After the Best of “Ages of Light” -album, to celebrate their 15th anniversary, the King of German HappyMetal FREEDOM CALL, are back with their eighth album “Beyond” (out on February 24th via SPV/ Steamhammer).
Tarja Virmakari had a nice long chat with the leader of the band, Chris Bay(for Truemetal.it), just a couple of days before FREEDOM CALL were heading to “70000 tons of Metal” Cruise 2014. Chris and Tarja talked widely about the new album, its writing process and the song themes, of which Chris gave a lot of interesting details. Besides this, Tarja asked Chris, what could be the situation that makes him angry? To find out these answers and many more, please join the conversation.
To read the interview in italian on Truemetal.it, go HERE.
German Happy Metallers FREEDOM CALL have announced via the Official Facebook Page as follows:
Today, February 10th our brand new video clip “Union of the Strong” of the new album “BEYOND” will be available on Youtube! From 5:00 pm CET on, you can find this epic clip here:
FREEDOM CALL’s new studio album, Beyond, will come out on February 24th (February 21st in Germany, March 4th in North America) via SPV/Steamhammer.
The album will be released as a limited boxset version including bonus CD, book and poster, as a 2LP gatefold coloured vinyl version including bonus tracks, a digi version and download. Tracklistings can be found below.
Limited Boxset Edition
CD Digi:
‘Union Of The Strong’
‘Knights Of Taragon’
‘Heart Of A Warrior’
‘Come On Home’
‘Beyond’
‘Among The Shadows’
‘Edge Of The Ocean’
‘Journey Into Wonderland’
‘In The Rhythm Of Light’
‘Dance Off The Devil’
‘Paladin’
‘Follow Your Heart’
‘Colours Of Freedom’
‘Beyond Eternity’
Bonus CD in cardboard sleeve:
Freedom Call – Live In The Black Forest
‘Back Into The Land Of Light’ – Live
‘Hero On Video’ – Live
‘Rockstars’ – Live
‘Farewell’ – Live
‘Mr. Evil’ – Special Version Live
‘Power & Glory’ – Live
‘Union Of The Strong’
‘Knights Of Taragon’
‘Heart Of A Warrior’
‘Come On Home’
‘Beyond’
‘Among The Shadows’
‘Edge Of The Ocean’
‘Journey Into Wonderland’
‘In The Rhythm Of Light’
‘Dance Off The Devil’
‘Paladin’
‘Follow Your Heart’
‘Colours Of Freedom’
‘Beyond Eternity’
2LP Gatefold Version
Side A:
‘Union Of The Strong’
‘Knights Of Taragon’
‘Heart Of A Warrior’
‘Edge Of The Ocean’
‘Dance Off The Devil’
Side B:
‘Beyond’
‘Among The Shadows’
‘Journey Into Wonderland’
‘Paladin’
Side C:
‘Come On Home’
‘Rhythm Of Light’
‘Follow Your Heart’
‘Colours Of Freedom’
‘Beyond Eternity’
Side D (Bonus Tracks):
‘Back Into Land Of Light’ – Live
‘Hero On Video’ – Live
‘Freedom Call’ – Unplugged
‘Power & Glory’ – Unplugged
Beyond was recorded by the current line-up featuring Chris Bay, Lars Rettkowitz (guitar), Ilker Ersin (bass) and Ramy Ali (drums) at the Separate Sound Studio in Nuremberg and Freedom Call’s own studio. The album was produced by Chris Bay and Stephan Ernst.
April
2 – Gijon, Spain – Sala Acapulco
3 – Porto, Portugal – Hard Club
4 – Madrid, Spain – Sala We Rock
5 – Burgos, Spain – Sala Museo
6 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Boveda
16 – Lyon, France – Marche Gare
17 – Paris, France – Boule Noir
18 – Colmar, France – Grillen
19 – Toulouse, France – Chez Paulette
May
23 – Munich, Germany – Backstage
29 – Geiselwind, Germany – Out & Loud Festival
July
10 – Vizovice, Czech Republic – Masters Of Rock Festival
German melodic metal band FREEDOM CALL will release their new studio album, Beyond, on February 24th (February 21st in Germany, March 4th in North America) via SPV/Steamhammer.
The album will be released as a limited boxset version including bonus CD, book and poster, as a 2LP gatefold coloured vinyl version including bonus tracks, a digi version and download. Tracklistings can be found below.
Limited Boxset Edition
CD Digi:
‘Union Of The Strong’
‘Knights Of Taragon’
‘Heart Of A Warrior’
‘Come On Home’
‘Beyond’
‘Among The Shadows’
‘Edge Of The Ocean’
‘Journey Into Wonderland’
‘In The Rhythm Of Light’
‘Dance Off The Devil’
‘Paladin’
‘Follow Your Heart’
‘Colours Of Freedom’
‘Beyond Eternity’
Bonus CD in cardboard sleeve:
Freedom Call – Live In The Black Forest
‘Back Into The Land Of Light’ – Live
‘Hero On Video’ – Live
‘Rockstars’ – Live
‘Farewell’ – Live
‘Mr. Evil’ – Special Version Live
‘Power & Glory’ – Live
‘Union Of The Strong’
‘Knights Of Taragon’
‘Heart Of A Warrior’
‘Come On Home’
‘Beyond’
‘Among The Shadows’
‘Edge Of The Ocean’
‘Journey Into Wonderland’
‘In The Rhythm Of Light’
‘Dance Off The Devil’
‘Paladin’
‘Follow Your Heart’
‘Colours Of Freedom’
‘Beyond Eternity’
2LP Gatefold Version
Side A:
‘Union Of The Strong’
‘Knights Of Taragon’
‘Heart Of A Warrior’
‘Edge Of The Ocean’
‘Dance Off The Devil’
Side B:
‘Beyond’
‘Among The Shadows’
‘Journey Into Wonderland’
‘Paladin’
Side C:
‘Come On Home’
‘Rhythm Of Light’
‘Follow Your Heart’
‘Colours Of Freedom’
‘Beyond Eternity’
Side D (Bonus Tracks):
‘Back Into Land Of Light’ – Live
‘Hero On Video’ – Live
‘Freedom Call’ – Unplugged
‘Power & Glory’ – Unplugged
Beyond was recorded by the current line-up featuring Chris Bay, Lars Rettkowitz (guitar), Ilker Ersin (bass) and Ramy Ali (drums) at the Separate Sound Studio in Nuremberg and Freedom Call’s own studio. The album was produced by Chris Bay and Stephan Ernst.
Tour dates:
January
4 – Wasen, Switzerland – Ice Rock Festival
April
2 – Gijon, Spain – Sala Acapulco
3 – Porto, Portugal – Hard Club
4 – Madrid, Spain – Sala We Rock
5 – Burgos, Spain – Sala Museo
6 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Boveda
16 – Lyon, France – Marche Gare
17 – Paris, France – Boule Noir
18 – Colmar, France – Grillen
19 – Toulouse, France – Chez Paulette
May
23 – Munich, Germany – Backstage
29 – Geiselwind, Germany – Out & Loud Festival
July
10 – Vizovice, Czech Republic – Masters Of Rock Festival
German Happy Metallers FREEDOM CALL have announced via the Official Facebook Page the New Album “Beyond” to be released in February 2014:
Good news from the Freedom Call camp: the German melodic metal band are scheduled to release their latest studio album, Beyond, on 24 February 2014 (Germany: 21 February 2014; USA: 4 March 2014). Chris Bay, the group’s vocalist and guitarist, has announced an offering consisting of 14 classy songs: “Stylistically, we have remained faithful to ourselves, in fact we’ve even returned to a slightly more traditional direction. I think that’s probably the result of recent tours, where we had lots of fun with the classic Freedom Call numbers, which not only a lot of our faithful fans from the band’s early days will appreciate.”
Beyond was recorded by the current line-up featuring Chris Bay, Lars Rettkowitz (guitar), Ilker Ersin (bass) and Ramy Ali (drums) at the Separate Studios in Nuremberg and Freedom Call’s own studio. The album was produced by Chris Bay and Stephan Ernst.
Along with the album release, there will be a video clip to support ‘Union Of The Strong’, along with ‘Knights Of Taragon’ and ‘Colours Of Freedom’ a typical Freedom Call number. Chris Bay promises a perceptible musical development with lots of interesting accents and a number of surprises: “‘Dance Off The Devil’ – the ‘off’ is consciously spelled with a double ‘f’ – with its African rhythms and mystic grooves may sound slightly unusual, but it perfectly suits the album title, which is meant in a spiritual sense.” More information on this and the brilliantly designed cover artwork to follow.
FREEDOM CALL live 2014:
04.01. CH-Wasen – Ice Rock Festival
01.03. CH-Pratteln – Z7
06.03. D-Hamburg – Markthalle
07.03. NL-Weert – De Bosuil
08.03. D-Siegburg – Kubana
09.03. NL-Rotterdam – Baroeg
13.03. D-Nürnberg – Rockfabrik
14.03. D-Mannheim – Alte Seilerei
15.03. D-Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
27.03. D-Berlin – K17
28.03. D-Essen – Turock
29.03. D-Gera – Sächsischer Bahnhof
02.04. E-Gijon – Sala Acapulco
03.04. P-Porto – Hard Club
04.04. E-Madrid – Sala We Rock
05.04. E-Burgos – Sala Museo
06.04. E-Barcelona – Sala Boveda
16.04. F-Lyon – Marche Gare
17.04. F-Paris – Boule Noir
18.04. F-Colmar – Grillen
19.04. F-Toul – Chez Paulette
23.05. D-Munich – Backstage
29.05. D-Geiselwind – Out & Loud Festival
10.07. CZ-Vizovice – Masters Of Rock Festival
Rich Davenport’s Rock Show this week features exclusive interviews with Freedom Call vocalist/guitarist Chris Bay, former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden and hard-hitting singer-songwriter Pete Berwick, and is available now for streaming at this link.
In the first hour, Freedom Call frontman Chris Bay talks about the band’s 15th anniversary best-of release “Ages of Light 1998-2013”, chooses songs from the album and talks about the band’s plans for 2013 and beyond.
Freedom Call
Also in the first hour, Bernie Marsden (ex Whitesnake, UFO, Alaska) talks about the new reissues of his late 70s/early 80s solo albums “And About Time Too”(featuring songs co-written with Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale) and “Look At Me Now” (featuring songs originally intended for Whitesnake), both of which feature appearances from Cozy Powell and Bernie’s former Whitesnake colleagues Jon Lord, Neil Murray and Ian Paice.
And part 2 features an interview with hardcore troubadour Pete Berwick, currently on the road in the US on his “Can’t Kill A Man Born To Hang” tour. Berwick’s hard-hitting sound should appeal to fans of Southern Rock, Steve Earle and early AC/DC.
The show also features classic tracks and killer new cuts from AC/DC, Avantasia,Whitesnake, Paris, Journey, Breed 77 and Thin Lizzy.
You can also listen on Sunday 5th May 15:00-17:00 GMT, repeated Monday 6th May 02:00-04:00 GMT, on http://www.bloodstockradio.com
Formed in 1998, FREEDOM CALL are a German power metal band. Tarja Virmakari from Metal Shock Finland (and Truemetal.it) had a chance to chat with Chris Bay, (the band’s founder and guitarist/vocalist) just a couple of weeks before the release of the new “Best Of” -double album “Ages Of Light 1998-2013”. During the interview Chris spoke about having a tough task while choosing the songs for the album, and also about the CD 2 “Masqueraded“ and the “different” song-versions on it. Please join the chat here below.
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