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Formed in 1991 in Tuscany, Italy, Labyrinth rose to fame in 1998 with the release of their second full length album, 'Return to Heaven Denied', on Metal Blade Records. That album allowed the band to be recognized as a leading force of the European metal scene and many prestigious tours (including a full European run with Hammerfall) and festival appearances (most notably Wacken, Dynamo and Gods of Metal) followed it's release, enforcing the name Labyrinth in the entire world. After another succesfull album, 'Sons of Thunder' (2002) and more tours with heavy metal luminaries such as Helloween and Iron Saviour among others, guitar player and mastermind Olaf Thorsen parted ways with the band in 2002 and started working with his new band Vision Divine. The remaining members of Labyrinth kept running on a different path, exploring a heavier musical approach and signing record deals with Century Media ('Labyrinth, 2003) and Scarlet Records ('6 Days to Nowhere', 2006) in the following years. In 2009 labyrinth announced that former guitarist Olaf Thorsen finally rejoined the band and started working with them on the follow up to the much celebrated 'Return to Heaven Denied' album, which is still considered by fans and media alike their best effort to date. 'Return to Heaven Denied Pt.2 - a Midnight Autumn's Dream' will be released June 21st on Scarlet Records and will see Labyrinth going back to their Power Metal roots. The album concept will follow that of it's predecessor and it has already been described as powerful, technically changelling and melodically enthralling piece of music. Produced by Olaf Thorsen and Labyrinth and mastered by Mika Jussila at renowned Finnvox Studios, Helsinki (Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, HIM), 'Return to Heaven denied Pt.2' is without doubt the album that every fan of powerful and melodic music was waiting for. Cover artwork was held by Nerve Design (Threshold, Nile, Legion of the Damned, Vision Divine).