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Wintersun - Reveal Old Demo Song Online, To Release Box Set

Coinciding with the release of their long-awaited Time II album on August 30th 2024, Wintersun will also put out a 12-CD box-set titled Time Package. The latter consists of Time II album in original, instrumental, isolated tracks, singles, and dynamic versions, a high-resolution wide format 8K album booklet, The Forest Seasons Loud And Modern remaster (includes the Instrumental version as well), new remix and master of "Loneliness (Winter)" acoustic, and early demos including 5 hours (56 tracks separated into five demo albums) of early unreleased Wintersun music. One of these demo songs, "Red Horizon (The Pirate Song)", can be listened via YouTube player.

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Band profile: Wintersun
Posted: 01.04.2024 by Bad English | Comments (6)


Wintersun - Unveil Tracklist And Cover Art For 'Time II'

Wintersun have disclosed track listing and covert artwork for their loooooooong-promised studio album, Time II. Cover artwork for this 6-piece outing was designed by Cameron Gray. Pre-orders start on March 1st on Indiegogo.

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Band profile: Wintersun
Posted: 11.02.2024 by Oracles | Comments (32)


Wintersun - Announce That 'Time II' Is 100% Finished

Wintersun have just posted on their social media that the long awaited Time II is officially finished. It sounds unbelievable, but the band posted comments from the members with a promise that next week a little bit more information will be revealed about the album release plans, so stay tuned.

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Posted: 12.01.2024 by nikarg | Comments (60)


Wintersun - Unveil New Instrumental Track

As promised a couple of weeks ago, Wintersun now premiere a brand new instrumental track called "Warning". Produced, engineered, programmed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jari Mäenpää.

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Band profile: Wintersun
Posted: 10.03.2023 by Abattoir | Comments (21)


Wintersun - New Album In The Works

Don't say you didn't ask for it. Apparently there is a new Wintersun record in the making. Yes, Wintersun not Winterstorm. The band's mainman Jari Mäenpää has checked in with a statement which can be read in full down under.

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Posted: 11.02.2023 by Abattoir | Comments (47)


Wintersun - Part Ways With Guitarist

Finnish power metal ensemble Wintersun have parted ways with (live) second guitarist Asim Searah, who has been part of the band for the past five years.

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Band profile: Wintersun
Posted: 05.05.2022 by Abattoir | Comments (18)


Wintersun - Announce Patreon Launch

Wintersun are proud to officially announce that Wintersun Patreon is online now. Wintersun Patreon is a new platform and an interactive community, and a page for the band to share exclusive content. It will also have a totally new Wintersun forum where the band can interact directly with their fans.

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Posted: 21.04.2020 by nikarg | Comments (56)


Wintersun - To Premiere New Song During N. American Tour

Wintersun are set to begin their North American Forest Tour on September 14th and they have announced some very exciting news for their fans. The band is going to present a brand new song but they won't say from which future album it is taken and also drummer Heikki Saari will join them for this tour. Watch the video below for the full announcement.

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Posted: 12.09.2018 by nikarg | Comments (20)


Wintersun - To Embark On N. American Tour

After announcing European 'By Request' shows recently, the Finns Wintersun have announced a tour in the United States and Canada that will happen in September and October, where they haven't toured in a while. Ne Obliviscaris and Sarah Longfield join them on the trek.

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Posted: 05.06.2018 by BloodTears | Comments (7)


Wintersun - Announce European 'By Request' Shows

Wintersun played their first "by request" shows in Finland last month, where their fans could vote the setlist for each concert. Due to their great reception, the band has now decided to play a couple of select "by request" headline shows outside of their home country in August and November (in Austria, Germany and The Netherlands).

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Posted: 23.05.2018 by BloodTears | Comments (10)


Wintersun - Announce Special Finnish 'By Request' And Russian Shows

Finnish epic metallers Wintersun recently concluded their EU run with Arch Enemy, Tribulation and Jinjer successfully, but there's no time to rest for the group with Jari Mäenpää. Next month, Wintersun will present their latest album, The Forest Seasons, on Russian stages in St. Petersburg and Moscow, before they return to Finland in April for three "by request" headline shows. Their fans will be able to vote on the setlist for each of these Finnish concerts. More dates and details below.

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Posted: 21.02.2018 by nikarg | Comments (7)


Wintersun - Unveil New Lyric Video

Finnish metallers Wintersun recently announced that they'll be supporting Arch Enemy on a European tour in early 2018. Recently, the band also presented the third lyric video from their brand new 4-track studio album titled The Forest Seasons (Finland #1, Germany #14;) - "Eternal Darkness (Autumn)". Check out this 14-minute track here.

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Posted: 04.08.2017 by BloodTears | Comments (1)


Arch Enemy - To Tour With Wintersun And Tribulation

Melodic metal masters Arch Enemy are gearing up to embark on their headlining international Will To Power Tour this fall in support of their highly anticipated new release, Will To Power, out September 8th via Century Media Records. The first leg of the tour will trek across Eastern Europe from September 15th until October 11th with support act Jinjer. The band is excited to announce the second round of dates for this tour will take place in early 2018 from January 12th until February 7th across Western Europe and feature support from Wintersun, Tribulation and Jinjer.

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Posted: 31.07.2017 by BloodTears | Comments (6)


Wintersun - Launch Video For 'Awaken From The Dark Slumber (Spring)'

Finnish Wintersun just dropped their highly anticipated record, The Forest Seasons. No full song or video had been released so far, but on the day of release, the lyric video for the 14-minute epic "Awaken From The Dark Slumber (Spring)" was launched on Jari Mäenpää's personal YouTube channel. The Forest Seasons consists of four lengthy tracks that reflect - as the name implies - the four seasons. Spring being the first. Check out the song below.

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Posted: 22.07.2017 by Jagsey | Comments (19)


Wintersun - Release Live Track

Wintersun is about to drop The Forest Seasons this week. Additionally, the live album Wintersun Live @ Tuska 2013 will be released on vinyl. The raw recording of the live track "Beautiful Death" from the show at Tuska in 2013 was recently made available. The track is featured on the live album and can now be heard here.

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Posted: 17.07.2017 by Jagsey | Comments (3)