Firewind mainman Gus G. has just issued the following statement on the band's website:

"Dear all, Here's the latest news and facts. It seems that 2007 has been quite an adventurous year for our singer Apollo. He's currently having some problems back home and needs to take the next few months off. As our touring schedule is quite heavy, we will continue with a replacement and give him the time he needs to get back smoothly.

The German vocalist Henning Basse (Metalium) will step in from now on and complete all the 2007 tourdates with us. Henning has helped us already in the past on some shows on our last European tour with Angra. He really kicks ass on stage and is a great singer and performer, as well as a great guy. We're grateful to have him on board once again and you'll be surprised by how hard this guy rocks!

All our upcoming shows will go on as scheduled and announced - no Firewind shows will be cancelled! See you on the road soon!".

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Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind

Greek Power/Melodic metal sensation Firewind are proud to present you their video clip for the song 'Breaking The Silence' (feat. Tara Teresa on guest vocals), which marks the band's 2nd single outtake in Greece off their critically acclaimed album "Allegiance". The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Company Sweden (Dimmu Borgir, Within Temptation, etc.) and you can now watch it at this location on Century Media's website or at YouTube here.

Firewind's Gus G comments on the video as follows: "So here it is! I hope you all dig our brand new video?I can tell you we had a blast doing it! The song itself is a highlight of our latest record, as the duet between Apollo and Tara came out fantastic. Patric Ullaeus' videos are always a guarantee and it's an honour for us to work with the best of the best! Patric definitely made sure we had enough fire on this one and really brought things to a new level!"

The brand-new single was released on July 2nd, 2007 and is destined to continue the band's overwhelming success as the previous single "Falling To Pieces" managed to reach position # 11 in the official Greek single charts and brought some real Metal to the chart-lists for no less than eleven (!!!) weeks! Also, the "Allegiance" album stayed in the official Greek album charts for nine weeks!

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Source:	www2.centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Firewind

The following message was posted on Firewind's official website:

"Hard-working Greek melodic metal sensation Firewind will be releasing their 2nd single in Greece off the band's latest album "Allegiance", which stayed in the Greek album charts for nine weeks! With the album's first single "Falling To Pieces" Firewind managed to reach position # 11 in the official Greek single charts and brought some real Metal to the chart-lists for no less than eleven (!!!) weeks!

On July 2nd, 2007 Firewind will now unleash the power-ballad "Breaking The Silence" (feat. Tara Teresa on duelling guest vocals), a song set to continue this wake of success. A new video clip for "Breaking The Silence" has already been shot with director Patric Ullaeus from Revolver Company Sweden (Dimmu Borgir, Within Temptation, etc.) and will be premiered soon!

Here is the exact tracklist for single release:
Firewind (feat. Tara Teresa) - "Breaking The Silence" CD-Single:

1. Breaking The Silence (feat. Tara Teresa)
2. Healing Tool *
3. Till The End Of Time *
+ Breaking The Silence (feat. Tara Teresa)

* Previously unreleased song / version!"

Also you can find the cover artwork by clicking here

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Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind

Greek Power Metallers Firewind have posted the following update on their official website:

"The second part of our World Allegiance Tour has already started and the first four shows have been fantastic so far! However, we're in the unfortunate position to announce that Apollo has to cancel the last seven dates of the European tour we're now on with Angra and Power Quest, due to a family emergency. Apollo will be performing the whole French leg of the tour, his last show being on February 25th in Toulouse. However, we've all discussed the situation and we decided to continue with a replacement singer. The person who will help us out in this difficult moment will be Henning Basse of Metalium. Henning is truly a world-class singer and a great frontman. We are excited to have him on board for the remaining dates! Please note that Apollo is NOT leaving the band, we have his blessings to continue as we all feel that canceling the rest of the tour would be the last option. Apollo will return for the UK headline shows and all upcoming tour dates."

Upcoming Firewind, Angra, Power Quest live dates include:

February
20 - Pratteln, Switzerland at Z7
22 - Lyon, France at Ninkasi Kao
23 - Paris, France at Elysee Montmartre
24 - Bordeaux, France at Barbey Theatre
25 - Toulouse, France at Havana Café
27 - Lisboa, Portugal at Cino Teatro de Corroios

March
1 - Madrid, Spain at Copernico
2 - Santiago de Compostela, Spain at Capitol
3 - Bilbao, Spain at Santana 27
4 - Barcelona, Spain at Apolo
6 - Rome, Italy at Alpheus
7 - Milan, Italy at Alcatraz

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Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind
Event:	Angra - French Tour 2007

Firewind have just added a new video to their Fire TV site at YouTube.com. The track is the "the legendary" Firewind instrumental 'The Fire & The Fury' (from 2003's "Burning Earth"). Filmed in Amsterdam, Holland on October 22nd, according to the band "this showcases Firewind's high energy live show."

Click here to watch. The video was filmed and edited by Patric Ullaeus (Revolver Film Company).

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Firewind

Destruction, Rotting Christ, Firewind, Wastefall and Silent Rage have been confirmed for the Metal Healing Festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Greece.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Destruction, Ektomorf, Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Rotting Christ, Silent Rage, The Haunted, To/Die/For, Wastefall.

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Source:	metalbolt.com
Band profile:	Destruction
Event:	Metal Healing Festival

The Greek Power Metal band Firewind had already been confirmed for a support of Dragonforce on tour, but now they've been announced to open for Dragonforce in the UK. They will play thirteen dates at the end of this year. The tour will contain Dragonforce, Firewind and All That Remains.

Here are the confirmed dates:

Nov. 29 - UK, Folkestone - Leas Cliff Hall
Nov. 30 - UK, Southampton - Guildhall
Dec. 01 - UK, Leeds - University
Dec. 02 - UK, Nottingham - Rock City
Dec. 04 - UK, Cardiff - University Students Union
Dec. 05 - UK, Birmingham - Academy
Dec. 07 - UK, Sheffield - Octagon
Dec. 08 - UK, Manchester - Academy
Dec. 09 - UK, Glasgow - Barrowlands
Dec. 11 - UK, Norwich - UEA
Dec. 12 - UK, Bristol - Academy
Dec. 13 - UK, London - Astoria
Dec. 14 - UK, London - Astoria

Here is a comment by guitarist Gus G: "This will mark our 3rd and most deadly UK strike. We're really looking forward to our first full UK tour, supporting the mighty DragonForce! Hail to England!"

In other Firewind news, the band's newest album 'Allegiance' has made it to 10th position in their own country's (Greece) chart. It has been in the top 20 for six weeks now.

Here is Gus G's comments on that: "Thanks to all the crazy Greek metalheads for their never ending support. You guys put our album up there on the Top 10 showing the world that Heavy Metal will always be strong and present! At the same time we"re reaching a new peak in our career with this. A big Thank You to everyone @ Century Media Records and EMI Greece for doing a great job on our album, you guys rule!!".

Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind

When Dragonforce tour Europe this October/November, they will have the Greek Power Metal band Firewind with them. Firewind was just recently announced as support, and they will appear at all Dragonforce shows. The band is excited about this and look forward to presenting their "...versatile musicianship, inimitable rousing, with infectious hooks garnered new material to old and new fans onstage."

Here is a comment by guitarist Gus G: "This is gonna be a great tour I think! First of all, we can"t wait to come back and play in the countries we"ve been before but we"re also excited about playing lots of new countries for the first time with Firewind. Dragonforce have been friends of ours for a long time now and we"re very happy that we"ll finally have the chance to share the stage and tour bus with them!"

Here are the upcoming European tour dates:

21.10.2006 Groningen (NL) @ Oosterpoort
22.10.2006 Amsterdam (NL) @ Melkweg
23.10.2006 Cologne (D) @ Underground
25.10.2006 Hamburg (D) @ Logo
26.10.2006 Copenhagen (DK) @ The Rock
27.10.2006 Stockholm (S) @ Arenan
28.10.2006 Oslo (NOR) @ John Dee
30.10.2006 Bochum (D) @ Zeche
31.10.2006 Vienna (D) @ Planet Music
01.11.2006 Salzburg (A) @ Rockhouse
03.11.2006 Trencin (SK) @ Sports Hall
05.11.2006 Treviso (I) @ New Age
06.11.2006 Milan (I) @ Alcatraz
08.11.2006 Munich (D) @ New Backstage
09.11.2006 Pratteln (CH) @ Z7
10.11.2006 Strasbourg (F) @ La Laiterie
11.11.2006 Paris (F) @ La Locomotive
13.11.2006 Lyon (F) @ Transbordeur
14.11.2006 Antwerp (B) @ Hof Ter Lo

Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind

Firewind have posted a new song from their upcoming album 'Allegiance' on their Myspace account. You can now check out the new single "Falling To Pieces". Follow this link: http://www.myspace.com/firewind.

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Firewind

Firewind new album entitled "Allegiance" is done and ready to be unleashed upon the European metal world on July 24th, 2006.

Firewind - "Allegiance" CD (48:42):

Track-listing:

1. Allegiance (4:41)
2. Insanity (4:29)
3. Falling To Pieces (4:03)
4. Ready To Strike (4:35)
5. Breaking The Silence (4:03)
6. Deliverance (6:07)
7. Till The End of Time (4:36)
8. Dreamchaser (4:07)
9. Before The Storm (3:42)
10. The Essence (4:19)
11. Where Do We Go From Here? (3:57)

The album's first single "Falling To Pieces" will be released June 19th, 2006 in Greece. It will include the title track as edit version, the non-album track "Demon Nights" and the Blackfoot cover "Teenage Idol" (also unreleased). The band actually also just finished shooting a video clip for "Falling To Pieces" with Swedish producer Patric Ullaeus (Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, etc.).

These are some of the coming live dates in 2006, more will be added soon:

06.05. Thessaloniki / Greece @ Mylos (Supporting Dokken)
10.06. Sölvesborg / Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival - www.swedenrock.com
17.06. Lorca / Spain @ Lorca Rock Festival - www.lorcarockfestival.com

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Firewind

Greek Power Metal act Firewind has finally completed its lineup again. Apollo Papathanasio (Time Requiem, Gardenian, ex-Majestic) replaces former vocalist Chity Somapala who left the band about three weeks ago.

Apollo commented on the band's website:
"Hallo everybody this is Apollo. Since I met Gus in Gothenburg 4 years ago we became good friends and back then we always talked about working together in the future. Now here we are together, taking the Firewind music to a new level. I love Gus' guitar style and it's a pleasure to listen to their music. The guys in Firewind are real magicians and I'm happy that you're letting me be a part of this machinery. STAY METAL!!!!!!!!!!!! CHEERS!!!!"

Regarding the drummer situation, the band posted the following statement:
"Also, for purely logistical reasons we've decided to get a drummer that lives in Greece. We'd like to thank Stian Kristoffersen for his amazing drumming and the great times we had together the past 3 years. So, out goes Stian and in comes the monster drummer Mark Cross (x-Helloween, x-Metalium)!! Although Mark is 50% German and 50% British, he's been living in Greece for many years. This obviously makes rehearsals and preparations happen much easier."

Mark commented:
"Hello boyz and girlz!
Life's a spinning wheel and here I am aside to one of the few remaining great young guitar heros?. The Gus G. Firewindo metal fuckin' machine!
Looking forward to their next album, a tour and Firewind heading your way!
Cheers and greets,
Mark Cross"

The band is currently in pre-production mode with 8 new songs completed. The new album is expected to be recorded in early 2006 and Firewind plan to make their live debut with the new line-up @ Prog Power UK festival on March 25th.

Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind

Bassplayer Ilker Ersin (Ex Freedom Call) and singer Chity Somapala, who recently decided to leave Firewind, have joined forces to create a new project called "Power World". The current line-up is Chity Somapala - Vocals, Ilker Ersin - Bass, Warthy - guitars, Nils Neumann(also in Freedom Call) - Keys.

Source:

powerworld.org

Chity Somapala decided to leave the band due to "personal reasons". As consequence of this the band had to cancel their plan for "an extensive European tour" during this fall.

But the band is "already working with an incredible new vocalist and have 8 brand new songs that kick ass!!". However the band didn't reveal any details about who's the new vocalist.

Firewind expects to enter the studio sometime between later January and early February, but "nothing's confirmed by now".

Source:	firewind.gr
Band profile:	Firewind