DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT and the SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR in Dinkelsbühl, Germany are announcing a special release show, advance album sales, and a competition to win a special Meet & Greet with the German black metal innovators, which can be entered at the link below.
Frontman Nikita comments: “We were really stoked about our previous invitations to perform at Summer Breeze Open Air in 2011 and 2013 and were also particularly satisfied with those two performances. Therefore, we are now more than proud to announce that we will be celebrating the official ‘Finisterre’ release show at this year’s edition! It has been a long tradition for DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT to attend this great festival in our local Northern Bavarian neighbourhood for more than a decade. This means that we are obviously playing at home in beautiful surroundings and in front of more than 40.000 metalheads. Of course, we have prepared a very special show for this occasion, which you should not muss and we can hardly wait to finally present our new album in full!”
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT will release their forthcoming album, ‘Finisterre’ on August 25th, which is exactly one week after SUMMER BREEZE. Therefore, the Franconian band has teamed up with the festival to perform a special album release show with an exclusive premiere of their brand new tracks.
As if that wasn’t enough, the band will be selling their new full-length exclusively at the Season of Mist stand at SUMMER BREEZE, which means their fans will be able to purchase ‘Finisterre’ at the festival one week before its official release!
ORDEN OGAN release lyric video for their third single ‘Come With Me To The Other Side’ (featuring Liv Kristine), taken from new album ‘Gunmen’ out 7th July.
Quote from Seeb Levermann:
“When whe had just finished the intro for ‘Come With Me To The Other Side’, we immediately felt that it needed a fragile, angelic, female voice to bring it to full bloom and capture the song’s atmosphere in a perfect way. Of course Liv was our first choice and were happy that she confirmed right away. When she came to my studio and sang her parts, she even exceeded our expectations”, vocalist /guitarist Seeb says. “Funny note: in a very early stage, we even considered making “Come With Me To The Other Side” a pure ballad – well, for just about 3 seconds”, he grins.
On October 13th, the band’s next headlining tour will kick off – and it’s about to become one of the year’s best melodic metal tours for sure.
Italian symphonic power metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE will be ORDEN OGAN’s special guests this time and another high-class supporting act will be announced soon as well. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have just released their new album ‘Legendary Years’ that features re-recordings of old classics and was mixed and mastered by ORDEN OGAN singer/producer Seeb. On this tour they will present new singer Giacomo Voli and the new drummer Manuel Lotter (ex-Emil Bulls).
New album ‘GUNMEN’, out 7th July
ORDEN OGAN, Germany’s premier power metallers, have exceeded themselves with their new fifth studio album, titled ‘Gunmen’. Undoubtedly the band has delivered their heaviest but at the same time also most melodic piece of work. With their previous studio album ‘Ravenhead’ released in 2015, ORDEN OGAN toured Europe supporting HammerFall and later Powerwolf too. “Ravenhead” became a chart success in several European countries, with #16 in the German chart marking their all-time best result. Now ‘Gunmen’ continues the band’s track record, combining classic Teutonic metal with a modern production on international top level. All this results in 10 metal hymns for eternity!
Russian modern melodic metal band Drops of Heart released their new maxi-single “В Сиянии Звезд”(“Starlight”), which was recorded featuring singer of swedish band Soilwork Bjorn “Speed” Strid. “В Сиянии Звезд” is the first single from the upcoming album, the work on which has already begun.
LA based Alternative Metal Band Raven Black has announced that they will be hitting the road for their Hex O’Clock Tour. Launching July 8th in Guadalajara, MX, the tour winds through the Midwest and up the East Coast before finishing up in Las Vegas, NV.
The Hex O’Clock Tour Dates:
07/08 @ Voodoo Roadhouse Bar – Guadalajara, MX
07/14 @ Jack’s Patio Bar – San Antonio, TX
07/15 @ Dirty 30 – Dallas, TX
07/16 @ Thunder Alley – Oklahoma City, OK
07/17 @ The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
07/18 @ Phoenix Lounge – Sioux Falls, SD
07/19 @ Lookout Lounge – Omaha, NE
07/20 @ The Back Bar – Janesville, WI
07/21 @ Top Fuel Saloon – Chicago, IL
07/22 @ The Token Lounge – Detroit, MI
07/23 @ MUSIC LYNX (NEW) – Mentor, OH
07/25 @ The Autograph Rehearsal Studio – Murfreesboro, TN
07/26 @ Hi Ton – Memphis, TN
07/27 @ Purgatory in The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
07/28 @ The Haven – Orlando,FL
08/01 @ RiffHouse Pub – Chesapeake, VA
08/02 @ The Depot – Baltimore, MD
08/04 @ Blackthorn 51 – New York City, NY
08/05 @ Pineapple Jack’s – Rochester, NY
08/06 @ Fete Music Lounge – Providence, RI
08/08 @ Opinion Brewery – Minneappolis, MN
08/10 @ Moon Room – Denver, CO
08/11 @ Club X – Salt Lake City, UT
08/12 @ Dive Bar – Las Vegas, NV
Track List:
1. twinkle twinkle little scars
2. still healing
3. voices
4. blackening
5. damaged
6. seven sins
7. 13
Bloody Times have published a lyric video for the track “Introduction To War” (feat. Iced Earth’s John Greely), which is taken off from the band’s upcoming effort “Destructive Singles”, a two-track record scheduled to be released on July 21st, 2017.
Featuring former Iced Earth’s singer John Greely on vocals, the lyric video for this heavy metal anthem is available below or at this location:
“Destructive Singles” will be available on all major digital outlets on July 21st, and also on CD format, with this last featuring two exclusive bonus tracks.
Anneke van Giersbergen’s VUUR are pleased to announce the release of their debut album ‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’ for the 20th October 2017 worldwide through InsideOutMusic. Each track on the new album is named after a city that made an impression on Anneke while touring the world, and to celebrate the release they have launched a contest where fans can guess each of the locations featured on the album, and win exclusive and rare merchandise.
Anneke comments: “Often I have a strong feeling for a city where I perform. It can be anything, sometimes I visualize a city as a man or a character, or sometimes something happened in that city that I want to write about. All 11 songs on the album pay tribute to a certain city and with this contest we’d like to give our fans the opportunity to guess which cities will be featured on the album and win some unique items.”
The band also recently announced they will team up with Scar Symmetry for a short co-headline tour in December. Opening act for these exclusive shows will be My Propane.
Anneke had this to say: “We’re very excited to present our debut album live and hit the road this December. Scar Symmetry and VUUR will each be playing full sets every night. VUUR’s setlist consists of mostly new material, but the audience will get to hear some of my previous outings and collaborations as well”.
Dec 07, 2017 Le Trabendo Paris (FRA)
Dec 08, 2017 Biebob Vosselaar (BE)
Dec 09, 2017 The Dome London (UK)
Dec 10, 2017 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht (NL)
As well as this, in May 2018 Residentie Orkest The Hague will host an encounter with Anneke van Giersbergen. Both nights will feature a career-spanning concert with orchestral arrangements. The song selection will even include material from her yet to be released VUUR album.
Anneke comments: “It’s such an honor to be backed by these grand classical musicians with strings and brass interpreting my music. The material will be an interesting cross-section of my career. Some reworks will be a contrast from the original and some, for instance like the song ‘Travel’, will be given a treatment that is a logical extension of the The Gathering’s original album arrangement. “
May 18, 2018 013 Tilburg (NL)
May 19, 2018 Paard The Hague (NL)
VUUR recently released ‘Days Go By – London’, the first track taken from their forthcoming debut album out later this year.
VUUR begin playing live this Summer, and have also been confirmed as main support to EPICA in late 2017. You can find the full list of confirmed live dates below:
14th July – Masters of Rock, Vizovice – Czech Republic
15th July – Dynamo Metal Fest, Eindhoven – the Netherlands
VUUR as main support to EPICA
9th November – Klub Studio, Krakow – Poland
10th November – Masters of Rock Café, Zlín – Czech Republic
12th November – Kesselhaus, Berlin – Germany
13th November – Markthalle, Hamburg – Germany
14th November – Essigfabrik, Cologne – Germany
15th November – La BAM, Metz – France
17th November – Stereolux, Nantes – France
18th November – Krakatoa, Bordeaux – France
20th November – La Riviera, Madrid – Spain
24th November – Razzmatazz, Barcelona – Spain
25th November – Le Moulin, Marseille – France
26th November – Le Transbordeur, Lyon – France
29th November – Backstage Werk, Munich – Germany
1st December – Estragon, Bologna – Italy
2nd December – Z7, Pratteln – Switzerland
3rd December – L’Aéronef, Lille – France
VUUR are:
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) – vocals
Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) – drums
Jord Otto – guitars (My Propane, ex-ReVamp)
Ferry Duijsens – guitars
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) – bass
Look out for more information in the coming weeks!
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