Greek metal guitarist Gus G certainly keeps himself very busy, being an integral part of FIREWIND and OZZY OSBOURNE, as well as delivering guitar clinics and working on his first solo album.
FIREWIND has recently appeared at Sweden Rock Festival and will be playing Bloodstock Open Air in August, their only UK date in 2013. The band also have a new album “APOTHEOSIS – LIVE 2012” due for release on 24th June, which is a celebration of ten years of FIREWIND.
Metal Shock Finland’s Blackdiamond had a chat with Gus last week and you can read a few excerpts below. The full interview is available to listen to on the audio player:
Discussing this year’s Bloodstock Festival, Gus said the following:
” This is our one and only UK show for 2013, so it will be pretty special. It’s also our first one in the UK with our new singer. We plan to have a full stage set-up – loads of amps and speakers onstage (laughs). It’s going to be a cool show, I’m looking forward to it.”
Gus described his upcoming solo album:
” It’s in the process now, I’m in between playing festivals and completing writing and gathering some of the guests for the album. I’m probably going to be recording it sometime in the fall and hopefully can release early in 2014. There are some people that are known and some people that are completely unknown, just great musicians. There’s going to be some instrumentals, some songs with vocals. A lot of the stuff is a bit more mellow, a bit more classic rock-ish sounding.”
When asked if he has the newly released BLACK SABBATH album “13” Gus expressed:
” Yeah I downloaded it the first day it came out and I love it, it’s a fantastic album. There’s a lot of great songs on it, they’ve done a great job. I mean what should I say? I’m such a huge Sabbath fan, I’m as excited as everybody else in the world about it! Tony Iommi, it’s unbelievable, this guy, what he comes up with on the guitar. ”
According to Century Media Records, FIREWIND, Greece’s leading metal band spearheaded by guitar-wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band member Gus G., will be releasing a new live album entitled “Apotheosis – Live 2012” on June 24th, 2013 via Century Media Records in Europe and on July 24th, 2013 via Marquee Records in japan, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band in style.
A first song from “Apotheosis – Live 2012” has been launched online via the website of Germany’s Classic Rock Magazine.
A promotional online trailer for the release including more sound samples can be viewed below:
Here is the complete tracklisting for the release:
FIREWIND – “Apotheosis – Live 2012”
1. Head Up High
2. Wall Of Sound
3. Allegiance
4. Few Against Many
5. The Departure
6. Heading For The Dawn
7. Losing My Mind
8. World On Fire
9. Guitar Solo 2012
10. SKG
11. Between Heaven And Hell
12. Piano Solo
13. Edge Of A Dream
14. Mercenary Man
15. Glorious
16. Maniac
17. Falling To Pieces
The 17 songs featured on this powerful sounding live-release were recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as all over Europe during the band’s “Few Against Many” tour in 2012 and comes with a playing time of 69 minutes, featuring a great overview of the band’s 7-albums spanning career so far as well as quite a different tracklisting than 2008’s “Live Premonition” release. “Apotheosis – Live 2012” also marks the final FIREWIND release with longterm singer Apollo Papathanasio, who left the band by the end of last year. He has ever since been be replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight) as session frontman for all 2013 live-activities.
The cover artwork for “Apotheosis – Live 2012”, which will be released as Digipak in its first limited edition pressing, was designed by FIREWIND’s longtime partner in all design matters including the band’s latest studio album release “Few Against Many” (2012), Gustavo Sazes / abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Angra, Dream Evil, etc.) based on live photography by Hans-W. Rock.
Here is a list of all upcoming FIREWIND live-dates:
FIREWIND @ European Festivals 2013:
07.06.2013 Sölvesborg (Sweden) – Sweden Rock Festival / http://www.swedenrock.com
On June 8th, 2013 FIREWIND will be featured on a comprehensive documentary about the recent Full Metal Cruise show on Germany’s ZDF.kultur channel at 21:15 / 9:15 PM. A trailer for the program can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Zpbd6Y8PCQE
Greek melodic Metallers FIREWIND, featuring guitar-wizard Gus G. (OZZY OSBOURNE), will be releasing a new live album, entitled Apotheosis – Live 2012, on June 24th, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band in style.
The cover artwork for Apotheosis – Live 2012, which will be released as digipak in its first limited edition pressing, was designed by Firewind’s longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes / abstrata.net, based on live photography by Hans-W. Rock.
Apotheosis – Live 2012 tracklisting:
‘Head Up High’
‘Wall Of Sound’
‘Allegiance’
‘Few Against Many’
‘The Departure’
‘Heading For The Dawn’
‘Losing My Mind’
‘World On Fire’
Guitar Solo 2012
‘SKG’
‘Between Heaven And Hell’
Piano Solo
‘Edge Of A Dream’
‘Mercenary Man’
‘Glorious’
‘Maniac’
‘Falling To Pieces’
The 17 songs featured on this live release were recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as all over Europe during the band’s Few Against Many tour in 2012, and comes with a playing time of 69 minutes, featuring a great overview of the band’s 7-albums spanning career so far, as well as quite a different tracklisting than 2008’s Live Premonition release. Apotheosis – Live 2012 also marks the final Firewind release with longterm singer Apollo Papathanasio, who left the band by the end of last year. He has since been be replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (ADAGIO, BEYOND TWILIGHT) as session frontman for all 2013 live-activities.
Gus G. recently checked in to comment on the release: “Apotheosis = the glorification of a subject to a divine level. That is the word that came to my mind, while thinking of how I could best describe the feeling and the vibe of those four anniversary shows we played in our homeland Greece and our last European headline tour in 2012! So that had to be our live album’s title. You can feel the energy on these recordings, you can hear the screams of the most hardcore fans and the Firewind chants… it’s all there. No doubt about it, it’s the sheer love from our fans and supporters that has kept us alive and strong for 10 years and we wanted to celebrate all that with this album. We recorded all those shows, chose the best performances and now we can’t wait to release this one! See you out there this spring and summer on European festival stages!”
Live dates:
May
5-12 – Germany/UK/Finland/Netherlands – Full Metal Cruise
June
1 – Polesine, Italy – Pegorock Festival
7 – Sölvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
August
9 – Derbyshire, UK – Bloodstock Festival
10 – Berlin, Germany – DRK Rocks
15 – Dinkelsbühl, Germany – Summer Breeze
Gus G. will also be heading to Russia, Estonia and Ukraine for some guitar-clinics in May. Dates include:
May
17 – NAMM – MusikMesse, Expocenter Krasnaya Presnya – Moscow, Russia
18 – NAMM – MusikMesse, Expocenter Krasnaya Presnya – Moscow, Russia
19 – Music Market Store – Tallinn, Estonia
21 – Jam Store – Kiev, Ukraine
Century Media has issued that the Greek melodic Metallers FIREWIND, featuring guitar-wizard Gus G., have recently returned from an extensive North American tour together with Turisas and Stolen Babies, on which Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight) debuted as session frontman.
Now, FIREWIND are happy to reveal that they will be releasing a new live album on June 24th, 2013 via Century Media Records in Europe to celebrate the 10th band anniversary in style. Entitled “Apotheosis – Live 2012”, the album will contain 17 songs recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as all over Europe during the band’s “Few Against Many” tour in 2012 with a playing time of 69 minutes featuring a great overview of the band’s career so far, which spans over 7 studio albums so far. This live-album also marks the final release with longterm singer Apollo Papathanasio, who decided to step down from his duties as singer by the end of last year.
FIREWIND’s Gus G. has checked in to comment the release as follows:
“Apotheosis = the glorification of a subject to a divine level.
That is the word that came to my mind, while thinking of how I could best describe the feeling & the vibe of those 4 anniversary shows we played in our homeland Greece and our last European headline tour in 2012! So that had to be our live album’s title. You can feel the energy on these recordings, you can hear the screams of the most hardcore fans & the FIREWIND chants…it’s all there.
No doubt about it, it’s the sheer love from our fans and supporters that has kept us alive and strong for 10 years and we wanted to celebrate all that with this album.
We recorded all those shows, chose the best performances and now we can’t wait to release this one! See you out there this spring & summer on European festival stages!”
Here is a list of all next FIREWIND live-dates revealed so far:
FIREWIND’s Gus G. will also be heading to Russia, Estonia and Ukraine for some guitar-clinics in May as follows:
May 17 – NAMM – MusikMesse, Expocenter Krasnaya Presnya Moscow, Russia
May 18 – NAMM – MusikMesse, Expocenter Krasnaya Presnya Moscow, Russia
May 19 – Music Market Store, Tallinn, Estonia
May 21 – JAM Store, Kiev, Ukraine
FIREWIND’s latest studio album, “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 / http://www.abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Angra, Dream Evil, etc.). 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 bonus tracks. “Few Against Many” occupied the national sales charts in Greece at the # 1 top spot for several weeks!
More FIREWIND online action:
Album “track by track” video with Gus G., Pt. 1:
FIREWIND guitarist/founder Gus G. (also OZZY OSBOURNE) has announced a string of clinics in Russia, Estonia and the Ukraine in May.
Dates include:
May
17 – NAMM – MusikMesse, Expocenter Krasnaya Presnya – Moscow, Russia
18 – NAMM – MusikMesse, Expocenter Krasnaya Presnya – Moscow, Russia
19 – Music Market Store – Tallinn, Estonia
21 – Jam.ua Store – Kiev, Ukraine
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