The Premonition (album)
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| Studio album by Firewind | |||||
| Released |  March 21, 2008 March 25, 2008 April 7, 2008[1] |
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| Recorded | Studio Fredman in Göteborg, Sweden November–December 2007 |
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| Genre | Power metal | ||||
| Length | 45:11 | ||||
| Label | Century Media | ||||
| Producer | Fredrik Nordström | ||||
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The Premonition is the fifth full-length album by Firewind and their only album to feature the same line-up as its predecessor. Gus G. said "we basically kept the Allegiance 'winning team' together"[2] much to the apparent surprise of fans.[3]
The complete album leaked on the internet on 18 February 2008.
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[edit] Creation process
The song writing began in part while in tour supporting the bands previous album Allegiance during which time they wrote 6 titled songs (Remembered, Life Foreclosed, The Silent Code, Mercenary Man, My Loneliness, Head Up High)[4] Gus G. said "Song writing-wise I think all songs are special and once again everyone was involved in the writing"[2] while in the studio they recorded a total of 12 original songs and "a few covers" including their cover of the Michael Sembello song "Maniac".[3] Gus G. also said:
| “ | I feel that the new Firewind album is yet another step up in our career – musically speaking. Once again we aimed for a highly variable effort as I really don't like those albums where you've listened to the first song and it's like you heard them all! This doesn't happen on a Firewind album and certainly not on the new one! | „ |
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—Gus G, [5] |
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[edit] Touring and promotion
Firewind started touring after the completion of the album in January, in which time they filmed the content for the bonus DVD. They are scheduled to tour supporting Kamelot on their "Rule the World Tour" in April through Europe and then in May on their "Tyranny and Bloodshred" tour through North America with Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, and Divine Heresy.[6]
[edit] Release history
Unlike previous releases, The Premonition wasn't first released in the band's homeland, Greece, although it was first announced for release there.[1] Instead, it was initially released in Italy and Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) on March 21, 2008. Then the following day in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On March 24, 2008, it was released in Greece, Denmark, Norway and to a large portion of the rest of Europe. In Spain and Portugal, it was released on March 25, 2008, and the following day in Sweden, Finland and Hungary. It was released four days later in France and is to be released in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2008.[7]
[edit] Singles
The first single from The Premonition, "Mercenary Man", was released on the band's official Myspace page for streaming almost two months before the album's release on February 2, 2008[2], and one month before the album's release as a maxi-CD exclusively to Greece on February 25, 2008.[1] In-between the two release dates, the band filmed the music video for the song in Sweden with Patric Ullaeus as the producer.[8] "Mercenary Man" entered the Greek Top 50 Singles chart at #6 and is peaked at #5. Meanwhile, the two singles from their previous album, Allegiance, were still charting in Greece. "Falling to Pieces", which peaked at #11, is was still in at #43, and "Breaking the Silence", which peaked at #16, was still in at #33.[9]
[edit] Track listing
- "Into the Fire" (Gus G., Katsionis, Papathanasio) – 6:29
- "Head Up High" (Gus G., Katsionis, Papathanasio) – 3:46
- "Mercenary Man" (Gus G., Papathanasio) – 3:27
- "Angels Forgive Me" (Gus G., Katsionis, Papathanasio) – 4:57
- "Remembered" (Niclas Engelin, Gus G., Papathanasio) – 3:38
- "My Loneliness" (Gus G., Papathanasio) – 4:04
- "Circle of Life" (Cross, Gus G., Papathanasio) – 4:14
- "The Silent Code" (Cross, Gus G., Papathanasio) – 4:48
- "Maniac" (Dennis Matkosky, Sembello) – 4:55
- "Life Foreclosed" (Chasyain, Gus G.) – 4:52
- "Wild Rose" (Gus G.) – 4:23 (iTunes bonus track)
[edit] B-sides
- "Spirits in a Digital World" (Gus G., Christo) – 4:04 (from the "Mercenary Man" single)
- "Mercenary Man [Acoustic]" (Gus G., Papathanasio) – 3:54 (from the "Mercenary Man" single)
[edit] Bonus DVD
The special edition version of the album comes with O-Card packaging and a bonus DVD with four songs, recorded at a live performance of the album in the Principal theatre in Thessaloniki, Greece, on January 12, 2008, and interviews with all the band members.[10]
- "Into the Fire" – 6:34
- "Head Up High" – 3:43
- "Mercenary Man" – 3:56
- "My Loneliness" – 4:01
[edit] Personnel
- Band members
- Apollo Papathanasio – vocals
- Gus G. – guitars, live backing vocals
- Babis Katsionis – keyboards, live rhythm guitar
- Petros Christodoylidis – bass
- Mark Cross – drums, live backing vocals
- Guest musicians
- Marcus Palsson – backing vocals on tracks 2, 5, 8 & 9
- Technical staff
- Fredrik Nordström – mixing, engineering
- Henrik Udd – mixing, engineering
- Rickard Bengtson – engineering
- Gustavo Sazes – artwork
- Patric Ullaeus – photography
- Olga K. – photographs of Mark Cross
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Firewind.gr news update 2 February 2008, cited 4 March 2008
- ^ a b Firewind.gr news update 28 November 2007, cited 4 March 2008
- ^ Firewind.gr news update 12 November 2007, cited 4 March 2008
- ^ Firewind.gr news update 26 January 2008, cited 7 February 2008
- ^ firewind.gr 2008 tours page, Cited 1 April 2008
- ^ Firewind.gr news update 19 March 2008, Cited 1 April 2008
- ^ blabbermouth.net news archive 28 February 2008, Cited 1 April 2008
- ^ ifpi.gr page on the Greek Top 50 Singles, Cited 1 April 2008
- ^ Firewind.gr news update 5 March 2008, cited 8 March 2008
[edit] External links
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