FREEDOM CALL mastermind CHRIS BAY has released his second single and video “Hollywood Dancer”. The song is taken from his first solo album “Chasing The Sun”.
Chris Bay regarding the song: “The title “Hollywood Dancer” is about a topic that has probably met almost every one of us in a dream … Let’s face it, who of us has never imagined being a big star, a celebrity … a “Hollywood Dancer”. However, this status not only includes pleasant sides of life, but separates these privileged ones from the working life … from reality. Not participating in everyday life can end in isolation and loneliness”
1. Flying Hearts 3:17
2. Light My Fire 3:42
3. Move On 4:07
4. Radio Starlight 3:50
5. Silent Cry 3:56
6. Hollywood Dancer 3:20
7. Keep Waiting 3:46
8. Misty Rain 3:59
9. Where Waters Flow In Heaven 4:20
10. Bad Boyz 3:20
11. Love Will Never Lie 3:52
FREEDOM CALL mastermind CHRIS BAY has released his first single and video “Radio Starlight”: https://chrisbay.lnk.to/RadioStarlight. The song is taken from his first solo album “Chasing The Sun”. The first single release ‘Radio Starlight’ with its obvious airplay potential triggers with tantalizing images wanderlust and will definitely makes you hungry for more.
1. Flying Hearts 3:17
2. Light My Fire 3:42
3. Move On 4:07
4. Radio Starlight 3:50
5. Silent Cry 3:56
6. Hollywood Dancer 3:20
7. Keep Waiting 3:46
8. Misty Rain 3:59
9. Where Waters Flow In Heaven 4:20
10. Bad Boyz 3:20
11. Love Will Never Lie 3:52
It’s a well-known predicament that the FREEDOM CALL founder and frontman CHRIS BAY shares with many other composers: occasionally, his wealth of inspiration goes beyond the stylistic and thematic scope of his own band. “I permanently write songs and am constantly working on ideas in the studio,” he explains. “That’s why I’ve collected a whole lot of tracks over the years that on the one hand don’t really suit Freedom Call and on the other are just too good to gather dust in my archive.”
The solution to his “luxury” problem: 23 February 2018 will see the release of Chris Bay’s first solo album “Chasing The Sun” on Steamhammer/SPV, committing himself in his very own, unmistakable way to the music that has inspired him since the very early days of his career. And although the songs on the album were created over a long period of time, Bay produced the whole material in spring 2017 at his own studio.
Which must be one of the reasons why “Chasing The Sun” – despite the diversity of the individual tracks – sounds all of a piece. Alongside a number of rock songs in characteristic Chris Bay style, he has skilfully blended in modern sound elements on the opening track ´Flying Hearts`, added Wurlitzer piano touches, which bring to mind the currently trendy 1970s, on ´Hollywood Dancer` and risked a song with a slow shuffle groove, a consciously dark atmosphere and an avant-garde flair in ´Where Waters Flow In Heaven`.
In stark contrast to this is the first single release ‘Radio Starlight’ with its obvious airplay potential, which will be released digitally on December 1st 2017 and to which there will be also a video clip, which triggers with tantalizing images wanderlust and will definitely makes you hungry for more.
This title once again underscores the boundless ease with which Chris Bay moves in his world of music. As the album title “Chasing the Sun” already suggests, Chris Bay casually processed the desires and wishes that probably each of us holds in this dark season.. sun, freedom, warmth and harmony … a “summer hit” in winter, a matter of interpretation.
US metal legend ICED EARTH return to Europe for the “Incorruptible” world tour in January, supported by Freedom Call and Metaprism. Backed up by their brand new studio album “Incorruptible”, which received raving reviews everywhere (album of the months in Rock Hard, Aardschok and Rock It, soundcheck #2 in Metal Hammer, soundcheck #3 in Legacy etc.), ICED EARTH will once more solidify their reputation of being one of the most honest and most reliable live bands on this planet.
„Brothers and sisters, The time is drawing near! We’re happy to announce Freedom Call and Metaprism as support for our upcoming January dates in Europe. Lots of Incorruptible and lots of classics headed your way! Metal will flow!!“ Jon Schaffer
ICED EARTH live:
“Incorruptible” world tour, January 2018 with Freedom Call and Meaprism:
09.01.18 DE Saarbrücken Garage
10.01.18 DE Berlin Festsaal
11.01.18 DE Hannover Capitol
12.01.18 DE Geiselwind Musichall
13.01.18 DE Leipzig Hause Auesee
14.01.18 DE Osnabrück Hyde Park
16.01.18 DE Hamburg Markthalle
17.01.18 DE Wiesbaden Schlachthof
18.01.18 DE Bochum Zeche
19.01.18 DE Regendsburg Airport Obertraubling
20.01.18 DE Memmingen Kaminwerk
21.01.18 CH Pratteln Z 7
23.01.18 GR Thessaloniki Principal Club
24.01.18 GR Athens Fuzz Club
German melodic metallers FREEDOM CALL have released a new video today for the song “Metal Is For Everyone” taken from the band’s forthcoming studio album “Master Of Light”, on SPV Steamhammer. Watch the video below.
Chris Bay about the video: “Hey Callers, finally here it is! We can’t wait to introduce our brand new video clip “Metal is for Everyone“ for the upcoming new masterpiece „Master of Light“. This time we were intitating an amazingly successful campain on Facebook, we’ve never seen before. And made it possible, that the craziest metal heads from all around the world areassuming the part of the main actors of the video clip! Whether from Thailand, USA, Australia, Chile, Brazil or from almost entire Europe…so incredible, we wanna thank you so much for your creativity, you were really kicking ass! So we could prove, that two things are absolutely facts: Freedom Call has defintitely the best and happiest fans in the world and…METAL IS FOR EVERYONE!”
“Master of Light” will be released on November 11th (USA November 18th) through SPV/Steamhammer as a digipak version (incl. poster), a 2LP gatefold version in blue vinyl, a limited boxset version (incl. digipak, bonus CD, sunglasses, handsigned photocard and sticker) and download.
FREEDOM CALL “Master of Light” – South American Tour 2016 (new dates in red) 25.11.MEX-Mexico City – Circo Volador
27.11.COL-Bogota – Powermetal Fest 30.11. ARG-Buenos Aires – Uniclub 02.12. BRA-Sao Paulo – Manifesto Bar
FREEDOM CALL “Master of Light” – European Tour 2017 (new dates in red) 07.02.D-Cologne – Underground
08.02.D-Aschaffenburg – Colos Saal
09.02.D-Hamburg – Knust
10.02.D-Erfurt – From Hell
11.02.CH-Pratteln – Z7
12.02.D-Stuttgart – Club Cann
14.02.D-Munich – Backstage
15.02.D-Nürnberg – Hirsch
16.02.D-Bremen – Tivoli
17.02.D-Bochum – Matrix
18.02.D-Berlin – Badehaus 24.02.F-Colmar – Le Grillen 25.02.F-Paney Derriere Barine – Chez Paulette 01.03.SE-Gothenburg – Sticky Fingers 02.03.SE-Stockholm – Klubben 03.03.SE-Sala – Rockland 04.03.SE-Finspang – Hugo 17.03.CZ-Prague – Nova Chmelnice 18.03.CZ-Zlin – Masters Of Rock Cafe 19.03.SK-Kosice – Colloseum Club
Good news for all those who didn’t get enough light during this, in meteorological terms, rather mixed summer. The coming of the light is near … from 11 November 2016 (USA/Canada: 18 November 2016) via SPV/Steamhammer, the arrival of Master Of Light will put an end to all this weather-related tristesse and brighten the mood with the familiar positive FREEDOM CALL aura.
Frontman Chris Bay promises: “Our fans can look forward to a whole dozen new songs which once again present the different aspects of our melodic metal with lots of fast-paced numbers but also progressive references and balladesque moments. There’s bound to be something for every Freedom Call fan.”Master Of Lightwill be available on Steamhammer/SPV in a Digipak and double colour vinyl version, as a limited box set with lots of bonus material and a special give-away, as well as for digital download.
The album was recorded at the band’s own Little Sun Creek Lounge studio near Nuremberg, with Chris Bay and Stephan Ernst, who already co-produced the predecessors Land Of The Crimson Dawn (2012), Beyond (2014) and Eternity – 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity (2015), manning the controls. The current line-up featuring the two founder members Chris Bay (vocals, guitars) and Ilker Ersin (bass) plus their two fellow combatants, guitarist Lars Rettkowitz and drummer Ramy Ali, has proved itself many times over, currently captivating audiences at major festivals worldwide with their lead single ´Hammer Of The Gods`, which arrived at the physical and digital stores in July. Even before the release of the album, there will be a new video clip to support the album track ´Metal Is For Everyone`, which is set to additionally whet our appetite for Master Of Light. Bay on the significant song title: “There’s a bit of heavy metal in all of us, isn’t there?”
You can see the lyric video for “Hammer Of The Gods” here:
“Master Of Light” will be released in three physical versions, each with a different cover:
Green: DigiPak incl. Poster
Blue: Double LP Gatefold, 180 g, printed inner sleeves, blue Vinyl, CD in paper sleeve
Red: Ltd. Boxset incl. DigiPak, Bonus CD, Sun Glasses, Sticker, handsigned Photocard
And exclusive Download Versions for iTunes and amazon.
Tracklisting:
Metal Is For Everyone 4:52
Hammer Of The Gods 3:11
A World Beyond 5:54
Masters Of Light 5:29
Kings Rise And Fall 4:02
Cradle Of Angels 5:03
Emerald Skies 3:39
Hail The Legend 3:58
Ghost Ballet 3:07
Rock The Nation 3:11
Riders In The Sky 4:15
High Up 3:03
FREEDOM CALL “Master Of Light”-Tour 2016/2017
2016 09.09.US-Atlanta,GA – ProgPower
24.09.A-Vorchdorf – Runen der Nacht Festival
25.11.MEX-Mexico City – Circo Volador
26.11.PER-Lima – Taste Of Evil Steel
27.11.COL-Bogota – Powermetal Fest
29.11.CH-Santiago de Chile – San Diego
