LORDI - The Arockalypse Album Goes Gold In Germany
March 1, 2007, 17 years ago
LORDI's website has been updated with the following:
"Lordi's The Arockalypse album reached gold in Germany!The Arockalypse has reached gold status in Germany with sales of over 100,000 copies. Lordi performed on The Ultimate Chart Show and picked up their gold record in Cologne last week."
The End Records founder Andreas Katsambas, whose label is releasingThe Arockalypse on March 20th stateside for the first time with bonus tracks and a DVD, says he became interested in working with Lordi four years ago.
Seeing the band perform live after Eurovision convinced him to move on the idea.
"Every song (on The Arockalypse) stands out, but watching them live really sold the band to me, and it was just amazing," he says. "I think bringing them over to the U.S. and having the U.S. crowd see them live will make thebiggest difference."
To support the album, Lordi will commence its first North American tour in late April, playing approximately 12 markets in venues with 700-1,500 seats. Lordi will cap the tour by playing the Bamboozle Festival (May 5-6) in East Rutherford, N.J., alongside MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and LINKIN PARK.
