Wintersun Books A US Tour With Ne Obliviscaris And Sarah Longfield


Progressive-Folk metal kings Wintersun gave booked a US tour for this fall. Direct support will come from Ne Obliviscaris and Sara Longfeld. All dates are below.

The band commented:

“United States of America and Canada! We are extremely excited to announce North American Forest Tour 2018!!! It’s been a while since we last saw you guys during our successful North American tours in 2012 and 2013, which you guys made very special. Now we are finally coming back to play for you with a new killer show this September – October 2018! This tour will be an epic and a rare treat for our North American fans.

“We are also stoked to have two really strong supports with us on this tour: Ne Obliviscaris and Sarah Longfield. So join the party! Let’s have some fun and let’s rock together! Please share this news! Tickets will be available this Friday on June 8th. Make sure to check our Facebook on Friday and click the notifications ON, so you don’t miss the tickets launch.”


Tour dates:

Sep-14 Philadelphia, PA – TLA

Sep-15 Greensboro, NC – Blind Tiger

Sep-17 Atlanta, GA – The Loft

Sep-19 Dallas, TX – GMB&G

Sep-20 San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Music Hall

Sep-22 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red

Sep-23 Los Angeles, CA – Mayan

Sep-24 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom

Sep-26 Seattle, WA – Club Sur Rocks

Sep-27 Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theater

Sep-29 Calgary, AB – Gateway

Sep-30 Edmonton, AB – Starlite

Oct-02 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro

Oct-03 Denver, CO – Gothic Theater

Oct-05 Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theater

Oct-06 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

Oct-07 Detroit, MI – Majestic

Oct-09 Toronto, ON – Opera House

Oct-10 Montreal, QC – Club Soda

Oct-12 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage

Oct-13 Worcester, MA – Palladium/Rock & Shock

Oct-14 New York, NY – Irving Plaza

 

 


Bloodstock Open Air 2017 – Part 2


Day 3.

SATURDAY

If you were one of the first hundred people to enter the New Blood tent on Saturday morning, then first band of the day Ward XVI (8/10) would reward you with a goodie bag full of stuff like CDs, stickers and t-shirts etc. I strolled over to the tent a good half an hour before they were due on, only to find that half the festival was already in there. It’s amazing how people, no matter how tired or hungover, will always drag themselves out of bed on the promise of free stuff. Goodie bags aside, Ward XVI were a great way to start the Saturday fun. Eclectic and fun, they combined chuggy metal riffs with bouncy Psychobilly, creepy gothic melodies, and at one point, what appeared to be Russian folk. The band’s costumes and make-up were interesting, but like vocalist Psychoberrie‘s strait-jacketed ballad (Alice Cooper and ‘The Ballad of Dwight Frye’ anyone?) they all felt a little too familiar.Continue reading


Bloodstock Open Air 2017 – Part 1


Thursday

For anyone looking for early indicators that Bloodstock 2017 would be as ridiculous and over the top as usual, then surely the sight which would have greeted many – a group of people in the field acting as the event’s main car park, cheering on a Red Power Ranger as he gyrated and danced on top of a car – would have been as good a first sign as any.Continue reading


Arch Enemy Books Additional European Tour Dates, New Album Approaches


Arch Enemy is planning for a busy fall, 2018 and beyond. On the heels of announcing their new album, Will To Power, due out on 8th September via Century Media Records, and a co-headline tour of the USA with Trivium, the band has announced additional headline tour dates in Europe for early next year. Details can be found below:Continue reading


FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Bloodstock Open Air 2017


The time is nigh! The largest and possibly best independent metal festival in the world, Bloodstock Open Air is upon us once again. A year of planning and waiting has come to pass and now the weekend is here, with 1000s of heshers and hesherettes descend on Walton on Trent in Derbyshire, UK ready to celebrate all that is heavy music in the UK over the long weekend. When your motto is “By The Fans For The Fans”, and you can honestly say they have delivered this year in and year out, one needs to show respect. Get hyped with our preview, and check back soon for our full review with photos in case you can’t make it out. Continue reading


Wintersun – The Forest Seasons


Certainly one of the most interesting spectacles of the 2017 release calendar; a new Wintersun album always comes with high expectation, if not just purely for the circus that seems to follow any recording/release cycle. If a long wait for previous album, the cult classic Time I (Nuclear Blast) wasn’t enough, another five-year wait also saw a highly ambitious and demanding (but ultimately successful) series of crowdfunding campaigns to release a follow-up. That the result is not the anticipated Time sequel, but a new unique piece may have been a blow to some fans, but Wintersun have never been ones to follow convention by any stretch; which is why it is surprising that The Forest Seasons (Nuclear Blast) sounds comparatively basic and safe.Continue reading


EXCLUSIVE: Wintersun’s Jari Mäenpää Talks Musical Influences


In this exclusive album preview for Ghost Cult, Wintersun mastermind Jari Mäenpää discusses is his biggest musical influences. You can watch the video below. Continue reading


Wintersun Performs A New Song, “Awaken From The Dark Slumber (Spring)”, Live At Nummirock


Wintersun will be releasing their highly anticipated new album, The Forest Seasons, on July 21st via Nuclear Blast. The band has shared a few previews of the new material on Jari Mäenpää’s YouTube Channel, but today we can finally hear a full song. Continue reading


Bloodstock Open Air Day Tickets On Sale Tomorrow, Art Show Confirmed


Gojira at BOA 2016, photo credit Bloodstock Open Air on Facebook

Bloodstock Open Air continues to close in with day tickets releasing their at 9am tomorrow, 30th June! Weekend tickets are apparently selling faster than ever this year and may well sell out entirely before the festival weekend, so don’t delay if you want to guarantee a spot at the UK’s best metal festival!Continue reading