Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND head to Europe tomorrow with LEAVES’ EYES in tow to begin the European leg of their ‘Few Against Many‘ tour. The UK/Ireland shows were a huge success and the band is looking forward to bringing their ‘Wall Of Sound‘ to European audiences!
FIREWIND & LEAVES’ EYES – “Few Against Many” European Tour 2012:
And check out this LINK for a very special tour contest with the chance to win a Gus G. Guitar!
FIREWIND have also just been confirmed for the newly launched Full Metal Cruise event, May 5th – 12th. The cruise starts in Hamburg/Germany and calls at the ports of Southampton/UK, Le Havre/France Amsterdam/The Netherlands, to end up in Hamburg again. Other bands announced to appear include IN EXTREMO, GAMMA RAY and DORO. More details can be found here: http://www.full-metal-cruise.com
U.D.O., SABATON, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, VAN CANTO and ESKIMO COWBOY are the latest acts confirmed for the first and the biggest metal cruise in Europe, the Full Metal Cruise, set to sail from from May 5th to 12th of 2013.
Confirmed acts now include: BETONTOD, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, DORO, ESKIMO COWBOY, FIREWIND, GAMMA RAY, IN EXTREMO, SABATON, U.D.O., VAN CANTO
The Full Metal Cruise starts in Hamburg, Germany and enters the harbors of Southampton, UK, Le Havre, France and Amsterdam, Netherlands. After seven days full of sea and relaxing and metal and party feeling, the ship then returns to Hamburg with a special show at the harbor anniversary fest. While there will be big fireworks and a special show on onboard, the cruise will return to the harbor and this will be one of the many things leading to a great overall experience for every metal-sailor!
The special features of this Metal Cruise:
– Drinks and food are included
– No difficult travelling to the starting point – Hamburg, the gateway to the world!
– Concerts take place onboard and onshore
– Interesting shore excursions for every metal-heart
More than 20 high-quality bands from the metal and rock scene will perform on three stages at the Mein Schiff 1.
In the many lounges onboard, the metalheads can party and meet the artists – nowhere else it is possible to have such a direct connection to the musicians. Furthermore, metalheads can book shore excursions with more concerts at the harbors. The line up of the shows at the seaports and onboard of the cruise will be announced soon.
“Heavy and hard music and a cruise don’t conflict with each other”, says Wacken boss Thomas Jensen. “With the Full Metal Cruise we want to bring a real Metal festival to the sea!”
You can find more information about this Heavy Metal Cruise at Full-metal-cruise.com.
Fan-filmed video footage of LEAVES’ EYES singer Liv Kristine performing the song “Breaking The Silence” with FIREWIND on September 15 in Dublin, Ireland during the two bands’ current European tour can be seen below.
The studio version of “Breaking The Silence”, which can be found on FIREWIND‘s 2006 album “Allegiance”, featured the female singer Tara Teresa. The track broke the Top 20 in Greece and remained on the chart for several weeks.
“Few Against Many”, the new album from FIREWIND, entered the official chart in Greece at No. 42 and in Germany at No. 90. Released in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via eOne Distribution, the CD was mixed by Jason Suecof and Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, DEATH ANGEL) in Sanford, Florida.
Produced by Gus, “Few Against Many” was recorded with his longtime bandmates, vocalist Apollo Papathanasio, keyboardist/guitarist Bob Katsionis and bassist Petros Christo, at Valve Studio in Greece as well as the Sweetspot Studios in Sweden and sees the band expanding on its signature melodic sound with some of its most aggressive songs to date. The CD also marks the recording debut of new FIREWIND drummer Johan Nunez (NIGHTRAGE).
Pictured below: Liv Kristine with FIREWIND guitarist Gus G.
Fan-filmed video footage of LEAVES’ EYES singer Liv Kristine performing the song “Breaking The Silence” with FIREWIND on September 15 in Dublin, Ireland during the two bands’ current European tour can be seen below.
The studio version of “Breaking The Silence”, which can be found on FIREWIND‘s 2006 album “Allegiance”, featured the female singer Tara Teresa. The track broke the Top 20 in Greece and remained on the chart for several weeks.
“Few Against Many”, the new album from FIREWIND, entered the official chart in Greece at No. 42 and in Germany at No. 90. Released in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via eOne Distribution, the CD was mixed by Jason Suecof and Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, DEATH ANGEL) in Sanford, Florida.
Produced by Gus, “Few Against Many” was recorded with his longtime bandmates, vocalist Apollo Papathanasio, keyboardist/guitarist Bob Katsionis and bassist Petros Christo, at Valve Studio in Greece as well as the Sweetspot Studios in Sweden and sees the band expanding on its signature melodic sound with some of its most aggressive songs to date. The CD also marks the recording debut of new FIREWIND drummer Johan Nunez (NIGHTRAGE).
Pictured below: Liv Kristine with FIREWIND guitarist Gus G.
The team at Bloodstock have just announced three more additions to the bill for the festival in 2013 -the legendary ACCEPT, and also FOZZY and Greek melodic metal band FIREWIND.
German metal gods, ACCEPT are excited to bring their classic sound to Bloodstock’s hallowed turf. ACCEPT’s founder/guitarist, Wolf Hoffmann, is looking forward to his band’s return to our shores, commenting, “Hey Dudes & Dudettes! It was the UK and Judas Priest who made it possible for ACCEPT, overnight, to be put on the map!! We believe that without our British fans, the career of ACCEPT would have taken a different turn. We are honoured and very grateful to be invited to play BLOODSTOCK 2013 – our only show in the UK! Let’s rock together…See ya there!” ACCEPT’s Andy Sneap-produced ‘Stalingrad’ album hit stores in April; wrap your ears around the title track at http://soundcloud.com/nuclearblastrecords/accept-stalingrad .
What is Bloodstock in for? Watch this recent fan-captured clip of classic song ‘Balls To The Wall’ live from New York City…
FOZZY’s frontman, WWE legend Chris Jericho, is similarly enthused. When asked about FOZZY’s appearance at Bloodstock, he told us; “Next summer, it’s going to be such an honour for FOZZY to be a part of the biggest growing festival in the entire UK! I’ve been following the evolution of Bloodstock for years now, and this fest reminds me a lot of FOZZY…getting bigger every year, and poised to take over the world! I promise that this will be the biggest FOZZY show EVER and we can’t wait to tear your f&@king heads off, England!!!!” Meanwhile, FOZZY released their ‘Sin & Bones’ album through Century Media in August. Check out an album sampler at the following link, including the track ‘Sandpaper,’ which features a guest appearance from AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman, M.Shadows:
Greece’s biggest metal exports, FIREWIND are also exclusives at Catton Park this year. FIREWIND’s leader, guitar maestro Gus G states; “We are very excited to be returning to the Bloodstock Festival next summer! This will be an exclusive UK gig for us, so you can count on a very special FIREWIND show! See you there!” The band are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year in grand style, with a #1 album in their home country (the first metal band to ever hit #1 in Greece), and are ready to bring Bloodstock a taster of their current ‘Few Against Many’ album, which is out now via Century Media. Feast your eyes on the official video for ‘Wall Of Sound’ in the Youtube video below and see what they have in store for Bloodstock 2013.
CENTURY MEDIA has issued that Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND are kicking off their first European/UK tour in support of their acclaimed new album release “Few Against Many” today together with Leaves’ Eyes. Here is a final list of all dates:
FIREWIND & LEAVES’ EYES – “Few Against Many” European Tour 2012:
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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
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
A teaser video-clip for the tour can be viewed below.
For ticket links please visit: www.firewind.gr/2012/tour.html
And check out this LINK for a very special tour contest with the chance to win a Gus G. Guitar!
FIREWIND have also just been confirmed for the newly launched Full Metal Cruise event, May 5th – 12th. The cruise starts in Hamburg/Germany and calls at the ports of Southampton/UK, Le Havre/France Amsterdam/The Netherlands, to end up in Hamburg again. Other bands announced to appear include In Extremo, Gamma Ray and Doro. More details can be found HERE
Having just returned from some successful shows in Asia and several high-profile European festival appearances, FIREWIND have most recently launched their second promotional video-clip for the “Few Against Many” album. The clip for the ballad “Edge Of A Dream (Feat. Apocalyptica)” was directed by the band’s own Bob Katsionis for Progressive Vision Group and can now be viewed below.
“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.). 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” has recently climbed up the national sales charts in Greece to occupy the # 1 top spot for several weeks!
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