NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following:

“As we want to give all our incredible fans something truly special and outstanding for our second album „TIME I“, there is going to be a limited mediabook edition including DVD available, but due to unfortunate manufacturing delays the TIME I album release has been postponed by a week.“

The new release dates are:

October 19: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Norway
October 22: North America, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, Poland (+ all other European countries not mentioned in this list)
October 23: Italy
October 24: Sweden

„We feel very bad about this. This is a big hit for us, so we need your support now more than ever! Be sure to come by our shows in Finland the week before album release, as we play the TIME I album live for the first time ever! See you there!“

„TIME I“ will be available as follows:

– Limited Mediabook (Hard cover, wide format) CD + DVD
– Limited Mediabook (Hard cover, wide format) CD + DVD + Instrumental CD of „TIME I“, Certificate (Limited to 500 copies, exclusively available at Nuclear Blast)
– Limited Mediabook (Hard cover, wide format) CD + DVD + signed photo card Jari Mäenpää (Limited to 1.000 copies, exclusively available at Amazon.de)
– Limited Mediabook (Hard cover, wide format) CD + DVD + WS Logo Shirt gray/black (exclusively available at Levykauppa Äx)
– CD Jewelcase
– Digital download
– iTunes digital download w/ „TIME I“ booklet

The bonus DVD includes:

– TIME I Live Rehearsals At Sonic Pump Studios
– Licks & Tricks
– Sons Of Winter And Stars – Project Demonstration
– Photo Gallery

Pre-order the album „TIME I“ here:

Nuclear Blast Europe:
http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/shop/artikel/gruppen/51000.1.nuclearblast.html?article_group_sort_type_handle=rank&custom_keywords=wintersun%20time%20I

Nuclear Blast USA:
http://store.nuclearblastusa.com/Search/wintersun_time_i

Finnish epic metallers WINTERSUN will release their long-awaited new album, “Time I”, on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Footage from the choir-recording sessions for the CD, which took place in June at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland, can be seen below. According to WINTERSUN, “The choir consisted of Markus and Sami from ENSIFERUM; Mathias, Olli and Jukka-Pekka from TURISAS; Heri from TÝR; Mikko from KIUAS and Teemu and Jukka from WINTERSUN. It was a real pleasure to see all these talented guys around the microphone singing their hearts outs! And the end result was amazing!”

During the listening session for “Time I” at the Nuclear Blast headquarters in Donzdorf, Germany on July 28, Jari Mäenpää was interviewed by BLEEDING RED frontman Timo Joos, who asked the WINTERSUN mastermind fan questions that had been collected via the official Nuclear Blast Europe Facebook page.

To celebrate the “Time I” release, WINTERSUN will play two special shows in Finland. The first concert will take place on Octber 12 at Lutakko in Jyväskylä and the second on October 13 at Nosturi in Helsinki. Support at the shows will come from THAUROROD (Lutakko and Nosturi) and MEDICATED (Nosturi).

Commented WINTERSUN: “We’re excited to start the ‘Time’ world tour from our home country with two shows in October! These two special album-release shows will be our first club gigs in Finland since 2006 and the first time ever ‘Time I’ songs will be heard live! The show attendees will also be the first ones to have a chance to get a signed copy of the new album.

“During the rest of the summer, we’ll be rehearsing the new material and working on a new enhanced live show as well as doing some promo and preparing bonus material for the album. Right after the Finnish gigs, we’ll continue on to Heidenfest tour in Central Europe and after that… Well, more shows will be announced soon. Stay tuned and hope to see you at the gigs!”

According to WINTERSUN mainman Jari Mäenpää, there are several reasons why the band’s new effort, “Time” is being released as two seprate albums, titled “Time I” and “Time II”. He says:

* “All the 80 minutes of material won’t fit on a regular CD and we didn’t want to cut anything out.
* “We want you to be able to hear new material sooner and not wait any longer and we want to go on tour sooner.
* “The music is very full and complex, so listening this kind of ‘hard listening (not easy listening)’ material straight for 80 minutes is a bit too much (even for me).
* “Both albums will be approximately. nice 40 min epic packages of fireworks.
* “We like the idea of releasing two albums within one year, so the band will stay more visible longer, which is important in these ‘modern times.’ No more years of silence for us!”

“Time I” track listing:

01. When Time Fades Away
02. Sons Of Winter And Stars
I) Rain Of Stars
II) Surrounded By Darkness
III) Journey Inside A Dream
IV) Sons of Winter And Stars
03. Land Of Snow And Sorrow
04. Darkness And Frost
05. Time

“Time II” will be released in 2013.

WINTERSUN will headline this year’s edition of the Heidenfest tour, set to take place in October. Support on the trek will come from KORPIKLAANI, VARG, TROLLFEST and KRAMPUS.

WINTERSUN‘s debut CD was released in September 2004 through Nuclear Blast Records.

Choir recording:

Q&A Part 1:

Q&A Part 2:

Source: Blabbermouth.net

A four-minute video clip in which several European heavy metal jouranlists share their first impressions of WINTERSUN‘s long-awaited new album, “Time I” after listening to it for the first time on July 28 at the Nuclear Blast Records headquarters in Donzdorf, Germany can be seen below. The effort will be made available on October 12.

To celebrate the “Time I” release, WINTERSUN will play two special shows in Finland. The first concert will take place on Octber 12 at Lutakko in Jyväskylä and the second on October 13 at Nosturi in Helsinki. Support at the shows will come from THAUROROD (Lutakko and Nosturi) and MEDICATED (Nosturi).

Commented WINTERSUN: “We’re excited to start the ‘Time’ world tour from our home country with two shows in October! These two special album-release shows will be our first club gigs in Finland since 2006 and the first time ever ‘Time I’ songs will be heard live! The show attendees will also be the first ones to have a chance to get a signed copy of the new album.

“During the rest of the summer, we’ll be rehearsing the new material and working on a new enhanced live show as well as doing some promo and preparing bonus material for the album. Right after the Finnish gigs, we’ll continue on to Heidenfest tour in Central Europe and after that… Well, more shows will be announced soon. Stay tuned and hope to see you at the gigs!”

According to WINTERSUN mainman Jari Mäenpää, there are several reasons why the band’s new effort, “Time” is being released as two seprate albums, titled “Time I” and “Time II”. He says:

* “All the 80 minutes of material won’t fit on a regular CD and we didn’t want to cut anything out.
* “We want you to be able to hear new material sooner and not wait any longer and we want to go on tour sooner.
* “The music is very full and complex, so listening this kind of ‘hard listening (not easy listening)’ material straight for 80 minutes is a bit too much (even for me).
* “Both albums will be approximately. nice 40 min epic packages of fireworks.
* “We like the idea of releasing two albums within one year, so the band will stay more visible longer, which is important in these ‘modern times.’ No more years of silence for us!”

“Time I” track listing:

01. When Time Fades Away
02. Sons Of Winter And Stars
I) Rain Of Stars
II) Surrounded By Darkness
III) Journey Inside A Dream
IV) Sons of Winter And Stars
03. Land Of Snow And Sorrow
04. Darkness And Frost
05. Time

“Time II” will be releaed in 2013.

WINTERSUN will headline this year’s edition of the Heidenfest tour, set to take place in October. Support on the trek will come from KORPIKLAANI, VARG, TROLLFEST and KRAMPUS.

WINTERSUN‘s debut CD was released in September 2004 through Nuclear Blast Records.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following:

The Finnish genre legends WINTERSUN just posted the second studio trailer for their upcoming epic melodic metal milestone “Time I”.

Teemu states:
“Here´s the second short trailer of TIME I. A clip from rhythm guitar recordings for the song “Land of Snow and Sorrow”.
Enjoy! More to come, so stay tuned!”

Check it out here:

The first part can be seen here:

The new album “Time I” will be released October 19, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.
The tracklisting looks like this:

1. When Time Fades Away
2. Sons of Winter and Stars
I Rain of Stars
II Surrounded by Darkness
III Journey Inside a Dream
IV Sons of Winter and Stars
3. Land of Snow and Sorrow
4. Darkness and Frost
5. Time

Don’t miss WINTERSUN live on Heidenfest Tour 2012:

with KORPIKLAANI, VARG, TROLLFEST, KRAMPUS + guests
19.10. DE Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
20.10. DE Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
21.10. NL Tilburg – 013
22.10. CH Pratteln – Z7
23.10. CH Fribourg – Fri-Son
24.10. IT Bologna – Estragon
25.10. AT Wien – Gasometer
26.10. DE Leipzig – Hellraiser
27.10. CZ Prague – KD Vltavska
28.10. PL Krakow – Studio
29.10. DE Hamburg – Markthalle
30.10. DE Berlin – Postbahnhof
31.10. DE Munich – Backstage
01.11. DE Saarbrücken – Garage
02.11. DE Geiselwind – Music Hall
03.11. DE Giessen – Hessenhallen
04.11. BE Antwerp – Trix

Tickets: http://www.nuclearblast.de/tickets