08 January 2013
Firewind: Working on live album release; Next bunch of European festivals confirmed; To embark on US tour next month with Turisas!

Melodic Metallers FIREWIND have successfully wrapped up the calendar year 2012 with 4 packed club-shows in their native Greece (Two nights in Thessaloniki and 2 nights in Athens), commencing the celebration of the band's 10th Anniversary of existence. Additionally, and right before the end of the year festivities, FIREWIND also entered studios in order to mix recordings from their "Few Against Many" live-campaign last year for an upcoming live-album, scheduled to be released before the summer of 2013. Look out for more details soon...
Expanding FIREWIND's live agenda for 2013, the band is next headed out on a North American tour with Turisas and Stolen Babies and has most recently also confirmed appearances at this year's editions of Summer Breeze festival (Germany), PPM Fest (Belgium) and Rock In Den Ruinen festival (Germany). More shows will be announced soon. Here is a list of all next FIREWIND live-dates revealed so far:
TURISAS + FIREWIND & STOLEN BABIES: "Guards of Glory - North American Tour 2013" 02.02.2013 Jacksonville, FL - Roc Bar 03.02.2013 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade 05.02.2013 Richmond, VA - Empire 06.02.2013 New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre 07.02.2013 Worcester, MA - The Palladium 08.02.2013 Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Électriques 09.02.2013 Toronto, ON - The Mod Club 10.02.2013 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge 11.02.2013 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Downunder 13.02.2013 Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights 15.12.2013 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre 16.02.2013 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue 18.02.2013 Seattle, WA - Studio Seven 19.02.2013 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret 20.12.2013 Portland, OR - Branx 21.02.2013 Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro Operahouse 22.02.2013 West Hollywood, CA - Key Club 23.02.2013 Santa Ana, CA - The Constellation Room 25.02.2013 Tempe, AZ - 910 Live 28.02.2013 Dallas, TX - The Door 01.03.2013 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit 02.03.2013 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live 04.03.2013 Orlando, FL - The Social 05.03.2013 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room 06.03.2013 Tampa, FL - State Theatre
FIREWIND @ European Festivals 2013: 14.04.2013 Mons (Belgium) - PPM Fest www.ppmfest.com 27.04.2013 Dortmund (Germany) - Rock in den Ruinen / www.rock-in-den-ruinen.com 05.05.-12.05.2013 Full Metal Cruise (DE/UK/F/NL) / www.full-metal-cruise.com 05.06.-08.06.2013 Sölvesborg (Sweden) - Sweden Rock Festival / www.swedenrock.com 08.08 2013 Derbyshire (UK) - Bloodstock Open Air www.bloodstock.uk.com 15.08.2013 Dinkelsbühl (Germany) - Summer Breeze Open Air / www.summer-breeze.de
Prior to the North American tourdates, FIREWIND's mastermind and guitar-wizard Gus G. will also be appearing at Jason Becker's "Not Dead Yet 2" benefit concert on January 23rd, 2013 at Slim's in San Francisco alongside Uli Jon Roth, Ritchie Kotzen, Steve Morse and many other guitar legends. Check out more details here: Ticket link: www.slimspresents.com Event's official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/events/308803175904265/?ref=22
Gus G. will also be announcing special NAMM appearances and signing session in the coming days...
UK's Guitarist magazine caught up with FIREWIND's Gus G. on the band's latest UK headline dates for an 'On The Road' gear-video, which can be seen here: www.musicradar.com
FIREWIND's current album, "Few Against Many", was mixed by Jason Suecof & Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (Trivium, All That Remains, Death Angel, etc.) and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (Mastodon, Hatebreed, Symphony X, etc.). The iconic album's artwork was once again created by FIREWIND's longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes / www.abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Angra, Dream Evil, etc.). While the album's standard version is available in the CD format as well as LP and also as Digital Download, "Few Against Many" is also released as limited edition Digipak CD with two bonus tracks. "Few Against Many" has recently climbed up the national sales charts in Greece to occupy the # 1 top spot for several weeks!
More FIREWIND online action: Album "track by track" video with Gus G., Pt. 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBUayMOMkfE Album "track by track" video with Gus G., Pt. 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qjajKR7tH8 Album EPK-clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l41HCQJdmE "Wall Of Sound" official video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aihNvw4b8bE "Edge Of A Dream (Feat. Apocalyptica)" official video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRlEiDQbbpY "Glorious" live clip (O2's fancams): www.youtube.com/watch?&v=5_Jsf3crOWs "Few Against Many" guitar play-through video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KniFgWoXDCQ Stay tuned for more news on FIREWIND soon...
FIREWIND online: www.firewind.gr www.facebook.com/firewindofficial http://www.myspace.com/firewind twitter.com/firewindmusic
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