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LANCER Release Date Pre-Order Start Mastery uu 13/01/2017 uu 17/11/2016

uu LIMITED CD DIGIPAK available incl. bonus track uu 2-LP BLACK VINYL in Gatefold available incl. bonus track uu Watch out ads in all important music magazines DEC 2016 uu Advertising in many important music magazines JAN 2017 uu Album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Price Code: CD04 Europe’s DEC/JAN 2017 issues NB 3848-0 CD-Digi uu Song placements in European magazine compilations incl. bonus track uu Spotify playlists in all European territories uu Retail marketing campaigns uu Instore decoration: flyers, poster A1 uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion Price Code: LP17 uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search NB 3848-1 2LP and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads (tbc) black in gatefold uu Banner advertising on more than 60 of the most important Metal & Rock websites all over Europe uu Additional booked ads on Metal Hammer and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu Video and pre-roll ads on You tube Territory: World uu Ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu Banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a back- uu Tracklists: ground on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu Features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings DIGI: 01. Dead Raising Towers to targeted audiences in support of the release 02. Future Millennia uu Video Clips@ NB YouTube: ‘Iscariot’ (OFFICIAL TRACK & LYRICS) 03. Mastery 04. Victims Of The Nile uu Trailer Links on NB YouTube 05. Iscariot 06. Follow Azrael 07. Freedom Eaters “Great Swedish energetic with stunning technical virtuosity “»Mastery« is like a dream come true for anyone who needs mature 08. World Unknown 09. Widowmaker and brilliant melodies! A must have album!” arrangements and a slight touch of melancholic darkness in the majestic 10. Envy Of The Gods METALLIAN (F) songbook of traditional power metal. LANCER will easily become the next Bonus: sweet obsession for fans of early , and HAMMER- 11. The Wolf And The Kraken “A technical and majestic masterpiece! With »Mastery« LANCER bring FALL, but starting from this album their personality is stronger than ever.” fresh air to the power metal scene!” 2LP: ROCK HARD (I) Side A MYROCK (F) 01. Dead Raising Towers 02. Future Millennia “This album is a modern retro masterpiece - in the vein of and HELLOWEEN. It’s fast, it’s melodic - it’s all you need!” 03. Mastery Side B SCREAM (N) 01. Victims Of The Nile 02. Iscariot Side C 01. Follow Azrael FRESH BLOOD FROM SWEDEN 02. Freedom Eaters 03. World Unknown Side D With the EP Purple Sky LANCER invaded the swedish metal scene the spring of 2012. The love and passion for the melodic metal was obvious, 01. Widowmaker 02. Envy Of The Gods and fans of Iron Maiden, Helloween and Hammerfall were not disappointed! 03. The Wolf And The Kraken (bonus) The five guys of the band met at the Music Academy of Ingesund in Arvika, Sweden back in 2009 and the common interest of metal made it unavoidable to form the band. Since then LANCER have gigged several pubs and swedish festivals, and collected the highest amount of points in a swedish competition for unsigned bands in 2011. With an energetic show and technical brilliance, these young rockers leave no one TOUR 2017 untouched. Through the positive response from reviewers world wide, the Purple Sky EP rendered in a record deal with swedish label Doolittle w/ HAMMERFALL, Group AB managed by the well-known metal vocalist Christian Liljegren (Golden Resurrection, ex-Narnia). King Records in also offered GLORYHAMMER LANCER a great deal, King Records is one of the biggest metal labels in the east and have many European Metal bands in their rooster such as 12.01. D Bremen...... Aladin Rhapsody of Fire, UDO, Primal Fear, JORN, and many more. 13.01. D Oberhausen.....Turbinenhalle 1 14.01. D Bamberg...... Brose Arena By the 18th of January 2013 (December 26th in Japan) the debut album of 16.01. NL Utrecht...... Tivoli Vredenburg 17.01. B Antwerp...... Trix LANCER, produced by Tommy Reinxeed and Ronny Milianowicz (legendary 18.01. D Fulda...... Wartenberg Oval collaborations with: , Timo Tolkki, Hammerfall, Primal Fear, Wolf, 20.01. D Langen...... Stadthalle Amon Amarth and many more…), will be released and the band will set out to 21.01. CH Pratteln...... Z7 conquer the Power Metal scene! 22.01. CH Pratteln...... Z7 23.01. F Lyon...... Ninkasi Kao 25.01. D Saarbrücken...... Garage The trademark of LANCER will always be the songs and their sense for making 26.01. D Filderstadt...... Filharmonie hit melodies, over technical virtuosity. 27.01. D München...... Backstage 28.01. D Kaufbeuren...... AllKart Halle LANCER is a fresh wind for the power metal scene, with well written songs, 29.01. I Milan...... Live Club great musicians and a fantastic liveshow they keeping the spirit and legacy 31.01. H Budapest...... Barba Negra of European Power Metal alive! And remember, anyone who spells LANCER 01.02. A Vienna...... Arena 02.02. A Graz...... Orpheum with small letters will immediately be transformed into a really weird looking 03.02. CZ Zlin...... Hala Euronics screaming ostrich! The new album “Mastery” is now being released via Nuclear 04.02. PL Warsaw...... Progresja Blast 13th January 2017. Line-up: Isak Stenvalla | Vocals · Fredrik Kelemen | Guitar 06.02. D Berlin...... Huxley’s Neue Welt Per-Owe ‘Ewo’ Solvelius | Guitar · Emil Öberg | Bass · Sebastian Pedernera | Drums 07.02. D ...... Große Freiheit 36 08.02. DK Copenhagen...... Amager Bio www.lancermetal.com · www.facebook.com/lancermetal · www.youtube.com/lancermetal www.twitter.com/lancermetal · www.nuclearblast.de/lancer Style: Speed Metal

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