German power metallers FREEDOM CALL will be releasing their new album, Legend Of The Shadowking, on February 1st (Germany: January 29th) via SPV/Steamhammer.

A new "jingle" for the album can be heard below:

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Freedom Call 2009 feature vocalist/guitarist Chris Bay, drummer Dan Zimmermann, guitarist Lars Rettkowitz and the new bassist Samy Saemann.

According to a new press release, stylistically, Legend Of The Shadowking is a successful liaison of the group’s basic strengths and new, contemporary influences. Or, as Dan Zimmermann puts it: “Even if the two predecessors, The Circle Of Life and Dimensions, took very different directions, both albums had a number of strong moments. Legend Of The Shadowking combines the most successful elements from both albums, in other words: we included our penchant for fast and very melodic numbers from Dimensions with the more contemporary, bombastic components of The Circle Of Life.”

The fourteen new numbers were recorded at the FC studios in Nuremberg, while the drum parts were cut at the Area 51 in Celle by Dan Zimmermann with the support of Tommy Newton (HELLOWEEN, UFO, VICTORY), who also mixed and mastered Legend Of The Shadowking. The cover artwork was designed by the young bavarian artist Jens Reinhold.

The new album covers musically and lyric wise a concept about Ludwig II, King of Bavaria. He had a close connection to the composer Richard Wagner. Freedom Call was moved and inspired by King Ludwig's extravagance and his passion to musical theatricality.

Freedom Call are scheduled to play a full European tour with GAMMA RAY around the album’s release date, followed by various summer festivals and a headliner tour in autumn.

February (with Gamma Ray)

6 - Dock's - Hamburg, Germany
7 - Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium
9 - Zeche - Bochum, Germany
10 - Le Trabendo - Paris, France
12 - Sala Totem - Navarra, Spain
13 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain
14 - Sala Apolo - Barcelona, Spain
16 - Magazzini Generali - Mailand, Italy
19 - Gagarin 205 - Athens, Greece
20 - Block 33 - Thessaloniki, Greece
21 - Blue Box Club - Sofia, Bulgaria
23 - SKC - Belgrade, Serbia
24 - Boogaloo - Zagreb, Hungary
26 - Sport Hall - Presov, Slovakia
27 - MSK Centrum - Ziad Nad Hronom, Slovakia
28 - PKO - Bratislava, Slovakia

March (with Gamma Ray)

12 - H2O Halle - Reichenbach, Germany
13 - Kaminwerk - Memmingen, Germany
14 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland

16. - Garage - Saarbrucken, Germany

18 - Stadthalle Langen - Langen, Germany
19 - Stadthalle Lichenfels - Lichtenfels, Germany
20 - TBA - Prague, Czech Republic

May

1 - Fiesta Pagana Festival - Switzerland
22 - Oberbexbach, Germany - Saarbangers Festival