FIREWIND - Few Against Many (21 mai)

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Nouvel album (déja? j'ai l'impression que le dernier est sorti récemment Confused

), avec encore une fois un nouveau batteur: Jo Nunez de Nightrage.

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. , will release their new album, "Few Against Many", in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via eOne Distribution. The CD was mixed by Jason Suecof and Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, DEATH ANGEL) in Sanford, Florida.

Produced by Gus, "Few Against Many" was recorded with his longtime bandmates, vocalist Apollo Papathanasio, keyboardist/guitarist Bob Katsionis and bassist Petros Christo, at Valve Studio in Greece as well as the Sweetspot Studios in Sweden and sees the band expanding on its signature melodic sound with some of its most aggressive songs to date. The CD also marks the recording debut of new FIREWIND drummer Johan Nunez (NIGHTRAGE). The young Belgian is regarded by Gus as a "phenomenal talent," and anyone that witnessed him on the band's most recent world tour will no doubt agree.

The "Few Against Many" cover artwork can be seen below.

FIREWIND 2012 (pictured left to right in new band photo below):

Bob Katsionis - Keyboards, Guitar
Apollo Papathanasio - Vocals
Gus G. - Guitar
Petros Christo - Bass
Jo Nunez - Drums

FIREWIND debuted two brand new songs — "Wall Of Sound" and "Losing My Mind" — during its headlining concert on January 14 at the Fuzz Club in Athens, Greece. Fan-filmed video footage of both tracks can be seen below.

FIREWIND has already announced a few summer festival appearances (including Summer Breeze in Germany and Czech Republic's Masters Of Rock) and will play three shows in China and Taiwan at the end of August.

Edith a trouvé ça:
"Wall Of Sound" (new song) performance footage

"Losing My Mind" (new song) performance footage
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belzaran · Inscrit le: 15 Sep 2009 Messages: 455

Firewind, c'est un peu l'éternel espoir pour moi. C'est jamais vraiment mauvais, mais jamais vraiment transcendant. Et pourtant, on sent qu'ils en ont sous la pédale.

En effet, cet album me semble arriver bien vite...
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Sven · Posté le: Ven 16 Mar 2012 14:00 Sujet du message:

D'autant que le dernier était moins bon que les précédents!
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Baalim · Inscrit le: 12 Sep 2007 Messages: 461

Wabon ?

J'ai trouvé que le dernier album concrétisait enfin, en partie, les espoirs que j'avais placés en eux depuis des lustres (burning earth) alors que the premonition était sérieusement mou.

Sven · Posté le: Lun 19 Mar 2012 13:04 Sujet du message:

Dup pense pareil que toi, mais j'ai plus de mal avec le dernier, perso. Faudrait pitet que je le réécoute pour voir si mon avis a changé...
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Baalim · Inscrit le: 12 Sep 2007 Messages: 461

En tapant mon message, il me semblait effectivement qu'une discussion très similaire avait déjà eu lieu sur ce même sujet. Wink

belzaran · Inscrit le: 15 Sep 2009 Messages: 455

Rien n'est jamais vraiment mauvais dans leurs albums. Mais on dirait qu'ils n'ont pas vraiment l'ambition de faire beaucoup mieux. Or, leurs instrumentaux prouvent qu'ils peuvent faire des morceaux bien plus intéressants.
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Ils sortent un live, ça sera le dernier disque avec Apollo au chant.

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G., will celebrate their 10th anniversary by releasing a live album on June 24 via Century Media Records in Europe. Entitled "Apotheosis - Live 2012", the CD will contain 17 songs recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as all over Europe during the band's "Few Against Many" tour in 2012. With a playing time of 69 minutes, the effort is a great overview of the band's career so far, which consists of seven studio albums. It also marks FIREWIND's final release with singer Apollo Papathanasio, who decided to leave the group at the end of last year. He has since been replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (ADAGIO, BEYOND TWILIGHT) as session frontman for all 2013 live activities.

The cover artwork for "Apotheosis - Live 2012", which will be released as a digipak in its first limited-edition pressing, was designed by FIREWIND's longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes (ARCH ENEMY, ANGRA, DREAM EVIL) based on live photography by Hans-W. Rock.

"Apotheosis - Live 2012" track listing:

01. Head Up High
02. Wall Of Sound
03. Allegiance
04. Few Against Many
05. The Departure
06. Heading For The Dawn
07. Losing My Mind
08. World On Fire
09. Guitar Solo 2012
10. SKG
11. Between Heaven And Hell
12. Piano Solo
13. Edge Of A Dream
14. Mercenary Man
15. Glorious
16. Maniac
17. Falling To Pieces

Stated Gus G.: "Apotheosis = the glorification of a subject to a divine level. That is the word that came to my mind while thinking of how I could best describe the feeling and the vibe of those four anniversary shows we played in our homeland Greece and our last European headline tour in 2012! So that had to be our live album's title. You can feel the energy on these recordings, you can hear the screams of the most hardcore fans and the FIREWIND chants... it's all there. No doubt about it, it's the sheer love from our fans and supporters that has kept us alive and strong for 10 years and we wanted to celebrate all that with this album. We recorded all those shows, chose the best performances and now we can't wait to release this one!"

In a recent interview with Metal Assault, Gus G. stated about Apollo's departure: "People following the band for the past few years would know that we've had different session guys at the live shows even when Apollo was in the band because he just had to skip a few tours during the year. So whenever the schedule was getting too heavy for him and he would have to take care of stuff back home, we had to get other guys. So this time, he had to skip again and he was like, 'You know, instead of holding you guys back, I might as well just quit.' I think he did the right thing for him, for us as well, because we can only do that [getting session vocalists] so many times and we're better off trying to find a new permanent guy instead of getting replacements for a tour. So at least now we know that we have to find somebody new, and in a sense it's a bit sad, but at the same time it's some sort of relief."

Asked if Carpenter is going to be the permanent replacement for Papathanasio, Gus said: "We don't know yet. We're not going to rush that decision. We're really happy with what he's doing on stage; he's doing a really good job. But we have this tour and then we have a few festivals back home and then FIREWIND might be on hiatus for a while, so we're going to see what we're going to do."

FIREWIND's latest album, "Few Against Many", entered the official chart in Greece at No. 42 and in Germany at No. 90. Released in Europe on May 21, 2012 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via eOne Distribution, the CD was mixed by Jason Suecof and Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, DEATH ANGEL) in Sanford, Florida.

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Droom · Oslow Inscrit le: 15 Fév 2012 Messages: 3419

Le mec responsable de la pochette, c'est celui qui s'est occupé des derniers Blind Guardian, Rhapsody et compagnie, non ? Si oui, il faut vraiment qu'il arrête de faire des patés de couleurs. C'est immonde. Neutral

Et sinon, même conclusion d'ailleurs.

Sur le fond, c'est sympa mais pas indispensable. D'autant que le bon Live Premonition n'est pas bien vieux finalement.

Pingouin · Jean-Pierre Elkathrash Inscrit le: 15 Jan 2010 Messages: 5306

Je serais tenté de dire que tous les illustrateurs font toujours plus ou moins la même pochette.
A sa grande époque, Andreas Marschall nous sortait toujours un personnage assis avec symétrie lourdingue :

Le mec de Baroness (quand il est pas occupé à voyager en bus) fait toujours la même chose aussi :

Droom · Oslow Inscrit le: 15 Fév 2012 Messages: 3419

Oui, je suis d'accord. Dans le genre, le mec de Sceptiflesh est fort pour sortir toujours le même genre de pochette, idem pour Metastasis.
Le truc que je reproche au gus en question, c'est qu'il fait des choses très moches. Les deux derniers Rhaspody sont visuellement immondes.
Après, ma critique n'est ni très objective, ni très constructive, je te l'accorde. lol

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FIREWIND - Apotheosis - Live 2012 (OFFICIAL TRAILER)
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Seosamh

Droom : Je ne peux que plussoyer.
Quand on voit son site, on se dit que non seulement il fait toujours la même chose, mais en plus, ça agresse vraiment les yeux.
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kroboy

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Un concert complet avec leur nouveau chanteur (intérimaire ?), Kelly Sundown Carpenter:

FIREWIND @ Bloodstock Festival 2013 [Pro-shot full concert]
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Sven

Pourquoi intérimaire?
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Ben pour l'instant il fait que la tournée avec eux, ils savent pas si ils continueront avec lui par la suite (le mec venait de rejoindre Adagio quand il a été embauché par Firewind).
C'est un peu comme Nightwish avec leurs chanteuses...
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