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SABATON – reveal European tour dates & release new single

Power of Metal — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:37:58 +0000

reveal European tour dates for “The Great Tour”,
announce Apocalyptica & Amaranthe as support acts
+ release third single “Great War”

Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON are set to release their new album ‘The Great War’ on July 19th, 2019. Today the band is proud to announce their European tour dates for “The Great Tour”, with fellow Swedes AMARANTHE and Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA supporting.
On top of this, SABATON are proud to release the third single from the new album and title track, ‘Great War’.

Watch the video for ‘Great War’ here: https://youtu.be/HkbG39-T4H0

Get the song digitally here: http://nblast.de/SabatonGreatWar
Listen in NB New Releases playlist: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNewReleases / http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNewReleases

“It is with great anticipation that we can finally reveal that “The Great Tour” is also coming to arenas in Europe. I wish it was already January the 17th and we entered the stage at “Hallenstadion” in Zürich, but time will pass quickly”, announces Pär Sundstöm and adds: “You know by now how much we care about the bands we choose to bring with us on tour, this is no exception. AMARANTHE is a rising star on the metal sky bringing such energy and passion rarely seen on stage and will open the evening. After that comes the big surprise for a lot of people who are not familiar with the cello rock band APOCALYPTICA, but trust us that their emotional show will definitively create magic in the arenas.
Finally what we are bringing, except for our biggest touring production we ever did… Is a promise to deliver a show that you never could imagine and the biggest announcement regarding this tour is still to come.”

AMARANTHE currently released their fifth album “Helix” and are more than happy to open up the battle: “It is with absolutely massive levels of excitement that we announce our part in SABATON’s monster of a European tour next year! We have proudly watched as SABATON has risen through the metal ranks, and with honor we finally join our Swedish brothers in this Cyclopean campaign set to steamroll across the continent. Although AMARANTHE will open these night you can expect a more energetic and mesmerizing show than ever before, that will fill the arenas with pure modern metal madness! Do not miss this infernal machine of a tour, as lightning might not strike twice!”

APOCALYPTICA are currently working on their follow-up album to the successful “Shadowmaker” record. The Finnish cello rockers surprised by releasing their own version of the SABATON single “Fields Of Verdun”. Eicca Toppinnen states: ‚As people may know we love to collaborate with other artists. We love the energy developing out of this and we embrace the learning from other professionals. Doing this incredible tour with SABATON is something special for us. It is not only about writing and producing new music together, but also about the energy on stage. We are super excited and very much looking forward to this tour!‘

Watch the YouTube announcement about the tour and support acts here: https://youtu.be/0YgFe67zHXk

SABATON – »The Great Tour« – Europe 2020

w/ APOCALYPTICA & AMARANTHE

17.01. CH Zürich – Hallenstadion
18.01. D    Stuttgart – Schleyer-Halle
19.01. D    Munich – Olympiahalle
21.01. A    Vienna – Gasometer
22.01. H    Budapest – Arena
24.01. PL   Warsaw – Arena COS Torwar
25.01. D    Berlin – Max-Schmeling-Halle
26.01. CZ   Prague- O2 Arena
28.01. I     Milan – Alcatraz
31.01. D    Frankfurt – Festhalle
01.02. D    Oberhausen – König-Pilsener-ARENA
02.02. B     Antwerp – Lotto Arena
04.02. E     Barcelona – Palau Sant Jordi
05.02. E     Madrid – Vistalegre
07.02. F     Paris – Zénith
08.02. UK   London – Wembley Arena
09.02. NL    Amsterdam – AFAS Live
11.02. D     Hamburg – Sporthalle
12.02. DK   Copenhagen – Forum Black Box
14.02. S     Gothenburg – Scandinavium
15.02. S     Stockholm – Hovet
16.02. N     Oslo – Spektrum

Tickets are available on sabaton.net on July 3rd

The release of SABATON’s ninth full-length record perfectly coincides with the band’s 20th anniversary and the concept album is based on events during the First World War. The band started the recordings exactly 100 years after the end of the First World War (11/11/1918) and took 3 months of intensive work to complete the album together with their long term producer and partner Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge studios. Furthermore, the album has been mastered by Maor Appelbaum and the artwork was once again created by Peter Sallaí. “This is not the first time we have sung about stories from this period in time, but now we felt the timing was right to make a full concept album about this war”, explain the band.

“The Great War” tracklist:

01. The Future Of Warfare
02. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom
03. 82nd All The Way
04. The Attack Of The Dead Men
05. Devil Dogs
06. The Red Baron
07. Great War
08. A Ghost In The Trenches
09. Fields Of Verdun
10. The End Of The War To End All Wars
11. In Flanders Fields

Pre-order the album here: http://www.sabaton.net/thegreatwar

Alongside the album, the Swedes have worked hard to make their 20th year anniversary a very exciting year, and also started the SABATON History Channel – a unique collaboration between the band themselves and multimedia historians Indy Neidell and Timeghost – capturing the power of social media to tell stories about the wars, battles and heroes behind SABATON’s songs. Subscribe to the YouTube channel via this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaG4CBbZih6nLzD08bTBGfw
“This is the biggest album we have taken on so far.There is more depth and story around the songs that we have ever had before”, Pär Sundström announces. “Expect many surprises as we have tried new things and we also went back in time to a concept we know a lot of you love. The Great War has been created side by side with the Sabaton History Channel to make 2019 the most exciting year in our 20 year history.”

More SABATON live dates 2019:

28.06. E          Madrid – Download Festival
25.07. FIN       Kuopio – Kuopiorock
01.08. D        Wacken – Wacken Open Air *SOLD OUT*
09.08. UK      Derby – Bloodstock Open Air
17.08. S          Falun – Sabaton Open Air
23.08. D          Sulingen – Reload Festival

»The Great Tour« – North America 2019

w/ HAMMERFALL
04.10. USA     Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
05.10. USA     St. Petersburg, FL – Janus Landing
06.10. USA     Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
08.10. USA     Dallas, TX – House of Blues
10.10. USA     Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
11.10. USA     Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
12.10. USA     San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
14.10. USA     Portland, OR – The Roseland Ballroom
15.10. USA     Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
16.10. CDN     Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
18.10. CDN     Edmonton, AB – Union Hall
19.10. CDN     Calgary, AB – The Palace Theatre
21.10. USA     Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
23.10. USA     Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
25.10. USA     Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre
26.10. USA     Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
27.10. USA     Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
29.10. CDN     Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
30.10. CDN     Montréal, QC – Mtelus
01.11. USA     Worcester, MA – Palladium
02.11. USA     New York, NY – PlayStation Theater
03.11. USA     Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore

01.12. S Stockholm – Sabaton Cruise *SOLD OUT*

2020:

»The Great Tour« – Russia 2020
06.03.    RUS       Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Stolitsa
07.03.    RUS       Vladivostok – Craft
08.03.    RUS       Khabarovsk – Velicano Club
10.03.    RUS       Irkutsk – Wild Horse
11.03.    RUS       Novosibirsk – Dkzh
13.03.    RUS       Moscow – Stadium Live
14.03.    RUS       St. Petersburg – A2 Green Concert
16.03.    RUS       Omsk – Angar
17.03.    RUS       Tyumen – Baikonur
19.03.    RUS       Yekaterinburg – Tele-Club
21.03.    RUS       Ufa – Ogni Ufy
22.03.    RUS       Samara – Zvezda
24.03.    RUS       Volgograd – DKT
26.03.    RUS       Nizhny Novgorod – Milo Concert Hall
28.03.    RUS       Voronezh – Palazzo
29.03.    RUS       Rostov-on-Don – Arena Don
31.03.    RUS       Krasnodar – Arena Hall
02.04.    BY          Minsk – Prime Hall

More on “The Great War”:

Fields Of Verdun (video): https://youtu.be/xP8G-LwWNn0
The Red Baron” (lyric video): https://youtu.be/3PXzgXBRM_k
Album Trailer #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZL8aG9PXtM
Album Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/oO9PoneghRo

Get the band’s previous albums as well as lots of merch and special editions in our shop: http://www.nuclearblast.de/shop/sabaton

LAST UNION Announce European – Eastern Europe Tour Dates with DELAIN, AMARANTHE, SOUNDSTROM & KALIDIA

Power of Metal — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:18:55 +0000

Italian progressive metal band, LAST UNION, have announced European – Eastern Europe Tour Dates as support of DELAIN & AMARANTHE, and one show with SOUNDSTORM & KALIDIA. LAST UNION have released their debut album ‘Twelve‘ in December 2018 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records, which feat. as guest DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie and Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) on bass, Uli Kusch (HELLOWEEN, MASTERPLAN) on drums.

Tour dates as follow:

Feb 08 – Sonic Room, Fabriano, Italy w/ SOUNDSTORM + KALIDIA

Feb 16 – Известия Hall, Moscow, Russia w/ DELAIN

Feb 17 – Зал Ожидания, St. Petersburg, Russia w/ DELAIN

Mar 09 – Atlas, Kyiv, Ukraine w/ AMARANTHE

Mar 10 – RE:PUBLIC, Minsk, Belarus w/ AMARANTHE

The quiet city of Tolentino in the Marche region of Central Italy not only boasts a rich historical background, it is also the place progressive metal band LAST UNION calls home. Founded by vocalist Elisa Scarpeccio, guitarist Cristiano Tiberi and keyboardist Claudio Feliziani in 2007, the band — originally known as BLAZING ICE — embarked on their journey in the pursuit of sharing their thoughts and feelings about life, and ultimately their art, with the world. With the assistance of professional session bassists and drummers, the trio established themselves on the Italian scene with a string of shows that helped them evolve and refine their craft.

LAST UNION live line-up:

Elisa Scarpeccio – vocals

Cristiano Tiberi – guitars

Alessandro Binotti – guitars

Matteo Brillarelli – bass

Alessandro Vagnoni- drums

www.facebook.com/lastunion

www.lastunion.it

FOLLOW THE CIPHER – kick off EU tour with AMARANTHE & WARKINGS tomorrow!

Power of Metal — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:01:34 +0000

2018 was an eventful year for Swedish newcomers FOLLOW THE CIPHER – they released their self-titled debut album through Nuclear Blast, played at several European summer festivals, and supported LORDI and BEYOND THE BLACK. But 2019 is kicking off in a promising fashion too: from tomorrow, the CIPHER crew will be supporting AMARANTHE on the European leg of their »The Helix World Tour 2019«. Additional support will come from WARKINGS as well as BLIND CHANNEL (Finland only!). All dates can be found below.

»The Helix World Tour 2019«

w/ AMARANTHE, WARKINGS

31.01. NL Nijmegen – Doornroosje

01.02. B Antwerp – Trix Muziekcentrum

02.02. CH Pratteln – Z7

03.02. LUX Luxembourg – Den Atelier

04.02. D Hamburg – Gruenspan

06.02. S Malmö – Kulturbogalet

07.02. S Gothenburg – Pustervik

08.02. S Helsingborg – The Tivoli

09.02. S Örebro – Frimis Salonger

11.02. DK Copenhagen – Pumpehuset

12.02. S Uppsala – Katalin

13.02. S Stockholm – Fryshuset Klubben

15.02. FIN Oulu – Energia Areena* *NEW*

16.02. FIN Helsinki – Ice Hall* *NEW*

*no WARKINGS; w/ BLIND CHANNEL

More FTC dates:

11. – 14.07. CZ Vizovice – Masters of Rock

Order »Follow The Cipher« now, here: http://nblast.de/FollowTheCipherFTC

More on »Follow The Cipher«:

‘The Rising’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJqc7NR1mTM

‘Valkyria’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1e4nRzHoaE

‘Carolus Rex’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-3nE5L8vag

‘A Mind’s Escape’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eft_X_EZdHg

‘Enter The Cipher’ OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj8LwG1nuBw

‘Winterfall’ OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te8wqN_2YrA

‘I Revive’ OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIr-h6LPZQA

Trailer #1 – The History Of The Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Gxxds-gjY

Trailer #2 – About ‘Valkyria’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4g2IXlZQMg

Trailer #3 – About The Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmIPs42pBJc

Trailer #4 – About ‘Carolus Rex’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2C71-L6_mM

Trailer #5 – About ‘Starlight’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay0asLspTug

Trailer #6 – About Linda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jPUzg3JHqA

AMARANTHE release “Countdown” single and video

Thomas Nielsen — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:04:30 +0000

“As the days and weeks are getting closer to the release of ‘HELIX’, what better way to illustrate our excitement and veritable impatience than by releasing our second single titled “Countdown”. Drawing upon a darker theme and subject matter than your typical AMARANTHE song, the sonic landscape itself forms a perfect counterpoint to this more serious side of the band. The contrasts have perhaps never been stronger, the ambitions never higher, and confidence never more solid – AMARANTHE in 2018 in its purest, most distilled form is “Countdown”.” Commented Amaranthe guitarist and composer Olof Mörck. Four albums into their career, Amaranthe have racked up north of 118 million YouTube views and half-a-billion song streams, have landed at #1 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Chart three times, and possess a panoply of gold and platinum discs for albums and singles alike.

With their electrifying fifth album HELIX due out October 19 through Spinefarm Records and armed with new singer Nils Molin, Amaranthe take another leap forward in their sonic evolution.

HELIX proves the band has refined its melodic sensibilities ever further while retaining a cutting-edge metal assault. The band is as massively aggressive as ever and the second video and single “Countdown” once again showcases the band’s unique musical sound and vision.”

AMARANTHE “Countdown” Video directed by Patric Ullaeus

Stream + download “Countdown” here

In support of the new album, Amaranthe will embark on a European Tour with Powerwolf in October / November. All tour dates here: http://amaranthe.se/tour

AMARANTHE are:

Elize Ryd: Vocals

Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson: Screams

Nils Molin: Vocals

Olof Mörck: Guitar, Keys

Johan Andreassen: Bass

Morten Løve Sørensen: Drums

www.amaranthe.se

www.facebook.com/AmarantheBand

twitter.com/amaranthemetal

Instagram.com/amarantheofficial

AMARANTHE release “365” single and video; New album Helix out October 19

Thomas Nielsen — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 06:28:01 +0000

Four albums into their career, Amaranthe have racked up north of 118 million YouTube views and half-a-billion song streams, have landed at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart three times, and possess a panoply of gold and platinum discs for albums and singles alike.

With their electrifying fifth album Helix due out October 19 through Spinefarm Records and armed with new singer Nils Molin, Amaranthe take another leap forward in their sonic evolution. Helix proves the band has refined its melodic sensibilities ever further while retaining a cutting-edge metal assault. The band is as massively aggressive as ever and the first single “365” is the perfect example of such — its seductively velvety mix of contemporary sounds and modern metal will take up residence in your brain for days.

AMARANTHE “365”

Stream + download “365” here

“And so the time is finally NOW! We have been itching to release this monster of a track – ‘365’ represents the Amaranthe sound in every conceivable way,” commented guitarist and composer Olof Mörck.”The foundation is the heaviest and most down-tuned soundscape we have produced to date, from the bone-crunching guitars and drums, all the way to the juggernaut keyboards kicking off the song. The ‘365’ video was shot with Patric Ulleaus to perfectly counterpoint the take-no-prisoners approach of the song, undeniably demonstrating the unity and chemistry of the Amaranthe line-up.”

He added, “The Helix album itself is a statement, a declaration and an assertion that we are here to stay, and that the songwriting and musicianship has been honed and maximized to the highest level yet on an Amaranthe record. The process of composing this album with Elize [Ryd] was as inspiring as it was smooth, and from a composer’s and arranger’s perspective, a dream collaboration. The time is nigh, the die is cast, and all the stars are right: the Helixwill steamroll across the globe, and in its wake, the touring machine that is Amaranthe will conquer all!”

Vocalist and composer Elize Ryd offered her take, saying, “Helix describes the concept of how the past forms us and how life makes us become. No excuses, no regrets. We express the challenges and the uplifting moments in time, and all that in between with the sounds that we love. We want to dedicate this album to all the fighters and friends out there.”