The band is signed to the Hamburg-based label since 2009. Their latest studio album “Midnight Ghost” (which was unleashed in September) reached #25 in Germany’s album chart, to become BRAINSTORM’s most successful release so far.
“We’re happy that our new deal will make us continue – and even enhance the successful work of recent years. With this strong label by our side, we’ll do our best to deliver a great follow-up to our very successful recent release „Midnight Ghost“. There’s much more great metal to come from us in the future, so stay tuned. ALL FOR METAL… BRAINSTORM to the maxxx…!NO LIMITS! We look forward to see you on the festivals!”
Andy B. Franck / Torsten ‘Todde’ Ihlenfeld
“Brainstorm are among the very best metal bands of the European scene“,
AFM Records A&R Timo Hoffmann states.
“We have the pleasure to work with the band since 2009. Five studio albums have been released since then, with the latest, “Midnight Ghost”, arguably marking the highlight of their entire discography. AFM is delighted to announce that the long-term contract with the band has been extended once more, so we’re looking forward to continue working with this fantastic act.“
German power metallers BRAINSTORM surprise their fans with a brand new, previously unreleased track called “Secrets And Related Lies”.
“We’ll embark on our “Midnight Ghost” European tour on January 17th, which is about to become a huge highlight for us”, vocalist Andy B. Franck states.
“We thank our awesome fans for their great support and making “Midnight Ghost” one of most successful releases in Brainstorm history. Now it’s time to celebrate and we want to see you all on the tour. As a gift for our loyal fans, today we launch a brand new, previously unreleased track, for you to enjoy. “Secrets And Related Lies” lyrically deals with virtual violence, abuse and loss of trust.”
Brainstorm “Midnight Ghost“ tour
Supports: Mob Rules & Gloryful
17.01.19 Hamburg (DE) – Logo
18.01.19 Essen (DE) – Turock
19.01.19 Mannheim (DE) – MS Connexion
20.01.19 Paris (FR) – Petit Bain
21.01.19 Colmar (FR) – Le Grillen
22.01.19 Nijverdal (NL) – Cult Art
23.01.19 Berlin (DE) – BiNuu
24.01.19 Munich (DE) – Backstage
25.01.19 Prague (CZ) – Nova Chmelnice
26.01.19 Zlin (CZ) – Masters of Rock Café
27.01.19 Budapest (HU) – Barba Negra
29.01.19 Ljubljana (SK) – Octobar
30.01.19 Ingolstadt (DE) – Eventhalle Westpark
31.01.19 Pratteln (CH) – Z7
01.02.19 Memmingen (DE) – Kaminwerk
02.02.19 Stuttgart (DE) – clubCANN
MOB RULES
BEAST OVER EUROPE!
MOB RULES as very special guests on the BRAINSTORM „Midnight Ghost “ Headliner European-tour 2019!
Energetic, powerful, to the point – this is how Mob Rules presents their new international chart album “Beast Reborn”. With powerful guitars, great melodies and last but not least their impressive live performance the band provides incomparable concerts.
“We are very happy to be part of this tour”, says singer Klaus Dirks. “We have known the guys from BRAINSTORM for a long time and are a really good team! Therefore it is a special pleasure for us to support them on the European tour and can hardly wait!”
Die-hard fans and those who want to become fans can look forward to stormy shows: Mob Rules will celebrate their recent chart album with new songs and beloved classics.
Get your tickets now!
BRAINSTORM
Very special guests: MOB RULES
Support: GLORYFUL
17.01. DE-Hamburg – Logo
18.01. DE-Essen – Turock
19.01. DE-Mannheim – MS Connexion
20.01. FR-Paris – Petit Bain
21.01. FR-Colmar – Le Grillen
22.01. NL-Nijverdal – Cult Art
24.01. DE-Munich – Backstage
25.01. CZ-Prague – Nova Chmelnice
26.01. CZ-Zlin – Masters Of Rock Cafe
27.01. HU-Budapest – Barba Negra
29.01. SLO-Ljubljana – Orto Bar
30.01. DE-Ingolstadt – Eventhalle Westpark
31.01. CH-Pratteln – Z7
01.02. DE-Memmingen – Kaminwerk
02.02. DE-Stuttgart – ClubCann
Tickets and more infos at: https://www.facebook.com/tours/301071150512623/
Tour Agency: http://www.stage-kult.de/
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MOB RULES “Ghost Of A Chance” Video: https://youtu.be/Amq3C5-IcNA
]]>My personal favorite album is Soul Temptation, but like I already said, there isn’t a weak album. Actually only the bass player is new in the line-up compared with their Soul Temptation album. Midnight Ghost has the normal ingredients for a Brainstorm album. The opener is heavy and fast with a very nice melody and refrain. After that mid-tempo and faster songs vary eachother. Sometimes a song has a very soft start but gets heavier near the end. The only softer song, you can name it a ballad if you like is ‘The Path’. With that said, I have to conclude that this is one of the heavier and faster albums of the band.
The excellent production and heavy sounding guitars also see to that. Power metal fans and Brainstorm fans will be pleased with this release.
]]>The 28th of September will bring you one of 2018’s power metal highlights: BRAINSTORM’s brand new album, titled “Midnight Ghost”! The Swabians around vocalist Andy B. Franck have always delivered the goods, but this time they have outdone themselves. Will “Midnight Ghost” become BRAINSTORM’s new yardstick?
That’s up to the fans, as Andy states:
“We’ve worked on the new material until we were 100% satisfied. No deadlines, no restrictions, no pressure from outside. Actually, we always give our best but this time it feels very special. Even as the recordings took place quite a while ago now, I’m still euphoric and can’t wait to unleash the “Midnight Ghost”, my hope being that our fans will enjoy the album as much as I do”.
The album’s third single “Revealing The Darkness” is available now.
“Midnight Ghost” will be released on September 28th (CD, CD/DVD Digibook, ltd. Vinyl, ltd. Box Set).
September 28th can’t come soon enough for fans of high class power metal: Germany’s BRAINSTORM return with their new album “Midnight Ghost”, which was produced by Seeb Levermann (Orden Ogan, Rhapsody Of fire).
The band has launched a video clip for their new single “Ravenous Minds” – just one out of 10 cracking tracks to be featured on their newest piece of work. The clip was directed by Mirko Witzki.
„Midnight Ghost“ will be available as CD, CD/DVD digibook, ltd. colored vinyl and ltd. box set.
German power metal band BRAINSTORM proudly announces the release of their new album, „Midnight Ghost“, scheduled for release on September 28th.
The band‘s already 12th studio album is seemingly forging into something very special.Vocalist Andy B. Franck comments:„Midnight Ghost“ is the album we always wanted to create for our fans – and ourselves. Every song, the sound, the cover artwork… it feels perfect to us! It all has such an incredible power, which is hard to describe. For me it’s definitely one of our best albums and I’m confident that we can reach a new Brainstorm level with „Midnight Ghost“ now. We can’t wait to bring this to the stages!“„Midnight Ghost“ was produced by Seeb Levermann (Orden Ogan, Rhapsody Of Fire), the cover artwork was created by Gyula Havancsak (Annihilator, Stratovarius).
The album will be available as CD, CD/DVD Digibook, blue Vinyl (limited to 400 units), yellow/blue splatter Vinyl (limited to 100 units and exclusively available in the AFM webshop) & box set.
„Midnight Ghost“ tracklisting:
CD:
01. Devil’s Eye
02. Revealing The Darkness
03. Ravenous Minds
04. The Pyre
05. Jeanne Boulet (1764)
06. Divine Inner Ghost
07. When Pain Becomes Real
08. The Four Blessings
09. Haunting Voices
10. The Path
Digibook bonus DVD: “Scary Creatures Over Europe 2016” at LKA Stuttgart:
01. The World To See
02. Firesoul
03. Fire Walk With Me
04. Highs Without Lows
05. We Are
06. Worlds Are Coming Through
07. Shiva’s Tears
08. End In Sorrow
09. How Much Can You Take
10. Falling Spiral Down
11. All Those Words
12. Shiver
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Good news from the BRAINSTORM camp: one of Germany’s premiere metal bands will enter the Greenman Studios to record their upcoming new album with producer Sebastian Seeb Levermann (ORDEN OGAN, Rhapsody Of Fire). The album will be titled “Midnight Ghost”, a release is scheduled for September and the tour will start in January 2019.
Vocalist Andy B. Franck comments:
]]>“I think people will realize right away that we took enough of time to deliver a special album, our 12th overall by the way, this time. The songs sound very intense, fresh, heavy and aggressive – even after listening to the material for so long now. Our 12th album, so we will record 12 songs and then decide which of these finally end up on the album. We are happy that we were able to secure the services of Seeb, who was our #1 choice and will take us to the limit. We’re so looking forward to working with him – also because we feel that “Midnight Ghost” will become a very special album. Stay tuned for updates, folks!”