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AVATARIUM Release Date Pre-Order Start Hurricanes And Halos uu 26/05/2017 uu 07/04/2016

uu LIMITED CD DIGIPAK available uu 2-LP BLACK VINYL in Gatefold available uu advertising in many important music magazines APR/MAY 2017 uu  reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Europe’s APR/MAY 2017 issues Price Code: CD03 uu song placements in European magazine compilations NB 3909-0 CD-Digi uu spotify playlists in all European territories uu retail marketing campaigns uu instore decoration: flyers, poster A1 uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads (tbc) Price Code: LP17 uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock NB 3909-1 2LP websites all over Europe (black in gatefold) 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 uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a back- Territory: WORLD 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 Lyric video check here: uu Tracklists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwUoXCW0Kjs DIGI: 01. Into The Fire / Into The Storm „Their music leaves almost nothing to be desired. From classic rock to epic doom and „Different yet so familiar – “Hurricanes And Halos” holds many surprises and 02. The Starless Sleep jazzy blues ballads – you can only bow down to this album!” rewards the open-minded listener.” 03. Road To Jerusalem ROCK IT (D) – Walter Scheurer METAL HAMMER (D) – Katrin Riedl 04. Medusa Child 05. The Sky At The Bottom Of The Sea Where BLACK SABBATH meets soul and political or cultural overtones, their goal is always to manipulate and 06. When Breath Turns Into Air create fear in our hearts”. 07. A Kiss (From The End Of The World) THE DEVIL’S BLOOD meet Old School Although the key tone of this third full-length release is amazingly catchy 08. Hurricanes And Halos Rock, AVATARIUM found their home with earworms such as the ‘The Starless Sleep’ or ‘The Sky At The Bottom Beauty and darkness, heavy guitars and fragile ballads, vintage blues Of The Sea’, the band still relies on a crushing doom atmosphere with a 2LP Side A rock and modern doom – the sound of ’s AVATARIUM is so ghostly vibe. Eternal longing and bizarre little snapshot moments like in 01. Into The Fire / Into The Storm unique, that the band already succeeded in drawing the world into their ‘A Kiss From The End Of The World’ define the lyrics, but it’s the ballad 02. The Starless Sleep mystical spell with their very first album. The Swedes take you by the ‘When Breath Turns Into Air’ that has a particularly deep meaning to Side B hand and lead you down into their mesmerizing and gloomy world full of Marcus and is dedicated to his deceased father: 01. Road To Jerusalem absurd poetry and bittersweet melancholy with a raw sixties flair. 02. Medusa Child “My father was the one that no matter what circumstances, never lost Side C Although the band was only founded in 2012 by SOEN guitarist Marcus hope or faith in me. Growing up in a family where things were quite 01. The Sky At The Bottom Of The Sea 02. When Breath Turns Into Air Jidell and CANDLEMASS chef Leif Edling, they were already able to top turbulent at times, he enabled a safe attachment. He was a very gentle Side D the soundchecks of the most prestigious European magazines and draw and warm-hearted man and I will always miss him. The song is about loss 01. A Kiss (From The End Of The World) all eyes upon them with their two and EP’s. Now »Hurricanes but also about how someone’s spirit can stay with you even though their 02. Hurricanes And Halos And Halos« is the outstanding successor to the critically-acclaimed »The physical remains are gone.” Girl With The Raven Mask«. Edling still continues his influence as mentor and creative force, and has written six of the eight new tracks. However, The new album was produced by Marcus Jidell himself, while David this time Jennie-Ann and Marcus were also strongly involved in the song- Castillo (, , ) recorded and mixed it in uu Line-up: writing process, and with the new bass master Mats Rydström, the band the famous Ghost Ward Studios and the mastering was done by Jens is now ready to cross the frontiers of Europe. In February, AVATARIUM Bogren (SOILWORK, SEPULTURA). Together they created an organic and Jennie-Ann Smith | vocals performed their first show overseas at this year’s 70,000 Tons Of Metal… warm sound that sets »Hurricanes And Halos« apart from the overbred, Marcus Jidell | guitars but they are only getting started. electronically optimized mass: Lars Sköld | drums Mats Rydström | bass Rickard Nielsson | organ Where BLACK SABBATH meets soul and THE DEVIL’S BLOOD meet Old “A big and fat sound is what we like and we do whatever it takes to School Rock, AVATARIUM found their home. Rough and heavy guitars get there! AVATARIUM is about pushing boundaries and exploring embrace the bluesy voice of Jennie-Ann Smith and with pain and grace new grounds”, states string wizard Marcus Jidell and continuous: the band knits a unique sound leading you right into another world. “Our focus is not on technical aspects but on landscapes and colours. Diverse emotions, anxieties, defenses and human conditions all find Asked about the album title »Hurricanes And Halos«, Jidell contemplates: their place in our music. We are aiming to find the human touch, to “In times like these we are constantly reminded how power enables peo- keep it simple, allow mistakes but also to make it glorious, shining and ple to do evil in the name of a good cause. Whether there are religious, greater than our own selves.”

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