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Bonfire - Live On Holy Ground 2018
The German Hard Rock band BONFIRE has been one of the busiest touring bands for a couple of decades and a regular guest at numerous big European Metal festivals. On August 4th, 2018 the Ingolstadt based group once again set a highlight live performance at the world's biggest Heavy Metal festival:
the Wacken Open Air.

The show in Wacken was filmed live and will now be released on June 14th, 2019 as DVD, as CD, as vinyl and digital under the name "Live On Holy Ground 2018".

The main film offers a superb 'best of' journey through time and includes BONFIRE's classic hits like "Ready 4 Reaction", "Sweet Obsession" and "American Nights".

The DVD version offers four bonus video clips which are also included on the CD as audio files. "Praying 4 A Miracle" (radio edit), "Locomotive Breath" (radio edit), "Sweet Obsession" (2019) and "American Nights" (2019).

The first shipment will be available handsigned by the band.

Filmed & recorded live at Wacken Open Air on August 4th, 2018
Mix & Mastering: Tom Müller (Flatliner Studios)
Produced by: Hans Ziller
Additional Recordings by Rolf Munkes at Empire Studios
Virtual set extensions for American Nights by andreas.resch@world-of-visions.de
Locomotive Breath - Byron Mansylla, AVMS
CD & DVD artwork design: The Digital Dictators

BONFIRE are: Hans Ziller - Lead & Rhythm-Guitar, Backing Vocals; Alexx Stahl - Lead Vocals; Ronnie Parkes - Bass, Backing Vocals; Frank Pané - Lead, Rhythm-Guitar, Backing Vocals; André Hilgers - Drums, Percussion
Additional Musicians: Tim Breideband, Harry Reischmann - Drums; Paul Morris, Fredrik Bergh, Alessandro DelVecchio - Keyboards; Alessandro DelVecchio, Mike Gerhold - Backing Vocals

Tracklist: 1. In the Beginning, 2. Ready 4 Reaction, 3. Never Mind, 4. Don't touch the light, 5. American Nights, 6. Give it a try, 7. Sword and Stone, 8. SDI, 9. Sweet Obsession, 10. Champion; Bonus Videos: 11.Praying 4 A Miracle, 12.Locomotive Breath, 13. American Nights (2019), 14. Sweet Obsession (2019)

Bonfire are announcing new album for April 03rd 2020!
The new longplayer "Fistful Of Fire" comes with a compelling Hard Rock cover artwork and 14 outstanding new tracks. (see tracklist below)

The combination of toughness and great melodies suites Bonfire perfectly. The German Hard Rock Legends show again all their typical trademarks, dearly beloved by fans all around the globe: charismatic vocals, catchy riffs and hooks and driving grooves!

Pandemic reasons forced the band to stay at home and quit their tour plans for their latest effort "Fistful Of Fire", but Bonfire can't stand still and so they recorded a great new album called "Roots". Have a look at the new cover art of this magnificent acoustic-album with 23 tracks recorded completely over again and interpreted in new ways.
It includes very young ballads like “When An Old Man Cries” and old evergreens like “You Make Me Feel”, contains old rock hits like “Ready 4 Reaction” and arising rock hymns like “The Devil Made Me Do It”.

With this release and the new campaign on StartNext the band tries to get some money into their empty band accounts and offers quite some musical delicacy with regards to the content. Besides various merch items, living-room concerts, VIP Tickets for their streaming release show and special rarities like original master tapes or guitar amps, the new album “Roots” can be ordered here: https://www.startnext.com/bonfire-back-to-the-roots

Let’s hope for better times, in which live-concerts can take place again and let us support and celebrate one of Germany’s biggest rock bands in alternate ways until that day.

The upcoming Bonfire album "Roots" is available now in our shop as Ltd. Red Vinyl and CD, check it out now: https://shop.afm-records.de/bonfire/
See the full tracklist in the picture below, it's a magnificent half-acoustic-album with 24 tracks recorded completely over again and interpreted in new ways. It includes very young ballads like “When An Old Man Cries” and old evergreens like “You Make Me Feel”, contains old rock hits like “Ready 4 Reaction” and "American Nights" but also arising rock hymns like “The Devil Made Me Do It” - have a look yourself!
The band recently runs a crowdfunding campaign around this new album and offers a lot of special stuff besides the new album, you can find various merch items, living room concerts, VIP tickets for their streaming release show, etc.
https://www.startnext.com/bonfire-back-to-the-roots

BONFIRE introduces new vocalist DYAN
with re-recorded single version of "Fantasy“!
German hard rock titans BONFIRE have revealed their new vocalist. The band has joined forces with exceptional singer and frontman DYAN, who may be yet unknown but will immediately convince every heavy and hard rock fan!
"As most of you already know. Bonfire was in the process of re-recording the first 3 albums for a special Box Set to go along with the release of Hans Ziller’s book and a Bonfire documentary," says bassist Ronnie Parkes. "At nearly the end of the recording process Alex Stahl and Bonfire split ways.
Bonfire would like to welcome to the family our new vocalist DYAN. DYAN was born 31 years ago in Greece and currently lives in the UK. He is an incredible addition to the team and will surely bring Bonfire to new heights!"
Now, BONFIRE has re-recorded the classic "Fantasy", taken of their iconic 1987-"Fireworks" album, while DYAN is showcasing his extraordinary vocal talent and giving the track a new, fresh sound and shape! Give DYAN a warm welcome and watch BONFIRE’s official music video for the new version of "Fantasy" here:
Founding band member Hans Ziller adds: “At first listen I immediately fell in love with DYAN’s tone and vocal abilities. DYAN recorded 35 songs in 14 days. An incredible show of strength and stamina for any vocalist. The band & I are extremely excited to have him onboard and we feel he will help to get Bonfire back into the first league of Rock & Roll!“
Earlier this year, BONFIRE released a charity single and new version of their 1989-anthem "Freedom Is My Belief", in order to help traumatized children from Ukraine. Stream, download and support at THIS LOCATION, and stay tuned for many more BONFIRE news and updates to follow soon!
For More Info Visit:
http://www.bonfire.de
http://www.facebook.com/bonfireofficial
http://www.instagram.com/bonfire_official
http://www.afm-records.de

Since more than 35 years Bonfire are the embodiment of "Hard'n'Heavy made in Germany“. Now they are releasing their most wanted albums "POINT BLANK", "FIREWORKS" and "DON'T TOUCH THE LIGHT" as MMXXIII re-recording versions with an entirely new artwork! Available for the very first time as digital format on all streaming providers, as colored limited and none limited vinyl and as CD digipack.