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FIREWIND ENTERS STUDIO TO RECORD NEW ALBUM; EUROPEAN DATES POSTPONED TO EARLY 2017; SPECIAL GUESTS CONFIRMED

Hi everyone!

We feel it's time to give you an update on what's happening in our world. For the past few months we've been busy composing our 8th album and this week we finally entered the studio to start recording! We're super excited about it, as this is our first recording in 4 years, plus this will be our first album with our new singer Henning Basse (who should not be a stranger to our fans by now).
We've entered Noise Factory Studio in Belgium this week with Producer/Engineer Dennis Ward (Unisonic, Pink Cream 69, Krokus, etc.) to track drums and it's sounding huge already!

As the schedule is pretty hectic for the next few months with recordings, finalizing everything, etc. we feel we need time to have a proper setup for the album release and give it the attention it deserves.
Therefore, we have decided to postpone our UK/European club dates to early 2017. All dates are there and we've even added an extra UK show in Southampton and one more in Strasbourg, France! Moreover, we will have Sweden's MANIMAL as special guests, as well as Greece's Scar Of The Sun opening the shows. Tickets already purchased are still valid for the re-scheduled dates. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but we promise it'll be worth the wait!

Our summer festival appearances are still on and we'll be revealing more info on the new album as we go along!

FIREWIND - Europe & UK Tour 2017
Special Guests: MANIMAL + SCAR OF THE SUN

15/2/17 Glasgow, UK @ Audio
16/2/17 Manchester, UK @ Academy 3
17/2/17 Sheffield, UK @ Corporation
18/2/17 Wolverhampton, UK @ Slade Rooms
19/2/17 London, UK @ Underworld
21/2/17 Southampton, UK @ Engine Rooms
22/2/17 Paris, FR @ Backstage by the Mills
23/2/17 Strasbourg, FR @ La Laiterie
25/2/17 Vienna, AT @ Szene
26/2/17 Budapest , HU @ A38
27/2/17 Munchen, DE @ Feierwerk
28/2/17 Aschaffenburg, DE @ Colos-Saal
01/3/17 Bochum, DE @ Rockpalast
02/3/17 Vosselaar, BEL @ Biebob

New FIREWIND Studio Album "IMMORTALS" set for January 2017 release!

Greek melodic Power metal masters FIREWIND, are proud to announce the release of their upcoming 8th studio album, ”Immortals”, which will be released on January 20th, 2017 via the band’s longtime label partner Century Media Records in Europe & AFM Records in North America.

Gus G checks in to comment about “Immortals” and its artwork: “Today we're very happy to reveal the cover artwork for our 8th studio album. It's titled "Immortals" and it's the first concept album FIREWIND has ever made. Since we're from Greece, we thought it would be a cool idea to make a concept of Greek history and heritage. So, on this album we focused on the legendary battles of Thermopylae and Salamis during the 2nd Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC. The artwork was once again created by our longtime collaborator, Gustavo Sazes and we feel it reflects the vibe we tried to capture on this album - Epic, Powerful, Glorious, Everlasting.”

“Immortals” marks the first time FIREWIND used an outside co-producer, working with Dennis Ward (Unisonic, Pink Cream 69), who not only engineered, mixed and mastered the album, but also co-wrote it together with Gus G. The album’s tracklisting reads as follows:

Next to the standard jewel case CD and Digital Download formats, “Immortals” will also be released as LP on 180gr vinyl with a poster as well as the entire album on CD as bonus. Additionally, there will also be a limited edition Mediabook CD with expanded booklet, a bonus track and 3 stickers. Look out for more details and pre-order details soon…

A first album’s online single is set to debut on November 25th, but in the meantime you can already check out a few sample riffs in a play-through clip that Gus G. recorded in co-operation with Toontrack’s EZmix 2 and the Metal Guitar Gods 4 EZmix Pack expansion here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E7SFBKYVcU

In support of the new album, FIREWIND are set to hit the road across Europe and the UK. Those dates as well as some first festival dates confirmed for 2017, can be seen here: http://www.bandsintown.com/firewind

We’re currently putting the finishing touches on album number 9, but here’s a video with some of the recording process the past months & in between our tours. And you get to hear some new music snippets too

A NEW CHAPTER OF FIREWIND

Dear friends & supporters,

We’ve been pretty quiet about the new album but we’ll cut right to the chase.

After many years, Bob Katsionis is stepping down from the ongoing touring lifestyle and focus on his work as a producer / studio engineer as well as his own projects.
We’ve also parted ways with Henning Basse due to personal reasons that will prevent him from completing the upcoming album touring cycle and continuing with the band overall.

We thank them both for their time and contributions to Firewind. There’s absolutely no bad blood here, the guys are part of our legacy and we wish them best of luck for the future.

While this was a big challenge for us, it is a change that needed to happen in order for the band to continue. This is a rebirth of Firewind and a new chapter in our musical history.

At the same time we’d like to welcome new singer Herbie Langhans (Avantasia, x- Sinbreed).
Herbie is a hell of a singer and his powerful style breathes new life on our new material but also on our back catalogue.

He recently completed the vocals for our 9th studio album which is due later this year.

We’re very excited to finally reveal the upcoming album and share the new sounds with you! Stay tuned as more announcements coming real soon!

We're excited to announce that our brand new self-titled 9th studio album will be released on May 15th! With the lead single & video "Rising Fire" released earlier today (https://youtu.be/3iEZGCcy31s), we're kicking off the album pre-orders: http://afmrec.de/Firewind

One of the best guitarists does the honors and leads the listener into a virtuoso world of guitar sounds. The quantum leap of his musical development and career will be released on October 08, 2021.
It is no longer a secret that Gus G. plays in the top league in the world of guitar virtuosos. Not only that he played the world's biggest stages in his time with Ozzy Osbourne, but also that he was able to gain a firm place and a loyal fan base in recent years with his own band Firewind and his solo project Gus G. ennoble the guitar artist. In his new album "Quantum Leap", Gus G. continues his straight and inspirational path, this time focusing only on his excellent craft. For this reason, the new album is an instrumental album, but so complete in itself that it can make many a person green with envy. Gus G. has again relied on his longtime colleague Dennis Ward for production, but has done the mixing and mastering entirely on his own terms. Hard metal tracks line up with melodic riffs and make this album seem like a complete work. "Quantum Leap" is a tribute to himself, to a great guitarist and instrumental artist.