- The Premonition (album)
Infobox Album
Name = The Premonition
Type =Album
Artist =Firewind
Recorded =Studio Fredman inGöteborg, Sweden
November–December 2007
Released =Italy March 21 ,2008
U.S.March 25 ,2008
UKApril 7 ,2008 [http://www.firewind.gr/myspace2008/top3.jpgThe release dates banner from the official myspace] , cited Date|2008-3-4]
Genre =Power metal
Length = 45:11
Label =Century Media
Producer =Fredrik Nordström
Reviews = * "Allmusic " [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfqxzejldhe link]
Last album = "Allegiance"
(2006)
This album = "The Premonition"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = The Premonition
Type = Album
Single 1 =Mercenary Man
Single 1 date =
(Online début)February 2 ,2008 Firewind.gr news update Date|2008-02-02 , cited Date|2008-3-4]
Flagicon|GreeceFebruary 25 ,2008 "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" much to the apparent surprise of fans.Firewind.gr news update Date|2007-11-28 , cited Date|2008-3-4]The complete album leaked on the internet on
18 February ,2008 .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)Firewind.gr news update Date|2007-11-12 , cited Date|2008-3-4]
Gus G. said "Song writing-wise I think all songs are special and once again everyone was involved in the writing" while in the studio they recorded a total of 12 original songs and "a few covers" including their cover of theMichael Sembello song "Maniac".Gus G. also said: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 throughNorth America withArch Enemy ,Dark Tranquillity , andDivine Heresy . [http://firewind.gr/2008/tour.html firewind.gr] 2008 tours page, Cited Date|2008-4-1]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. Instead, it was initially released inItaly andBenelux (Belgium , theNetherlands , andLuxembourg ) onMarch 21 ,2008 . Then the following day inGermany ,Austria andSwitzerland . OnMarch 24 ,2008 , it was released in Greece,Denmark ,Norway and to a large portion of the rest ofEurope . InSpain andPortugal , it was released onMarch 25 ,2008 , and the following day inSweden ,Finland andHungary . It was released four days later inFrance and is to be released in theUnited Kingdom onApril 7 ,2008 .Firewind.gr news update Date|2008-03-19, Cited Date|2008-4-1]ingles
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 onFebruary 2 ,2008 , and one month before the album's release as a maxi-CD exclusively toGreece onFebruary 25 ,2008 . In-between the two release dates, the band filmed the music video for the song inSweden withPatric Ullaeus as the producer. [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=91805 blabbermouth.net] news archive Date|28-2-2008, Cited Date|1-4-2008] "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. [ [http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm ifpi.gr] page on the Greek Top 50 Singles, Cited Date|2008-4-1]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)
#"Ride to the Rainbow’s End" (Japanese Bonus Track)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)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 , onJanuary 12 ,2008 , and interviews with all the band members.Firewind.gr news update date|2008-03-05, cited 8 March 2008]#"Into the Fire" – 6:34
#"Head Up High" – 3:43
#"Mercenary Man" – 3:56
#"My Loneliness" – 4:01Personnel
;Band members
*Apollo Papathanasio – vocals
*Gus G. – guitars
* Babis Katsionis – keyboards
* Petros Christodoylidis – bass
*Mark Cross – drums;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 CrossFootnotes
External links
* [http://firewind.gr/ Firewind's official website] [http://www.firewind.gr/index.asp .]
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