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VESPERIA Frontman Morgan Rider Covers KATATONIA’s ‘Idle Blood’ In Acoustic Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 19, 2017
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VESPERIA frontman Morgan Rider has posted an acoustic cover video performing one of his favourite tracks from KATATONIA ‘Idle Blood’ from the ‘Night Is The New Day’ album.

“I recorded this cover in my home studio and filmed it in the crown lands near my house. I am a big Katatonia fan and have been wanting to record an homage to them with a slightly altered arrangement for awhile now.” comments Rider.

Watch the video here:

VESPERIA are currently completing the recording of their new album to follow to 2015’s ‘The Iron Tempests’ EP. The album is being recorded at Blue Sound & Music Studios in Toronto, Canada with engineer/ producer Russ Mackay (Mastodon, Iron Maiden, Styx) and will feature an array of famous Canadian guest musicians with the art created by Juno award-winning artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Nevermore, Dream Theater).

VESPERIA launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise over $5,000 to record the new album giving fans many special and unique perks for their contributions, including mead made by the band’s front man Morgan Rider, drinking horns, album pre-releases, the bands stage banners and much more! For all details on contributions, please visit the following link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-vesperia-create-a-new-album-metal

METALHEADS FOREVER: April Issue Available, Feat. Interviews with Alpha Omega’s HALCYON WAY + TESTAMENT, KATATONIA, EMP Label Group’s MOTOGRATER And Many More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 12, 2017
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METALHEADS FOREVER, one of the biggest metal entities out there (having today more than 94000 members), led by David Maloney, have posted online the April issue, featuring interviews with Alpha Omega roster band HALCYON WAY, alongside the interviews with TESTAMENT, KATATONIA, EMP Label Group’s MOTOGRATER, as well as the interview with David Maloney himself, and many more!

Read the HALCYON WAY interview here!

To read the interviews and the whole April issue, go here: http://www.mhf-mag.com

HALCYON WAY are currently at Audiohammer Studios in Orlando, Florida, recording their upcoming album, with producer Mark Lewis (Devildriver, Death Angel, Whitechapel) at the helm. This is the band’s first recording with new drummer Aaron Baumoel and the record should be released by Fall of 2017. The band has issued the update: “We are in the studio today with Mark Lewis, and we started lead vocal tracking. They sound amazing.”

Based in Atlanta, Georgia and founded in 2001, HALCYON WAY is the ultimate example of blue-collar work ethic, self-reliant bootstrapping, and hard work & perseverance in spite of nearly insurmountable odds. The band has released three albums worldwide through Nightmare Records/Sony RED, and performed in a dozen countries and counting. HALCYON WAY‘s sound cannot be neatly slotted into any sub-category of metal; but it can be described as heavy, catchy, technical, and above all, focused on mature songcraft. Watch the official video “Web Of Lies” here:

More information at:
BAND: http://www.halcyonway.com – http://www.facebook.com/halcyonway
MANAGEMENT: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

VOLA Kicks Off European Tour Supporting KATATONIA, Live Video Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 25, 2016
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Photo by Nikolai Linares

Photo by Nikolai Linares

Copenhagen based modern prog rockers VOLA have kicked off today their European tour, as support to KATATONIA. Check out the tour dates below.

A musical journey into the mind in pursuit of happiness, set to a mix of 70’s progressive rock, modern day electronica, industrial and extreme metal, topped off with clear, beautiful vocal lines: that’s what young Copenhagen quartet VOLA is offering on their debut album Inmazes released 16th September on Mascot Records.

Furthermore VOLA has launched a live video for “The Same War” from the Live Session In Copenhagen, watch it here:

VOLA tours Europe in September/October/November as support to KATATONIA.

September

25  KB, Malmö, Sweden

October

26 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
27 John Dee, Oslo, Norway
28 Pustervik, Gothenburg, Sweden
29 Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden

November

1 Klubi, Tampere, Finland
2 Lutakko, Jyväskylä, Finland
3 Kerubi, Joensuu, Finland
4 Logomo, Turku, Finland
5 Circus, Helsinki, Finland

Also check out the band’s Official New Video “Stray The Skies”, which was premiered on Metal Shock Finland earlier this month:

More information at:
http://www.volaband.com

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http://www.instagram.com/volaband

KATATONIA Announce “Fallen Hearts of Europe 2016” Headline Tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 22, 2016
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KATATONIA have announced they will be heading out on a headline tour after the summer to support the release of their new studio album “The Fall Of Hearts”, due for release on 20th May through Peaceville.

Founding Katatonia member Anders Nyström comments:
“This September, October and November a special autumn leaf shall swirl on through the European continent. With our new line-up and the new album taking on our true colours, we’ll be more than ready to take your hearts with us in the drop of fall. Our season is coming.”

Tickets on sale from 10:00 CET on Monday 25th April
(Excluding Italy which will be on sale 10:00 CET on Tuesday 26th April)

For ticket details see
facebook.com/katatonia or bandsintown.com/katatonia

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New album ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ due for release on 20th May through Peaceville will be released on the following formats  –  Deluxe 12” hardbook, 2 Disc CD & DVD Mediabook, CD, 2LP & Digital download

 

KATATONIA Announce Anniversary Show In London

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 13, 2016
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To celebrate KATATONIA’s 25th year anniversary, the band, have announced a one off UK show for Friday 21st October, issued Peaceville Records. Taking place at London’s 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, Katatonia’s biggest UK headline show to date will feature a very special 2 set performance.

One set will see KATATONIA perform their classic album ‘The Great Cold Distance’ in its entirety. Originally released back in 2006, the band’s 7th full-length album saw them continue to embrace a more melodic approach to their song writing. 2016 marks the 10 year anniversary for the album and Peaceville plan to re-issue an anniversary edition of ‘The Great Cold Distance’ with details to follow in the near future.

Founding Katatonia member Anders Nyström comments:

’We once put up a poll, asking our fans, which Katatonia album was their all-time favorite… ’The Great Cold Distance’ won that poll! Over the years, there is probably no other album from which we played more songs live and there’s probably no other album with the same amount of songs that still remain in our setlist. So with mutual love for our decade old distance, we decided to celebrate its anniversary by playing the whole damn thing for you, on two different occasions. First in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (with an orchestra) on 22nd September and later in London, UK (without an orchestra) on 21st October. The other set, on both nights, will feature a wide selection of tracks panning our entire career, including our latest album ’The Fall Of Hearts’, so join us and be part of crowning our 25th year anniversary in the fall, of hearts.’

Tickets are on general sale from 15th April at 10am: www.myticket.co.uk or www.seetickets.com

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New album ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ due for release on 20th May through Peaceville will be released on the following formats  –  Deluxe 12” hardbook, 2 Disc CD & DVD Mediabook, CD, 2LP & Digital download

Formats are now available to pre-order:

CD / LP / Deluxe Edition / exclusive bundles: www.peaceville.com/store AND www.omerch.eu/shop/katatonia/

Digital: smarturl.it/KAT_TFOH_DIGITAL

Check out KATATONIA’s all show dates HERE.

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KATATONIA: New Lyric Video ‘Old Heart Falls’ From New Album Premieres

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 31, 2016
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KATATONIA have revealed the first full track, entitled ‘Old Heart Falls’ from their highly anticipated new album “The Fall of Hearts”,  due for release on the 20th May 2016 through Peaceville Records. Watch the lyric video below.

On the release of the first new song Jonas Renkse comments “A song with lush textures, distinct dynamics and a memorable chorus are the trademarks to some of the most beloved Katatonia songs. ‘Old Heart Falls’ substantiates all of those attributes, but is not by any means defining the album as a whole. There is more to come…”

About the lyric video Anders Nyström adds “Knowing we didn’t want another ”font circus” with all these words and letters competing in olympic acrobatics, we decided to make it extremely simple but also very real… 30 years ago when we were active in the underground tape-trading scene, there were no computers around, so we had to write all our letters by hand, or when feeling extra motivated, we used a typewriter. I clearly remember writing letters on a typewriter with a ribbon directly to paper created a special feeling that no computer would ever emulate. So determined to bring back this feeling for a brief couple of minutes, we passed on our idea to our talented friend Lasse Hoile, who made sure this beautiful Royal typewriter served a final purpose before crawling all the way back to the start, returning to dust…”

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