The Andorran prog-death masters Persefone will be headlining their first ever tour in North America this August/September, in conjunction with their show at the prestigious ProgPower festival in Atlanta.
Persefone will bring “The Aathma tour – The Cosmic Walkers”, to their rapidly growing audience in both Mexico, USA and Canada, following their latest release “Aathma” which has been unsurprisingly successful on this continent. The demand for the band has been very high among the North American fans, and Persefone is not a band that tend to ignore their fans!
Miguel Espinosa/Keys/clean vocals comments:
“”It’s been a long time since we announced that we were preparing a North American Tour. Today, the day has finally come where we can announce the tour itself! In August we will finally cross the Atlantic to meet our fans and friends personally there and we simply cannot wait! Mexico, United States and Canada! A dream come true! See you all there!!””
The 10-show tour will take Persefone to some of the largest cities on the North American continent, such as Mexico City, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Atlanta.Persefone is bringing along the thrash/power veterans Manticora from Denmark, as support act on the tour. Manticora are releasing their 8th album in August – a concept album, following the release of the novel “To Kill To Live To Kill”, written by the band themselves, so the timing is perfect. Manticora has previously been touring the US as support for Jon Oliva’s Pain.
Routing:
26.08.2018: MEX – Mexico City, Foro Alicia
29.08.2018: USA – Los Angeles, WhiskeyAGoGo
30.08.2018: USA – Chicago, Reggie’s
31.08.2018: USA – Buffalo, Evening Star
01.09.2018: CAN – Ottawa, Cafe Dekcuf
02.09.2018: CAN – tba
03.09.2018: CAN – Quebec City, L’Anti
04.09.2018: USA – Boston, Middle East Club
05.09.2018: USA – New York, The Mercury Lounge
07.09.2018: USA – Atlanta, Progpower festival (Only Persefone)
Persefone videos:
Lyrical Video: (“Prison Skin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnRAIwLql1g
Music Video (“Living Waves”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxkiTxoHrw
Persefone is the new rising star on the European progressive melodeath scene. Having released 5 critically acclaimed albums of extreme technical skills and fantastic songwriting, this band has climbed from being an unknown band from Andorra to claiming headliner status in Europe – and now in North America as well!
Persefone line-up:
Carlos Lozano: Guitars
Miguel Espinosa: Keyboards & Vocals
Sergi Verdeguer: Drums
Tony Mestre: Bass
Marc Martins: Vocals
Filipe Baldaia: Guitars
Persefone Discography:
2004 – Truth Inside The Shades
2006 – Core2009 – Shin-Ken
2013 – Spiritual Migration
2017 – Aathma
Persefone online:
www.facebook.com/persefoneband
Manticora online:
www.facebook.com/manticoraband
Video link: Song from 2010 album “Safe”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stxeF6tYicc
Label (both bands): ViciSolum Records
Publishing (both bands): Enorm Music GmbH
Endorsements:
Steinberg
Tama
Engl
Korg
Sabian
Vic Firth
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Andorran progressive metallers PERSEFONE have released their dark new single ‘In Lak’Ech’ (feat. Tim Charles from Ne Obliviscares) ahead of their upcoming EU tour. The single will be available to purchase digitally and also on 12″ vinyl.
Listen to ‘In Lak’Ech’ here: https://persefone1.bandcamp.com
The band hit Europe on the following dates:
24.03.2018: FR – Lyon, Ninkasi Kao
25.03.2018: IT – Milano, Rock Pub Centrale
26.03.2018: SV – Ljubljana, Orto Bar
27.03.2018: SK – Bratislava, Randal Club
28.03.2018: DE – München, Backstage
29.03.2018: DE – Karlsruhe, Substage
30.03.2018: NL – Hoofddorp, Duycker
31.03.2018: FR – Paris, Le Petit Bain
01.04.2018: UK – London, Garage Highbury
02.04.2018: UK – Birmingham, The Asylum
03.04.2018: UK – Manchester, Ruby Lounge
05.04.2018: DE – Essen, Turock
06.04.2018: DE – Hamburg, Markthalle
07.04.2018: DK – Copenhagen, Vega
28.04.2018: ES – Madrid, Progstureo, festival
30.06.2018: ES – Barcelona, BeProgMyFriend festival
07.07.2018: SE – Uppsala, Uppsala Rock festival
02.08.2018: DE – Wacken, Wacken Open Air
08.09.2018: US – ProgPower USA, Atlanta, USA
13.10.2018: FR – Toulouse, Very Prog festival
Almost four years have passed since PERSEFONE unleashed their highly-acclaimed album Spiritual Migration. An impressive tour-de-force of insanely great musicianship that took both the press and the listeners by storm (1.5 million views on YouTube).
With a new guitarist and a new drummer PERSEFONE have now taken their music to the next level with the release of their brand-new album Aathma (ViciSolum Records) in 2017. Aathma was mixed and mastered by legendary producer Jens Bogren in his Fascination Street Studios (Sweden). The album includes the epic 20-minute title-track, with guest appearances from vocalist Merethe Soltvedt and Leprous guitarist Øystein Landsverk.
Aathma also features Cynic’s Paul Masvidal, appearing on the song ‘Living Waves’, as well as on ‘An Infinitesimal Spark’. The amazing cover art is created by none other than Travis Smith, who shouldn’t need further introduction.
PERSEFONE – IN LAK’ECH(feat. Tim Charles from Ne Obliviscaris)
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In celebration of the up-coming European tour, starting out on March 24th, Persefone have decided to treat the fans with a brand-new track, honoring the immense support of said fans.”In Lak’Ech” is a song, incorporating elements and atmospheres from the band’s entire back catalogue and should aim at satisfying any Persefone listener, no matter which previous album is your favourite.
Miguel Espinosa (keys/clean vocals) explains:
“There’s been a lot of stuff going on lately in the Persefone camp. Tours, festivals, new releases… And from time to time we like to get ourselves involved in new musical experiences, other than playing live. So after our tour in Japan we came back full of ideas and we jumped into the studio and started working on what would become “In Lak’Ech”. The conceptual idea of the unity of the human, being the whole Universe, got us really inspired and it took us only two days to have the song ready. Then we contacted Logan Mader to make the mixing and Tim Charles from Ne Obliviscaris for him to participate in the song. As smooth as the song writing, both the mix, the violin and vocal part worked perfectly with the mood of the moment, and we are really glad to have finished this song that we will play on our upcoming tours!”
“In Lak’Ech” is set for release on March 23rd, as a 12″ vinyl single, as well as through streaming, worldwide through Vicisolum Records. Artwork for the single is attached in this email.
Persefone is the new rising star on the European progressive melodeath scene. Having released 5 critically acclaimed albums of extreme technical skills and fantastic songwriting, this band has climbed from being an unknown band from Andorra to claiming headliner status in Europe.
Persefone has previously toured the continent, as support for Obituary and Leprous, until they, co-headlined alongside Loch Vostok, and after the 2017 Persefone headliner tour, it’s now about time to gain even more European ground, thus the “Aathma tour – part 2”.
Persefone Live:
24.03.2018: FR – Lyon, Ninkasi Kao www.ninkasi.fr
25.03.2018: IT – Milano, Rock Pub Centrale www.rockcentrale.com
26.03.2018: SV – Ljubljana, Orto Bar www.orto-bar.com
27.03.2018: SK – Bratislava, Randal Club www.randalclub.eu
28.03.2018: DE – München, Backstage www.backstage.eu
29.03.2018: DE – Karlsruhe, Substage www.substage.de
30.03.2018: NL – Hoofddorp, Duycker www.duycker.nl
31.03.2018: FR – Paris, Le Petit Bain www.petitbain.org
01.04.2018: UK – London, Garage Highbury www.thegarage.london
02.04.2018: UK – Birmingham, The Asylum www.theasylumvenue.co.uk
03.04.2018: UK – Manchester, Ruby Lounge www.therubylounge.com
05.04.2018: DE – Essen, Turock www.turock.de
06.04.2018: DE – Hamburg, Markthalle www.markthalle-hamburg.de
07.04.2018: DK – Copenhagen, Vega www.vega.dk
28.04.2018: ES – Madrid, Progstureo, festival
30.06.2018: ES – Barcelona, BeProgMyFriend festival
07.07.2018: SE – Uppsala, Uppsala Rock festival
02.04.2018: DE – Wacken, Wacken Open Air
08.11.2018: US – ProgPower USA, Atlanta, USA
13.10.2018: FR – Toulouse, Very Prog festival
Persefone line-up:
Carlos Lozano: Guitars
Miguel Espinosa: Keyboards & Vocals
Sergi Verdeguer: Drums
Tony Mestre: Bass
Marc Martins: Vocals
Filipe Baldaia: Guitars
Persefone Discography:
2004 – Truth Inside The Shades
2006 – Core
2009 – Shin-Ken
2013 – Spiritual Migration2017 – Aathma
Persefone online:
www.facebook.com/persefoneband
Lyrical Video: (“Prison Skin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnRAIwLql1g
Music Video (“Living Waves”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxkiTxoHrw
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