AVATAR have premiered the official music video for the track “A Secret Door”, taken from their celebrated new album Hunter Gatherer . Now accompanied by the band’s signature always outside-the-box and powerful visuals, “A Secret Door”, which features whistles contributed by Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), is an anthemic and chugging highlight from the record, which was subsequently named one of the best albums of 2020 by Loudwire and Revolver Magazine. AVATAR’s ambitious new era, ushered in by Hunter Gatherer, also saw the band featured as the cover story of Revolver Magazine’s Fall Issue, where frontman Johannes Eckerström reflected on the power of live performance in a year where there was very little. Luckily for fans, the band has announced their upcoming 4-part concert film experience, Avatar Ages – An Impossible Concert Experience , to take place over the course of January 2021. The special event will feature performances from throughout AVATAR’s celebrated catalog, starting with, Hunter Gatherer, followed by feature fan voted setlists. Tickets, voting, and the performance schedule are now available here.
AVATAR have shared their latest single “God of Sick Dreams” with an accompanying visualizer from their highly anticipated full-length, Hunter Gatherer, due out August 7th, 2020 via Century Media Records. The track finds the band with no shortage of chugging riffs that revolve around some of the band’s catchiest choruses and heaviest moments to date. “God of Sick Dreams” exemplifies how each song across Hunter Gatherer can stand on its own while carrying thematic threads throughout the album. The deliberate new track follows the widely praised thrashing leading single “Silence in the Age of Apes”, which passed 100,000 views in under 24 hours and has gathered 1 Million plays since its release.
Their bold manifesto, Hunter Gatherer , is an unflinchingly ruthless study of a clueless humankind’s ever-increasing velocity into an uncertain future, furthering the reach of the band’s always expanding dark roots. The forthcoming album is the darkest, most sinister version of the band yet, with deep studies of cruelty, technology, disdain, and deprivation. Hunter Gatherer is now available for pre-order here.
Earlier this year the band marked the end of the Avatar Country storyline with the heartfelt thank you video A Farewell To Avatar Country , concluding the realm created by the band and actualized in their epic featurette Legend Of Avatar Country: A Metal Odyssey that blew past a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign goal in less than 90 minutes. Released in 2018, Avatar Country debuted at #2 Indie, #4 Hard Music, #8 Rock, and #25 on the Billboard 200 Chart and gathering support from Loudwire, Revolver, Metal Hammer, Metal Injection, Rock Sound, Alternative Press, New Noise and many more for their music and storytelling ability.
In 2019, AVATAR reunited with producer Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Slipknot, Anthrax) at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, California, where the foundation for each song on Hunter Gatherer was laid with the band performing altogether, as they’d done only once before, on Hail the Apocalypse (2014). The old-school method of playing as one in the studio, more akin to how they are on stage, captured the essence of AVATAR. Recorded entirely to two-inch tape, Hunter Gatherer exhibits everything that makes AVATAR standouts in the vast, rich landscape of heavy metal’s past and present.
Through ambitious compositions and vibrant visual storytelling AVATAR seamlessly blurs the line between sights and sounds. AVATAR songs are new anthems for the ages, precision heat-seeking missiles targeting a cultural landscape ready for fresh songs to champion from a band with a giant persona to rally behind. The AVATAR experience is challenging, daring, and altogether captivating.
Tracklist:
1. Silence in the Age of Apes
2. Colossus
3. A Secret Door
4. God of Sick Dreams
5. Scream Until You Wake
6. Child
7. Justice
8. Gun
9. When All but Force Has Failed
10. Wormhole
Sweden’s most creative and exciting export, AVATAR, debuted the official music video for their new track “Silence in the Age of Apes”, which serves as the lead single from their highly anticipated eighth full-length, Hunter Gatherer, due out August 7th, 2020 via Century Media Records. Continuing to smash the boundaries between band, theater troupe, and cinematic masterminds, the band also has revealed their new wardrobes alongside the stunning visuals for “Silence in the Age of Apes”, a ready-made anthem for the modern age searching for a collective meaning amidst the savagery of technology. From the very first riff of the explosive lead single, listeners will find a darker, futuristic, and entirely new version of AVATAR. Their bold manifesto, Hunter Gatherer, is an unflinchingly ruthless study of a clueless humankind’s ever-increasing velocity into an uncertain future, furthering the reach of the band’s always expanding dark roots. The forthcoming album is the darkest, most sinister version of the band yet, with deep studies of cruelty, technology, disdain, and deprivation. Hunter Gatherer is now available for pre-order here: https://avatarband.lnk.to/HunterGatherer
“Silence in the Age of Apes” comes hot on the heels of the end of the Avatar Country storyline, finalized with the heartfelt thank you video A Farewell To Avatar Country. This concluded the realm created by the band and actualized in their epic featurette Legend Of Avatar Country: A Metal Odyssey that blew past a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign goal in less than 90 minutes. Released in 2018, Avatar Country debuted at #2 Indie, #4 Hard Music, #8 Rock, and #25 on the Billboard 200 Chart and gathering support from Loudwire, Revolver, Metal Hammer, Metal Injection, Rock Sound, Alternative Press, New Noise and many more for their music and storytelling ability.
In 2019, AVATAR reunited with producer Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Slipknot, Anthrax) at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, California, where the foundation for each song on Hunter Gatherer was laid with the band performing altogether, as they’d done only once before, on Hail the Apocalypse (2014). The old-school method of playing as one in the studio, more akin to how they are on stage, captured the essence of AVATAR. Recorded entirely to two-inch tape, Hunter Gatherer exhibits everything that makes AVATAR standouts in the vast, rich landscape of heavy metal’s past and present.
Through ambitious compositions and vibrant visual storytelling AVATAR seamlessly blurs the line between sights and sounds. AVATAR songs are new anthems for the ages, precision heat-seeking missiles targeting a cultural landscape ready for fresh songs to champion from a band with a giant persona to rally behind. The AVATAR experience is challenging, daring, and altogether captivating.
Tracklist:
Silence in the Age of Apes
Colossus
A Secret Door
God of Sick Dreams
Scream Until You Wake
Child
Justice
Gun
When All but Force Has Failed
Wormhole
KTV Broadcast brings you the exclusive look into the sensationally strange and stunning sideshow that will accompany the King and his royal orchestra on his upcoming state visits to North America and Europe!
Stated AVATAR: The KTV NEWS team has dug up info on the names behind HELLZAPOPPIN CIRCUS SIDESHOW who are to join the King as AVATAR brings the glory of AVATAR COUNTRY on the road. Be a good citizen and stay informed. Watch the news. Spread the news. Glory to our King!
NORTH AMERICA
Jan-06 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Jan-07 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Jan-09 – Montreal, QC – Astral
Jan-11 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
Jan-12 – Boston, MA – Brighton
Jan-13 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
Jan-14 – Philadelphia, PA – T.L.A.
Jan-16 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
Jan-17 – Atlanta, GA – The Buckhead Theatre
Jan-18 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Jan-19 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Jan-20 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Jan-21 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
Jan-23 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
Jan-24 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater
Jan-25 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Jan-26 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Jan -27 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Jan-28 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
Jan-30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Jan-31 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Feb-01 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
Feb-02 – Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge
Feb-03 – Green Bay, WI – Sand Lot
Feb-05 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
Feb-07 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
Feb-08 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
Feb-09 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
Feb-10 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
Feb-11 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
EUROPE
Mar-13 – Utrecht, NL / Tivoli Vredenburg
Mar-14 – Paris, FR / Le Trianon
Mar-15 – Lille, FR / Le Splendid
Mar-16 – London, UK / Islington Assembly Hall
Mar-17 – Sint-Niklaas, BE / De Casino
Mar-18 – Cologne, DE / Luxor
Mar-20 – Remis, FR / La Cartonnerie
Mar-21 – Nimes, FR / Paloma
Mar-22 – Cognac, FR / West Rock
Mar-23 – Bilbao, ES / Sala Santana 27
Mar-24 – Madrid, ES / Sala Mon Live
Mar-25 – Barcelona, ES / Sala Bikini
Mar-26 – Lyon, FR / Le Transbordeur
Mar-27 – Geneva, CH / L’Usine
Mar-28 – Zurich, CH / Dynamo
Mar-29 – Milan, IT / Alcatraz
Apr-1 – Munich, DE / Technikum
Apr-2 – Prague, CZ / Lucerna Music Bar
Apr-3 – Berlin, DE / Bi Nuu
Apr-4 – Hamburg, DE / Gruenspan
Apr-5 – Copenhagen, DK / Pumpehuset
Apr-6 – Stockholm, SE / Klubben Fryhuset
Apr-7 – Göteborg, SE / Tradgarn
Sweden’s AVATAR have released a statement on the recent discovery of TRAPPIST-1, also designated as 2MASS J23062928-0502285. The band plans to visit the newly named solar system immediately. “The ‘New Land’ mission will focus primarily on finding life and sustainable living conditions,” says His Royal Majesty King Kungen. “Secondly we will look for harvestable resources such as various types of metal, lead, copper, zinc, thrash, death… that sort of thing. How do I turn this off? I’m thirsty! Where is my mead? And where are your pants? Wait, is this thing still recording?!”
As of today, it has been reported that the dwarf star has been shown to host seven terrestrial planets, a larger number than detected in any other planetary system. “The mission will be aired LIVE on AVATAR Country state television, KTV (Kungliga Television). For people abroad, unable to watch the event as it is happening, a summary can be seen on AvatarVEVO today. Glory to AVATAR Country! Glory to our King!”
Upon mission completion, AVATAR will return to earth to embark on a North American tour supporting In This Moment and Motionless In White on the aptly named ‘Half God Half Devil’ Tour. Afterwards AVATAR will make appearances at a number of highly coveted hard rock festivals in Europe this summer:
02.-04.06.17 (CZ) Plzen – Metalfest Open Air
14.-17.06.17 (AT) Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
16.-18.06.17 (F) Clisson – Hellfest
16.-18.06.17 (BE) Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
22.-24.06.12 (NO) Fredriksten Fortress – Tons Of Rock
22.24.06.17 (ES) Madrid – Download Madrid
16.-19.08.17 (SE) Falun – Sabaton Open Air
AVATAR released their very first concept album titled “Feathers & Flesh” last year via Entertainment One (eOne) in North America and Canada with Another Century/Century Media Records releasing the record in the rest of the world. The new release was the band’s highly anticipated follow-up to “Hail The Apocalypse” released in 2014.
The aim is set higher, further and deeper than ever before for AVATAR. Not only is this concept album their most extensive work to date, showing the widest range of any of their albums, it also contains a story too extensive for any booklet, so they made a book. A fully illustrated 60 page, 109 verse poem hardcover book. “Feathers & Flesh” was recorded in Germany, Finland and Sweden in December 2015 with producer extraordinaire Sylvia Massy (System Of A Down, Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers). “AVATAR is an amazing band,” said Massy, adding, “The singer has the wild energy and charisma I love, and the players are relentless. The album we’re making is an epic. Each song powerfully stands on its own, but is only a piece of a larger story. This album is the project I’ve been dreaming about for years!”
The music is as always, rooted in the extreme, with plenty of melodic sensibility and a lust for experimentation. There is a love for intense double bass drumming, riffing and shredding of timeless dimensions alongside rough edges, slow grooves and epic storytelling for the ages. The idea is that as the band digs deeper, the fists will be held up higher. The end result is a modern metal album with all the ruthlessness and power one could ask for handled with a loving songwriter’s hand, inspired by The Beatles and Queen.
DOWNFALL 2012– the Coldcock Whiskey sponsored, three piece Metal, Punk, Rock band from Houston, Texas – is excited to announce that they will be performing with AVATAR, the Metal/Rock band from Sweden for several events on their upcoming tour in support of their new record “Feathers & Flesh”. Check out the tour dates in the poster below.
“Avatar is one of our favorite bands and have a stage show like no other” says Downfall 2012, and they are looking forward to this upcoming adventure! More details coming soon!
