FIREWIND To Release 'Still Raging' Blu-Ray + 2CD
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FIREWIND will release a concert album/Blu-ray, "Still Raging", on September 1 via AFM Records.
FIREWIND guitarist Gus G. comments: "It's hard to believe that a band like FIREWIND has been around for two decades. In 2022 we had only planned a reissue of our debut album, but with the pandemic slowly winding down, we were fortunate enough to start doing shows in America and Europe again. Come fall of 2022, we played two headline shows in our homeland, Greece to celebrate our 20th anniversary."
Gus continues: "Prior to the Greek shows, my friends from OTSE film crew asked me about filming our hometown gig in Thessaloniki. In a way, the stars aligned, as we returned to the same venue (Principal Club Theater),with the exact same crew that filmed our DVD back in 2008 ('Live Premonition', anyone?). With this opportunity in front of us, I started thinking about a cool way to put this onto our beloved fans homes as a special thank you for the support you've shown us over the years. Together with AFM Records, we bring you a special Blu-ray + 2CD package. So yeah... FIREWIND 'Still Raging', 20 years later and it's all thanks to YOU!
"While we're currently hard at work on some new music, we hope this commemorative live release will keep you good company, till our new metal anthems arrive!"
Tracklisting:
CD1
“Welcome To The Empire”
“I Am The Anger”
“Head Up High”
“Devour”
“Destination Forever”
“Orbitual Sunrise”
“World On Fire”
Drum Solo
“The Fire & The Fury”
“Ode To Leonidas”
CD2
“Overdrive”
“Mercenary Man”
“Lady Of 1000 Sorrows”
“Break Away”
“Between Heaven And Hell”
“Rising Fire”
“Maniac”
“Hands Of Time”
“Few Against Many”
“Falling To Pieces”
A performance clip of "Orbitual Sunrise", taken from "Still Raging", can be seen here.
FIREWIND's ninth, self-titled studio album was made available in May 2020.
In early 2020, FIREWIND officially parted ways with guitarist/keyboardist Bob Katsionis and singer Henning Basse. The group's current vocalist is Herbie Langhans, who has previously played with AVANTASIA and SINBREED.
Gus and Langhans got to know each other back in the autumn of 2019, when the FIREWIND leader was looking for a suitable replacement for Henning Basse after the tour with QUEENSRŸCHE. Just a few weeks later, the recordings for "Firewind" were a done deal, ready for Swedish sound engineer Tobias Lindell (EUROPE, AVATAR, H.E.A.T.) to mix them in Lindell Audio Studios.
This past April, Gus G. spoke to Neil Jones of TotalRock about the progress of the recording sessions for FIREWIND's next studio album. He said: "It's still in the works. We tracked drums before we left for tour [in Europe with BEAST IN BLACK] in early January. And actually now I have about a month off before I head out to another tour, which is for my solo band. But I have a month window here to finish up all the guitars. So basically I'm taking this week off and then next week I start tracking guitars. I'm hoping to have everything wrapped up by end of spring, right before summer, and start rolling out some more singles this summer."
Asked if FIREWIND's latest single, "Destiny Is Calling", which was released in February, is a good representation of what fans can expect to hear on the upcoming LP, Gus said: "Yeah. I think it's definitely a good taste of what's to come. All the songs, I think, have that type of anthemic vibe to them. So, yeah, I thought it was a really good, strong track to kick things off."
