In March 2021, Swedish heavy metal commando ENFORCER released its second live album, “Live By Fire II”, which included a truly triumphant show captured in Mexico City, 2019. But ENFORCER have not been revelling in past glories during the last couple of months, quite the opposite! Brothers Olof and Jonas Wikstrand have been locked up in their own Hvergelmer Studio, crafting new songs to now unleash the brand-new single ‘Kiss Of Death’, a first impression of ENFORCER’s sixth studio album, which is expected to be released in early 2022. Watch the music video here:
Olof Wikstrand comments: “Heavy metal fans across the planet, are you with us?! Finally it’s time for us to unveil what we’ve been up to the past year and it feels incredibly awesome to present “Kiss Of Death” to you all. A totally raw, yet melodic speed metal hymn! A hit and run metal hymn that should leave no head unbanged!!”
Swedish heavy metal commando ENFORCER recently released its second live album, “Live By Fire II”, which is now available through Nuclear Blast Records.
Sadly, the band have to announce that due to the pandemic, the “Kings of the Underground” tour has to be postponed until May 2022. Already bought tickets will remain valid!
ENFORCER + SKULL FIST + AMBUSH Kings of the Underground Tour 2022
05.05.22 DE – Essen – Turock 06.05.22 NL – Rotterdam – Baroeg 07.05.22 FR – Dijon – La Vapeur 09.05.22 ES – Barcelona – Salamandra 10.05.22 ES – Madrid – Caracol 11.05.22 FR – Montpellier – Secret Place 12.05.22 DE – Weiher – Live Music Hall 13.05.22 DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser 14.05.22 DE – Hamburg – Kulturpalast 15.05.22 BE – Hasselt – Muziekdroom 16.05.22 DE – Hannover – Subkultur 17.05.22 DE – Berlin – Lido 18.05.22 PL – Warsaw – Progresja 19.05.22 AT – Vienna – Viper Room 20.05.22 DE – München – Backstage 21.05.22 IT – Milan – Slaughter Club
The new live album “Live By Fire II” is available as Gatefold 2LP with 16-LP sized booklet, CD with 28-page booklet, and digital album. Physical formats of the release include extensive booklets containing a tour program, liner notes and tons of photos compiled and designed by vocalist/guitarist Olof Wikstrand recapturing ENFORCER’s touring cycle for the albums “From Beyond” and “Zenith” during the years 2015 – 2020.
“Live By Fire II” offers an intense and passionate performance captured in front of a truly dedicated and wild audience in Mexico City, 2019. “Live By Fire II” lets you experience ENFORCER at the top of their game and marks an outstanding live record documenting the group’s steady path to global recognition in recent years. It also serves as a stunning reminder of how many heavy metal anthems ENFORCER have crafted on their total of five studio albums so far! From the speed metal attack of ‘Destroyer’, ‘Searching For You’, ‘Midnight Vice’ to perfect sing-alongs like ‘From Beyond’, ‘One Thousand Years In Darkness’ and ‘Take Me Out Of This Nightmare’, the enthusiastic crowd and powerful sound of “Live By Fire II” result in a captivating and extremely entertaining listen.
Swedish heavy metal commando ENFORCER proudly presents their second live album, “Live By Fire II”, which is now available through Nuclear Blast Records as Gatefold 2LP with 16-LP sized booklet, CD with 28-page booklet, and digital album. Physical formats of the release include extensive booklets containing a tour program, liner notes and tons of photos compiled and designed by vocalist/guitarist Olof Wikstrand recapturing ENFORCER’s touring cycle for the albums “From Beyond” and “Zenith” during the years 2015 – 2020.
To celebrate the release, yesterday the band also premiered the full video of the entire show on YouTube, watch it here:
The ‘Kings of the Underground Tour’ will happen in Europe next year in May. ENFORCER, SKULL FIST and AMBUSH joined forces, and have shows confirmed in Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria and Spain.
Olof, singer and guitarist of ENFORCER says: ”We are super happy to announce this amazing tour that we’ve been working on for a while now. ENFORCER, SKULL FIST and AMBUSH, three of the greatest bands of a new generation of heavy metal for you all! We in the ENFORCER camp are gonna make sure to hit you up with some major hits from our entire catalogue, something of a best of from new and old celebrating 15 years of ENFORCER!”
And Zach Slaughter from SKULL FIST adds: “When the party is over and all the bragging rights are gone, some of us are left standing, some of us are not. At this point it’s all for spiritual glory haha We’ll see you in May Europe with some of the guys that are still left standing!”
ENFORCER + SKULL FIST + AMBUSH
“Kings of the Underground Tour 2021”
Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/39x8xCL
06.05 D Essen – Turock
07.05 D Rotterdam – Baroeg
08.05 F Dijon – La Vapeur
10.05 E Barcelona – Salamandra
11.05 E Madrid – Caracol
12.05 F Montpellier – Secret Place
13.05 D Weiher – Live Music Hall
14.05 D Leipzig – Hellraiser
15.05 D Hamburg – Kulturpalast
16.05 B Hasselt -Muziekdroom
17.05 D Hannover – Subkultur
18.05 D Berlin – Lido
19.05 PL Warsaw – Proxima
20.05 AT Vienna – Viper Room
21.05 I Milan – Slaughter Club
22.05 D München – Backstage
Swedish metallers ENFORCER released their fifth studio album »Zenith« on April 26, 2019 through Nuclear Blast. After playing a string of European clubs shows and festivals, the quartet have just finished a 4-date Mexican tour with US-based thrash metal outfit WARBRINGER. But that’s just the beginning as both bands are kicking off a 54-date North American tour at Brick By Brick in San Diego, CA today. Following this run, ENFORCER will return to European stages in November/December as part of the recently announced »Winter Tour 2019« alongside their label mates MUNICIPAL WASTE. The tour package is completed by TOXIC HOLOCAUST and SKELETAL REMAINS. These shows are not to be missed! All dates can be found below.
In anticipation and celebration of the aforementioned live activities, ENFORCER have released a music video for the track ‘Sail On,’ which was directed, filmed and edited by Christoffer Sandler, over on YouTube. Watch now:
Guitarist/vocalist Olof Wikstrand states, “Super excited to release this fourth music video off of »Zenith.« Takes you back to the recording sessions of the album. Also we are super excited to kick off the North American tour this week. See you out there!”
It’s been more than 4 years, but today Swedish metallers ENFORCER finally unleash their fifth studio album »Zenith« via Nuclear Blast. To mark the occasion, the quartet has launched a music video for ‘Regrets’, an English adaption of TERMINAL‘s song ‘Zadnji Izlet’. Check out the video, which was directed by Gustav Ohman Spjuth, who already worked on the ‘Die For The Devil’ music video, here:
Bass player Tobias Lindqvist comments, “‘Regrets’ was originally written for and performed by TERMINAL. It’s a melancholic ballad with a strong chorus and felt like an interesting challenge to record with ENFORCER.”
Vocalist/guitarist Olof Wikstrand adds, “‘Regrets’ is by far the darkest song we have ever done. A real challenge to make it fit and to make it ours but eventually I’m really happy with how it came out.”
01. Die For The Devil 02. Zenith Of The Black Sun 03. Searching For You 04. Regrets 05. The End Of A Universe 06. Sail On 07. One Thousand Years Of Darkness 08. Thunder And Hell 09. Forever We Worship The Dark 10. Ode To Death Bonus Track (DIGI only!) 11. To Another World (DIVLJE JAGODE Cover)
»Zenith« (Spanish Version) – Track Listing:
01. Muere Por El Diablo 02. Zenith Del Sol Negro 03. Voy A Encontrarte 04. Ecos 05. El Fin De Un Universo 06. Navego 07. Mil Años En Las Sombras 08. Rendido Al Trueno Infernal 09. Por Siempre Seguimos La Oscuridad 10. Oda A La Muerte
»Zenith« contains 10 brand new anthems, bringing not only classic tunes, but also fresh blood to the band’s unique sound. In addition, guitarist Jonathan Nordwall debuts as new permament member of the group on the forthcoming record. Comments Olof Wikstrand on the new record, “»Zenith« is definitely the most ambitious project we ever engaged ourselves in. I think all together we spent over two and a half years to write, produce and record it all. We are super excited to finally get this one out to you all. Beware the ‘Zenith Of The Black Sun’.” With the drums having been recorded at Soundtrade Studios, Stockholm and the rest of the tracking completed at Hvergelmer Studios, Arvika, »Zenith« was produced by ENFORCER themselves. The artwork was created by Italian artist Velio Josto.
ENFORCER live:
02.05. N Kopervik – Karmøygeddon Metal Festival 03.05. S Stockholm – Geronimo’s FGT 04.05. B Izegem – Headbanger’s Balls Fest 24.05. GR Thessaloniki – Eightball Club 25.05. GR Athens – Kyttaro Live Club 08.06. D Hauptmannsgrün – Chronical Moshers Open Air *SOLD OUT* 28.06. NL Dokkum – Dokk’em Open Air 29.06. D Hamburg – Bambi Galore 06.07. I Rome – FukSia 07.07. SRB Novi Sad – Exit Fest 12.07. D Balingen – Bang Your Head!!! 13.07. D Torgau-Entenfang – In Flammen Open Air 27.07. D Freißenbüttel – Burning Q Festival 23.08. D Hallbergmoos – Trveheim Festival *SOLD OUT*
w/ WARBRINGER 05.09. USA San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick 06.09. USA West Hollywood, CA – Whisky a Go-Go 07.09. USA Santa Ana, CA – Malone’s 08.09. USA Fresno, CA – Strummer’s 09.09. USA San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside 10.09. USA Sacramento, CA – Holy Diver 11.09. USA Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre 12.09. USA Seattle, WA – El Corazon 13.09. CDN Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre 14.09. CDN Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room 15.09. CDN Calgary, AB – Dickens 16.09. CDN Regina, SK – The Exchange 17.09. CDN Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre 18.09. USA Minneapolis, MN – Lee’s Liquor Lounge 19.09. USA Omaha, NE – Lookout Lounge 20.09. USA Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews 21.09. USA Racine, WI – Route 20 22.09. USA Joliet, IL – The Forge 23.09. USA Westland, MI – The Token Lounge 24.09. USA Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place 25.09. CDN Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground 26.09. CDN Ottawa, ON – Mavericks 27.09. CDN Sherbrooke, QC – Bar Le Magog 28.09. CDN Trois-Rivieres, QC – Rock Café Le Stage 29.09. CDN Québec City, QC – L’Anti Bar & Spectacles 30.09. CDN Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Électriques 01.10. USA Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry @ The Fillmore 02.10. USA Clifton, NY – Dingbatz 03.10. USA Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance Theater 04.10. USA Brooklyn, NY – The Kingsland 05.10. USA Elmhurst, NY – Blackthorn 51 06.10. USA Halethorpe, MD – Fish Head Cantina 07.10. USA Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo 08.10. USA Richmond, VA – The Canal Club 09.10. USA Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle Brewing Co. 10.10. USA Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade 11.10. USA Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall 12.10. USA Winter Park, FL – The Haven Lounge 13.10. USA Margate, FL – O’Malley’s Sports Bar 14.10. USA Ybor City, FL – Crowbar 15.10. USA New Orleans, LA – Southport Hall 16.10. USA Houston, TX – Scout Bar 17.10. USA San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box 18.10. USA Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live 19.10. USA Dallas, TX – Trees 20.10. USA Merriam, KS – Aftershock Live Music Venue 21.10. USA Tulsa, OK – The Shrine 22.10. USA Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street 23.10. USA Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad 24.10. USA Denver, CO – Herman’s Hideaway 25.10. USA Salt Lake City, UT – Liquid Joe’s 26.10. USA Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar & Billiards 27.10. USA Tucson, AZ – The Rock 28.10. USA Tempe, AZ – Club Red
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