We've been getting lots of questions about the US release of EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD, and we are happy to tell you that now we have lots of news. First of all, the new album will be released in US on September 4th by Spinefarm USA. We know it's been a long wait, but here it is at last!!

In addition to the release of the album, we will be joining the legendary KREATOR and ACCEPT on their Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 North American tour! The tour will take place in September and November, starting right after the album release on September 5th from Washington DC! We're stoked to be back, and here are the dates - including couple of cities we've never played before. Keep reading after the dates, we still got plenty to say!

5.9. The Howard Theater, Washington, DC
6.9. The Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
7.9. Best Buy Theater, New York, NY
8.9. The Palladium, Worcester, MA
9.9. Mavericks, Ottawa, ON
10.9. Metropolis, Montreal, QC
11.9. Imperial De Quebec, Quebec City, QC
12.9. Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
13.9. Station 58, Syracuse, NY
14.9. Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
15.9. Mojoes, Joliet, IL
16.9. The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO
18.9. Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
19.9. The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
21.9. Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
22.9. Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA
23.9. Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
24.9. Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
25.9. The Grand Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
26.9. Avalon, Hollywood, CA
27.9. The Grove, Anaheim, CA
28.9. Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
29.9. Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX
30.9. Emo's East, Austin, TX
1.10. Trees, Dallas, TX
2.10. House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
3.10. The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
4.10. Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC

So, if you want merchandise, you can do it now without having to ship it overseas. Head to omerch.theomegaorder.com for some T-shirts - for now, they will be expanding their selection later on!

So, before we embark on the tour, we'll be playing some summer festivals and a special acoustic show. The acoustic show will be the first of several acoustic clubs by Nosturi venue and the Inferno Magazine, it's going to be cool!

22.6. Nummirock, Nummijärvi
29.6. Hard Rock Laager 2012, Vana Vigala, Estonia
30.6. Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2012, Suvilahti, Helsinki
15.7. Ilosaarirock, Joensuu
19.7. Sytyke-klubi, Alakerta, Nosturi, Helsinki - special acoustic show
28.7. Qstock 2012, Oulu
9.8. Brutal Assault Festival, Jaromer, Czech Republic
17.8. Dark River Festival 2012, Kotka

So, see you at the festivals and on tour!

We will be joining PAIN, MOONSPELL and LAKE OF TEARS for an European tour in November 2012! The tour will include some of the countries we're missing on the upcoming tour in May, the tour dates being:

09.11. Musichall, Geiselwind, Germany
10.11. Backstage, München, Germany
11.11. Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
13.11. Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
14.11. Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
15.11. Estragon, Bologna, Italy
16.11. Arena, Vienna, Austria
17.11. MOR Cafe, Zlin, Czech Republic
18.11. Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
20.11. Hellraiser, Leipzig, Germany
21.11. Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
22.11. Garage, Saarbrücken, Germany
23.11. LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
24.11. Matrix, Bochum, Germany
25.11. 013, Tilburg, Netherlands

Go check out the official Facebook page of the tour, like and share, share, share!! See you on tour!!!

Our Official UK and European webstore has been opened at www.bandstores.co.uk/shop/swallowthesun/, go check it out! You can place your orders now, and they will start delivering on April 13th! We will also be opening a US store soon, more info on that and the US release - yeah, it's coming, don't worry - will be coming soon!

And to our Japanese fans: we're are thrilled to announce our first show in Tokyo in May! This is our first time there, and it is organized in collaboration with Music Export Finland as a part of their Finland Fest 2012! Other bands on the bill are Profane Omen, Amoral and our very dear friends Insomnium! Kanpai!

Kiitos ja thank you everyone for attending our Emerald Forest and the Blackbird Finnish shows!! Now, if you missed us, here's couple of dates more:

26.4. Helsinki, On The Rocks
27.4. Salo, Keikkamesta
28.4. Dinos, Mariehamn

See you on tour! Kippis!!