We are going to play a few shows in Portugal and Spain next October!! It's been almost 3 years since we have played in Portugal, so we are really excited about this! The dates are:

29.10. LX Extreme Metal Fest, Side B, Benavente, Portugal
30.10. Bracara Extreme Fest, Braga, Portugal
31.10. Madrid is the Dark Fest, Sala Caracol, Madrid, Spain

See you there!

Swallow the Sun has been confirmed to play at ARTmania Festival in Sibiu, Romania August 13th with such bands as Sisters of Mercy and Kamelot, among others. This being our first time in Romania we are very excited about this! For more information see www.artmaniafestival.ro. See you there!

We're back from the longest tour we've done so far, which consisted of touring Europe for 5 weeks with Katatonia and Long Distance Calling, and 4 weeks of touring North America with Finntroll and Moonsorrow. Big thanks to everyone who showed up at the shows and gave us their support, and especially to all the bands and the crew we toured with for making these two tours so special!

Now that we're back, we're going to play a few shows in Finland in just a few weeks. The dates are:

21.5. Club Teatria, Oulu
22.5. Tivoli, Rovaniemi

Pre-sale tickets to Teatria can be bought through the usual ticket outlets (Tiketti, Lippupalvelu) and to Tivoli from Grande at Rovaniemi.

In addition we have confirmed a show at our hometown venue Lutakko at 28th of August. This is a special occasion, as it also marks the 20th anniversary of Live Music Association of Jyväskylä. We're honoured to play there!

Then, there's some cool discounts on our shirts at our webshop at http://www.fanzone.fi/swallowthesun/ - you can get our European tour shirts and girlies for dirt cheap! Check it out!!

And then something really, really cool! We're are proud and glad to announce that we'll be back to North America later this year, and this time it is with our long time friends from Katatonia! The other support act on the tour is Orphaned Land from Israel. The tour dates are as follows:

8.9. Sonar, Baltimore, MD, US
9.9. Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA, US
10.9. Gramercy Theater, New York, NY, US
11.9. Palladium, Worcester, MA, US
12.9. Petit Campus, Montreal, QC, Canada
13.9. Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada
14.9. Peabody's, Cleveland, OH, US
15.9. Blondie's, Detroit, MI, US
16.9. The Rave, Milwaukee, WI, US
17.9. Reggies Rock Club, Chicago, IL, US
18.9. Station 4, St. Paul, MN, US
21.9. El Corazon, Seattle, WA, US
22.9. Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
23.9. Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR, US
24.9. Thee Parkside, San Francisco, CA, US
25.9. Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, CA, US
26.9. Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, US
27.9. U.B.'s Bar, Mesa, AZ, US
28.9. The Rock, Tucson, AZ, US
30.9. Trees, Dallas, TX, US
1.10. Emo's, Austin, TX, US
2.10. The Warsaw, Houston, TX, US
4.10. The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, US
5.10. Uncle Pleasants, Louisville, KY, US
6.10. Volume 11, Raleigh, NC, US
7.10. Jaxx, Springfield, VA, US

So, see you soon!!

We are glad to announce that we'll be playing Tel Aviv, Israel for the first time ever! The show will take place at Barby Club in Thursday June 3rd. For online ticket reservations go to www.ravenmetal.com!

Stated Promoter Yishai Schwartz of RAVEN MUSIC:

"I am proud to announce the first ever gig of Swallow The Sun in Israel, I followed the band since early days and was highly impressed by the process and progression the band has been through, nowdays Swallow The Sun reached a high level of both creativity and success, it is a direct proof for me that quality and artistic expression can still make it in today's musical world, and Swallow The Sun definitely brings  great artistic vision and musical expression in greatest form"

Support band will be Israeli Gothic Metal act DISTORTED.