Firewind - Apollo Papathanasio Quits, Touring Vocalist Announced
Firewind have announced that Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter of Adagio, Beyond Twilight fame will be the band's new vocalist for their upcoming North American touring activities, after long term vocalist Apollo Papathanasio parted ways with the band.
Firewind commented on the line-up change: "Today we are in the unfortunate position to announce that Apollo has decided to step down permanently from the vocal duties in Firewind. For the past few years it was evident that Apollo could not keep up with Firewind ever growing and demanding touring & promotional schedule. Several times we've had to recruit replacements in order to continue touring the world and keep playing for our fans. We're lucky enough to have worked with some of the best Metal singers out there!
Although we're sad to announce Apollo's departure and we sure will miss him, at the same time we feel that the show must go on! Firewind is a band that has gone thru lots of ups and downs the past 10 years, but is still going strong!
With that said, we're happy to announce that Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight, Darkology) will be singing for us on the upcoming N. American tour with Turisas! This guy's a phenomenal singer and we can't wait to get out there and Rock! We're looking forward to our return in America. See you all soon!"
Firewind commented on the line-up change: "Today we are in the unfortunate position to announce that Apollo has decided to step down permanently from the vocal duties in Firewind. For the past few years it was evident that Apollo could not keep up with Firewind ever growing and demanding touring & promotional schedule. Several times we've had to recruit replacements in order to continue touring the world and keep playing for our fans. We're lucky enough to have worked with some of the best Metal singers out there!
Although we're sad to announce Apollo's departure and we sure will miss him, at the same time we feel that the show must go on! Firewind is a band that has gone thru lots of ups and downs the past 10 years, but is still going strong!
With that said, we're happy to announce that Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight, Darkology) will be singing for us on the upcoming N. American tour with Turisas! This guy's a phenomenal singer and we can't wait to get out there and Rock! We're looking forward to our return in America. See you all soon!"
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101  |
Have not really been interested in Firewind's last couple albums but if they hire Kelly Carpenter to replace Apollo full time then I will definitely be excited to hear a new Firewind album for a change.
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| Red_Travis Posts: 63  |
What a way to start 2013, bands are either disbanding, or members of the group are leaving.
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
No kidding, guess their New Year's resolutions were to drasitcally change their lives... 
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| Gopherhawk Posts: 257  |
Goddammit they haven't hit Minneapolis yet.
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by Gopherhawk on 15.01.2013 at 22:21 I would say that's a good thing. I didn't have too much issue with Apollo's vocals but Kelly is still a far superior vocalist than Apollo ever was. I really hope they hire him full time. His background in GOOD power metal and the power of his voice hopefully will inspire the rest of them to play much better and more powerful POWER metal.
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| Patrick. Posts: 249  |
Written by Pitwulf93 on 16.01.2013 at 01:52 Yes, me too.  This was unfortunate indeed... Let's hope they find a worthy replacement!Apollo had this really throaty and "full" way of reaching higher notes where it didn't necessarily sound like his balls were squeezed in the process. Sure, I love squeezing balls as well, but in Firewind throaty singers have proven to be a good fit, so...  ... Yeah, here's hoping!
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| SexyCat_1113 Posts: 78  |
Real good news for firewind, so far, everytime i hear Apollo's sound, i want to cut off my audio player...
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Apollo will never compare to Kelly Sundown Carpenter!!! If you don't like the higher register then go to about 2:07 and you can hear his lower to mid range. Waaaaaaaay better than Apollo could ever hope to achieve. And Gus needs to go back to playing the way that he made himself known for originally. If Gus would play like this again and hired Kelly Carpenter to be full time vocalist, Firewind's career would launch to a whole new level...
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| AngelofDeth Cyborg Raptor Posts: 1183  |
They really didnt seem to disapointed with his leaving... ^^ damm never heard that song by them, sick shit!
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by AngelofDeth on 16.01.2013 at 08:40 It's from before Gus started going down hill with watered down riffs and considerably inferior solos and leads. The man made a name for himself as a very talented and proficient virtuoso guitarist and the moment Firewind started picking up momentum and rising up in the power metal scene he started writing simpler riffs and simpler, as well as shorter, solos; just like Children Of Bodom...  No offense but I'm not surprised, I doubt very much that many of their fans who didn't learn about them until after The Premonition came out have heard much, if any, of their earlier material. I discovered Firewind shortly after Forged By Fire came out, it seems that a lot of their current fan-base learned about them after they got signed to Century Media and started getting major label promotions for the "Mercenary Man" video in prep for The Premonition release.
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603  |
If they keep on writing shitty albums, not even a vocalist as talented as Kelly can save them.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| psykometal A staff guy... Elite Posts: 6101 |
Written by Milena on 16.01.2013 at 11:56 This is very true, and I am hoping that maybe an awesome vocalist like Kelly could hopefully inspire Gus to step up his game a little bit (operative word being hoping )...
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| RhaegarTargaryen Telcontar Posts: 389  |
No, no, no, nooooooo! Fuck it, it seems I am doomed. All my favorite bands must change singers, sooner or later. Not that replacement is bad, it's just .. Apollo was somehow perfect fit for Firewind. Although last album was quite a disappointment.
---- ... For years I have traveled in coldness, But my heart is warm as the darkened sun above me... Nothing can never take away What I've seen with these tired eyes
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| Patrick. Posts: 249 |
Written by atkmetal123 on 20.01.2013 at 06:00 I think his performance is really impressive in The Premonition and Days Of Defiance as well. There is an abundance of emotion, power and range. However, in terms of overall production I couldn't agree more!  Allegiance has the most complete sound on his vocals. It really brings out that raspy and "gurgling" singing in the best manner.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
In my "Few Against Many" review i said Apollo's voice is what is irritating me the most about this band and album...so lets see about the change
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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