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ALMANAC Release Date Pre-Order Start Kingslayer uu 24/11/2017 uu 29/09/2017

Price Code: CD01 uu Digibook contains bonus DVD NB 4070-0 CD+DVD-Digibook uu advertising in many important music magazines OCT/NOV 2017 uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Europe’s OCT/NOV 2017 issues uu song placements in European magazine compilations 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: CD04 uu  NB 4070-2 CD Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads (tbc) uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock websites all over Europe uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany 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- ground on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release uu Tracklists: CD: ALMANAC REVIVE HISTORY IN THEIR OWN - EPIC - WAY band that’s similar to ALMANAC. There may be projects with several session singers, 01. The king is dead. Long live the king. but not a single one with three lead singers.” It’s very true. Add to that the fact that the 01. Regicide vocalists are far from being a marketing tool, but the unmistakable figurehead of a 02. Children Of The Sacred Path Everybody wants the throne. Everybody wants to be on top, to be the first, the best, metal band being thus able to tell better stories than anybody else. Andy B. Franck’s 03. Guilty As Charged the biggest. The will to obtain power, the unscrupulousness whilst fighting for the (BRAINSTORM) soaring heavy metal voice, the roaring rock voice of 04. Hail To The King throne that is deeply embodied in the TV fantasy series »Game Of Thrones« is now () and the mesmerising siren chant of Jeannette Marchewka (LINGUA 05. Losing My Mind being transferred to a colossal musical equivalent, courtesy of the German power MORTIS ORCHESTRA) turn every single song into a legend at the campfire. “These 06. Kingslayer metal virtuosos ALMANAC. Raise the curtain for »Kingslayer«, the second album of voices enable me to paint in all the musical colours available”, the guitarist rejoices. 07. Kingdom Of The Blind the band surrounding guitar wizard - and a murderous journey to the “There’s simply nothing I can’t do with these fantastic musicians.” 08. Headstrong dark times of the regicides. 09. Last Farewell And he really knows how to use these possibilities, too. Drama and monumental 10. Red Flag Let’s make one thing clear right from the start: ALMANAC’s mighty second strike grandeur come together in a dark power metal landscape full of huge melodies and »Kingslayer« is not about fantasy, it’s no fairy tale about slaying dragons and using medieval choirs. Plus, it’s a lot heavier that the first one. “We quickly realised that powerful magic. It is our very own histories coming back at us in the shape of epic, we’re way heavier on stage than on our album… We wanted to sound heavier, more Bonus-DVD: forceful, wonderfully melodic and skillful anthems. Stories of murdered kings, of direct, with even sharper melodies and more dynamics.” This they did in the Wupper- Video clips: despots and tyrants, framed by an invincible power metal performance and presented tal based HeyDay Studios, not particularly a well-known name in metal circles. Or not 01. Losing My Mind by no less than three (!) lead singers. This is, of course, nothing new for those familiar yet, as Smolski sees it. “I am more than happy to have found this little gem of a studio! 02. Self-Blinded Eyes with the new band of the former RAGE axeman Smolski and his new fellowship. On There are few places around that offer so much: Wonderful analogue equipment, but 03. Self-Blinded Eyes (Making Of) their stunning debut »Tsar« they already turned to Russian history, thus complementing also the full armory of digital wizardry.” Recorded from April 2017, »Kingslayer« this musical success by a pleasantly unique background for once not speaking about was mixed live at the mixing desk. “Andreas Herr is a capital sound engineer. It’s Live at “Masters of Rock 2017”: Vikings, Celts or druids. unbelievable what he made of our songs.” 04. Self-Blinded Eyes 05. No More Shadows The record caused quite a stir back in 2016. “It was indeed the perfect start for This, indeed, is a compliment that can be expanded to cover the whole team. 06. Children Of The Sacred Path ALMANAC!” Victor Smolski recalls fondly. “Our debut has been greeted quite enthu- Musically, vocally and in regard to its content, »Kingslayer« reaches dizzying levels siastically; it has been nominated for a Metal Hammer Award and was presented live and comes with divine guitar work and untamed passion. The act of coming free from Live at “Aria Fest”: at a lot of gigs. There could have been nothing better for the development of our band RAGE resulted in a band with big ambition. That’s again mirrored in the unusual 07. Medley - especially because the feedback at our concerts was nothing short of amazing.” contents of the album. The symphonic mid-tempo smasher ‘Hail To The King’, for 08. Studio report “Kingslayer” A quick look at the mere figures proves him true: Small club gigs, huge festivals, example, is about king Dhatusena of Sri Lanka. “In 473, his own son dethroned and headliner shows, support slots: More than 50 shows in 10 countries has brought the immured him,” Smolski is inaugurating the merry history lesson. Equally dark is the band close together. “It’s as if we tumbled head-on through a crash course about how background of ‘Regicide’, telling of the assassination of King Henry VIII by a monk. to become a functioning metal band”, Smolski laughs. Not that someone like him What else? Schizophrenic kings being driven to suicide by one of their courtiers or an wouldn’t know already. His characteristic guitar work coined the sound of RAGE for infamous pirate queen no one could kill. It should be clear by now: Against an album more than 15 years; in the mid-nineties he had already written power metal history like »Kingslayer« even »Game of Thrones« doesn’t stand a chance. These true stories with his band MIND ODYSSEY. Since then, he has toured around the globe like there are more gripping, more legendary... and of course a lot bloodier! uu Line up: was no tomorrow. Victor Smolski | guitars, keyboards Progression, individuality and avoiding any kind of routine have always been the Andy B. Franck | vocals essence of Smolski- which is why in 2015, he decided to leave RAGE. With ALMA- David Readman | vocals NAC, he says, something like this is never going to happen. “Our musical level is Jeannette Marchewka | vocals way higher”, he states without the slightest hint of hubris. “Plus, for us the sheer joy of playing is our top priority. When you have that, routine doesn’t stand the smallest Athanasios “Zacky” Tsoukas | chance of becoming monotonous.” Fueled by the will to surpass himself over and over drums again, he wants to write songs with that certain little something. “I don’t know of any Tim Rashid | bass

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