The time has finally come: The band around rock icon Udo Dirkschneider is finally returning on stage.
After a forced break of over a year, U.D.O. announcing long-awaited “Europe Tour 2022”. Kick off will be on March 7th, 2022 in Paris. The band will travel through Europe with stops in Spain, Czech Republic, Balkans countries, Scandinavia and Germany – to close the tour on May 10, 2022 in Pratteln, Switzerland.And you may be curious. U.D.O. have used their time off to create their newest fireworks:Their new album “Game Over”, which has been just released in October, offers a lotcrashing riffs, precise grooving basses and an impulsive heaviness. Songs like “Metal Never Dies”, “Kids And Guns” or “Prophecy” are precise, punchy, catchy and powerful and make the album a straight rock ´n roll “output. And it’s quality has been already proofed by a couple of chart entries so far: #7 in Sweden, #14 in Germany, #16 in Switzerland and #39 in Austria are speaking tell its own tale.
Combine this masterpiece of metal with the long desire to get back on stage and you get a breathtaking, energetic spectacle. To become a part of this fest of music get your tickets HERE: https://www.udo-online.com/tourdates.html
If you cannot wait that long, no worries! U.D.O. will also be at the “Metal Hammer Paradise” at Weissenhäuser Strand, November 13th. In addition to U.D.O., other cult bands such as BRAINSTORM, IRON SAVIOR and SAXON will entertain the metal fans in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. You can order tickets HERE.
Europe Tour 2022:
07.03.22 – F-Paris, Le Petite Bain 08.03.22 – F-Strassburg, La Laiterie 10.03.22 – ES-Barcelona, Salamandra 11.03.22 – ES-Madrid, Kapital 12.03.22 – ES-Pamploma, Totem 17.03.22 – CZ-Plzen, Kd Serikovka 18.03.22 -CZ-Zlin, Master Of Rock Cafe 19.03.22 – CZ-Ostrava, Garage 20.03.22 – SK-Bratislava, Majestic Music Club 22.03.22 – SK-Zvolen, Dk Zsr 23.03.22 – HU-Budapest, Barba Negra 24.03.22 – ROM-Cluj, Form Space 25.03.22 – ROM-Bucharest, Quantic Club 26.03.22 – ROM-Sofia, Hristo Botev Hall 31.03.22 – ITA-Bergamo, TBA 01.04.22 – ITA-San Dona Di Piave, Revolver 03.04.22 – BEL-Antwerpen, Zappa 05.04.22 – DK-Copenhagen, Amager Bio 06.04.22 – DE-Hamburg, Grünspan 08.04.22 – NOR-Trondheim, Byscenen 09.04.22 – NOR-Odal, Milepelen 10.04.22 – NOR-Stavanger, Folken 12.04.21 – SWE – Gothenburg, Trägarn 13.04.22 – SWE-Helsinborg, The Tivoli 15.04.22 – FI-Tampere, Klubi 16.04.22 – FI-Jyväskyla, Lutakko 17.04.22 – FI-Helsinki, Vanha Yo-Talo 19.04.22 – EST-Tallinn, Rock Cafe 20.04.22 – LET-Riga, Godvil 21.04.22 – LIT-Vilnius, TBA 23.04.22 – DE-Vacha, Vachawerk 25.04.22 – DE-Berlin, Huxleys Neue Welt 26.04.22 – DE-Köln, Essigfabrik 27.04.22 – DE-München, Backstage 28.04.22 – DE-Regensburg, Eventhall Airport 29.04.22 – DE-Memmingen, Kaminwerk 30.04.22 – DE-Leipzig, Hellraiser 02.05.22 – DE-Saarbrücken, Garage 03.05.22 – DE-Nürnberg, Hirsch 05.05.22 – DE-Langen, Neue Stadthalle 06.05.22 – DE-Cosefeld, Fabrik 07.05.22 – DE-Halten, Hell Over Halen 08.05.22 – DE-Stuttgart, LKA 10.05.22 – CH-Pratteln, Z7
Multi-Platinum Swedish metal band SABATON today announces the limited-edition, live-in-concert, double-DVD/Blu-Ray, “The Great Show,” and “The 20th Anniversary Show,”both set for release on November 19 (Nuclear Blast). Both titles were filmed during the band’s 2019-2020 “The Great Tour“ world trek, and both feature special guest performers. Track listings are below; pre-orders begin today and can be placed here: https://sabat.one/TheGreatShow
“The 20th Anniversary Show” (watch trailer) is comprised of SABATON’s jaw-dropping, two-hour headline concert filmed in front of 75,000 fans at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival – coincidentally, celebrating its 30th anniversary – on August 1, 2019. “The Great Show”, with a running time of about 90-minutes, was recorded at SABATON’s sold-out performance at the O2 Arena in Prague on January 26, 2020. With two varied setlists chosen from the band’s extensive catalog, “The Great Show” and the “20th Anniversary Show”, limited to 9000 copies each, will be available as individual purchases or bundled together as “The Great Show Stage Collector’s Edition” box set (limited to 5000 copies), that includes a building bricks version of the Sabaton stage so fans can build their own stages.
For the greater part of the Wacken concert, SABATON commandeered the festival’s two main stages, the side-by-side-and-connected Faster and Harder Stages, becoming the first artist in Wacken’s 30-year history to utilize both stages simultaneously in this way. Vocalist Joakim Brodén, guitarists Chris Rörland and Tommy Johansson, drummer Hannes Van Dahl, and the 20-voice Great War Choir, fitted out in a variety of military uniforms, performed on the Faster Stage. At the same time on the Harder Stage, bassist Pär Sundström welcomed back previous Sabaton members Thobbe Englund and Rikard Sundén/guitars, Daniel Mÿhr/keyboards, and Daniel Mulback/drums – all nine musicians, plus the choir, giving an intense and impassioned en masse performance. SABATON was also joined by the internationally acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated virtuoso cellist Tina Guo for the encore. Prague’s “The Great Show” reunited SABATON with Finland’s multi-Platinum cello-rockers, Apocalyptica, who provided a fiery orchestral backing to several of Sabaton’s songs.
In support of SABATON’s most recent chart-topping album, The Great War,“The Great Tour” saw the band setting the barre sky-high for live rock’n’roll stage production. Both sets of discs effectively capture the visually electrifying in-concert experience that is a Sabaton show. Sabaton’s cinematic songs transport fans onto the battlefield, encountering the horrors of war as well as acts of heroism and bravery, based on historical fact and told as if through the eyes and minds of soldiers in the line of fire. For “The Great Tour,” and as seen on both of these DVD/Blu-Ray sets, SABATON’s live stage production was forged as a battlefield, with barbed-wire stretched across the front of the stage, stacks of sandbag barricades, mic stands fashioned after the period’s rifles and trench guns, a two-ton military tank complete with a battery of rocket launchers and flame jets that doubles as a drum riser, a keyboard built into the body of The Red Baron’s iconic blood-red tri-plane, and Brodén armed with a giant bazooka.
Track listing for “The 20th Anniversary Show” (Wacken) Ghost Division Winged Hussars Resist and Bite Fields of Verdun (with Thobbe Englund) Shiroyama (with Thobbe Englund) The Red Baron The Price of a Mile Bismarck The Lion From The North Carolus Rex 40:1 The Last Stand The Lost Battalion Drum Battle (Hannes Van Dahl vs. Daniel Mullback) Far From The Flame Panzerkampf Night Witches The Art of War 82nd All The Way Great War Attero Dominatus
Encore: Primo Victoria Swedish Pagans (with Tina Guo) To Hell And Back (with Tina Guo)
Track listing for “The Great Show” (Prague) Ghost Division Great War The Attack Of The Dead Men Seven Pillars of Wisdom The Los Battalion The Red Baron The Last Stand Far from the Flame Night Witches Angels Calling (with Apocalyptica) The Price Of A Mile (with Apocalyptica) The Lion From The North (with Apocalyptica) Carolus Rex (with Apocalyptica)
Encore: Primo Victoria Bismarck Swedish Pagans To Hell And Back
SABATON is a five-piece heavy metal band from Falun, Sweden. Since the band’s formation in 1999, SABATON has achieved quadruple Platinum sales and performed colossal concerts in over fifty countries. The band’s ninth studio album, “The Great War”, released on July 19, 2019, is a musically rich concept album capturing the sinister atmosphere of World War I – thus continuing the band’s trademark style of telling unforgettable stories from merciless battlefields all over the planet. Sabaton, signed to the world’s biggest heavy metal label, Nuclear Blast Records, played “The Great Tour” at major European festivals, and throughout North America, and Eastern Europe in support of The Great War. SABATON has put the “COVID downtime” to good use, writing, recording, and releasing a variety of stand-alone singles and music videos. The band played its first post-pandemic date on July 9, performing in front of 40,000 fans when they headlined the Exit Festival in Serbia. In January/February 2022, they will headline a 29-date tour of Sweden, followed by the launch of the massive “The Tour To End All Tours” on March 4 in Norway. As you might guess… There’s no end in sight for this unstoppable war machine anytime soon!
Check out the European tour itinerary here:
The Tour To End All Tours w/ THE HU, LORDI presented by Cobra Agency 04.03.2022 Norway Oslo Spektrum 05.03.2022 Sweden Stockholm Avicii Arena 06.03.2022 Denmark Copenhagen Royal Arena 08.03.2022 Germany Hamburg Barclays Arena 09.03.2022 Luxembourg Esch zur Alzette Rockhal 11.03.2022 Germany Berlin Mercedes Benz Arena 12.03.2022 Czech Republic Prague O2 Arena 13.03.2022 Hungary Budapest Arena 15.03.2022 Italy Milan Lorenzini District 16.03.2022 Switzerland Geneva Arena 18.03.2022 UK London Wembley Arena 19.03.2022 UK Leeds First Direct Arena 20.03.2022 UK Cardiff Motorpoint Arena 22.03.2022 UK Glasgow Hydro 24.03.2022 Belgium Antwerp Sportpaleis 25.03.2022 Netherlands Amsterdam Ziggo Dome 26.03.2022 Germany Leipzig Quarterback Immo.Arena 28.03.2022 France Paris La Seine Musicale 30.03.2022 Austria Vienna Stadthalle 31.03.2022 Germany Munich Olympiahalle 01.04.2022 Germany Cologne Lanxess Arena 02.04.2022 Germany Hannover ZAG Arena 04.04.2022 Poland Krakow Tauron Arena 06.04.2022 Estonia Tallinn Saku Arena 08.04.2022 Finland Kuopio Kuopio Hall 09.04.2022 Finland Helsinki Hartwall Arena
After the acclaimed release of “7 And 7 Is”, the first song revealed from their upcoming album “Turning To Crime”, DEEP PURPLE have released their brand new single ‘Oh Well’.
“Oh Well” is a song originally written and recorded by Fleetwood Mac. It is accompanied by a music video that shows Deep Purple on a very special mission.
“Everyone knows ‘Oh Well’ is a great song,” Roger Glover says. “Steve did the demo for that one. You never quite know where it‘s gonna go with Steve because he is very inventive. Right up until the point, with a couple of verses in, it was pretty much the same as the original. And then, all of a sudden, it took off like a rocket… in some other space.”
The official music video for “Oh Well” can be seen here:
“Turning to Crime” is the first studio album by Deep Purple entirely made of songs not written by the band and previously recorded by other artists. It is produced by Bob Ezrin and will be released on earMUSIC on November 26, 2021.
Deep Purple’s studio album “Whoosh!”, an album saluted by prestigious chart achievements (3rd consecutive #1 in Germany, as well as well as #4 in the UK) and acclaimed by critics who praised the creative strength of a band that continues evolving with every release, was the latest in the band’s “time trilogy”. The “time trilogy”, consisting of “NOW What?!”, “inFinite” and “Whoosh!” (2013, 2017 and 2020) has sold over 1 million albums, topped the charts 11 times and achieved more than 40 Top 10 positions worldwide.
OUTLANDERS was created by no one less than Finnish soprano legend Tarja Turunen and EDM pioneer Torsten Stenzel; both were able to win over some of the most influential guitar players of our time as featuring guests.
So what genre is OUTLANDERS? The answer is simple: it is a music genre on its own as classifying OUTLANDERS as any existing genre will just fail.
Tarja’s vision of OUTLANDERS is to create something exciting and new: OUTLANDERS combine chilled but exciting electronic beats with Tarja’s emotional, classically trained vocal skills and unique guitar performances. These three elements are a constant in all the songs and are equally important.
Their new song “Closer to The Sky” marks the start of a release series of 8 tracks on earMUSIC preceding a full-length album: each song presents an exceptional guitarist as guest including Al Di Meola, Joe Satriani, Jennifer Batten, Steve Rothery, Mike Oldfield, Walter Giardino, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Vernon Reid and Marty Friedman.
Recorded and mixed mainly on the Caribbean island of Antigua during the last 10 years, the sounds of OUTLANDERS is mystic; soft and powerful; catchy and dreamy; modern but vintage at the same time. Their music contains opposites that magically attract each other and the three aesthetic pillar elements unite to create one unique sound.
First track “Closer to the Sky” composed by Tarja and Erik Nyholm is set for release November 26th, 2021 featuring guitarist TREVOR RABIN, best known as guitarist of Prog-Rock icons YES as well as a top Hollywood blockbuster movies score composer.
A side: Closer to the Sky B side: Closer to the Sky Dub Mix
Courtesy of Bullet For My Valentine’s Facebook page
British metal giants, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, have released their explosive, self-titled album! Launched on the Spinefarm/ Search and Destroy label, Bullet For My Valentine’s seventh studio offering marks their heaviest, most visceral yet.
“We’re beyond excited for our new self-titled 7th record to finally be released,” says Bullet For My Valentine frontman, Matt Tuck. “So much love, passion, creativity and energy went into making this record and it’s hands down our best and most ferocious record to date. We hope you all enjoy it as much as we do, we can’t wait to see you all at a show near you. Thank you so much for all your support. Turn it up!!”
Check out the album with accompanying visuals, HERE.
Special album bundle options are available, including a unique clipping from the backdrop used on the bands ‘Venom‘ world tour from 2015 – 2017, plus t-shirts, hoodies, gold & silver cassettes and limited vinyl. Order your copy HERE.
Just recently, Germany’s medieval folk rockers FEUERSCHWANZ announced their upcoming studio album, Memento Mori. Now, FEUERSCHWANZ present a true ode to life with “Memento Mori“, accompanied with a great audio-visual, which reveals the secret about the title track of the upcoming full-length.
With singing guitars, “Memento Mori” starts its heroic journey through epic soundscapes. The song emerges as a melodic rock anthem with familiar medieval character full of blazing guitar riffs and violin solos. Lyrically, FEUERSCHWANZ encourage self-reflection on one’s own existence in “Memento Mori” and confront with human transience, following the motto of living your life to the fullest – right here and right now.
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Prinz Hodenherz on the new song: “The title track of the new album is the logical continuation of our previous album Das Elfte Gebot. The saying “Memento Mori” (Latin for “Be aware of mortality”) originates from ancient Rome and was one of the main ideas in the poetry of the High Middle Ages as well as the Vanitas movement of German Romanticism. It is still a frequently quoted motif in the visual arts world today. In the song, the Gregorian chant “Dies Irae” (Latin for “Day of Wrath”) is quoted with bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy and Hans’ heavy guitars. Nerdfact: If you listen closely, you will also find the central motif of world-famous film scores, including the soundtrack of “The Lord of the Rings”! What does all this have to do with FEUERSCHWANZ? Since the band was founded, it has always been about living in the here and now and celebrating existence. In ancient Rome there was a ritual where a slave stood or walked behind the victorious commander during the triumphal procession. He held a gold or laurel wreath over the head of the victorious and continuously admonished them with the waits “Memento Mori”. To us this means: Even if you have something to celebrate – everything could be over at any moment! That’s kind of what happened to us when we played by far our biggest headlining shows shortly before the pandemic began and our most successful album, Das Elfte Gebot, was released. For us as a band, it was a formative experience that united us even more and allowed us to look forward creatively. We are looking forward to experiencing, enjoying and capturing all the great concert moments again together with our fans on Memento Mori… as if the ferryman was already standing by. We invite everyone who, like us, thirsts for life.”
Shortly following their live BluRay/DVD Die Letzte Schlacht debuting on the German album charts at #4, FEUERSCHWANZ announced their new studio album, Memento Mori. The new album will be released on December 31, 2021 via Napalm Records and will continue the success story of the medieval rockers from Germany / Franconia! On Memento Mori, FEUERSCHWANZ finally take a step away from the simpler humor of earlier days to become one of the most important bands in German folk rock.
With chanting violin playing, Memento Mori starts its heroic journey with its eponymous opener. The song turns out to be a melodic rock anthem with a well-known medieval character, a blazing guitar riff and life-affirming lyrics. On “Untot im Drachenboot“, the squad around Captain Feuerschwanz sets off for new musical shores in a Viking ship full of undead warriors. “Rausch der Barberei“, on the other hand delivers a violent, raw voice and driving drumming that send its listeners into unbridled frenzy. On “Krampus“, FEUERSCHWANZ sing in a canon of vocals and instruments about the ancient legend of the demonic companion of St. Nicholas, who is dressed in fur and a horned mask. On the ballad “Das Herz eines Drachen” (The Heart of a Dragon), the medieval folk rockers show their sensible side. In a fire lit by burning guitar sounds and flute melodies, a warrior mourns his fallen father with his head held high. “Hannibal” on the other hand embarks on a raging battle of powerful choirs, swirling violin and guitar solos and driving drums, led by army commander Hannibal. The crowning finale of the almost 40-minute adventure is provided by “Skaldenmet” with its proudly advancing bass.
In typical FEUERSCHWANZ manner, Memento Mori is about great adventures, past battles and outstanding heroic deeds. FEUERSCHWANZ manage to stay true to their trademarks and at the same time venture into new musical realms. Fans of the band can look forward to an extensive deluxe edition of the album, which extends the running time of Memento Mori by almost double! Two additional CDs feature instrumental versions of all eleven tracks as well as the cover CD Die Glorreichen Sieben (The Magnificent Seven), which includes seven epic reissues from Amon Amarth to Die Ärzte and The Weeknd.
FEUERSCHWANZ on the new album: “You take nothing with you to your grave, except your coffin… Memento Mori is the direct successor to Die Letzte Schlacht! The world of Hauptmann Feuerschwanz is in flames, overrun by the living dead and scourged by religious zealots… All of this sounds frighteningly real, even in Anno Domini 2021, so it’s time to defy the storm once again and celebrate life. Let’s live here, let’s live now – until death sharpens his knife!”
As a special highlight, some versions of Memento Mori will feature a bonus CD with seven cover songs by Manowar, Amon Amarth, but also O-Zone, among others.
Full track-list for Memento Mori:
Memento Mori
Untot im Drachenboot
Ultima Nocte
Rausch der Barbarei
Krampus
Feuer & Schwert
Das Herz eines Drachen
Rohirrim
Am Galgen
Hannibal
Skaldenmet
A few days after album release, FEUERSCHWANZ will go on an extended tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They will be accompanied by fearless heavy metal kings WARKINGS.
FEUERSCHWANZ live: + WARKINGS Presented by: EMP, METAL HAMMER, METAL.DE & SONIC SEDUCER & START 05.01.22 DE – Nuremberg / Löwensaal 06.01.22 DE – Berlin / Huxley’s 07.01.22 DE – Leipzig / Felsenkeller 08.01.22 DE – Cologne / Carlswerk Victoria 13.01.22 DE – Frankfurt / Batschkapp 14.01.22 DE – Hanover / Pavillon 15.01.22 DE – Bremen / Aladin 20.01.22 AT – Vienna / Szene 21.01.22 AT – Graz / Dom Im Berg 22.01.22 DE – Munich / Backstage 27.01.22 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage 28.01.22 DE – Stuttgart / Im Wizemann 29.01.22 CH – Pratteln / Z7 04.02.22 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle 05.02.22 DE – Hamburg / Zeltphilharmonie
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Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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