FREEDOM CALL - New Audio Interview With Frontman Chris Bay Available
April 27, 2013, 11 years ago
Tarja Virmakari at Metal Shock Finland recently caught up with Chris Bay (pictured right), frontman for German power metal outfit FREEDOM CALL. In the interview, found here, Bay comments on having a tough task while choosing the songs for the band's new anniversary album, Ages Of Light 1998-2013, and the Masqueraded bonus CD featuring alternate versions of some of Freedom call's songs.
Freedom Call released their anniversary offering, Ages Of Light, on April 26th in Germany. It will be issued on April 29th throughout the rest of Europe and May 7th in North America.
The band have premiered their new video, for the album track 'Rockin' Radio'. Check it out below:
Ages Of Light is a best-of double album full to the brim with the 18 most important songs from the band’s history, plus a bonus CD entitled Masqueraded featuring six Freedom Call tracks in a new, unusual guise. The stylistic range includes folk, reggae, rockabilly, ska and swing!
Ages Of Light combines not only the essence of the best songs from the seven Freedom Call studio recordings to date, but also marks a meeting of various former and current band members. Along with Chris Bay and guitarist Lars Rettkowitz, three different drummers can be heard on the bonus tracks: founder member Dan Zimmermann, his successors Klaus Sperling, and Ramy Ali, whom fans know from the most recent Freedom Call tour. The two bassists, Samy Saemann and original band member Ilker Ersin, and guitarist Cede Dupont, who was part of Freedom Call between 2001 and 2005, are also featured.
“It was great fun to work with old and new friends alike at the studio, turning previously typical Freedom Call numbers into unusual songs,” Chris Bay explains, stressing that the group will commence working on a new studio album after the tour in spring 2013: “But first we want to celebrate our anniversary in style!”Tracklisting for Ages Of Light
CD 1:
'We Are One'
'Tears Falling'
'Freedom Call'
'Farewell'
'Metal Invasion' (live)
'Warriors'
'Land Of Light'
'Hunting High And Low'
'Mr. Evil'
'Far Away'
'Blackened Sun'
'Thunder God'
'Tears Of Babylon'
'A Perfect Day' (live)
'Hero On Video'
'Power & Glory'
'Rockstars'
'Back Into The Land Of Light'
CD 2 Masqueraded:
'Metal Invasion - Metal Folk Version'
'Mr. Evil - Melodic Reggae Version'
'Hero on Video - Speed Ska Version'
'Rockin' Radio - Killerbilly Version'
'Freedom Call - Camp Fire Strumming Version'
'Age of the Phoenix - Power Swing Version'
Freedom Call will perform the Masqueraded Bonus CD live on Thursday, April 25th in Nürnberg, Germany at the Rockin'Radio Pub at 8 PM for the official release party.
Freedom Call have the following live dates scheduled:
May
3 - Munich, Germany - Backstage4 - Milano, Italy - The Theatre Club
5 - Turin, Italy - Audiodrome Live Club
6 - Lyon, France - Le Marche Gare
7 - Paris, France - Le Divian de Monde
8 - Colmar, France - Grillen
10 - Michelstadt, Germany - Hüttenwerk
11 - Nürnberg, Germany - Rockfabrik
29 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Brew House
30 - Gävle, Sweden - Maxim
31 - Borlänge, Sweden - S2
June
1 - Norrköping, Sweden - Dynamo2 - Plzen, Czech Republic - Metalfest
29 - Seefeld/Besenfeld, Germany - Harry's Full Metal Party
July
26 - Rotenburg/Wümme, Germany - Metal4Splash FestivalAugust
17 - Santiago de Chile, Chile - ProgPower South America26 - Staffordshire, England - Scarfest 2013
October
11 - Budapest, Hungary - Club 20212 - Vienna, Austria - Aera
26 - Bergheim, Germany - Bürgerhaus (special guest for Queensrÿche)
27 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik (special guest for Queensrÿche)
For more info visit Freedom-call.net.