CYHRA, the new band featuring former Amaranthe singer Jake E. and ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad, have confirmed their first-ever tour plans. The band will serve as support for KREATOR and SABATON in North America. CYHRA will join the tour on the Portland date. All Cyhra dates are below.
“It is a great honor to be invited to join this amazing tour,” said Jake E. “I can’t wait to play our songs live in North America for the first time supporting Sabaton and Kreator. We are extremely excited and grateful!”
Strömblad echoed his enthusiasm, saying, “I’m so stoked to finally take our band and music on the road, and what a perk to share stage with fellow Swedes and two great bands. See you there!!”
Guitarist Euge Valovirta furthered, “We’re extremely thrilled and honoured to share the stage with the two awesome bands Sabaton and Kreator. Our first U.S. tour and our first tour ever, so this is pretty damn awesome!”
The band’s debut album Letters to Myself is out now.
US TOUR DATES:
2/12: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
2/13: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
2/14: Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theater
2/16: Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
2/17: Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
2/19: Boise, ID @ Revolution Concert House
2/21: Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
2/22: Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
2/23: Minneapolis, MN @ Music Hall Minneapolis
2/24: Madison, WI @ The Orpheum Theater
2/26: Grand Rapids, MI @ Venue
2/27: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
3/1: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
3/2: Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
3/3: Boston, MA @ House of Blues
3/4: Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
3/6: Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
3/7: Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
3/8: Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
3/10: St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
3/11: Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
Cyhra are:
Vocals: Jake E
Guitar: Jesper Strömblad
Guitar: Euge Valovirta
Bass: Peter Iwers
Drums: Alex Landenburg
SABATON and the massively popular MMO game World of Tanks have collided to forge a new genre: Tank Metal. The band’s love of history, which blasts through in their music, reviving dramatic, historical events made them a perfect match for the historical tank warfare game developed by Wargaming. Both communities have a love of history and are proud that their players are bursting with musical creativity and passion.
SABATON collaborated with World of Tanks to put a new spin on the band’s awesome song ‘Primo Victoria’. The tune is an iconic song from the studio album released in 2005, which is loved by the fans all over the world.
Watch the video here:
When Wargaming discovered that SABATON were players of the game, they couldn’t wait to collaborate with the band and ultimately created a music video that encapsulates World of Tanks’ drive and style. Directed by famous German music video and commercial director Zoran Bihac, the creative genius behind videos including ‘Mein Herz Brennt’ (RAMMSTEIN), ‘Eat you Alive’ (EMIGRATE), and ‘Praise Abort’ (LINDEMANN), the video features the song ‘Primo Victoria’ and focuses on all the emotions felt during a heroic tank battle.
“Understanding the setting of World of Tanks, I can easily say that this game is about history and its importance, but to be honest: also about fun,” said Zoran Bihac, on the new music video. “It awakens the inner-child in you; it’s how I feel about my work, and it resonates with SABATON’s style. I wanted to keep the feeling of the game, and especially of their trailers, which look like real, historically accurate movies. This had to be combined with the song and our performance. To create a story, I came up with the setting of a normal performance video, where the tanks come alive, and start to hunt and shoot each other.”
A number of the shots for the tanks were filmed in Arsenalen Tank Museum, Strängnäs, Sweden. The action scenes were shot on a military base in Belarus, where the band got a totally new experience of riding in actual WW2 tanks. The wall destruction scene was shot on the first take with a Panzer III actually crashing through the wall, with Pär Sundström on board.
“Working closely with talented musicians like SABATONwas an awesome experience for us,” said Maxim Chuvalov, World of Tanks marketing director. “One of the challenges we faced was that the band was constantly on tour, preforming shows all over the world almost every day. We had to find a slot in their tight schedule to bring the idea to life. Thankfully, the guys were very energetic and flexible, as well as really hardworking, so the project took shape. We’re really proud to have such talented musicians in our community and super excited to present the Tank Metal video to our fans.”
Fans can expect more Tank Metal coming to World of Tanks. On August 17th, the first ever music tank, the Strv 81 Primo Victoria, will be available in the game with some cool camo and unique features like a SABATON crew with the captain’s VO, Band of Brothers perk, and more.
About World of Tanks World of Tanks is a team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare of the mid-20th century. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes over 500 armored vehicles from the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, Japan, China, Sweden and Czechoslovakia carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
Official website: www.worldoftanks.eu
About Wargaming Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped over 15 titles. Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that includes the armored World of Tanks, the flight combat World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three intertwined titles form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net.
As part of its multiplatform line-up, the company has introduced World of Tanks on Xbox and World of Tanks Blitz on mobile platforms, Windows 10 PCs and Mac OS X. Launched in 2014 and 2015, World of Tanks on Xbox introduced epic tank-on-tank battles to console gamers and offers the first cross-platform gaming experience between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. In 2016, Wargaming released World of Tanks for PlayStation®4, continuing its console campaign.
Official website: http://www.wargaming.com
SABATON live:
19.08. S Falun – Sabaton Open Air
15.10. J Tokyo – Loud Park
Metal gods collide on June 12th as indigo at The O2 plays host to the 15th annual Metal Hammer Golden God Awards, in association with Orange Amplification. The event attracts greats from the rock and metal industry and fans from across the world. So, it’s natural that Wargaming and World of Tanks are involved, which marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the game and the heavy metal band SABATON.
For Wargaming and its millions of players, the combination of history and epic music is a huge part of their gaming scene. Not only is SABATON a big influence for fans of the game, but the band themselves love playing World of Tanks when they have some time between the shows. It just goes to show that this kind of united inspiration brings a massively diverse bunch of people together to share their passion…and blow stuff up.
This year won’t be SABATON’s first tour of the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards. In 2011, the band won the Breakthrough Band Award and was nominated in 2012, which was sponsored by Wargaming. Having performed in 2012, it only seems right that on the 15th anniversary of the event SABATON returns.
“It’s fantastic to see that SABATON’s members are an active part of World of Tanks,” said Maxim Chuvalov, World of Tanks marketing manager. “We know our players’ interests don’t just stop at gaming — their talents go far beyond. With this collaboration, we wanted to celebrate the musical talent from our World of Tanks community because it’s an extremely important part of the in-game experience. This was our chance to share the music in and around our games with the global gaming communities and help inspire them even more.”
“History is a great source of inspiration to us,” said Joakim Brodén, lead singer of SABATON. “We like to tell stories that influenced the lives of a lot of people. We’ve all been playing World of Tanks, and seeing the company step outside of just gaming in lots of cool ways is an awesome thing to be a part of.”
Fans of Wargaming and SABATON can expect some cool surprises on the way, so you’d better stay tuned for more information. And, of course, rock on!
About World of Tanks World of Tanks is a team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare of the mid-20th century. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes over 500 armored vehicles from the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, Japan, China, Sweden and Czechoslovakia carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
Official website: www.worldoftanks.eu
About Wargaming Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped over 15 titles. Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that includes the armored World of Tanks, the flight combat World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three intertwined titles form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net.
As part of its multiplatform line-up, the company has introduced World of Tanks on Xbox and World of Tanks Blitz on mobile platforms, Windows 10 PCs and Mac OS X. Launched in 2014 and 2015, World of Tanks on Xbox introduced epic tank-on-tank battles to console gamers and offers the first cross-platform gaming experience between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. In 2016, Wargaming released World of Tanks for PlayStation®4, continuing its console campaign.
Official website:http://www.wargaming.com
SABATON live:
16.06. F Clisson – Hellfest
17.06. A Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
18.06. B Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
24.06. N Halden – Tons Of Rock
28.06. S Norrköping – Bravalla
29.06. FIN Seinäjoki – Provinssi
30.06. FIN Helsinki – Tuska Open Air
08.07. E Viveiro – Resurrection Fest
13.07. CZ Vizovice – Masters Of Rock
29.07. D Kempten – Rock The King
30.07. D Ludwigsburg – KSK Music Open
12.08. E Villena – Leyendas Del Rock
19.08. S Falun – Sabaton Open Air
Metal giants ACCEPT have posted a message via their official Facebook page thanking fans for their support on the long tour with SABATON, which has just finished. The band have played 52 shows in 26 countries since January. They also announced a teaser about the forthcoming new studio album, you can read the full statement below:
“ACCEPT wants to thank all the fans, who came to see the shows in GERMANY, BELGIUM, IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ITALY, AUSTRIA, NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, FINLAND, ESTONIA, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SERBIA, GREECE, BULGARIA, ROMANIA, CROATIA, SLOVAKIA, SWEDEN, DENMARK and NORWAY! We had a blast and go home with unforgettable memories! And – we do not want to miss the opportunity to Thank SABATON who have been great Hosts as well as ROCK THE NATION and CONTINENTAL CONCERTS and last but not least our own great crew – who made everything possible for us to ROCK THE HOUSE!
And – for our Life Long Fans and our New Fans – we want to announce, that on April 16, 2017 – we will reveal our new Album Title and Release Date and present details about our upcoming Very Special Show, the greatest we have ever presented! Stay tuned! April 16th, 2017 it is!”
Swedish war machine, SABATON, is currently touring the world in support of their latest studio record titled “The Last Stand” (August 19th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast) and also holding #1 (»The Last Stand«), #7 (»Carolus Rex«; on the top for 248 (!) weeks in a row now), #9 (»Heroes«), and #17 (»The Art Of War«) in the Swedish Top 20 rock charts. After hitting the charts worldwide with “The Last Stand” last year (#6 World; #1 in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany among others), the band was recently honoured with new plaques for their impressive album sales: “The Last Stand” achieved Gold in the band’s homeland Sweden and in Poland. The previous studio album, “Heroes”, even got platinum-certified in Sweden! On March 4th, the band had already been honoured with golden plaques for “The Last Stand”‘s sales in the Czech Republic at Tipsport Arena, Prague.
Bass player Pär Sundström commented: “This is a proof of two things, first that we are still able to make music that fans wanna listen to and second that we have fantastic fans who really care. Sure, the current tour is called »The Last Tour«, but as long as it is going like this we’ll be going strong for a long time.”
SABATON live:
“The Last Tour” – Europe 2017 w/ ACCEPT, TWILIGHT FORCE
29.03. N Trondheim – Samfundet Storsalen *SOLD OUT*
31.03. S Umea – Umea Energi Arena Vind
01.04. S Lulea – Coop Norrbotten Arena
“The Last Tour” – North America 2017 w/ LEAVES’ EYES, BATTLE BEAST
20.04. USA Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero
21.04. USA New York, NY – Playstation Theatre
22.04. USA Worcester, MA – New England Metal & Hardcore Festival
23.04. USA Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
25.04. CDN Montreal, QC – Club Soda *SOLD OUT*
26.04. CDN Quebec City, QC – Imperial De Quebec
27.04. CDN Toronto, ON – Opera House
28.04. USA Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
30.04. USA Louisville, KY – Diamond Pub Concert Hall
01.05. USA Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
02.05. USA Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
03.05. CDN Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
05.05. CDN Edmonton, AB – Union Hall
06.05. CDN Calgary, AB – The Palace
07.05. CDN Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
08.05. USA Seattle, WA – El Corazon *SOLD OUT*
10.05. USA San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
11.05. USA Anaheim, CA – City National Grove
12.05. USA Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
14.05. USA Englewood, CO – Gothic Theater
16.05. USA Dallas, TX – Trees
17.05. USA San Antonio, TX – Alamo Music Hall
18.05. USA Houston, TX – Scout Bar
20.05. USA Tampa, FL – Orpheum
21.05. USA Charlotte, NC – The Underground
22.05. USA Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
09.06. UK Donington – Download Festival
16.06. F Clisson – Hellfest
17.06. A Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
18.06. B Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
24.06. N Halden – Tons Of Rock
28.06. S Norrköping – Bravalla
29.06. FIN Seinäjoki – Provinssi
30.06. FIN Helsinki – Tuska Open Air
08.07. E Viveiro – Resurrection Fest
13.07. CZ Vizovice – Masters Of Rock
29.07. D Kempten – Rock The King
30.07. D Ludwigsburg – KSK Music Open
12.08. E Villena – Leyendas Del Rock
19.08. S Falun – Sabaton Open Air
Tuska 2017 organizers have announced SABATON to headline the Friday night of the 20th Anniversary edition, set to take place on June 30th – July 2nd in Helsinki. Furthermore LOST SOCIETY have been added to the bill:
Sweden’s metal battalion SABATON has been confirmed as Tuska Friday’s headliner. The Swedes are currently touring on their colossal ”The Last Stand” album and they went absolutely all in at the Helsinki Icehall show recently. No metal warrior was left unmoved!
Based out of Jyväskylä, Finland, the modern thrash titans known as LOST SOCIETY have also been added to the bill for Tuska 2017.
The epitome of Finnish melancholy, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus will be making a triumphant return to the stages after a lengthy hiatus. They are local legends and they were huge for years. And now they’re back with their relentless triple guitar assault.
Confirmed acts for Tuska 2017:
Friday 30.6.
Sabaton, Suicidal Tendencies, Mayhem, Wintersun, Insomnium, Brujeria, Anneke Van Giersbergen’s Vuur, Barathrum, Baptism, Trap Them, Kohti Tuhoa, Ratface
Saturday 1.7.
HIM, Amorphis, Mokoma, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Electric Wizard, Lost Society, Avatarium
Sunday 2.7.
Mastodon, Apocalyptica plays Metallica by four cellos, Sonata Arctica, Dirkschneider, Baroness, Battle Beast, Oranssi Pazuzu
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