Firewind (GREECE)
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Firewind - Apotheosis - Live 2012 (Digipak) (2013)
Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 191 mb
Bio:
FIREWIND originally formed in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998 but started in earnest after Gus moved to the United States. “For some time I studied at Berklee College of music in the USA. Some friends helped me to put together a demo, that I named FIREWIND, after an album of Uli Jon Roth’s band Electric Sun. I sent this demo around and got a couple of offers.” The demo was well received and Gus signed with Leviathan Records who put out the band’s first records, “Between Heaven And Hell” and “Burning Earth”. The band began touring the world, including a Japanese run with Rob Rock and a worldwide deal with Century Media Records was soon signed.The first album as part of that deal (“Forged By Fire”) further established the band but it was the follow up “Allegiance” that really put the band on the international map. Gus had finally found the right members (with the arrival of Time Requiem singer Apollo Papathanasio) and the subsequent two years of touring in support nike coupon code of “Allegiance” (opening for Dragonforce and All That Remains) saw the band hit three continents and clock up thousands of miles. The hard work paid off as both "Allegiance" and the acclaimed follow up "The Premonition" albums made it to the Top 10 in Greece and the "Mercenary Man" single became a Top 5 hit. "The Premonition" also charted in Japan, a territory that has majorly embraced and supported the band since their inception.Despite the band’s growing success, Gus was always ready to get back out on the road so when Arch Enemy needed a temporary tour guitarist, Gus was first in line and it was on Arch Enemy’s 2005 Ozzfest appearances that he first caught the eye of the Osbourne camp. But it wasn’t until 4 years later when Gus was invited to audition for the guitar role in Ozzy’s band. Gus was then asked to first perform with the band at ‘Blizzcon 2009’, where he ripped through Ozzy classics such as ‘Crazy Train’, ‘Mr Crowley’ and ‘Bark At The Moon’ with aplomb. Subsequently, Gus played on Ozzy’s “Scream” record and toured the world as Ozzy’s new guitarist as well as releasing FIREWIND’s acclaimed “Days Of Defiance” album in 2010, and hitting stages across the globe with his own band.A notoriously hard worker, Gus is rarely without a guitar in his hand and justifiably won the ‘Best Shredder’ award at this year’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony in London. The “Days Of Defiance” tour took FIREWIND across the world again, including appearances at Hellfest, Sonisphere UK, Graspop and Basinfirefest, plus tours of Japan, U.S.A., Canada and Europe.
Album:
Greek power metallers deliver a blistering live album.There’s probably a lot out there that only first heard of Gus G once he was handpicked by Ozzy Osbourne when he and long standing guitarist Zakk Wylde parted ways a couple of years back. There’s more to this guitarist virtuoso however in the form of his long standing power metal band Firewind. The Thessaloniki, Greece based group was originally an outlet for Gus G to record his 1998 demo, Nocturnal Symphony. It would be a further three years though before the guitarist’s demo would become a full time project when the line-up was fleshed out and Between Heaven and Hell was released.Things have gone from strength to strength for Firewind over the past decade, with 2012 seeing the release of their seventh studio effort, Few Against Many. To mark the occasion of the band’s tenth anniversary, they decided to play four very special anniversary shows in Greece in mid December of last year. Two shows were scheduled for their home town and two for Athens with a different set list being performed for each show. These shows would also be the last for long standing vocalist Apollo Papathanasio who would leave the band a month later. This live album therefore not only marks the bands anniversary but closes the chapter on Papathanasio’s tenure with the group as well. He’s since been replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight).The resulting live album was constructed from the best 17 tracks (19 tracks for the digital release) with Gus G overseeing proceedings with a “quality over quantity” approach. There’s no end of crowd favourites that made the cut including Head Up High, World on Fire, and Few Against Many. But for a band driven by the guitar talents of Gus G, it would be naive to think a live album wouldn’t showcase the six string slingers outstanding abilities. His just over two minute guitar solo leads into the five and a half minute instrumental SKG which gives the other band members with the exception of Papathanasio some room to showcase their talents.It’s a full sounding live album with every nuance of the band’s performance captured. No element of their stage sound is missed and between tracks there’s plenty of crowd noise to remind you that it’s not just some reworked studio material that you’re listening to. There are also a few opportunities for crowd singalongs with the gentle ballad Edge of a Dream being the stand out in that department. Truth be told, the crowd noise could do with being a little louder during the songs to increase the immersion in the live experience that this performance captures. Otherwise, Apotheosis Live 2012 is a solid marker for the band’s tenth year and final shows with Papathanasio. With the band’s eighth studio effort a whiles off, it’s safe to say that this one will keep the fans satiated for a little while longer.
Line-Up:
Apollo Papathanasio -Vocals
Gus G. Guitars (1998-present), Keyboards (1998-2004) - See also: Gus G., Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Dream Evil, ex-Mystic Prophecy, ex-Nightrage, ex-Arch Enemy (live)
Petros Christo Bass (2003-present) - See also: ex-Breaking Silence
Bob Katsionis Keyboards (2004-present), Guitars (rhythm) (live) (2006-present) - See also: Bob Katsionis, Constantine, Ioannis Anastassakis, Outloud, Serious Black, Teo Ross, ex-Encomium, ex-Imaginery, ex-Retrospect, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Zion, ex-Mirage, ex-Skyward, ex-Acid Death, ex-Casus Belli, ex-Karmic Link, ex-Nightfall, ex-Perpetual, ex-Deviser (live), ex-Septicflesh (live), ex-Star Queen, ex-Fatal Morgana, ex-Jade Lizard, ex-Lighthunters
Johan Nunez Drums (2011-present) - See also: Meridian Dawn, ex-Suicide of Demons, ex-Negate (live), ex-Mystica, ex-Nightrage, ex-Gus G. (live), ex-Marty Friedman (live), ex-About: Blank
Tracklist:
01. Head up High 04:19
02. Wall of Sound 04:05
03. Allegiance 04:36
04. Few Against Many 05:00
05. The Departure 00:41
06. Heading for the Dawn 04:05
07. Losing My Mind 06:16
08. World on Fire 04:46
09. Guitar Solo 2012 02:18 instrumental
10. SKG 05:27
11. Between Heaven and Hell 05:14
12. Piano Solo 00:54 instrumental
13. Edge of a Dream 04:24
14. Mercenary Man 03:48
15. Glorious 03:42
16. Maniac 04:32
17. Falling to Pieces 05:02
18. Cold as Ice 04:18
19. Tyranny 04:05
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 191 mb
Bio:
FIREWIND originally formed in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998 but started in earnest after Gus moved to the United States. “For some time I studied at Berklee College of music in the USA. Some friends helped me to put together a demo, that I named FIREWIND, after an album of Uli Jon Roth’s band Electric Sun. I sent this demo around and got a couple of offers.” The demo was well received and Gus signed with Leviathan Records who put out the band’s first records, “Between Heaven And Hell” and “Burning Earth”. The band began touring the world, including a Japanese run with Rob Rock and a worldwide deal with Century Media Records was soon signed.The first album as part of that deal (“Forged By Fire”) further established the band but it was the follow up “Allegiance” that really put the band on the international map. Gus had finally found the right members (with the arrival of Time Requiem singer Apollo Papathanasio) and the subsequent two years of touring in support nike coupon code of “Allegiance” (opening for Dragonforce and All That Remains) saw the band hit three continents and clock up thousands of miles. The hard work paid off as both "Allegiance" and the acclaimed follow up "The Premonition" albums made it to the Top 10 in Greece and the "Mercenary Man" single became a Top 5 hit. "The Premonition" also charted in Japan, a territory that has majorly embraced and supported the band since their inception.Despite the band’s growing success, Gus was always ready to get back out on the road so when Arch Enemy needed a temporary tour guitarist, Gus was first in line and it was on Arch Enemy’s 2005 Ozzfest appearances that he first caught the eye of the Osbourne camp. But it wasn’t until 4 years later when Gus was invited to audition for the guitar role in Ozzy’s band. Gus was then asked to first perform with the band at ‘Blizzcon 2009’, where he ripped through Ozzy classics such as ‘Crazy Train’, ‘Mr Crowley’ and ‘Bark At The Moon’ with aplomb. Subsequently, Gus played on Ozzy’s “Scream” record and toured the world as Ozzy’s new guitarist as well as releasing FIREWIND’s acclaimed “Days Of Defiance” album in 2010, and hitting stages across the globe with his own band.A notoriously hard worker, Gus is rarely without a guitar in his hand and justifiably won the ‘Best Shredder’ award at this year’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony in London. The “Days Of Defiance” tour took FIREWIND across the world again, including appearances at Hellfest, Sonisphere UK, Graspop and Basinfirefest, plus tours of Japan, U.S.A., Canada and Europe.
Album:
Greek power metallers deliver a blistering live album.There’s probably a lot out there that only first heard of Gus G once he was handpicked by Ozzy Osbourne when he and long standing guitarist Zakk Wylde parted ways a couple of years back. There’s more to this guitarist virtuoso however in the form of his long standing power metal band Firewind. The Thessaloniki, Greece based group was originally an outlet for Gus G to record his 1998 demo, Nocturnal Symphony. It would be a further three years though before the guitarist’s demo would become a full time project when the line-up was fleshed out and Between Heaven and Hell was released.Things have gone from strength to strength for Firewind over the past decade, with 2012 seeing the release of their seventh studio effort, Few Against Many. To mark the occasion of the band’s tenth anniversary, they decided to play four very special anniversary shows in Greece in mid December of last year. Two shows were scheduled for their home town and two for Athens with a different set list being performed for each show. These shows would also be the last for long standing vocalist Apollo Papathanasio who would leave the band a month later. This live album therefore not only marks the bands anniversary but closes the chapter on Papathanasio’s tenure with the group as well. He’s since been replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight).The resulting live album was constructed from the best 17 tracks (19 tracks for the digital release) with Gus G overseeing proceedings with a “quality over quantity” approach. There’s no end of crowd favourites that made the cut including Head Up High, World on Fire, and Few Against Many. But for a band driven by the guitar talents of Gus G, it would be naive to think a live album wouldn’t showcase the six string slingers outstanding abilities. His just over two minute guitar solo leads into the five and a half minute instrumental SKG which gives the other band members with the exception of Papathanasio some room to showcase their talents.It’s a full sounding live album with every nuance of the band’s performance captured. No element of their stage sound is missed and between tracks there’s plenty of crowd noise to remind you that it’s not just some reworked studio material that you’re listening to. There are also a few opportunities for crowd singalongs with the gentle ballad Edge of a Dream being the stand out in that department. Truth be told, the crowd noise could do with being a little louder during the songs to increase the immersion in the live experience that this performance captures. Otherwise, Apotheosis Live 2012 is a solid marker for the band’s tenth year and final shows with Papathanasio. With the band’s eighth studio effort a whiles off, it’s safe to say that this one will keep the fans satiated for a little while longer.
Line-Up:
Apollo Papathanasio -Vocals
Gus G. Guitars (1998-present), Keyboards (1998-2004) - See also: Gus G., Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Dream Evil, ex-Mystic Prophecy, ex-Nightrage, ex-Arch Enemy (live)
Petros Christo Bass (2003-present) - See also: ex-Breaking Silence
Bob Katsionis Keyboards (2004-present), Guitars (rhythm) (live) (2006-present) - See also: Bob Katsionis, Constantine, Ioannis Anastassakis, Outloud, Serious Black, Teo Ross, ex-Encomium, ex-Imaginery, ex-Retrospect, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Zion, ex-Mirage, ex-Skyward, ex-Acid Death, ex-Casus Belli, ex-Karmic Link, ex-Nightfall, ex-Perpetual, ex-Deviser (live), ex-Septicflesh (live), ex-Star Queen, ex-Fatal Morgana, ex-Jade Lizard, ex-Lighthunters
Johan Nunez Drums (2011-present) - See also: Meridian Dawn, ex-Suicide of Demons, ex-Negate (live), ex-Mystica, ex-Nightrage, ex-Gus G. (live), ex-Marty Friedman (live), ex-About: Blank
Tracklist:
01. Head up High 04:19
02. Wall of Sound 04:05
03. Allegiance 04:36
04. Few Against Many 05:00
05. The Departure 00:41
06. Heading for the Dawn 04:05
07. Losing My Mind 06:16
08. World on Fire 04:46
09. Guitar Solo 2012 02:18 instrumental
10. SKG 05:27
11. Between Heaven and Hell 05:14
12. Piano Solo 00:54 instrumental
13. Edge of a Dream 04:24
14. Mercenary Man 03:48
15. Glorious 03:42
16. Maniac 04:32
17. Falling to Pieces 05:02
18. Cold as Ice 04:18
19. Tyranny 04:05
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/