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Winds Of Plague set to release Resistance via Century Media

Posted in News with tags Against The World, Bleeding Through, Century Media Records, Jon Schaffer, Winds Of Plague on 6th September 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Winds Of Plague have recently finished working on Resistance, which will be their fourth studio album and the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album Against The World.

Resistance is penciled in for release on 4^th November, later this year, via Century Media. Upon its release, the band will embark on a US tour supporting Bleeding Through.

Winds Of Plague online:

http://windsofplague.com
http://facebook.com/windsofplague
http://twitter.com/windsofplague

Hang The Bastard ‘Sweet Mother’ 7″ now available for pre-order (valkyrianmusic.com)
New Deicide coming this autumn (valkyrianmusic.com)

Iced Earth reveal details on new album

Posted in News with tags Babylon, Century Media Records, DVD, Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer, Kourion on 27th April 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Iced Earth’s band leader Jon Schaffer has revealed the title and more details on the band’s new studio album:

The new Iced Earth studio album is expected to have an late 2013 release date. It will be titled Plagues of Babylon and we are very excited about how killer things are sounding this early in the writing/demo process.

The tracklisting is as follows:
1.) Plagues of Babylon
2.) Democide
3.) Among The Living Dead
4.) The Resistance
5.) If I Could See You
6.) Peacemaker
7.) Cthulhu
8.) Parasite

Schaffer also stated:

I expect this album will be something very special! Stay tuned to this page for breaking news about ICED EARTH’s mega-packed schedule and coming tour dates. You will hear it here first!
Thanks again for your continued support of the band! We love you guys!

Iced Earth summer festivals 2013:
^{20.06.2013 GER Sankt Goarshausen Metalfest

21.06.2013 NED Dokkum Dokkem Open Air

22.06.2013 GER Dischingen Rock am Härtsfeldsee

12.07.2013 GER Ballenstedt Rock Harz Open Air

13.07.2013 GER Balingen Bang Your Head Festival

25.07.2013 SLO Tolmin Metaldays

27.07.2013 GER Obersinn Eisenwahn Festival

08.08.2013 SWE Gävle Getaway Rock Festival

10.08.2013 POR Quinta do Ega, Vagos Vagos Open Air}

Iced Earth European Tour 2014:
^{09.01.2014 GER Saarbrücken Garage

10.01.2014 NED Hengelo Metropol

11.01.2014 BEL Antwerp Trix

12.01.2014 GBR Birmingham O2 Academy

13.01.2014 IRE Dublin Button Factory

14.01.2014 GBR London O2 Academy Islington

15.01.2014 FRA Paris Le Trabendo

17.01.2014 ESP Madrid Sala Caracol

19.01.2014 ESP Valencia Rock City

20.01.2014 ESP Barcelona Razzmatazz 2

22.01.2014 SWI Pratteln Z7

23.01.2014 ITA Romagnano Rock ‘n’ Roll Arena

24.01.2014 SLO Ljubljana Kino Siska

25.01.2014 CRO Zagreb Pogon Jedinstvo

26.01.2014 BIH Sarajevo Club Sloga

28.01.2014 ROM Bucarest Juke Box

29.01.2014 TUR Istanbul Kucukciftlik Park

31.01.2014 GRE Athens Gagarin 205

01.02.2014 GRE Thessaloniki Principal Club

02.02.2014 BUL Sofia Mixtape 5

04.02.2014 SER Belgrade Dom Omladine

05.02.2014 HUN Budapest Club 202

07.02.2014 GER Nürnberg Rockfabrik

08.02.2014 TCH Zlin Masters Of Rock

09.02.2014 GER München Backstage Werk

11.02.2014 GER Berlin Astra

12.02.2014 GER Köln Essigfabrik

13.02.2014 GER Bochum Zeche

14.02.2014 GER Osnabrück Rosenhof

15.02.2014 GER Hamburg Markthalle

16.02.2014 DEN Copenhagen Vega

18.02.2014 SWE Gothenburg Sticky Fingers

19.02.2014 SWE Stockholm Debaser Medis

22.02.2014 ISR Tel Aviv Reading 3}

Iced Earth online:
www.icedearth.com
www.facebook.com/officialIcedearth
www.myspace.com/icedearth

Vagos Open Air – three more names revealed (valkyrianmusic.com)

Iced Earth confirm world tour for 2014 and 2015

Posted in Featured, News with tags Blu-ray Disc, Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer, Kourion, Saarbrücken, World Dystopia Tour on 22nd April 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Iced Earth have announced the first part of their 2014/2015 world tour, with the tour kicking off on January 9^th 2014 in Saarbrücken, Germany.

Tickets and VIP packages for these shows will be on sale by the end of April, this year. The band has been hitting it relentlessly, with the recent studio album Dystopia being the most toured album in the band’s illustrious history. One of the many highlights of the World Dystopia Tour was a headline show at the historic Kourion Amphitheatre in Cyprus, which was recently released as BluRay, DVD and in many other formats, entitled Live In Ancient Kourion.

The band are also in the process of writing a new studio album with a slated release date for late 2013. They will be recording and mixing in between a string of European festivals this summer. Jon Schaffer stated:

We are ready!We are ready to enter the steel pirate ship that is our tour bus and spend another 18 months traveling the world. We look forward to reaching even more people and bringing Iced Earth to many new territories on this next massive world tour. We have a very exciting and ground breaking schedule planned and we will be bringing the metal to the masses big time! THIS IS WHAT WE DO!

For Iced Earth‘s tour details visit their official Facebook.

Iced Earth online:

http://www.icedearth.com/
http://www.myspace.com/icedearth
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialIcedEarth
http://www.youtube.com/officialicedearth