Today is the day! Swedish-American power metal supergroup NorthTale have finally released their long-awaited debut album “Welcome to Paradise”, through Nuclear Blast.
To mark the occasion, the five-piece has launched a brand new lyric video for the track “Sirens’ Fall”. Watch it now below.
Guitarist Bill Hudson states: “I still remember when I wrote the very first note for "Shape Your Reality", sitting in my apartment in Los Angeles, CA. The song was about realizing your dreams through your own mind. A mere two years later and here I am, writing a quote about the album that resulted from that one embryo of an idea. The music is exactly what we wanted to do. No compromise, no trying to appease anyone’s tastes but our own! It’s catchy, it’s fast, it’s dramatic and it’s exactly what I would’ve wanted to buy as a 14-year-old kid. If "Welcome to Paradise" isn’t manifestation, I don’t know what is!”...
Vocalist Christian Eriksson adds: “The intention with NorthTale was to write and record an album that we love and can be proud of. For me the album turned out exactly how I wanted it. We got fast songs, slow songs, heavier songs and even two ballads. I really hope you’re going to enjoy this record as much as we do. "Sirens’ Fall" is a song that touches the subject of living with anxiety and panic attacks. Musically it goes towards neo classic and contains great pace, melodies and duelling solos”.
Order “Welcome to Paradise”, here.
NorthTale - behind this illustrious name lies nothing less than a Swedish-American power metal supergroup! Formed by guitarist Bill Hudson (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, I Am Morbid, ex-U.D.O.), vocalist Christian Eriksson (ex-Twilight Force), and drummer Patrick Johansson (ex-Malmsteen, ex-W.A.S.P. etc.) in late 2017, the line-up was quickly completed by Mikael Planefeldt (bass) as well as keyboardist Jimmy Pitts. Delivering a load of (largely) fast-paced anthems, imbued with Eriksson’s soaring vocals, the band will not only please fans of titans such as Helloween, Sonata Arctica, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius among others, but draw new fans to the genre too.
The group is set to conquer not only your audio systems, but also the world’s stages, with their very first gig set to take place at their label mates Sabaton’s very own open air festival (Aug 14-17), shortly later heading into two concerts in Tokyo, Japan for the Evoken Festival (Aug 30 & Sep 1).
Festivals 2019:
14-17.08. S Falun - Sabaton Open Air
30.08. J Tokyo - Evoken Festival
01.09. J Tokyo - Evoken Festival
Line-up:
Christian Eriksson: Vocals
Bill Hudson: Guitar
Patrick Johansson: Drums
Mikael T. Planefeldt: Bass
Jimmy Pitts: Keyboards
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/NorthtaleOfficial
www.instagram.com/northtaleofficial
To mark the occasion, the five-piece has launched a brand new lyric video for the track “Sirens’ Fall”. Watch it now below.
Guitarist Bill Hudson states: “I still remember when I wrote the very first note for "Shape Your Reality", sitting in my apartment in Los Angeles, CA. The song was about realizing your dreams through your own mind. A mere two years later and here I am, writing a quote about the album that resulted from that one embryo of an idea. The music is exactly what we wanted to do. No compromise, no trying to appease anyone’s tastes but our own! It’s catchy, it’s fast, it’s dramatic and it’s exactly what I would’ve wanted to buy as a 14-year-old kid. If "Welcome to Paradise" isn’t manifestation, I don’t know what is!”...
Vocalist Christian Eriksson adds: “The intention with NorthTale was to write and record an album that we love and can be proud of. For me the album turned out exactly how I wanted it. We got fast songs, slow songs, heavier songs and even two ballads. I really hope you’re going to enjoy this record as much as we do. "Sirens’ Fall" is a song that touches the subject of living with anxiety and panic attacks. Musically it goes towards neo classic and contains great pace, melodies and duelling solos”.
Order “Welcome to Paradise”, here.
NorthTale - behind this illustrious name lies nothing less than a Swedish-American power metal supergroup! Formed by guitarist Bill Hudson (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, I Am Morbid, ex-U.D.O.), vocalist Christian Eriksson (ex-Twilight Force), and drummer Patrick Johansson (ex-Malmsteen, ex-W.A.S.P. etc.) in late 2017, the line-up was quickly completed by Mikael Planefeldt (bass) as well as keyboardist Jimmy Pitts. Delivering a load of (largely) fast-paced anthems, imbued with Eriksson’s soaring vocals, the band will not only please fans of titans such as Helloween, Sonata Arctica, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius among others, but draw new fans to the genre too.
The group is set to conquer not only your audio systems, but also the world’s stages, with their very first gig set to take place at their label mates Sabaton’s very own open air festival (Aug 14-17), shortly later heading into two concerts in Tokyo, Japan for the Evoken Festival (Aug 30 & Sep 1).
Festivals 2019:
14-17.08. S Falun - Sabaton Open Air
30.08. J Tokyo - Evoken Festival
01.09. J Tokyo - Evoken Festival
Line-up:
Christian Eriksson: Vocals
Bill Hudson: Guitar
Patrick Johansson: Drums
Mikael T. Planefeldt: Bass
Jimmy Pitts: Keyboards
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/NorthtaleOfficial
www.instagram.com/northtaleofficial