust”, presenting the band’s high-speed melodic metal core while also hinting at the more varied arrangements found across the record, mixed and mastered by Dennis Ward at TrakShak Studios.
Listen to “Azure Explosion” here: https://lnk.to/nujqM6
Watch the official music video for “Azure Explosion”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqPAqgFW_k
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For fans of: Stratovarius, Helloween, Sonata Arctica
Pre-order “Azure Stardust” (release date January 22, 2027): https://rockshots.eu/products/violet-eternal-azure-stardust-cd
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Track Listing:
1. The World Beyond the Door – 6:41
2. Azure Explosion – 5:29
3. Into the Deep Blue – 3:58
4. I Can Hear Your Heart – 5:11
5. Weekend – 3:42
6. Singularity – 3:22
7. Techno Optimist – 3:29
8. Mars – 3:30
9. Arianne – 6:09
10. RE: Gradational Sky – 8:34
Total: 50:05
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/p/Violet-Eternal-61555241974232/
https://www.instagram.com/violet_eternal_/
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