Greek melodic metallers Firewind, the group led by guitar-wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band member Gus G., have checked in with a status update on their activities. These include entering the studio for the recording of their new, eigth album as well as tour dates for Europe/UK being rescheduled as a direct result.

Says Gus G.: “Hi everyone! We feel it's time to give you an update on what's happening in our world. For the past few months we've been busy composing our 8th album and this week we finally entered the studio to start recording! We're super excited about it, as this is our first recording in 4 years, plus this will be our first album with our new singer Henning Basse (who should not be a stranger to our fans by now). We've entered Noise Factory Studios in Belgium this week with producer/engineer Dennis Ward (Unisonic, Pink Cream 69, Krokus, etc.) to track drums and it's sounding huge already!

“As the schedule is pretty hectic for the next few months with recordings, finalizing everything, etc. we feel we need time to have a proper setup for the album release and give it the attention it deserves. Therefore, we have decided to postpone our UK/European club dates to early 2017. All dates are there and we've even added an extra UK show in Southampton and one more in Strasbourg, France. Moreover, we will have Sweden's Manimal as special guests, as well as Greece's Scar Of The Sun opening the shows. Tickets already purchased are still valid for the rescheduled dates. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but we promise it'll be worth the wait!

“Our summer festival appearances are still on and we'll be revealing more info on the new album as we go along!”

Here are the upcoming Firewind dates, including summer festival shows, a show supporting the Scorpions in Greece as well as the new tour dates for Europe/UK.

European Festivals 2016:

June
17 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting

July
20 - Athens, Greece - Plateia Nerou (as Special Guests of Scorpions)

August
6 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Ostrava v Plamenech
26 - Barcelona, Spain - Ripollet Rock Festival

Europe / UK Tour 2017 (with Manimal, Scar Of The Sun)

February
15 - Glasgow, UK - Audio
16 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
17 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
18 - Wolverhampton, UK - Slade Rooms
19 - London, UK - Underworld
21 - Southampton, UK - Engine Rooms
22 - Paris, France - Backstage by the Mills
23 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
25 - Vienna, Austria - Szene
26 - Budapest, Hungary - A38
27 - München, Germany - Feierwerk
28 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal

March
1 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix / Rockpalast
2 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob