As Factory Music And Management + Agency Ltd have announced –
“Few Against Many”, the new album by Greek melodic Metallers FIREWIND, lead by guitar wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band-member Gus G., is encountering great acclaim and also hitting several charts after its release last week all over Europe via Century Media Records.
“Few Against Many” entered the official sales charts in Germany, as a first-ever for FIREWIND, at position # 90! Congratulations…
The album also managed to access the Billboard Heatseekers / Top New Artist chart at position # 28 as well as the CMJ loud rock radio charts at # 14 in the USA. “Few Against Many” also debuted at # 11 on the UK rock album charts (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rockalbums) and entered the Swedish Metal charts at # 12.
FIREWIND’s Gus G. is currently performing as part of the large “Ozzy And Friends” tour all across Europe (Scandinavia, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Serbia and Greece) and will be next playing with FIREWIND at UK’s prestigious Download festival on June 10th. Other acts appearing at the festival include Metallica, Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Machine Head. More details here: http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk
“Few Against Many”, was mixed by Jason Suecof & Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (Trivium, All That Remains, Death Angel, etc.) and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (Mastodon, Hatebreed, Symphony X, etc.). The iconic album’s artwork was once again created by FIREWIND’s longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes / www.abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Angra, Dream Evil, etc.), who has been working with the band since the release of the album “The Premonition”.
FIREWIND – “Few Against Many”
Tracklisting:
1. Wall Of Sound
2. Losing My Mind
3. Few Against Many
4. The Undying Fire
5. Another Dimension
6. Glorious
7. Edge Of A Dream (Feat. Apocalyptica)
8. Destiny
9. Long Gone Tomorrow
10. No Heroes, No Sinners
The song “Edge Of A Dream” features a special appearance of Finnish cello-superstars Apocalyptica. While the album’s standard version is available in the CD format as well as LP and also as Digital Download, “Few Against Many” is also released as limited edition Digipak CD with two special bonus tracks: “Battleborn” and an acoustic version of “No Heroes, No Sinners”.
Here is a list of all upcoming FIREWIND shows to support the “Few Against Many”, including several prestigious festival appearances and European/UK tour dates with Leaves’ Eyes:
FIREWIND – Live 2012:
10.06. Donington Park (UK) – Download Festival / www.downloadfestival.co.uk
13.07. Balingen (Germany) – Bang Your Head!!! Festival / www.bang-your-head.de
14.07. Vizovice (Czech Republic) – Masters Of Rock Festival / www.mastersofrock.cz
18.07. Thessaloniki (Greece) – Mylos Open Air
28.07. Rotterdam (The Netherlands) – Roadgrill Festival / www.roadgrill.nl
17.08. Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze Open Air / www.summer-breeze.de
24.08. Beijing (China) – Star Live
25.08. Shanghai (China) – Mao Livehouse
26.08. Taipei (Taiwan) – Hwa Sha Auditorium
FIREWIND & LEAVES’ EYES – “Few Against Many” European Tour 2012:
13.09.2012 Cardiff (UK) – Clwb Ifor Bach
14.09.2012 Manchester (UK) – Moho
15.09.2012 Dublin (Ireland) – Button Factory
16.09.2012 Belfast (Northern Ireland) – Spring And Airbrake
18.09.2012 Sheffield (UK) – Corporation
19.09.2012 Nuneaton (UK) – Queens Hall
20.09.2012 Plymouth (UK) – White Rabbit
21.09.2012 Southampton (UK) – Talking Heads
22.09.2012 London (UK) – O2 Islington Academy
23.09.2012 Margate (UK) – West Coast Bar
25.09.2012 Paris (France) – Divan du Monde
26.09.2012 Colmar (France) – Le Grillen
27.09.2012 Bochum (Germany) – Matrix
28.09.2012 Hamburg (Germany) – Knust
29.09.2012 Kolding (Denmark) – Godset
30.09.2012 Berlin (Germany) – SO36
02.10.2012 Aschaffenburg (Germany) – Colos Saal
03.10.2012 Ingolstadt (Germany) – Eventhalle
04.10.2012 Cologne (Germany) – Underground
05.10.2012 Zwolle (The Netherlands) – Hedon
06.10.2012 Vosselaar (Belgium) – Biebob
Stay tuned for more news on FIREWIND and “Few Against Many” soon…
FIREWIND online:
http://www.firewind.gr
http://www.facebook.com/firewindofficial
http://www.myspace.com/firewind
http://twitter.com/firewindmusic









