Ensiferum Announces Co-Headline Tour With Korpiklaani


ensiferum

Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum will be returning to North America this Spring on a co-headlining tour with Korpiklaani, with Trollfest also supporting. They will be touring behind their One Man Army full length, out February 24, 2015 via Metal Blade Records.

The band is streaming One Man Army via Spotify.

Ensiferum w/ Frosttide:
Feb 27: Pakkahuone – Tampere, FI
Feb 28: Rytmikorjaamo – Seianajoki, FI
Mar 06: Lutakko – Jyvaskyla, FI
Mar 07: Nosturi – Helsinki, FI
w/ Craving:
Mar 10: Schlachthof – Lingen, DE (“Fan Appreciation Show” by EMP)

w/ Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum:
Mar 11: Zeche – Bochum, DE
Mar 12: Rockfabrik – Ludwigsburg, DE
Mar 13: Backstage – München, DE
Mar 14: Masters of Rock Café – Zlin, CZ
Mar 15: Club 202 – Budapest, HU
Mar 16: Szene – Wien, AT Mar 18: Live Club – Milan, IT
Mar 19: Les Docks – Lausanne, CH
Mar 20: La Laiterie – Strasbourg, FR
Mar 21: Z7 – Pratteln, CH
Mar 22: Ninkasi Kao – Lyon, FR
Mar 23: Le Bataclan – Paris, FR
Mar 24: O2 Academy Islington- London, UK
Mar 25: Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
Mar 26: Hedon – Zwolle, NL
Mar 27: Biebob – Vosselaar, BE
Mar 28: Tivoli – Bremen, DE
Mar 29: Grünspan – Hamburg, DE
Mar 30: Vega – Copenhagen, DK
Mar 31: Göta Källare – Stockholm, SE
Apr 01: Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, SE
Apr 02: Inferno Metal Festival – Oslo, NO

Korpiklaani With Ensiferum and Trollfest:
May 06: House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA
May 07: Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
May 08: Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
May 09: El Corazon – Seattle, WA
May 10: Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
May 12: Republik – Calgary, AB
May 13: Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
May 15: Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
May 16: Bourbon Theater – Lincoln, NE
May 17: Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
May 18: Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
May 19: Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH
May 20: Opera House – Toronto, ON
May 21: Mavericks – Ottawa, ON
May 22: Club Soda – Montreal, QC
May 23: Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC
May 24: Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
May 26: Mr. Small’s Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
May 27: Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
May 28: Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
May 29: Irving Plaza – New York, NY

ensiferum korpiklaani trollfest

2015 Summer Festivals:
Jun 19-21: Hellfest – Clisson, FR
Jul 30:-Aug 01: Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE
Aug 06-08: Party San Open Air – Schlotheim, DE
Aug 08: Into The Grave Festival – Leeuwarden, NL
Aug 09: Bloodstock Open Air – Walton-On-Trent, GB
Aug 13-15: Summer Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, DE
Aug 13: Rockstadt Extremefest – Rasnov, RO

Ensiferum on Facebook


Satyricon Releasing Live At The Opera via Napalm Records In May


satyricon live at the opera 2

Norwegian Black Metal legends SATYRICON have signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records for release of their upcoming DVD Live At The Opera, out on May 1st & on May 5th 2015 in North America. Watch a preview of Live At The Opera here.

Mastermind Satyr about the story behind Live At The Opera:

“The whole thing started with us doing one song, “To The Mountains” a year and a half before the actual show. We performed at a closed event in the main hall of the opera with the Royal Norwegian Opera Chorus. It was very inspirational. I then said to the conductor that I would love to do a whole show like this. He loved the idea, I was serious about it, and he was serious about it.

We spent approximately one and a half year working with composer and arranger Kjetil Bjerkestrand on the choral arrangements. When I picked songs, I was not necessarily looking at only songs suitable for choral arrangements or typical in the Satyricon live set. For me, it had to be a combination. If you look at songs like “Die By My Hand”, it`s pretty obvious we`ll want to use a choir for that because it has a choir on the record too. On the other hand, there were other things I had to consider. For example, “K.I.N.G.” is probably the most famous Satyricon song ever – and not necessarily a song I can imagine with choral arrangements. But just because people hear it more or less the same way always, I thought it would be interesting to take that song and give it a totally different vibe for this one time. And it`s also interesting to see if we can work it around the structure of a song that is more or less straightforward.

For something that we planned for so long, put so much work into, and something this unique – of course it would be nice to film it and record it. But I made it very clear to the people around Satyricon that I`m not going to turn this into a recording session where you can buy tickets.When you hear or or watch this recording you should feel like you’re there.

This is not “Satyricon – Best Of from the Opera”, this is a show! The perfect parts need to go in there, but also the parts that are not so perfect. That`s the nature of it, that`s the real deal. It’s not a live album. It’s a celebration of what Satyricon stands for as a band.”

To celebrate their upcoming DVD release, SATYRICON will be hitting the road for an extensive European tour. Catch them live on the following dates:

Feb 21: Blastfest – Bergen (NO)
Apr 04: DOORNROOSJE – NIJMEGEN (NE)
Apr 05: LE METAPHONE – OIGNIES (FR)
Apr 06: La Machine – Paris (FR)
Apr 07: Sound Control – Manchester (UK)
Apr 08: Scala – London (UK)
Apr 10: Durbuy Rock Festival – Durbuy (BEL)
Apr 11: Matrix – Bochum (DE)
Apr 12: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden (DE)
Apr 13: Akropolis – Prag (CZ)
Apr 15: Bachstage Halle – Munich (DE)
Apr 16: Z7 – Pratteln (CH)
Apr 17: Impetus Festival – Montbéliard (FR)
Apr 18: Deposito Giordano – Pordenone (IT)
Apr 19: Szene – Vienna (AT)
Apr 21: Progresja – Warsaw (PL)
Apr 22: SO36 – Berlin (DE)
Apr 23: Werk 2 – Leipzig (DE)
Apr 24: Markthalle – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 25: KB – Malmö (SE)
Apr 26: Nalen – SE – Stockholm (SE)
Jun 19: Hellfest – Clisson (FR)

Satyricon on Facebook
Satyricon on Twitter
Napalm Records on Facebook


Life of Agony Book Hometown Show, Tickets On Sale Now


LOA Brooklyn the Wick poster

 

Reactivated metallers Life of Agony have booked a headline show in their hometown of Brooklyn, New York, at The Wick. The show will be Friday May 1st and tickets are on sale now from TicketFly. The band has been playing occasional shows since their return last summer with a sold-out show at New Jersey’s Starland Ballroom, an unforgettable appearance at this years’ Rock N Shock Festival, and a brief tour of Europe. The band will return to Europe this summer when they embark on another tour which includes festival dates such as CoppenHell, Grasspop, and Hellfest 2015, plus headline shows. No word yet if the band will work on new music in the future, but more live dates are expected.