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The Premonition (album)

April 08, 2024

The Premonition is the fifth full-length album by Firewind and their only album to feature the same line-up as its predecessor. Gus G. said "we basically kept the Allegiance 'winning team' together"[1] much to the apparent surprise of fans.[5]

The Premonition
Studio album by
Firewind
Released21 March 2008
RecordedStudio Fredman in Göteborg, Sweden
November–December 2007
GenrePower metal
Length45:51
LabelCentury Media
ProducerGus G.
Firewind chronology
Allegiance
(2006) 		The Premonition
(2008) 		Days of Defiance
(2010)
Singles from The Premonition
  1. "Mercenary Man"
    Released: (Online début) 2 February 2008[1]
    25 February 2008[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic(favorable)[3]
Blabbermouth.net[4]

Creation process edit

The song writing began in part while in tour supporting the band's previous album Allegiance during which time they wrote 6 titled songs (Remembered, Life Foreclosed, The Silent Code, Mercenary Man, My Loneliness, Head Up High)[6] Gus G. said "Song writing-wise I think all songs are special and once again everyone was involved in the writing"[1] while in the studio they recorded a total of 12 original songs and "a few covers" including their cover of the Michael Sembello song "Maniac".[5] Gus G. also said:

I feel that the new Firewind album is yet another step up in our career – musically speaking. Once again we aimed for a highly variable effort as I really don't like those albums where you've listened to the first song and it's like you heard them all! This doesn't happen on a Firewind album and certainly not on the new one!

— Gus G, [7]

Touring and promotion edit

Firewind started touring after the completion of the album in January, in which time they filmed the content for the bonus DVD. They are scheduled to tour supporting Kamelot on their "Rule the World Tour" in April through Europe and then in May on their "Tyranny and Bloodshred" tour through North America with Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, and Divine Heresy.[8]

Release history edit

Unlike previous releases, The Premonition wasn't first released in the band's homeland, Greece, although it was first announced for release there.[2] Instead, it was initially released in Italy and Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) on 21 March 2008. Then the following day in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. On 24 March 2008 it was released in Greece, Denmark, Norway, and to a large portion of the rest of Europe. In Spain and Portugal, it was released on 25 March 2008, and the following day in Sweden, Finland, and Hungary. It was released four days later in France, and was released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2008.[9] It was re-released on vinyl on 3 March 2010, making this their first vinyl release, and including the Japan bonus track "Ride to the Rainbows End".

Singles edit

The first single from The Premonition, "Mercenary Man", was released on the band's official Myspace page for streaming almost two months before the album's release on 2 February 2008,[1] and one month before the album's release as a maxi-CD exclusively to Greece on 25 February 2008.[2] In-between the two release dates, the band filmed the music video for the song in Sweden with Patric Ullaeus as the producer.[10] "Mercenary Man" entered the Greek Top 50 Singles chart at #6 and is peaked at #5. Meanwhile, the two singles from their previous album, Allegiance, were still charting in Greece. "Falling to Pieces", which peaked at #11, it was still in at #43, and "Breaking the Silence", which peaked at #16, was still in at #33.[11]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Into the Fire"Gus G., Katsionis, Papathanasio6:29
2."Head Up High"Gus G., Katsionis, Papathanasio3:46
3."Mercenary Man"Gus G., Papathanasio3:27
4."Angels Forgive Me"Gus G., Katsionis, Papathanasio4:57
5."Remembered"Niclas Engelin, Gus G., Papathanasio3:38
6."My Loneliness"Gus G., Papathanasio4:04
7."Circle of Life"Cross, Gus G., Papathanasio4:14
8."The Silent Code"Cross, Gus G., Papathanasio4:48
9."Maniac"Dennis Matkosky, Sembello4:55
10."Life Foreclosed"Chasyain, Gus G.4:52
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Wild Rose"Gus G.4:23
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Ride to the Rainbow's End"Gus G.4:30

B-sides edit

  1. "Spirits in a Digital World" (Gus G., Christo) – 4:04 (from the "Mercenary Man" single)
  2. "Mercenary Man [Acoustic]" (Gus G., Papathanasio) – 3:54 (from the "Mercenary Man" single)

Unreleased song edit

The instrumental song Perasmenes mou Agapes, originally by Manolis Chiotis, was cut at the final stages of the release for copyright reasons. The song had a few live performances by Firewind including at the Gagarin Open Air festival in Athens 2007. It was also played on 12 January 2008 during the filming of Live Premonition but was cut from the DVD.

Bonus DVD edit

The special edition version of the album comes with O-Card packaging and a bonus DVD with four songs, recorded at a live performance of the album in the Principal theatre in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 12 January 2008, and interviews with all the band members.[12]

  1. "Into the Fire" – 6:34
  2. "Head Up High" – 3:43
  3. "Mercenary Man" – 3:56
  4. "My Loneliness" – 4:01

Personnel edit

Band members
Guest musicians
  • Marcus Palsson – backing vocals on tracks 2, 5, 8 & 9
Technical staff
  • Fredrik Nordström – mixing, engineering
  • Henrik Udd – mixing, engineering
  • Rickard Bengtson – engineering
  • Gustavo Sazes – artwork
  • Patric Ullaeus – photography
  • Olga K. – photographs of Mark Cross

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Firewind.gr news update February 2, 2008, cited March 4, 2008
  2. ^ a b c The release dates banner from the official myspace, cited March 4, 2008
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Blabbermouth.net review
  5. ^ a b Firewind.gr news update November 28, 2007, cited March 4, 2008
  6. ^ Firewind.gr news update November 12, 2007, cited March 4, 2008
  7. ^ Firewind.gr news update January 26, 2008, cited February 7, 2008
  8. ^ firewind.gr 2008 tours page, Cited April 1, 2008
  9. ^ Firewind.gr news update March 19, 2008, Cited 1 April 2008
  10. ^ blabbermouth.net 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine news archive February 28, 2008, Cited April 1, 2008
  11. ^ ifpi.gr page on the Greek Top 50 Singles, Cited April 1, 2008
  12. ^ Firewind.gr news update March 5, 2008, cited March 8, 2008

External links edit

  • Firewind's official website

April 08, 2024
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The Premonition is the fifth full length album by Firewind and their only album to feature the same line up as its predecessor Gus G said we basically kept the Allegiance winning team together 1 much to the apparent surprise of fans 5 The PremonitionStudio album by FirewindReleased21 March 2008RecordedStudio Fredman in Goteborg Sweden November December 2007GenrePower metalLength45 51LabelCentury MediaProducerGus G Firewind chronologyAllegiance 2006 The Premonition 2008 Days of Defiance 2010 Singles from The Premonition Mercenary Man Released Online debut 2 February 2008 1 25 February 2008 2 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic favorable 3 Blabbermouth net 4 Contents 1 Creation process 2 Touring and promotion 2 1 Release history 2 2 Singles 3 Track listing 3 1 B sides 3 2 Unreleased song 4 Bonus DVD 5 Personnel 6 Footnotes 7 External linksCreation process editThe song writing began in part while in tour supporting the band s previous album Allegiance during which time they wrote 6 titled songs Remembered Life Foreclosed The Silent Code Mercenary Man My Loneliness Head Up High 6 Gus G said Song writing wise I think all songs are special and once again everyone was involved in the writing 1 while in the studio they recorded a total of 12 original songs and a few covers including their cover of the Michael Sembello song Maniac 5 Gus G also said I feel that the new Firewind album is yet another step up in our career musically speaking Once again we aimed for a highly variable effort as I really don t like those albums where you ve listened to the first song and it s like you heard them all This doesn t happen on a Firewind album and certainly not on the new one Gus G 7 Touring and promotion editFirewind started touring after the completion of the album in January in which time they filmed the content for the bonus DVD They are scheduled to tour supporting Kamelot on their Rule the World Tour in April through Europe and then in May on their Tyranny and Bloodshred tour through North America with Arch Enemy Dark Tranquillity and Divine Heresy 8 Release history edit Unlike previous releases The Premonition wasn t first released in the band s homeland Greece although it was first announced for release there 2 Instead it was initially released in Italy and Benelux Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg on 21 March 2008 Then the following day in Germany Austria and Switzerland On 24 March 2008 it was released in Greece Denmark Norway and to a large portion of the rest of Europe In Spain and Portugal it was released on 25 March 2008 and the following day in Sweden Finland and Hungary It was released four days later in France and was released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2008 9 It was re released on vinyl on 3 March 2010 making this their first vinyl release and including the Japan bonus track Ride to the Rainbows End Singles edit The first single from The Premonition Mercenary Man was released on the band s official Myspace page for streaming almost two months before the album s release on 2 February 2008 1 and one month before the album s release as a maxi CD exclusively to Greece on 25 February 2008 2 In between the two release dates the band filmed the music video for the song in Sweden with Patric Ullaeus as the producer 10 Mercenary Man entered the Greek Top 50 Singles chart at 6 and is peaked at 5 Meanwhile the two singles from their previous album Allegiance were still charting in Greece Falling to Pieces which peaked at 11 it was still in at 43 and Breaking the Silence which peaked at 16 was still in at 33 11 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Length1 Into the Fire Gus G Katsionis Papathanasio6 292 Head Up High Gus G Katsionis Papathanasio3 463 Mercenary Man Gus G Papathanasio3 274 Angels Forgive Me Gus G Katsionis Papathanasio4 575 Remembered Niclas Engelin Gus G Papathanasio3 386 My Loneliness Gus G Papathanasio4 047 Circle of Life Cross Gus G Papathanasio4 148 The Silent Code Cross Gus G Papathanasio4 489 Maniac Dennis Matkosky Sembello4 5510 Life Foreclosed Chasyain Gus G 4 52 iTunes bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length12 Wild Rose Gus G 4 23 Japanese bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length12 Ride to the Rainbow s End Gus G 4 30 B sides edit Spirits in a Digital World Gus G Christo 4 04 from the Mercenary Man single Mercenary Man Acoustic Gus G Papathanasio 3 54 from the Mercenary Man single Unreleased song edit The instrumental song Perasmenes mou Agapes originally by Manolis Chiotis was cut at the final stages of the release for copyright reasons The song had a few live performances by Firewind including at the Gagarin Open Air festival in Athens 2007 It was also played on 12 January 2008 during the filming of Live Premonition but was cut from the DVD Bonus DVD editThe special edition version of the album comes with O Card packaging and a bonus DVD with four songs recorded at a live performance of the album in the Principal theatre in Thessaloniki Greece on 12 January 2008 and interviews with all the band members 12 Into the Fire 6 34 Head Up High 3 43 Mercenary Man 3 56 My Loneliness 4 01Personnel editBand membersApollo Papathanasio vocals Gus G guitars Babis Katsionis keyboards Petros Christodoylidis bass Mark Cross drumsGuest musiciansMarcus Palsson backing vocals on tracks 2 5 8 amp 9Technical staffFredrik Nordstrom mixing engineering Henrik Udd mixing engineering Rickard Bengtson engineering Gustavo Sazes artwork Patric Ullaeus photography Olga K photographs of Mark CrossFootnotes edit a b c d Firewind gr news update February 2 2008 cited March 4 2008 a b c The release dates banner from the official myspace cited March 4 2008 Allmusic review Blabbermouth net review a b Firewind gr news update November 28 2007 cited March 4 2008 Firewind gr news update November 12 2007 cited March 4 2008 Firewind gr news update January 26 2008 cited February 7 2008 firewind gr 2008 tours page Cited April 1 2008 Firewind gr news update March 19 2008 Cited 1 April 2008 blabbermouth net Archived 2011 06 07 at the Wayback Machine news archive February 28 2008 Cited April 1 2008 ifpi gr page on the Greek Top 50 Singles Cited April 1 2008 Firewind gr news update March 5 2008 cited March 8 2008External links editFirewind s official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Premonition album amp oldid 1142790072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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