Witherfall's first scheduled 2020 appearance will be at PPUSA Friday September 11th 2020! These tickets go fast so get yours now.
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Witherfall In Contention for Multiple 2019 Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards voting period is in full swing and this season Witherfall is once again in the running!
This year our #DarkMelodicMetal Opus about our fallen Friend and Drummer Adam Sagan is in contention.
If you are a voting member click here and login:
https://www.grammy.com/user
Like some larger bands (Ghost pictured) we do not have ads in Billboard mag or other trades. Just the support of fans, professionals and the appreciation from #musicians of complex and left of center musical ambition.
Categories are:
Witherfall - A Prelude To Sorrow (#76) #AlbumOfTheYear
https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZPKH5znPzGGpmNt4jNZqi…
Witherfall - Vintage (#076) #BestMetalPerformance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlD3-EWGNZA
Witherfall - Shadows (#381) #BestRockPerformance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYj1ghVSbF0
Witherfall - Ode To Despair (#0706) #SongOfTheYear
Witherfall - Ode To Despair (#1123) #RecordOfTheYear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_LUai2NYMQ
PS: Witherfall have officially begun the Pr-Production/Arranging stages of our next record.
As you may well know a lot of #PinotNoir and #BelvedereVodka gets consumed during these times. To fund our bad habits we are having a special sale: Share this post and go to:
http://www.witherfall.com/merch
enter code WITHERFALLGRAMMY
and get 20% anything at our shop!
The code expires November 20th the day that the #GrammyNominations are announced.
Witherfall to play ProgPower 2020
Witherfall have been announced to play ProgPower USA 2020! Many of you that were here with us from the beginning
may know that it was very important for Adam Sagan (rip) to have Witherfall at this festival. We are happy to have made this a reality.
Adam Sagan Tribute Video Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlD3-EWGNZA
Watch the Anouncment Video Here: https://vimeo.com/357375304
ProgPower USA XXI Roster Presentation - Days 3 & 4 from ProgPower USA on Vimeo.
We are having a Sale at http://www.witherfall.com/merch enter THANKYOU10 at checkout and get 10% off!
Joseph Michael(WItherfall) To Perform Entire Refuge Denied Album with Sancutary
Photo by Neil Lim Sang
SANCTUARY – return to Europe for special festival shows and discuss future plans in new video
On December 13th, 2017, Warrel Dane, the legendary lead singer of Sanctuary and Nevermore passed away while recording his posthumously released studio album “Shadow Work”. At that time, Sanctuary had already confirmed and announced a US tour supporting Iced Earth in February/March 2018 and while shocked by Warrel Dane’s passing, decided to turn it into a tribute to his legacy with exceptionally talented Witherfall vocalist Joseph Michael. Performing tracks from 1988’s “Refuge Denied”, 1990’s “Into the Mirror Black” and 2014’s “The Year the Sun Died”, Joseph Michael delivered a stunning performance and received very positive feedback from the fans attending the shows. Remaining founding members Lenny Rutledge (guitars) and Dave Budbill (drums) ultimately made the decision to continue with Sanctuary and new singer Joseph Michael not only as a live act, but also compose and record a new album, which is currently expected to surface in 2020.
Now, the band has confirmed two European festival shows this summer and will tour North America in July performing the entire “Refuge Denied” album as Lenny Rutledge explains:
“Sanctuary are looking forward to playing two special festival shows in Europe this summer in addition to our commemorative “Refuge Denied” dates in the US where we will perform our classic debut album in full. If you’re an old school Sanctuary fan or a fan of classic metal, you don’t what to miss this run of dates! Joseph Michael (Witherfall) is the new singer of Sanctuary and we will be playing songs from all 3 albums but focusing on the earlier material. Come check out the return of Sanctuary!”
Lenny Rutledge and Joseph Michael reveal more about Sanctuary’s future in this new video:
While the new album is still months away, Sanctuary will continue to perform live as Joseph Michael enables the group to do intense old school sets including the soaring vocals and high screams, fans know and love on albums such as “Refuge Denied” and “Into the Mirror Black”. Sometimes, great triumph comes from great tragedy, and this sounds true in regards to Sanctuary!
SANCTUARY live 2019
2019 North American tour - Performing all of “Refuge Denied”!
With special guests: Ghost Ship Octavius
July 11 Atlanta, GA - Basement
July 12 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 586
July 13 Frederick, MD – Cafe 611
July 14 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus Bar
July 16 Somerville, MA – Once Ballroom
July 17 Pittsburgh, PA – Crafthouse
July 18 Cincinnati, OH – North Side Yacht Club
July 19 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle Brewery
July 20 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
July 21 Chicago, IL – Reggies
August 16 Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom *
August 17 Seattle, WA – El Corazon *
* only SANCTUARY performing
Tickets and merch available at https://www.sanctuaryofficial.com/home
2019 European festival shows:
25. - 27.07.2019 Brande-Hörnerkichen (DE) Headbangers Open Air
10.08.2019 Kortrijk (BE) Alcatraz Festival
Latest release:
SANCTUARY “Inception” (Remixed & Remastered 1986 Demos) http://smarturl.it/SanctuaryINCEPTION
Also check out:
WARREL DANE “Shadow Work” https://warreldane.lnk.to/ShadowWorkID
WITHERFALL “A Prelude To Sorrow” https://witherfallband.lnk.to/APreludeToSorrow
WITHERFALL “Vintage – EP” https://witherfallband.lnk.to/vintageID
Record Store Day 25% off
Witherfall are celebrating Record Store day by giving fans 25% off our entire catalog including shirts and other merch items. Click here to browse through our store and use code RSD2019 at checkout for 25% off!
These packages and more are also on sale!
Watch our Tour Video featuring our Helloween's "A Tale that wasn't Right" cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om5D2_9H4K0
Listening or buying on another platform? Click Below.
Nocturnes and Requiems
http://smarturl.it/WitherfallNAR
A Prelude To Sorrow
https://witherfallband.lnk.to/APreludeToSorrow
Vintage
Drummer Bruno Valverde (Angra, Kiko Loureiro) To Join Witherfall for Keep It True Festival
+++Drummer Bruno Valverde (Angra, Kiko Loureiro) To Join Witherfall for Keep It True Festival+++
Acclaimed Angra and Kiko Loureiro Drummer Bruno Valverde will be Joining Witherfall for the 2019 Keep It True Festival in Germany on April 27th (set time 1:30 CET)!
https://www.facebook.com/keepittruefestival/
Witherfall Comments
"We are excited to have the amazingly talented Bruno Valverde on board for the 2019 Keep It True Festival later this April. Our Drummer Steve Bolognese had some scheduling conflicts and we needed to find someone quickly. We are happy to announce that Keep it True Festival will be the first time ever that we perform "Vintage" in it's entirety. We cannot wait to share what else Witherfall have in store for the future with fans and newcomers alike."
Witherfall - Vintage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlD3-EWGNZA
Learn more at http;//www.witherfall.com
Listen Now:
Nocturnes and Requiems
http://smarturl.it/WitherfallNAR
A Prelude To Sorrow
https://witherfallband.lnk.to/APreludeToSorrow
Vintage EP
https://witherfallband.lnk.to/Vintage
WItherfall New Release Vintage
Hello from the road everyone! Our European tour with Sonata Arctica is in full swing and the shows have all been amazing. Today we release "Vintage" ! It is now available for Purchase/Download/Streaming.
https://witherfallband.lnk.to/Vintage
Check out the Videos for the album here:
A Tale That Wasn't RIght
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om5D2_9H4K0
I Won't Back Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzxZ3DU_CoI
Vintage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlD3-EWGNZA
Witherfall Cover Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right
WITHERFALL touring Europe right now; release new single and video for HELLOWEEN-cover "A Tale That Wasn't Right"
US dark melodic metal act WITHERFALL recently started touring Europe as support of Sonata Arctica’s »Acoustic Adventures« tour. (Tour dates below.) As a special release fitting this tour concept, WITHERFALL also recorded the widely acoustic “Vintage – EP”, which will be released on March 22nd, 2019.
Today, they are releasing the third single from this EP, "A Tale That Wasn't Right", which was originally recorded by Helloween and released on the classic “Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I” album in 1987. You can watch the full video, produced by Don Adams, here: https://youtu.be/om5D2_9H4K0
WITHERFALL comments: “Right after the band landed in the ill-fated Panama City FL to begin recording "A Prelude to Sorrow" the idea of doing an 80s power ballad was drunkenly pondered by the band. On one of Steve Bolognese' IPA benders he came up with Helloween’s “A Tale That Wasn’t Right”. Though the band recorded the song during the APS sessions, the video was shot during the band’s recent tour of Japan as support for Kamelot. With Japanese tour manager Mia Steinhausen guiding our way, we were amazed and honored to be so welcomed by the fans and label(s) in Japan that we decided to create a little visual tribute as a gift to everyone who helped us out. Seen in the beginning is even a cameo by none other than Masa-Ito! Domo-Arigato”.
The “Vintage EP” is available for pre-ordering now with WITHERFALL offering an exclusive green “Verdigris” vinyl limited to 200 copies alongside t-shirt bundles. The transparent-magenta “Vintage Pinot Noir” vinyl, limited to 100 copies, is already sold out from Century Media’s European Store.
Black vinyl and the limited hand-numbered CD Digipak as well digital formats are available here: https://witherfallband.lnk.to/vintage
WITHERFALL live:
SONATA ARCTICA
»Acoustic Adventures«
Presented by Rock Hard, Rocks, musix, Rock It!, metal.de
w/ WITHERFALL (‘Acoustic set’)
13.03. Oslo (NO) Parkteatret
14.03. Stockholm (SE) Södra Teatern
15.03. Malmö (SE) Palladium
16.03. Hamburg (DE) Fabrik
17.03. Eindhoven (NL) Effenaar
19.03. London (UK) Islington Assembly Hall
20.03. Haarlem (NL) Patronaat
21.03. Aschaffenburg (DE) Colos-Saal
22.03. Paris (FR) Le Trabendo
23.03. Lyon (FR) Ninkasi Kao
24.03. Mailand (IT) Teatro Dal Verme
26.03. Pratteln (CH) Z7
27.03. Nürnberg (DE) Hirsch
28.03. Prag (CZ) Roxy
29.03. Stuttgart (DE) Im Wizemann (Club)
30.03. Bochum (DE) Christuskirche
26.04 – 27.04 (exact date tba) WITHERFALL ‘Electric set’ @ Keep It True XXII, Germany
w/ Candlemass, Satan, Agent Steel, Midnight & many others
Booking: www.facebook.com/DragonProductionsOfficial