FIREWIND Issue 2007 "Wrap-Up", Annnounce New Tour Dates Announced, New Album For 2008; Gus G. Interview Also Available
November 12, 2007, 17 years ago
Gus G., mastermind of Greek melodic metal sensation FIREWIND has posted the following wrap-up of the most successful year in the band’s history so far:
“Looking back on 2007 now I can say that I'm very happy with what we've accomplished with FIREWIND. We toured heavily for the "Allegiance" album and our world tour passed thru 22 countries and we did about 100 shows to promote it. We had great times touring with some of metal’s premier bands such as Dragonforce, All That Remains, Angra, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, etc. through Europe, UK, North America and Japan. We even got to play in Tunisia for the first time!After a successful Japan tour this October we’re finally wrapping up our World Allegiance tour with two final festivals in Europe - one in Spain (Senderos Del Rock) and one in Denmark (Prog Power Scandinavia).
But you know, they say: no rest for the wicked! We're going back in the studio at the end of this year to record our brand new album and I can’t tell you how excited we are. It really feels like it’s time to record and play some new music! We wrote a bunch of material already and we’re soon entering Sweden’s Studio Fredman to record our fifth album. No album title yet, but here are some of the new song titles: Remembered, Life Foreclosed, The Silent Code, Mercenary Man, My Loneliness, Head Up High.
More info to come soon!
Cheers, Gus.”
The new album is expected to surface via Century Media Records in Spring 2008 and Firewind have just announced their first European tour to promote the new material for April/May 2008 when they will hit stages with KAMELOT and support act VISIONS OF ATLANTIS.
Here are the exact dates:
April
4 - London, England at Carling Academy5 - Wolverhampton, England at Wulfrun Hall
6 - Amsterdam, Netherlands at Paradiso
9 - Antwerpen, Belgium at Hof Ter Lo
10 - Saarbrücken, Germany at Garage
11 - Paris, France at Elysée Montmartre
12 - Pratteln, Switzerland at Z7
13 - Milano, Italy at Alcatraz
16 - Athens, Greece at Fuzz Club
17 - Thessaloniki, Greece at Ydrogeios
18 - Sofia, Bulgaria at Hristov Botev
19 - Beograd, Serbia at SKC
20 - Budapest, Hungary at Wigwam
22 - München, Germany at Backstage
23 - Ludwigsburg, Germany at Rockfabrik
24 - Essen, Germany at Weststadthalle
25 - Hamburg, Germany at Markthalle
28 - Helsinki, Finland at Tavastia
29 - Oulu, Finland at Teatria
May
1 - Stockholm, Sweden at Klubben2 - Gothenburg, Sweden at Trädgarn
3 - Oslo, Norway at Sentrum Scene
In related news, HallOfMetal.com has issued a new interview with Gus G. Check it out at this location.
