On this episode of Digital Tour Bus’ Preshow Rituals, the symphonic metal band, Delain, talks about what they do before taking the stage, while on tour with Nightwish and Sonata Arctica.

Guitarist Timo Somers explains that he likes to listen to music before hitting the stage and if he isn’t in the mood for music, a shot or two of whisky will do the trick

On September 30th, Delain performed at Luxor Live in Arnhem, Netherlands. During the show they shot footage for the song "Fire With Fire", taken from their new album, Moonbathers. Fan-filmed video of the entire show is available below.

The setlist on the night was as follows:

"Hands Of Gold"
"The Glory And The Scum"
"Suckerpunch"
"Get The Devil Out Of Me"
"Army Of Dolls"
"Danse Macabre"
"The Hurricane"
"April Rain"
"Here Come The Vultures"
"Pendulum"
"Fire With Fire"
"Sleepwalkers Dream"
"Turn The Lights Out"
"Stay Forever"
"The Gathering"
"Not Enough"
"Mother Machine"
"Don't Let Go"
"Fire With Fire" (Performed a second time to create live footage for future video clip)
"We Are The Others"

Since the release of their album The Human Contradiction in 2014 on Napalm Records, Delain have been constantly touring all over the world and shared the stages with arena acts such as Nightwish, Within Temptation and Sabaton. Delain ended 2015 headlining and conquering stages in sold out venues all over the world. They are now gearing up to hit the road in Europe and the UK this fall and have issued the following update:

"London, are you ready? Check out this vid of our recent visit to London's Koko where we will perform during our upcoming UK headline tour!"

The band's tour schedule is as follows:

November
2 - Madrid, Spain - Arena
3 - Toulouse, France - Metronum
4 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
5 - Lille, France - Le Splendid
6 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
8 - Birmingham, UK - Institute
9 - Glasgow, UK - The Classic Ground
11 - Dublin, UK - Button Factory
12 - Manchester, UK - The Ritz
13 - London, UK - Koko
15 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
16 - Southampton, UK - Engine Rooms
17 - Cardiff, UK - Tramshed

“Fire With Fire”: